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Bigger Than Hitler: Better Than Christ (edition 2006)

by Rik Mayall

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In this electrifying autobiography, Rik stands naked in front of his vast legions of fans and disciples and invites them to take communion with the blood he has spilled for them during his thirty year war on show business. He invented alternative comedy with The Young Ones, he brought down the Thatcher administration with The New Statesman and he changed the face of global culture with his masterpiece Bottom. Not only was his number one single 'Living Doll' the saviour of rock 'n' roll but he also rescued the British film industry with the vast revenues created by his legendary movie Drop Dead Fred. In 1998, he survived an assassination attempt and spent five days in a coma before he literally came back from the dead. Having completed countless phenomenal feature films, TV series, live extravaganzas and radio voice-overs since then, Rik Mayall is now poised on the brink of a whole new epoch-shattering revolution. For the first time ever, Rik reveals in print the deep inner truth behind his gargantuan ascent to the pinnacle of international light entertainment - the mental hospitals he has broken out of, the television executives he has assaulted, the drugs he has definitely not taken, the charities he has bankrupted, the countless pregnancies he has engendered, and so much more.… (more)
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Title:Bigger Than Hitler: Better Than Christ
Authors:Rik Mayall
Info:HarperCollins Entertainment (2006), Paperback
Collections:No longer own
Rating:***
Tags:autobiography, humour, strange

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Fucking hilarious.

I had to put this book down many times because I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe. ( )
  LynnMPK | Jul 3, 2023 |
Fucking hilarious.

I had to put this book down many times because I was laughing so hard I couldn't breathe.

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  LynnK. | Aug 4, 2020 |
If you're wanting to know about Rik's early life, his family and career, I suppose you could say you're in the wrong place. If, however, you are looking for more of his pure humour and genius then welcome, friend, please take a seat.

Now that Rik's gone, there's just a massive hole left in the world and nothing will ever fill it.

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1 vote Xleptodactylous | Apr 7, 2015 |
I actually got through it. As one english interviewer said: "the ramblings of a crazed lunatic".
There are a couple of autobiographical glimpses in there - somewhere. quite meaningful when you do come across them. I couldve killled him after making my way though all those machine-gun paced gross letters to agents & then reading the last sentence. exhausting.
  flicka875 | Jul 10, 2010 |
The strangest autobiography I have ever read, and very difficult to find anything of worth to read in it, but there are a couple of interesting chapters if you look hard enough. Probably worth reading just for a giggle. ( )
  Clurb | Aug 3, 2007 |
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In this electrifying autobiography, Rik stands naked in front of his vast legions of fans and disciples and invites them to take communion with the blood he has spilled for them during his thirty year war on show business. He invented alternative comedy with The Young Ones, he brought down the Thatcher administration with The New Statesman and he changed the face of global culture with his masterpiece Bottom. Not only was his number one single 'Living Doll' the saviour of rock 'n' roll but he also rescued the British film industry with the vast revenues created by his legendary movie Drop Dead Fred. In 1998, he survived an assassination attempt and spent five days in a coma before he literally came back from the dead. Having completed countless phenomenal feature films, TV series, live extravaganzas and radio voice-overs since then, Rik Mayall is now poised on the brink of a whole new epoch-shattering revolution. For the first time ever, Rik reveals in print the deep inner truth behind his gargantuan ascent to the pinnacle of international light entertainment - the mental hospitals he has broken out of, the television executives he has assaulted, the drugs he has definitely not taken, the charities he has bankrupted, the countless pregnancies he has engendered, and so much more.

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