#guest house paradiso

[ace-the-fox]

What is it with the forcible feminisation of Rik in so many of his characters /hj

[lezclaypool]

Richard compliments ur outfit

[scumbag-monthly]

Happy Birthday to Rik Mayall!

Born: 7th March 1958, in Harlow

Died: 9th June 2014, in London

TV: Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights; Wolcott; A Kick Up The Eighties; Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind The Green Door; The Young Ones; Northern Lights; The Comic Strip Presents...; Blackadder; Happy Families; Jackanory; Saturday Live; Filthy, Rich & Catflap; Hardwicke House; The New Statesman; Grim Tales; Bottom; Rik Mayall Presents; Jonathan Creek; Tales of Uplift and Moral Improvement; Believe Nothing; Violent Nation; All About George; King Arthur's Disasters; Midsomer Murders; Man Down; Damo & Ivor

Film: An American Werewolf in London; Shock Treatment; Whoops Apocalypse; Drop Dead Fred; Carry On Columbus; Remember Me?; Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis; Guest House Paradiso; Merlin: The Return; Kevin of the North; Chaos and Cadavers; Oh Marbella!

Theatre: A Comedy of Errors; The Government Inspector; The Common Pursuit; Waiting for Godot; Bottom Live: The Stage Show; Cell Mates; Bottom Live: The Big Number 2 Tour; Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island; A Family Affair; Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity; Present Laughter; Bottom Live 2003: Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour; The Blair B'Stard Project

Books: Bachelor Boys; The B'Stard File; Bigger than Hitler, Better than Christ

Alma mater: University of Manchester

[martymckeaton]

happy birthday, rik mayall :”)

i dont know if i can actually accurately put into words just how profoundly this man has impacted and improved my life, and i think that’s probably a shared sentiment among rik fans :”) above it all, i just really want to say thank you, rik, and that i miss you very much <3 

(dedicating this to some of the incredibly lovely people i’ve become friends with because of him: @slimylayne , @neil-neil-orange-peel, @ensign-ancic, and really just all of my lovely rik mutuals <3) 

((alas didnt manage to draw alan or richard dangerous, but i did my best with the amount of time i had :(( ))

[based-bobcat]

The Substance? Oh, you mean the sequel to Guest House Paradiso.

[sansimeonsims]

The old parish house, former residence of the clergy in charge of the city and now a guest house for esteemed guests of the church authorities. The old building was rebuilt in the 1800s into a magnificent structure with clear Moorish influences popular around the time. Surprisingly, this wasn't enough to have the people in charge move back in. The collection of art within it and the church does make it an attractive place to visit. This is clearly not a backstory meant to explain why the people in charge just don't live right next to the church as they would in real life due to a limitation in the way The Sims games handle community lots.

The parish house is a significant improvement I made on the older version and is inspired by two real world buildings in Manila's old city, Intramuros: The Augustinian Provincial House (today the ECJ building, which I did try to build once) and the Jesuit Convent (today the Museo de Intramuros). Both structures were destroyed during the closing days of World War II but were rebuilt with their facades mostly reminiscent of the original buildings several decades later. I took pictures!

Bonus view of the city. I decided to swap out the buildings at Fort. St. Simeon with the one that originally came with Isla Paradiso... at least for now.

[ozu-teapot]

Teapots from the Interim (August - October 2023)

The Velvet Vampire | Stephanie Rothman | 1971

The Ghost Train  | Walter Forde | 1941

4 O'Clock | Robert Flanagan | 2021

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly (AKA Girly) | Freddie Francis | 1970

Turning Red | Domee Shi | 2022

Blue Sunshine | Jeff Lieberman | 1977

Barbie | Greta Gerwig | 2023

Saint Maud | Rose Glass | 2019

Guest House Paradiso | Adrian Edmondson | 1999

[gr47p]

Get to Know You / Catch Up Tag

Got tagged by @thesimquarter. Thanks! :>

Tagging: @ellysty, @catadillo, @magical-drawings-of-mine, @p6tgel and anyone else who would like!

Currently reading: Nothing unfortunatelly. I do like to read and I want to read cuz I want to learn to write, but can't get around to actually reading haha. I have also been putting off buying books and my local library has a very limited amount of books in a language I can understand.

Last song I listened to: Never Enough by Vision Video. Obsessed with Vision Video right now, so good!

Last series: Arcane Season 2, loved it

Last movie: Guest House Paradiso... Certainly one of the movies of all time, would reccomend if you like weird movies. It was great.

Currently watching: Trailer Park Boys, I think I am on season 7 now.

Sweet/Savoury/Spicy?: I love all those flavours especially combined, but if I had to pick one then 100% savory.

Relationship status: Single and wanna stay that way a while

Favorite color: Like dark burgundy red? - I don't know color names - and olive green.

Current obsession: Oh man, where do I start? I got into goth music some 5ish months ago and also changed my style and want to customize my clothes with embroidery and make new clothes. I have a big thing I wanna write that I have been slowly thinking through and writing down ideas for like 2 years. I have some ocs and I wanna make dolls of them and sew tiny clothes for them. I am also super into The Sims 2, that's what this blog is about and I am making a neighborhood and I wanna learn to make cc like hairs and clothes and I also plan to make face templates when I am done with the hood. I wanna learn how to 3D model and improve at drawing and use the 2 mediums together. (Taking pictures of myself to use as refernce has been extremelly helpfull!)

Tea or Coffee: Any herbal tea and any coffee that isn't black filter coffee and has some milk in it. I hate fruit tea it's too acidic.

Last Thing I Googled: How to dye a denim jacket with black tea

[neil-neil-orange-peel]

What was the rick mayall comedy with ade that rheyre two old fucks living in an apartment together... ik thats so vauge but im trying to remember the name of it to watch it again 😭 i just re watched all of tyo and neeeddd to find it again lol

Also hope your doing well its been awhile since ive been on tumblr to see or ask about ur page but i think abt u occasionally and im like yeah i hope theyre doing well keeping the tyo fandom alive

Also is there no charictor limit on these asks now????

Hi! Sorry it's taken me a while to answer this.

It sounds like you're describing Bottom, the '90s sitcom where Rik and Ade played two broadly middle aged bastards at the bottom (get it?) of society, loafing about, being pervy, and causing chaos. It isn't quite as surreal as The Young Ones, but it does feature lots of slapstick violence - Richie and Eddie have at least one very creative physical fight per episode - and there are occasions where something extra mad will happen, like the ceiling caving in, underpants being filled with custard, and fire farts (to name a few examples). Christopher Ryan also appears in a few episodes as one of Eddie's mates, Dave Hedgehog.

One of the original inspirations for Bottom was Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, which Rik and Ade both loved and thought was funny. It was one of the things they bonded over at uni, and the two of them got to star in a run of it in the early '90s (again, with Christopher Ryan).

There were three series of Bottom from 1991-1995, totalling at 18 episodes. All episodes were available on Dailymotion the last time I checked - in fact, I have a post somewhere on this blog with links to them, though it may very well be outdated by now. If you have a mooch around online, you should be able to find them.

The reason I'm guessing you mean Bottom is because Richie Richard and Eddie Hitler live together in a (disgusting) flat in Hammersmith, and there are some episodes set entirely within this horrid hovel. However, Filthy, Rich and Catflap also sees Richie Rich and Eddie Catflap sharing a (not quite as disgusting) flat, but these characters were a bit younger - and, to be honest, Bottom is the more highly regarded of the two sitcoms, though I don't think FR&C is anywhere near as bad as some critics made out.

Rik and Ade made five live stage shows for Bottom (Bottom Live) between 1993-2003. In fact, the fifth Bottom Live was the last substantial work they did together. All five of these have been available on YouTube for some years, so I assume they still are. I personally just slightly prefer the sitcom (or maybe I'm just jealous I can't go and see Bottom Live 😂), and I think a general rule of thumb is the quality does decline a little across the five (apologies to my comedy gods, although I think Ade might agree with me), but they are all absolutely worth a watch. Rik and Ade break character in them from time to time, and they're allowed to say fuck.

They also made a Bottom film in 1999 called Guest House Paradiso, which features Simon Pegg. Rik and Ade play the same characters, but now they run an appalling hotel on the Isle of Wight and their surnames are different (which Ade acknowledged when I went to see him touring with his autobiography was inexplicable). The film is not for the weak of stomach, certainly not for anyone with emetophobia, and unfortunately it does suffer from the curse of most sitcom movies apart from Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa in that it doesn't quite translate. To be fair, they didn't have a massive budget, and it happened only a year after Rik's accident (they were both meant to direct it, but Ade took on full directing duties as a result of this). Still, it's not unfunny, and I think it's available on Dailymotion; if you like Bottom, you should give it a watch. I wonder what a Bottom film set in the original world of the sitcom would've been like...

I have an inking who you are, although I might be wrong. I hope you're well, anyway. 😂 I'm fine, just trundling along, coming up to my last semester as an undergrad. Tumblr may well have changed the character limit on asks, though I honestly couldn't say for sure.

Thanks for the ask!

[qnewsau]

A party-goer's complete guide to Mardi Gras 2025

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A party-goer's complete guide to Mardi Gras 2025

Sydney Mardi Gras 2025 is bringing the heat, the beats, and a huge line-up of parties. Whether you’re looking for an all-night dance marathon, a chic poolside celebration, or the perfect post-Parade after party, there’s something for every kind of reveller. Buckle up – it’s time to plan your ultimate Mardi Gras adventure!

The Main Event

The crown jewel of the Festival, the Mardi Gras Party, is where legends are made. Across six epic spaces, this high-energy event delivers over eight hours of world-class DJs, electrifying performances, and the inimitable energy of Australia’s longest-running queer dance party.

Expect pulsating beats, larger-than-life performances, and an atmosphere where everyone is free to dance, celebrate, and connect. The Party will be bringing major international names like Honey Dijon (US) and Romy (UK), but the real buzz is around LELAND + Friends. Who will his mystery guests be? Rumours are swirling, and with his connections to pop royalty, we could be in for a jaw-dropping surprise. Will we see a certain Aussie pop princess? A global queer icon? The speculation is almost as thrilling as the night itself!

Beyond the headliners, the Party will cater to underground house lovers, disco revivalists, and pop aficionados. Whatever your music taste, there’s a dancefloor with your name on it.

Best for: Hardcore dancefloor devotees, queer nightlife royalty, and anyone who wants to be at the centre of the celebration.

Image: Jordan K Munns/Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

New in 2025

For those who want to kick things off early, Club Gras Presented by Absolut X at ivy on Wednesday, 26 February is the newest addition to the Mardi Gras party scene. A celebration of queer dance culture in all its forms, this midweek escape is a heady mix of deep house, soulful beats, and high-energy club magic.

Meanwhile, after soaking in the vibrant energy of Fair Day, The Beresford hosts the Official Fair Day Afterparty, keeping the good times rolling with an all-day mix of DJs, drag performances, and a feel-good atmosphere that’s perfect for continuing the celebrations.

Best for: Those who want to extend the party beyond Fair Day or those keen for some mid-week Mardi Gras mayhem.

Image: Jess Gleeson/Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

Community-centric celebrations

If you’re looking for more than just a dancefloor, Hot Trans Summer is the ultimate celebration of trans and gender-diverse excellence. Hosted aboard Sydney’s luxurious Glass Island, this vibrant party delivers an intimate, electric atmosphere where beats meet breathtaking views. Expect bold self-expression, uninhibited joy, and a line-up that champions trans and non-binary artists.

For a femme-powered, music-driven spectacle, Ultra Violet is all about celebrating LGBTQIA+ women and non-binary excellence. Held at the National Art School, this event transforms the space into a kaleidoscope of music, movement, and empowerment. The energy is electric, the crowd is diverse, and the vibes are unmatched.

Best for: Celebrating trans excellence, femme-forward celebrations, and lovers of performance art.

Image: Jess Gleeson/Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

Poolside parties

For those who prefer their party with a splash of sun and a cocktail in hand, Kaftana Pool Party and Paradiso Pool Party deliver serious summer vibes. Kaftana is a high-glamour affair, where flowing fabrics, fabulous sunglasses, and champagne in the sun reign supreme. Paradiso is all about sunkissed bodies, carefree dancing, and DJs spinning breezy, feel-good beats from day to night.

Best for: Poolside queens, kaftan lovers, and anyone wanting to mix beats with a bit of leisure.

Image: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

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[tarditardi]

Fino Beach, un estate a cinque stelle a Cala Sassari (Nord Sardegna)

Fino Beach, a Cala Sassari a Golfo Aranci è senz'altro tra i beach club  più belli del Nord Sardegna. Un continuo progredire di idee, impegno e professionalità hanno fatto da corollario a una natura fantastica e incontaminata. Il Trio Finetti, Becchetti, Mainardi, coadiuvati dalla sapiente mano di Nello Simioli nella parte artistica e di comunicazione promette un'estate 2023 di relax, confort e grande divertimento. Come? Grazie grazie ad un concept informale... ed altamente qualitativo. Tanti gli appuntamenti, ecco la cena spettacolo sotto le stelle,  ed i format music and food come Spaghetti Cocktail e Jungle Fever.

Fino Beach sorge sua delle spiagge più frequentate di tutto il Nord Sardegna. Infatti essendo a metà strada tra Porto Cervo e Porto Rotondo, raccoglie moltissimi turisti affezionati di questo angolo di Paradiso. Un luogo incantato, luxury ma informale; libero da stereotipi di qualsiasi genere.

IL concetto di beach entertainment multiformato, pur essendo molto impegnativo per quel che riguarda la gestione, negli anni ha raccolto moltissimi consensi e permette al cliente di godersi spiaggia buon cibo e tanta musica dal giorno alla notte, tutto in un unico luogo. 

Al Fino Beach puoi prendere il sole sulle comode sdraio sulla spiaggia o sui lettoni nell'area privé, sorseggiare un cocktail al bar, goderti il pranzo tra cucina mediterranea o nippo brasiliana, fare l'aperitivo al sunset, cenare in riva al mare o passare dopo cena per un drink ascoltando ottima musica…. Puoi scegliere la tua comfort zone in base ai gusti e al  budget sentendoti sempre super coccolato e seguito per ogni tua esigenza. Sei al Fino e ti sembra di stare a Mykonos, Formentera o Ibiza allo stesso tempo, ma sei in Italia a due passi dalla Costa Smeralda, e ti puoi tuffare nel mare più bello d'Europa.

Il programma artistico si arricchisce di anno in anno, mantenendo però sempre saldi i format musicali che lo hanno reso così famoso nel tempo. Tutti i giorni il sunset aperitif regala grandissime emozioni; quest'anno il resident  Frans, poliedrico dj producer, già noto in Costa Smeralda per la sua residenza alle Terrazze del Ritual, promette autentiche chicche musicali.  Il format domenicale "Spaghetti Cocktail" si conferma uno degli appuntamenti più entusiasmanti della Stagione.

 Chi ama vivere il Made in Italy nella sua eccellenza, non può mancare a questo happening settimanale, che quest'anno si arricchisce anche della presenza di Carlo Addis Band, un vero fuoriclasse appena arrivato da Miami dove ogni inverno si esibisce registrando sempre il sold out assoluto. Tra i dj guest rotation, Simioli, dj Gass Krupp reduce da molte stagioni passate alla consolle del Phi Beach di Baja Sardinia, e molti altri che sveleremo nel corso della Stagione.

Il Venerdì si conferma  "Jungle Fever"; un mix di afro house, tribale e asian sound accompagnato da  cucina etnica; un sunset aperitif tematico originale, unico, emozionale, che confermerà la grande capacità innovativa e organizzativa di questo gruppo capitanato da Claudio Finetti, Luca Becchetti e Marco Mainardi.

La cena sotto le stelle al Fino Beach offre poi  la più bella esperienza sensoriale dell'Estate. Un viaggio gastronomico attraverso le eccellenze italiane e internazionali, in collaborazione con prestigiose case vinicole e produttori alimentari di "nicchia", il tutto animato da Mapo Facchini, un veterano del live show  della Costa. Mella sua carriera ha fatto ballare i personaggi più popolari e influenti dello showbiz, della finanza e della politica. A tutto questo si aggiungeranno spettacoli teatrali, session di Sax, Violin, Percussions, visual, animazioni e... molto altro, grazie alla collaborazione esclusiva con Piero Billeri e i suoi artisti!

Insomma la Stagione del Fino Beach orami è diventata garanzia di qualità, innovazione e divertimento a cinque stelle. 

https://finoexperience.it

[ozu-teapot]

Films Watched in the Interim (August - October 2023)

Memento | Christopher Nolan | 2000

Whip It | Drew Barrymore | 2009

Go West | Buster Keaton | 1925

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves | John Francis Daley / Jonathan Goldstein | 2023

Turning Red | Domee Shi | 2022

Barbie | Greta Gerwig | 2023

Gothic | Ken Russell | 1986

The Fall of the Louse of Usher: A Gothic Tale for the 21st Century| Ken Russell | 2002

Bottoms | Emma Seligman | 2023

Pink Hill | Robert Flanagan | 2019

4 O'Clock | Robert Flanagan | 2021

Amelia and the Angel (Short) | Ken Russell | 1959

The Black Cat | Edgar G. Ulmer | 1934

The Black Cat | Harold Hoffman | 1966

The Owl Service | Peter Plummer | 1969

Seddok, l'erede di Satana (AKA Atom Age Vampire) | Anton Giulio Majano | 1960

Saint Maud | Rose Glass | 2019

The Babadook | Jennifer Kent | 2014

The Maze | William Cameron Menzies | 1953

Blood Bath | Jack Hill / Stephanie Rothman | 1966

Les yeux sans visage (Eyes Without a Face) | Georges Franju | 1960

Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly (AKA Girly) | Freddie Francis | 1970

The Velvet Vampire | Stephanie Rothman | 1971

Coco | Lee Unkrich / Adrian Molina | 2017

Blue Sunshine | Jeff Lieberman | 1977

A Candle for the Devil | Eugenio Martín | 1973

Lost Hearts | Lawrence Gordon Clark | 1973

Guest House Paradiso | Adrian Edmondson | 1999

Flesh and Fantasy | Julien Duvivier | 1943

The Ghost Train | Walter Forde | 1941

BOLD = Top Ten

Some notes: So at the end of July I was off film and off tumblr and not sure if I'd be back but I guess now I am, to some extent at least. The very start of this list is a bit innacurate. I probably watched a few more films than I've listed and maybe in a different order but from Gothic onwards it's correct - not that it really matters! I really must try to get back into having a themed Halloween watch list, which I haven't done since the japanese one in 2019, it's more fun. Am I doing Noirvember? I don't know.

[neil-neil-orange-peel]

Tricky choice. I managed to get it down to either Ben Elton's essay on why The Young Ones is funny, the Bottom series 4 scripts, or Waiting for Godot. In the end, I went with the Bottom series 4 scripts.

I know they recycled at least bits of them into the subsequent live shows, but I'm still curious about the intentions for series 4. I'm assuming Richie and Eddie wouldn't have been magically transplanted to Hooligan's Island, because I very much doubt the BBC had the budget or the inclination to make new sets for a sitcom's fourth series (especially since Rik and Ade were no longer the new hot property, comedy-wise, by the late '90s). The whole deal with most traditional sitcoms is the situation stays roughly the same, so taking them out of Hammersmith would've been odd. I'm not sure Bottom the TV show would've worked outside the traditional sitcoms parameters it operated by - I can't see how it still would've been Bottom if they left Hammersmith, in the same way Guest House Paradiso isn't quite Bottom, more Bottom a few degrees to the left.

ANYWAY, point is, I'd like to find out what the individual episode plots were for series 4! Rik and Ade's propensity for coming up with new things for Richie and Eddie to do in that flat was impressive (and very amusing).

Another thing that springs to mind that I'd like to see is The New Statesman live show, The Blair B'Stard Project, which ran in 2006/07, and which I don't believe was ever filmed. Considering how long after the TV show it came, plus the fact there was no Piers (Michael Troughton wasn't acting at the time, as his wife had developed MS and he was her carer), it might've been... Not quite on level with the sitcom. But I'd still absolutely watch it, if I had the chance. One of my mum's friends went to see it and claims Rik called her a smart arse when he forgot a line and she shouted it out at him. 😂

To be honest, the only thing on this list I'd not totally jump at the bit to watch/read is Rik as Peeves. Once upon a time, I'd have loved to see the footage. I'm sure he knocked it out of the park. But I'm pretty content these days that he was cut from the first film and therefore isn't predominantly known for Harry Potter (because he definitely would be by the Americanised internet, if he'd been in it). I'm cool with having Drop Dead Fred take that spot for Rik, for anyone too young or not interested enough in British comedy to know otherwise who he was and what he did. When you think about it, Fred and Peeves are pretty similar, anyway.

[scumbag-monthly]

Happy Birthday to Adrian Edmondson!

Born: 24th January 1957, in Bradford

TV: Boom Boom, Out Go The Lights; Kevin Turvey: The Man Behind The Green Door; The Young Ones; The Comic Strip Presents...; Happy Families; Saturday Live; Filthy, Rich & Catflap; Hardwicke House; French and Saunders; Snakes and Ladders; Blackadder; Bottom; Absolutely Fabulous; If You See God, Tell Him; Jonathan Creek; Holby City; Teenage Kicks; Ade in Britain; War and Peace; EastEnders

Theatre: The Rocky Horror Show; Waiting for Godot; Bottom Live: The Stage Show; Bottom Live: The Big Number 2 Tour; Bottom Live 3: Hooligan's Island: Bottom Live 2001: An Arse Oddity; Bottom Live 2003: The Weapons Grade Y-Fronts Tour; Vulcan 7; Once Upon A Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia; A Christmas Carol

Books: How To Be A Complete Bastard; The Complete Bastard's Book Of The Worst; The Gobbler; Tilly and the Time Machine; Junkyard Jack and the Horse That Talked

Film: Guest House Paradiso; Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Alma mater: University of Manchester