RIK: Aaaaaaah!
RIK HITS ADE
ADE: You bastard!
ADE HITS RICK
RIK: Aaaaaaaah!
RIK HITS ADE
ADE: You total bastard!
ADE HITS RICK
REPEAT TO FADE
Oh no. Christ, Rik and Ade are pushing 40 now, surely they can't be bothered?
As the SOTCAA article rightly says, the first Bottom series was excellent, with equal amounts of purility, knob gags and pathos. Then the crowd-pleasing set in. Mind you, it's been a good few years since series 3, so maybe they have something different in mind.
Although - 'Four Men in a Car' vs 'Four Men in a Plane' - naaaaaah.