'S Out
| "'s Out" | |
|---|---|
| Bottom episode | |
| Episode no. |
Series Two Episode 006 |
| Directed by | Ed Bye |
| Written by | Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall |
| Produced by | Ed Bye |
| Original air date | 10 April 1995 |
"'S Out" (stylized as "'s Out" and short for "Bottom's Out") is an episode produced for the second series of British television sitcom, Bottom. For reasons of sensitivity, however, it did not air until 10 April 1995 - nearly three years after it was produced. It is the second of just three episodes that do not feature Richie and Eddie's flat. Supposedly the episode was due to air on 5 November 1992.
To avoid losing a bet, Richie and Eddie must spend a week camping out in Wimbledon Common. When they arrive, they notice their selected spot is covered in dog excrement - to which Richie says that they can't camp there as they are "not French". After moving one step further away, Richie prepares to set up camp, then admonishes Eddie for forgetting to bring the tin opener. Eddie shows that he has actually brought the opener, then Richie realises that he forgot to bring the tins.
Fortunately, Eddie has brought along a delicious packet of chocolate HobNobs, which he refuses to share with Richie. A fight breaks out and the biscuits end up being flung into a nearby polluted pond. While drying some of the wet HobNobs over a fire, the two spot a hedgehog - which Eddie believes is Great Uncle Bulgaria from The Wombles. The two try to kill the hedgehog with Eddie using a tent pole as a blowgun and blowing his pub darts through it. However, Richie keeps getting hit with the darts instead.
Richie finds and divides a fish from the polluted pond, but Eddie refuses to eat his half. Richie cooks his half and eats it, but declares it "disgusting!" Eddie produces some Scotch and downs the lot, drinking himself into a stupor. As Richie muses how nothing interesting or exciting happens in the countryside, a mad man runs up to them cackling manically, flashes at them and flees, still guffawing. Richie is taken aback and begins to wonder why people even bother to do it "with something as small as that". He then decides to retire to the tent for a sleep.
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