Digger (Bottom episode)
| "Digger" | |
|---|---|
| Bottom episode | |
| Episode no. |
Series Two Episode 001 |
| Directed by | Ed Bye |
| Written by | Ade Edmondson & Rik Mayall |
| Produced by | Ed Bye |
| Original air date | 1 October 1992 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
"Digger" is the first episode of the second series of British TV sitcom Bottom. It was first broadcast on 1 October 1992.
After visiting a dating agency, Richie and his 'Butler', Jives (Eddie) prepare to entertain , with Richie having sold his kidney on the black market to afford the caviar and the dinner jackets.
The episode begins with the pair in Lily Linneker's (Lisa Maxwell) Love Bureau as they watch the dating videos the two made earlier. Eddie's video is typically boisterous and frisky, showing his backside to the camera and telling viewers to "come and get it". Richie's is characteristically nervous. At the end of the video, he suddenly enthusiastically lies, claiming to be the wealthy Duke of Kidderminster. The manager matches Richie with the third Viscountess of Moldavia, Lady Natasha Letitia Sarah Jane Wellesley Obstromsky Ponsonsky Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Smythe Oblomov Boblomov Dob (Helen Lederer). Meanwhile, Eddie turns down a date with Sarah Ferguson with great disgust.
Preparing on the night of Richie's date, Richie informs Eddie that he must be "Jives", his butler, for the evening and speak in a stereotypical accent. Richie reveals that he sold a kidney for £300 to pay for the evening, but is dismissive of the loss of a bodily organ, claiming that he will buy another kidney after marrying the Viscountess and selling off some of her property.
Whilst preparing food for the date, Richie mistakes bowls of caviar for uncleaned dishes, and throws them away. After Eddie points out this mistake, Richie attempts to recover by asserting that they've changed the design of caviar. Richie also notices that Eddie has not mashed the potatoes. Eddie explains that their potato masher is missing after being borrowed by a friend by the name of Harry "I'll Do Anything For Half A Pint" Grundy. Eddie explains that surgeons couldn't remove it after it became lodged into his stomach. Annoyed by this, Richie repeatedly slams Eddie's head into the saucepan containing the potatoes, thus mashing them with his head and calling it 'squashed potatoes'.
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