Smells (Bottom episode)

Infobox UK Television Episode
Title =Smells
Series name =Bottom


Caption =
Series no =One
Episode =001
Airdate =September 17, 1991
Writer =Ade Edmondson & Rik Mayall
Producer =Ed Bye
Director =Ed Bye
Guests =
Episode list =
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Next =Gas

Smells is the first ever episode of British sitcom "Bottom". The episode was originally transmitted on Tuesday September 17, 1991.

ynopsis

Richard "Richie" Richard and Edward Elizabeth Hitler attempt to pick up women using sex spray supposedly loaded with pheromones.

Plot

Richie and Eddie return home from a disappointing night on the pull - Richie's bird lies to him, claiming to be a lesbian and Eddie's been kicked in the testicles. In a desperate attempt to get a girlfriend, the two pen a "lonely hearts" advert for Richie to put in the local paper. After trying several ideas including "Ugly virgin desperately seeks sex of any description" and "Musky Fox, Musky minky sly old stoaty stoaty stoat" the two give up. Richie then spots an advert for a revolutionary new sex spray. The next day the pair visit the local sex-shop in order to buy a can each.

That night the pair prepare to go out. Richie uses up his biros drawing on chest hair, however he has to use a green pen, as he has used all the black pens ink on his legs; while Eddie shaves his tongue. Eddie attempts to remove Richie's nasal hair (at Richie's request) using a pair of pliers. However he ends up throwing Richie around the room, this in turn leads to a fight between the two, until Richie stops it by saying they should take it out on the 'birds' later. Both apply the sex-spay liberally and Richie fantasises about finally "doing it". Eddie slowly becomes inebriated on the spray, after sraying it into his mouth.

The pair then venture to their local pub, "The Lamb and Flag", where Richie attempts to pick up the wife of a large man. He and Eddie pretend to be insane in order to prevent him from beating them up, but not before Richie has his testicles crushed by the man. They then force themselves upon two attractive ladies sat nearby, who are eager for them to leave. They leave them - in a less than subtle fashion - in order to buy condoms. In the toilet, Richie is punched by the large man.

When the two return from the toilet, the girls have moved tables in the hope of avoiding them. When Richie confronts them, they claim to be lesbians and leave. Richie is disappointed, but this subsides when he realises a drunken Eddie is now attempting to seduce him, as he has become completely 'drunk' off the sex-spray. The episode ends with Richie punching Eddie in the face.

Notes

*Lee Cornes makes the first of three appearances as Dick Head, the landlord at "The Lamb and Flag" public house. He previously appeared in an episode of "The Young Ones" ("Time") and has made an appearance in three series of "Blackadder". Also, Cornes has made an appearance in the first episode of the 1986 Ben Elton penned series "Filthy, Rich & Catflap" (which also starred Mayall and Edmondson) as a rubbish collector.
*This is the first time that the unseen dogs outside "The Lamb and Flag" attack Eddie and Richie on the way in. It is explained that they are attracted to the sex-spray. However, from this point on, every time they enter the pub they are attacked by the dogs.
*This episode introduces Richie's favourite (and only) pick-up line: "My, what a smashing blouse you have on".
*Cindy Shelley appeared in two episodes of "The Young Ones" ("Flood" and "Interesting") while Carla Mendonça appeared in another episode ("Sick").
*Carla Mendonça also appeared with Helen Lederer in ("The_Dangerous_Brothers") banned sketch "Kinky Sex" as a call girl prostitute wearing a rubber dress. Lederer appears in two episodes of "Bottom" - "Apocalypse" and "Digger".
*Kevin McNally, who appears as the man behind the counter in the sex shop, is now better known as Mr. Gibbs in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

Continuity and Production Errors

* Eddie and Richie are getting ready to go out when Richie notices nose hairs. Lacking tweezers, Eddie gets a pair of pliers and clamps them onto Richie's nose. Look carefully as the pliers are in fact made of rubber or something similar, as the pliers are seen bending.
* Eddie and Richie are talking to a pair of lesbians in one scene. For one or two shots, the glass one of the ladies is holding disappears.

Cast