The Rik Mayall Memorial Bench in Hammersmith, London, honours the legendary comedy actor following his sudden death in 2014. It sits on a traffic island at the junction of Queen Caroline Street and Hammersmith Bridge Road (near the Hammersmith Apollo and Broadway). The location has been affectionately named "Bottom Island" by fans. There are few men to have been as silly as they were brilliant like that of Rik Mayall. Though I loved his performance in Bottom, for me, he will always shine brightest for his parts in Blackadder. It's said that Rik refused to be in Blackadder unless he could play an outlandishly absurd character because he felt that Rowan Atkinson was too brilliant to compete with. It's thanks to shows like Blackadder that Rik has been a part of my life since I was tiny. He warmed our hearts in programmes such as the Young Ones (1982–1984), Blackadder (1983–1989), Filthy Rich & Catflap (1987), and, of course, Bottom (1991–1995). Bottom was a brilliant representation of Britians' childish and absurd sense of humour. Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson (Eddie) embodied British humour beautifully, and for that, we are forever in their debt. ("Eddie") was deeply devastated when his close friend and comedy partner Rik Mayall died of a heart attack on June 9, 2014, at the age of 56. After a lifetime of working together, it must have felt that a dark void had overtaken him. We have all seen the heartbreaking photo of Eddie sat on the old bench without Rik to represent the chilling fact that we'd lost a legend. The original television-era bench had been removed years prior and replaced with a pelican crossing. After Mayall passed away in June 2014, a fan-led petition with roughly 7,000 signatures urged the local council to reinstate a tribute. I, for one, felt that a traffic island was a strange place to put a bench. But Rik was a wonderfully strange man, and I'm bloody glad that it's there. I hope that this post will lead you to visit the bench yourself or begin to binge watch Riks work. Thank you, Mr Mayall, we will never forget you.