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Mr Jolly Lives Next Door is a 1987 Comedy film made for British television as part of the Comic Strip Presents series.

Warning: Spoilers or plot details follow.

It features Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmonson as Richie and Eddie, the proprietors of an escort agency, Dreamytime Escorts. Richie is devious, low-minded, calculating and stupid; Eddie merely very stupid.

Unusually, rather than providing businessmen with female companionship, the activities of their escort agency essentially involve the pair swooping on unsuspecting foreigners who call them, and forcing them to take part in a drinking binge. The two are alcohol-obsessed; when their home-brewed beer (which takes all of two days to brew and has a head made from washing-up liquid) isn't available, they steal from the delivery lorries pulling up at the off-licence downstairs: Eddie dives out of the window into a large builders' bucket and is hauled back up with the stolen alcohol by Richie.

Their next-door neighbour, the eponymous Mr Jolly, is a psychotic contract killer, played by the veteran British comedian Peter Cook. Jolly's modus operandi is to hack his victims to death with a meat cleaver while playing Tom Jones' song What's New Pussycat? to drown their cries.

Hymie Henderson, who owns the off-licence downstairs, is being blackmailed for protection money by Mr Lovebucket, an effete gangster played by Peter Richardson.

Due to an unfortunate error, Richie and Eddie receive a request intended for Mr Jolly to "take out" the radio presenter and game show host Nicholas Parsons, who appears as himself. Parsons is due to open Henderson's off-licence, and Lovebucket wants to put a stop to it. Misinterpreting the request, they spend an evening with Parsons, only to be confronted the following morning by Lovebucket, who wants to know what they've done with the money provided with the contract (they have, of course, drunk it). Lovebucket insists that they complete the contract.

Mr Jolly Lives Next Door was released on VHS in the late '80s, and became available on DVD when the entire Comic Strip Presents series was released as a box set in the UK in June 2005.

Credits

Director:

Stephen Frears

Screenwriters:

Adrian Edmondson

Rik Mayall

Roland Rivron

Cast:

Adrian Edmondson

Rik Mayall

Nicholas Parsons

Producer:

External link

The Comic Strip Presents - the BBC's guide to The Comic Strip Presents

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 [[Image:Mrjollycover.jpg|thumb|right|Mr Jolly Lives Next Door]]
 '''''Mr Jolly Lives Next Door''''' is a [[1987]] [[Comedy film]] made for British television as part of the [[Comic Strip|Comic Strip Presents]] series.
 ''Warning:  Spoilers or plot details follow.''
+It features [[Rik Mayall]] and [[Adrian Edmonson]] as Richie and Eddie, the proprietors of an escort agency, ''Dreamytime Escorts''. Richie is devious, low-minded, calculating and stupid; Eddie merely very stupid.
+Unusually, rather than providing businessmen with female companionship, the activities of their escort agency essentially involve the pair swooping on unsuspecting foreigners who call them, and forcing them to take part in a drinking binge. The two are alcohol-obsessed;  when their home-brewed beer (which takes all of two days to brew and has a head made from washing-up liquid) isn't available, they steal from the delivery lorries pulling up at the [[off-licence]] downstairs: Eddie dives out of the window into a large builders' bucket and is hauled back up with the stolen alcohol by Richie.
-It features [[Rik Mayall]] and [[Adrian Edmonson]] as Richie and Eddie, two characters very much like the actors' previous depictions of the [[Dangerous Brothers]] - Richie calculating and stupid, Eddie just very, very stupid.  Together they run 'Dreamytime Escorts', which, rather than being suppplying prostitutes to businessmen, involves the pair swooping on unsuspecting foreigners who call them and forcing them on a drinking binge at the customer's expense.  The two are alcohol-obsessed;  when the home-brewed beer (which takes all of two days to brew and has a head made from washing-up liquid) isn't available, they steal from the delivery lorries pulling up at the [[off-licence]] downstairs.  This involves Eddie diving out of the window into a large builders' bucket and being hauled back up with his booty by Richie.  Their next-door neighbour, the eponymous Mr Jolly, is a psychotic contract killer, played by the veteran British comedian [[Peter Cook]].  Jolly's ''modus operandi'' involves hacking his victims to death with a meat cleaver while playing [[Tom Jones]]' song ''[[What's New Pussycat?]]'' to drown the cries.
+Their next-door neighbour, the eponymous Mr Jolly, is a psychotic contract killer, played by the veteran British comedian [[Peter Cook]].  Jolly's ''modus operandi'' is to hack his victims to death with a meat cleaver while playing [[Tom Jones]]' song ''[[What's New Pussycat?]]'' to drown their cries.
-Meanwhile, Hymie Henderson, their downstairs neighbour who owns the off-licence, is being [[blackmailed]] for [[protection]] money by the thugs of Mr Lovebucket, an effete [[gangster]] played by [[Peter Richardson]].
+Hymie Henderson, who owns the off-licence downstairs, is being [[blackmailed]] for [[Protection racket|protection]] money by Mr Lovebucket, an effete [[gangster]] played by [[Peter Richardson]].
-Due to a mix-up Richie and Eddie receive a request intended for Mr Jolly to "take out" the radio presenter and game show host [[Nicholas Parsons]], who appears as himself.  Parsons is opening Henderson's off-licence and Lovebucket wants to put a stop to it.  Interpreting "take out" in their own way, they manage to spend an evening with Parsons, only to be confronted by Lovebucket the following morning, who wants to know what they've done with the money enclosed with the contract (they've drunken it).  Lovebucket then insists that they complete the contract.
+Due to an unfortunate error, Richie and Eddie receive a request intended for Mr Jolly to "take out" the radio presenter and game show host [[Nicholas Parsons]], who appears as himself.  Parsons is due to open Henderson's off-licence, and Lovebucket wants to put a stop to it. Misinterpreting the request, they spend an evening with Parsons, only to be confronted the following morning by Lovebucket, who wants to know what they've done with the money provided with the contract (they have, of course, drunk it). Lovebucket insists that they complete the contract.
 ''Mr Jolly Lives Next Door'' was released on VHS in the late '80s, and became available on DVD when the entire [[Comic Strip|Comic Strip Presents]] series was released as a box set in the UK in June 2005.