An Animated Benedict Cumberbatch Reads a Snarky Letter From Rik Mayall to Bob Geldof About 'Band Aid'

An Animated Benedict Cumberbatch Reads a Snarky Letter From Rik Mayall to Bob Geldof About 'Band Aid'

An animated Benedict Cumberbatch captured the witty yet biting snark within a letter by the late great British comedian Rik Mayall of The Young Ones to Bob Geldof on the day after the filming of the Band Aid supergroup video “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” in November 1984. Needless to say, Mayall was not entirely pleased with how he was treated. On November 25th, 1984, dozens of the brightest stars on the British music scene descended upon SARM…