The Young Ones

[Motor Head]

I know its a little old school, but I just bought the DVD and I laughed my ass off again at this really stupid show.

Favorite Charachter: Vivian

Favorite Episode: Bambi

Any other fans of the fab 4?
http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/images_tv/youngones_12.JPG

[mikeybot]

I know its a little old school, but I just bought the DVD and I laughed my ass off again at this really stupid show.

Favorite Charachter: Vivian

Favorite Episode: Bambi

Any other fans of the fab 4?
http://www.nostalgiacentral.com/images_tv/youngones_12.JPG



Agree with both, though Nasty is an extremely close second.
I'll spare the board my useless knowledge about the show(unless people really want to know it).

[Brady T cell]

Loved the show and loved Neil.

"Boom Shanka"

[abudabit]

Neil was my fav too. Fucking loved that show. It's comedy, yet it really makes you think...

[Slow Bollards]

At least one night a month I try to make an entire meal with different lentil dishes.

[abudabit]

I used to be on an all hippy section diet. You know those bins with the beans, rice, wheat germ, vegatable protein, etc. That lasted about 1 month.

[Coffee Diva]

Fab Four? What about Alexei Sayle?

Little-known fun fact: The Young Ones was directly responsible for the destruction of MTV. Executives at MTV were looking for a little something different to put on after prime time, and they heard about this weird show in the UK that everyone was crazy about. And the best thing about it was that every episode had its own video in it from some hot British band, so MTV could easily put it on the air without looking like they were selling out. So they put it on the air, it almost immediately pulls the best ratings in the history of MTV, and MTV's executives start to think, "Wellll, maybe the occasional non-music show wouldn't hurt..."

What makes this all the more ironic is that the only reason The Young Ones had those "in-show videos" in the first place was because in the bureaucratic culture of the BBC, shows with musical guests were classified as "light entertainment" instead of as "sitcoms" and thus got bigger budgets. They wanted the extra money so they came up with a way to shove a band into every episode.

My favorite musical guest was, of course, Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve.

[thekidslepthere]

Loved this show, my older brother taped all the shows off of mtv back in the late 80's.

I've heard the guys behind The Young Ones, did a show on the BBC in the early 80's or late 70's that was a spoof documentary about a metal band called "Bad News" and supposedly Rob Reiner ripped this off for "Spinal Tap" but I've never been able to figure out which was filmed first, does anyone know?

[mikeybot]

Yup, I own the bad news tape. Pretty funny stuff. Not quite as good as the show, but the personalities are pretty much the same
Fav musical guests-Motorhead, The Damned, Madness(on twice!), and Alexi doing Dr. Marten's Boots.

"Heavy Metal! Heavy Metal! Heavy Metal! We're fucking heavy metal! Now get in the fuckin' van!"

[LZMF1]

the young ones were awesome back in the day. i bought the dvds last year or the year before and watch them often. shit man they had motorhead as musical guests....how cool was that?

[abudabit]

I never understood the parts with Alexi. I couldn't even understand a word he was saying.

[LZMF1]

I never understood the parts with Alexi. I couldn't even understand a word he was saying.
you and me both.

he was always wayyyyyyyy too animated for me.

vivian, rik and neil were awesome.........that lil' troll mike never did anything for me. alexei just annoyed the fuck outta me

[Motor Head]

"I'm a driving instructor from Johanesberg"-Harry the Bastard

[LZMF1]

the young ones personality test (http://selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=theyoungones1)

[Hudson]

I am sorry to say that the only episiode I ever saw was the one in which the short ladies man got nailed to the table....never any episodes after that I could find/view

[generoso]

Viv was my fav, I don't remember the ep. name but the one with the nuke in thier kitchen....And Neil with his fallout shelter,Viv taking a hammer to it ..had me howling....

[Chimpo]

I just watched all of them on DVD again over this past week.

I've seen them uncountable times, but I still fucking crack up.

[BillyBibbet]

"Do not stick head out window.....I wonder why?"

[Death Metal Moe]

I really have to check that show out, I loved that Bad News stuff.

[jenzie]

"I'm a driving instructor from Johanesberg"-Harry the Bastard
round about this time ..... i usually have a POT NOODLE!!!!:action-sm
OH YEAH, watched it when it originally was broadcast on BBC2, back in the eighties (1982)

i have both series on tape, but i should really get the dvd's:icon_conf

am-a-zulu! oh, is that right, am-a-glasweigen!!

fantastic stuff

[BeerBelly]

love every episode.
I believe you can hear vivian and rick on the
last track of primus' "sailing the seas of cheese" cd, I may be wrong

[FunkeDunke]

my favorite was the one where the go on some game show.

Madness doing "House of Fun" then threatening to break Rick's face for requesting Cliff Richard was good.

and i've recycled Neil's line about "Sleep gives you cancer man, everyone knows that!" too many times...

[mikeybot]

my favorite was the one where the go on some game show.

Madness doing "House of Fun" then threatening to break Rick's face for requesting Cliff Richard was good.

and i've recycled Neil's line about "Sleep gives you cancer man, everyone knows that!" too many times...


That would be Bambi.

[LZMF1]

love every episode.
I believe you can hear vivian and rick on the
last track of primus' "sailing the seas of cheese" cd, I may be wrong
it's actually vyvyan saying "SHUT UP YOU BASTARDS!!!!!!!!"

[generoso]

Once again forget the Ep....But there are 2 devilsh Imps trying to get a better job..One was Named Orgo the other Fatomish..When say there names they come to earth to kill ya to bring ya back to Hell..Every Time I cough to this day I say fatomish....

[mikeybot]

Once again forget the Ep....But there are 2 devilsh Imps trying to get a better job..One was Named Orgo the other Fatomish..When say there names they come to earth to kill ya to bring ya back to Hell..Every Time I cough to this day I say fatomish....


That episode would be called Boring, sir
tv.com is your friend :
http://www.tv.com/the-young-ones/show/3911/episode_guide.html

[Mark Pressure]

They are funny as hell.

[Motor Head]

God I love this forum. I'm among friends here. I'm gonna watch Bambi tonight, and bang my head to "The Ace of Spades" by Motorhead. And go and play some DoD.

[Motor Head]

Hehe, I just watched "SICK" and laughed my ass off.

[westben2002]

I watched it on comedy central when it was on. I also was doing research and found there is a "Young Ones" video game that came out for Commedor 64.

also if you go to youtube.com and look for the young ones, you can find some cool clips from the show.