The Young Ones - all praise Rrrick Mayall...
Discussion
Ok, ok, it's dated to a similar degree as a MkII Granada 2.8i Ghia X Auto* with vinyl roof and matching tilt/slide sunroof but frankly, when even embryonic Alexi Sayle can have me weeping (admittedly after a curvaceous bottle or three), you know groundbreaking comedy is spiralling in your general direction.
Highlights thus far (having just gorged the entire first series in barely 2 sittings) are multifarious but the scene where The Peoples' Poet is squeezing a zit against the mirror only to inexplicably segue into his seminal work 'Pollution' is a hallmark of the genuine zane on offer.
Innocent, original joy.
{* Edited to add "Auto;" which might've been an otherwise unpardonable omission.}
{** Also edited to reinsert the 'thumbs up' logo smiley thing which always gets deleted whenever you pop back in to add some biting wit or repartee, something I find highly annoying. Also, WHY does their have to be an 'edited' thing whenever you do do a bit of post tidying? Ne comprende pas.}
>>> Edited by derestrictor on Tuesday 8th March 14:27
>>> Edited by derestrictor on Tuesday 8th March 14:34
Highlights thus far (having just gorged the entire first series in barely 2 sittings) are multifarious but the scene where The Peoples' Poet is squeezing a zit against the mirror only to inexplicably segue into his seminal work 'Pollution' is a hallmark of the genuine zane on offer.
Innocent, original joy.
{* Edited to add "Auto;" which might've been an otherwise unpardonable omission.}
{** Also edited to reinsert the 'thumbs up' logo smiley thing which always gets deleted whenever you pop back in to add some biting wit or repartee, something I find highly annoying. Also, WHY does their have to be an 'edited' thing whenever you do do a bit of post tidying? Ne comprende pas.}
>>> Edited by derestrictor on Tuesday 8th March 14:27
>>> Edited by derestrictor on Tuesday 8th March 14:34
derestrictor said:
Highlights thus far (having just gorged the entire first series in barely 2 sittings) are multifarious but the scene where The Peoples' Poet is squeezing a zit against the mirror only to inexplicably segue into his seminal work 'Pollution' is a hallmark of the genuine zane on offer.
....just after the Pollution scene (it's all around, sometimes up, sometimes down) doesn't he stomp out into the hallway and declare "Bathroom's free.....unlike the Government under the Thatcherite Junta" ? Love it.
"Ha ha.....missed both my legs"
Awright me old trout and toolbox..
Here's me card Reggie Balowski, International Arms Dealer, Scrap Metal Merchant and French Cabaret Chanteuse.
So, is that the atom bomb then is it, eh? Oooh naaaa not in that colour, know what I mean. See that bomb, to me its worth, well, a pony, couple of tortoises at most.
Still I got a few minutes, so I might as well indulge in a bit of Cockney patois know what I mean? Cor blimey, knock it on the head, do what, as it 'appens. Terrific, 'ere, didn't you kill my bruvver? No it must have been me, sorry. Anyway, you seen them inflatable bridges? Cor, they're amazing in't they? Bloody hell.. skateboards? Thing of the past, yeah, absolutely.. do me Bob, knock it on the 'ead. I don't know who I am. Laugh? Laugh, I nearly went to Ethiopia. Second class of course. Know what I mean?
Here's me card Reggie Balowski, International Arms Dealer, Scrap Metal Merchant and French Cabaret Chanteuse.
So, is that the atom bomb then is it, eh? Oooh naaaa not in that colour, know what I mean. See that bomb, to me its worth, well, a pony, couple of tortoises at most.
Still I got a few minutes, so I might as well indulge in a bit of Cockney patois know what I mean? Cor blimey, knock it on the head, do what, as it 'appens. Terrific, 'ere, didn't you kill my bruvver? No it must have been me, sorry. Anyway, you seen them inflatable bridges? Cor, they're amazing in't they? Bloody hell.. skateboards? Thing of the past, yeah, absolutely.. do me Bob, knock it on the 'ead. I don't know who I am. Laugh? Laugh, I nearly went to Ethiopia. Second class of course. Know what I mean?
derestrictor said:
{* Edited to add "Auto;" which might've been an otherwise unpardonable omission.}
{** Also edited to reinsert the 'thumbs up' logo smiley thing which always gets deleted whenever you pop back in to add some biting wit or repartee, something I find highly annoying. Also, WHY does their have to be an 'edited' thing whenever you do do a bit of post tidying? Ne comprende pas.}
>>> Edited by derestrictor on Tuesday 8th March 14:27
>>> Edited by derestrictor on Tuesday 8th March 14:34
You missed the opportunity for yet another edit. 
Mel Smith: You can't bring that in here.
Vyv: Why not?
MS: Its a pig.
Vyv: No its not, its a ferret.
MS: Looks like a pig to me.
Vyv: Yes! Its certainly been remarked upon. In fact, just as John Hurt was known as the "Elephant Man", "Bacon Sandwich" here is known as "The Pig Ferret".
MS: The Pig Ferret?
Vyv: Ha! Thats where you're wrong. Because....cos' its not a pig, its a ferret.
Rik: (sticks two fingers up) Ha!! Have ya had enough, Nazi, or do you want some more?
Classic, superb. I'm ordering it right now.
TV detector man: 'The old trick eh? Eat the telly before I get a chance to nick ya!'
Vyvyan: (Sitting with a cable out of his mouth) 'It's a toaster'
TV detector man: 'We know you've got a telly cos we detected it'
Neil: 'So you've just been playing with us all along'
TV detector man: 'Well' it's better than playing with yourself'
Vyvyan: (Sitting with a cable out of his mouth) 'It's a toaster'
TV detector man: 'We know you've got a telly cos we detected it'
Neil: 'So you've just been playing with us all along'
TV detector man: 'Well' it's better than playing with yourself'
Plotloss said:
Mike = superfluous
Oh contrare me ol' mucker.
Without Mike you would have no frame of reference for Neil, Rik and Vivians antics.
Hmmmmmmmm... not sure about that. He just wasn't funny. He's missing altogether from many of the greatest moments.
God it's all coming back. Favourite episode - Scary.
The Young Ones house is not half a mile from where I sit. The Kebab and Calculator has been "refurbished"
and 
(I'll post some pics) but the Launderette (same road as me - admittedly that's the A38 so it takes in a fair bit of the UK) is completely unchanged.I think my favourite bit was in "Bambi" when they're running to catch the train... Vyvyan runs up to a kiosk, stuffs a bun (?) in his mouth, gives the woman (who is trying not to laugh) a v-sign and runs on. Cue (p)Rik trying the same thing, only to be caught out and forced to pay...
charlescrawley said:
I think my favourite bit was in "Bambi" when they're running to catch the train... Vyvyan runs up to a kiosk, stuffs a bun (?) in his mouth, gives the woman (who is trying not to laugh) a v-sign and runs on. Cue (p)Rik trying the same thing, only to be caught out and forced to pay...
that particular scene was accompanied by Motorhead doing "Ace of Spades" as I recall.
Christ, they don't make 'em like that anymore!
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