British comedy

[Crazy Dave]

The Young Ones

[billyskank]

1. It was crazy

every celeb in Britain wanted to be on that show, it seemed.

[Crazy Dave]

2. I liked when Vyvyan used to tell people that Rick's name...

was spelled with a silent "P" at the beginning.

[terrya]

4. I loved the show.

And, if I'm not mistaken, the actor who portrayed Vyvyan sings the opening song to "Absolutely Fabulous"

Useless trivia, I know.

[mockmonkey]

5. more trivia

And was/is married to Jennifer Saunders.

[billyskank]

37. Adrian Edmondson?

Are you sure?

[Lucy - Claire]

41. Yes Adrian Edmundson is married to

Jennifer Saunders, it is a fact. They have a small farm in the country and three children. They are very low key, which is why people don't always realise.

[billyskank]

42. I mean, sang the theme to Ab Fab? This Wheel's On Fire?

[Miss Marmelstein]

43. I loved this show....

And both Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French guest starred in a couple episodes.

More trivia: Adrian Edmondson guests on Abs Fab as a food critic, once with Dawn French.

:bounce: :bounce:

[Lucy - Claire]

44. Dawn French's husband is my favourite living British Comedian.

Lennie Henry is also a fine serious actor,if fine that the mark of a truely great comedian is being a good actor too.
Ronnie Barker was a very good actor and very clever with his work, he is my other favourite.
As for female comedians I prefer Victoria Wood and Julie Walters to Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French and Ruby Wax.

[bleedingheart]

30. I use that phrase when desribing pRick santorum...

[EstimatedProphet]

3. I only saw it a couple of times but I liked it

[AllegroRondo]

6. Have we got a video?

[RandiFan1290]

17. Here's one

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1559858871150093124&q=the+young+ones

[AllegroRondo]

19. Never mind

its a line from an episode, the one with the vampire.

Vyv borrows a VCR to watch porn (a "video" in british)
as he's setting it up, every person that comes in comments "oh, do we have a video?"
to which Vyv replies "YES, WE HAVE A VIDEO!" eventually getting so pissed off that he puts Neil's head through a window.

[DS1]

20. Episode name is "Video Nasty"

and SPG gets hammered into a toaster, and scene which makes me laugh till I cry

[AllegroRondo]

26. and he pops out as a furry smoking hockey puck

where did they come up with this stuff?

[myrna minx]

22. oooo that's the episode that features the Damned!

:bounce:

[myrna minx]

23. AhhhAhhh the People's Poet is deaaadd!!!!

[RandiFan1290]

33. Duuuuuuh!!!

I should have figured that one out :blush:

Oh well, hopefully someone found the link useful ;)

[tigereye]

7. husband loved, loved that show

I usually ran screaming from the room. ( same with Fawlty Towers.) I love Red Dwarf, though.

[momophile]

8. I often use a "Young Ones" quote:

Neil - 'How many people does it take to change a lightbulb? One. Me. 'Cause I'm the only one who ever does anything around here."

[Crazy Dave]

11. Poor Neil, I remember that show

I'm beginning to see "The Young Ones" DVD collection in the near future for my library as they're not on much anymore. Or for that matter, on at all.

[DS1]

25. Oh no, the kettle blew itself up

If only it had decided to talk about it

[AllegroRondo]

27. The kettle would rather kill itself than be used by me.

[BigMcLargehuge]

9. You have won second place in a beauty pagent...

hit Rick over the head with the bank.

[Ravenseye]

10. This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence

[Oeditpus Rex]

12. It bored me

I watched it like twice when MTV ran it eons ago. Couldn't find a reason to continue to watch — though I'd probably check it out again to see if I missed anything. (My sense of humor's changed a bit since then.)

I recall just one bit, when a bomb came through their roof and the low-key dude said, "Oh, no. It's the Holocaust."

[ghostsofgiants]

13. I've never seen The Young Ones but...

Black Books and Spaced PWN all.

[u4ic]

14. I've heard of it, but have never seen it

[redqueen]

15. Hands up, who likes me?

I don't know who originally posted that thread... but it was sooooo lovely. :)

[supernova]

16. I love Britcoms!

:D

[Tikki]

18. Ah, my old sig line...

"Marrow....meringue....boomerang....long blue boomerang"......Rick..The People's Poet



Tikki

[RumpusCat]

21. You can't wash the toilet -- it'll lose all its character!

One of my favorite brit coms. ^___^

[AllegroRondo]

38. Lets never do laundry again!

"what do you mean, again?"

[myrna minx]

24. Oh look it's a telescope with a little mouse in it. n/t

[bikebloke]

28. Saw a couple episodes in New Zealand

I was biking the country. Camp grounds had kitchen sheds and sometimes a telly. Most of us were interested in the weather for the next day (praying for tailwinds, but plowing them more often than not). I've been tempted to buy the DVD, but the price has turned me away.

[grace0418]

29. Neil, have you just farted?

Well there's a horrible farty smell in here and it certainly isn't from my bottom!

[ksilvas]

31. I love "The Young Ones" and also another, around the same time,

it was called "Comic Strips" and it had a "send up" of the Famous Five
kids detectives. When they got excited and wanted to celebrate they
got "cucumber sandwiches, fresh tomatoes, bags of lettuce and lashings of ginger beer, oh wizzer!"
I bust that one out on occasion to crack myself up, but most people
don't know what the hell I talking about.
(Vyv's accent) Bastards!

[DS1]

34. I know what you're talking about

;-)

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

35. If you can play Region 2 (PAL) DVD's, you can import the complete

"Comic Strip Presents ..."

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0007LPLRY/

There are some absolute stinkers, but there's enough great stuff to make it worthwhile. (It's also not quite complete as a new one aired over Xmas (featuring Mayall & Planer) although you won't be missing much.)

1. Five Go Mad In Dorset (1982)
2. War (1983)
3. The Beat Generation (1983)
4. Bad News Tour (1983)
5. Summer School (1983)
6. Five Go Mad On Mescalin (1983)
7. Dirty Movie (1984)
8. Susie (1984)
9. A Fistful Of Travellers Cheques (1984)
10. Gino - Full Story and Pics 1984)
11. Eddie Monsoon- A Life? (1984)
12. Slags (1984)
13. The Bullshitters (1984)
14. The Supergrass (1984)
15. Consuela (1986)
16. Private Enterprise (1986)
17. The Strike (1988)
18. More Bad News (1988)
19. Mr Jolly Lives Next Door (1988)
20. The Yob (1988)
21. Didn't You Kill My Brother? (1988)
22. Funseekers (1988)
23. South Atlantic Raiders (1990)
24. South Atlantic Raiders Part II (1990)
25. GLC (1990)
26. Oxford (1990)
27. Spaghetti Hoops (1990)
28. Les Dogs (1990)
29. Red Nose Of Courage (1992)
30. The Crying Game (1992)
31. Wild Turkey (1992)
32. Detectives On The Edge Of A (1993)
33. Space Virgins From Planet Sex (1993)
34. Queen Of The Wild Frontier (1993)
35. Gregory - Diary of a Nutcase (1993)
36. Demonella (1993)
37. Jealousy (1993)
38. Four Men In a Car (1998)
39. Four Men In a Plane (2000)

[AllegroRondo]

36. OMG - I remember "a fist full of travellers cheques"

"Everybody likes the Eagles!"

[myrna minx]

39. My favorite is the Beat Generation.

I was fortunate to tape it off of MTV back in 1987. I didn't realize that they were on DVD. :toast: Ooohhhh Alan...you're soooo jazzz.

[ksilvas]

32. "Whoa, Is this a cigarette, or Pink Floyd?" n/t

[Lucy - Claire]

40. I was never allowed to watch it, as I was a kid then....

However it had great appeal to young boys and men, that love gross toilet humour. I have seen it since and hate it.
I do love Adrian Edmundson and Rik Mayall as straight actors, they are have broken up the partnership and are both doing well on British TV.