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DID YOU REALLY DO A DISNEY NASTY BAMBI?
WHAT CAN I SAY EVERY EPISODE FROM THE YOUNG ONES, A LITTLE PRICEY BUT IT HAS A COUPLE EPISODES FROM OTHER SHOWS THEY DID THAT ARE GREAT AND EVERYTHING IS RIGHT HERE, BUY IT.

The perfect antidote for Reagen/Thatcher
Probably the best series the BBC has ever offered outside of Monty Python.

One of the programmes that brought 'alternative' comedy to British television screens, complete with rambling plots, 'comic asides' and 'musical interludes'. It concerns the daily life and 'adventures' of a group of students living in a sleazy house. The creators were making an attempt to develop characters that no one would like or be able to sympathize with. They failed miserably, much to the delight of many the world through-out. This is essential viewing for anyone with a sense of humour and punk aesthetic.

Rick (Rik Mayall) is a fanatical disciple of Cliff Richard, eager to protest his lack of virginity at every opportunity.

Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson) is a total nutter, hell bent on bringing about maximum mayhem and destruction.

Neil (Nigel Planer) is a hippy type who does most of the cooking (mainly with lentils) and cleaning (what there is of it).

Mike (Christopher Ryan) is a smoothie, totally out of step with the rest of the no-hope loonies in the house.

Alexei Sayle appears as various members of the Balowski family and contributes a variety of short 'asides' during episodes.




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Well I Grew Up Watching The Young One's, But Was Never Able To Watch Every Episode. Now That The 3 Disc DVD Is Out And Available, I Have Finally Watched Every Episode Of The Young One's. The DVD Is Titled 'Every Stoopid Episode', But I Think It Was Brilliant And Way Ahead Of It's Time. Since So Many Other Shows Have Followed In It's Steps (Absolutely Fabulous, The Office, etc.) Here You Have Vyvyan The Punk (Adrian Edmondson), Neil The Hippie (Nigel Planer), Slick Mike The Player (Christopher Ryan) And Clever Rick The Poseur (Rik Mayall), Who Are Four Roommates From Hell (You Also Get To See Various Roles Played By Alexei Sayle - The Balovski Family). You Get To See The World's Stickiest Booger, A Nuclear Bomb Next To The Refrigerator, And Houseguests Like The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse And A Singing Tomato. Each Anarchic Episode Includes Live Performances From Bands Like Madness, Motorhead, The Damned And Dexy's Midnight Runners. Not To Mention Guest Appearances From Stars Like Emma Thompson (Wit, Much Ado About Nothing), Robbie Coltrane (Harry Potter Films), Jennifer Saunders (Absoutely Fabulous) And Many More Stars.

In Series One (Disc 1) :

1) Demolition - Neil Plans To Kill Himself While The Others Worry About A Demolition Notice. NOTE: In The Scene Where Rick Shushes Everyone Before Watching "Nozin' Aroun'", Another Hippie (Not Neil) Can Be Seen Slumped Over Along The Wall. This Visual Gag Is Repeated In A Few Other Episodes As Well. Rick Says That "Nozin Aroun'" Is His Favorite Show, But It's Supposed To Be A New Show That Wasn't On Air Until Now.

2) Oil - Vyv Discovers Oil In The Basement, Mike Becomes A Dictator And Rick Plots His Overthrow. NOTE: The Radio Times Description Says: "Witty, Rich, Priceless, Side-Splitting, Light, Comic, Mock Heroic, Farcical, Clownish, Knockabout. (Roget's Thesaurus)" Also Included Was A Photo With The Caption: "Alexei Sayle Strikes A Radical Posture, Radical Posture Strike A Chord As The Young Ones Assault The Senses Of All Straight Thinkers." This Episode Sees The Foursome Moving To The Student House In Which The Rest Of The Series Would Be Set (After Their Original One Was Destroyed In The Previous Episode). During The Closing Credits Adrian Edmondson Accidentally Moves The Back Wall While Wielding A Hatchet.

3) Boring - Oblivious Of Terrorists, Dancing Vegetables, And Card-Playing Mice, The Boys Complain Of Being Bored. NOTE: The Radio Times Description Says: "As Schtenker Said, 'Music Will Buy The Paint.' He Never Said What Colour ..." When Vyvian Cuts His Finger Off, You Can See The Wire Running Down His Wrist.

4) Bomb - The Guys Discover A Bomb In The House, Just In Front Of The Fridge. NOTE: The Radio Times Description Says: "Mark And Samantha Decide To Have A Tea Party, And The Vicar Tries Out His New Chain-Saw With Sidesplitting Results." Also Included Was A Photo With The Caption: "A Study In Collective Lunacy. Can The Young Ones Bring The House Down, Will It Fall Down Of Its Own Accord Or ... Armageddon Out Of Here!"

5) Interesting - The Guys Throw A Wild Party. NOTE: The Radio Times Description Says: "Heinrich Schtenker, The Little-Known But Much Hated Amateur Philosopher, Famous For His Epithet 'I Exist Therefore I Am,' Was Run Over By A Tram In Vienna In 1893. Good Job Too." When Vyvyan Drinks The Potion And Goes Bald, He Has 666 Written On The Right Side Of His Head.

6) Flood - The Guys May Starve To Death While Monumental Rains Threaten To Run Them Out. NOTE: The Radio Times Description Says: "Disaster Looms: In The Last Few Days Of A Desperate Government, Riot Spreads As The Economy Collapses And The Threat Of Nuclear Conflict Grows. Despite This, The BBC Screens The Final Of The Young Ones."

In Series Two (Disc Two) :

1) Bambi - The Guys Prepare For University Challenge, A College TV Quiz Show, Hosted By A Man Mike Knows Named Bambi. NOTE: This Was Stephen Fry's Second Of Three Appearances On University Challenge. He Appeared In 1979 With His University Team. In 1993 A Special Episode Was Recorded Featuring A Current College Team Versus An Team Of Celebrities Who Had Competed With Their University Teams. Bambi Is A Reference To University Challenge Host Bamber Gascoigne Whom Griff Rhys Jones Is Impersonating. Griff Also Impersonated Bamber On Not The 9:00 News. On An Episode Of University Challenge, A Contestant Stumped For An Answer Responded "Toxteth O'Grady, U.S.A." Causing The Whole Audience To Collapse In Laughter. Here We Learn That The Young Ones Had The Plants And Goldfish For Dinner When They First Moved In, They Didn't. When They First Moved In Back In Oil, Dinner Was Flour And Water (Glue). It's Revealed That Rick Has Been Tampering With Bambi's Question Cards, So Why Has He Left The Answer For "The World's Stupidest Bottom Burp" As Rick? After Battling With The Living Sock, Vyvyan Strikes Rick Over The Head With The Frying Pan He Killed The Sock With. As They Run Up To Bed, Vyvyan Throws The Pan On The Floor, And It Doesn't Make A Metal Sound (Flops Around And Makes A Plastic Sound, Ruining The Illusion That It Was Real). Gotta Love The 80's.....

2) Cash - Neil Becomes A Policeman To Earn Money To Support Vyv's Baby. NOTE: The Pseudonym Ken Bishop Would Be Re-used By Simon Brint When He Appeared In French & Saunders' Band Raw Sex. Their Performance Is Edited Out The Region 1 DVD. The Radio Times Description Says: "'Whizz Bang' - The New Youth Programme. Roger Dingo Talks Live In The Studio To Screaming Leppard. On Film, Barry Coathanger Smith Talks To Minty From Broken Chair About His New Cooker. The Weekend Starts Somewhere Over There In The Corner." Also Included Was A Photo With The Caption: "Ready Or Not, Here They Come. Join Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall, Christopher Ryan And Adrian Edmondson For More Young Ones Humour."

3) Nasty - Mike And Vyv Try To Get Their Rented Video Running While Neil Has A Bath. NOTE: Chris Barrie Is Credited As Christopher Barrie. He Would Eventually Shorten His Name To Avoid Confusion With Doctor Who And Tripods Director Christopher Barry. The Radio Times Description Says: "This Week A Video Head Helically Scans The Coercivity Medium Taking Full Advantage Of The Inherit Wide Hysteresic Characteristics And Fully Saturating The Magnetic Structure Of The Oxide Emulsion With Predictably Hilarious Results." The Region 1 DVD Edits Out Neil Singing The Line "Hello, Darkness, My Old Friend" While In The Bath.

4) Time - All The Guys Have Colds, But Neil's Sneezes Threaten To Collapse The House. NOTE: The Radio Times Description Says: "This Week The Man Who Writes The Listings In The Radio Times, Which Is Actually A Very Difficult Job At Which He Works Very Hard And He Is Not Getting Home Very Much Because He Is Out Earning Money To Keep His Family, Comes Home Late One Night To Find His Wife In Bed With Another Man And Has A Nervous Breakdown ... Wakka Wakka Oooooooh Aaaaaaah." The Region 1 DVD Swaps The Order Of 'Sick' And 'Time'. It's Possible They're In Production Order.

5) Sick - A Dallas Spoof Segues Into The Morning After When Rick Wakes Up With An Axe Murderess. NOTE: Paul Merton Was Credited Under His Real Name, Paul Martin. The Radio Times Description Says: "A Plane-Load Of Funsters Crashes In The African Jungle; The Soufflé Still Won't Rise; A Former Model Charges Through The Plot Like A Tornado; Anything Can Happen And Probably Will."

6) Summer Holiday - When School Lets Out, The Guys Are So Bored They Plan To Rob A Bank. NOTE: The Radio Times For This Episode Was Very Basic: "Final Programme In The Series." Also Included Was A Photo With The Caption: "It's Summer Holiday Time And The Young Ones Are Set To Pack Their Bags. But Who Knows When They'll Spring Back In All Their Bizarre Glory?" The Last Episode Credits All The Actors And Production People Together As "The Young Ones Were:". The Title And The Red Double-Decker Bus Are References To The Cliff Richard Film Summer Holiday.

Special Features (Disc Three) :

1) Creating The Young Ones - Excerpt From A History Of Alternative Comedy, 1999.

2) The Young Ones And The 80's - Excerpt From Laughter In The House: The Story Of The British Sitcom, 1999.

3) Rik Mayall: The Theater - From The Fundamental Frolics Concert, Recorded At The Apollo Theater, Victoria On June 1st, 1981.

4) Filthy Rich & Catflap, Episode 1 - The Second Series From The Cast And Crew Of The Young Ones, 1987.

5) Bottom, Episode 1 - The Third Series From The Cast And Crew Of The Young Ones, 1991.

6) Talent Files - Cast Biographies, A Guide To The Guest Stars, A Look At The Bands.

This Show First Aired In November 1982 And Last Aired On June 1984. It Had So Many Guest Appearances Which Included :

Alan Freeman, Amazulu, Andy De La Tour, Anthony Sharp, Arnold Brown, Barry Cookson, Barry Stanton, Bob Geldof, Brian Croucher, Brian Oulton, Carla Mendonça, Ceri Jackson, Chris Barrie, Chris Difford, Chris Ellis, Christine Ellerbeck, Cindy Shelley, Clair Hill, Cliff Richard, Cyril Shaps, Damaris Hayman, Daniel Peacock, Dave Lloyd, David Rappaport, David Rhule, David Rolfe, David Squire, Dawn French, Derek Griffiths, Dexys Midnight Runners, Emma Thompson, Gareth Hale, Gary Beadle, Gerard Kelly, Griff Rhys Jones, Helen Atkinson-Wood, Helen Lederer, Herbert Norville, Hilary Mason, Hugh Cecil, Hugh Laurie, Jacqueline Clarke, Jan Prince, Jean Campbell-Dallas, Jean Channon, Jennifer Saunders, Jim Barclay, Joanne Pearce, John Owens, Jonathan Caplan, Jools Holland, Julianne White, Justine Lord, Kay Stonham, Keith Allen, Ken Parry, Kilian McKenna, Lee Cornes, Lenny Henry, Lise Mayer, Madness, Maggie Steed, Mark Dewison, Mark Ezra, Mark Lambert, Martin Dobson, Mel Smith, Michael Redfern, Motorhead, Nicholas Ball, Nick Dunning, Nine Below Zero, Norman Lovett, Norman Pace, Paola Dionisotti, Patrick Newell, Paul Gale, Paul Merton, Pauline Melville, Peggy Thorpe-Gates, Perry Benson, Peter Brewis, Peter Greene (II), Peter Laxton, Peter Wear, Radical Posture, Rip Rig & Panic, Robbie Coltrane, Robin Parkinson, Roger Ashton Griffiths, Roger Sloman, Ron Cook, Ronnie Golden, Rowland Rivron, Ruth Burnett, Sadie Hamilton, Simon Brint, Stephen Fry, Steve Dixon, Steve Kelly, Stewart Copeland, Tamsin Heatley, Terry Jones, Terry Medlicott, The Damned, Tony Allef, Tony Allen, Tony Robinson, Tony Sympson, Vikki Chambers & William McBain.

Now Folks, If You Are Still Reading This Long Review (My Fingers Are Slowly Falling Off, From Writing This Long Review), The Young Ones Was/Is Simply Amazing. The 80's Are Back In All Their Egregious Excess! Stop Reading This Review, And Simply Click On 'The Purchase ASAP' Button. This Was Great In The 80's And It's Even Better Now! Enjoy Folks!

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