Who else things The young ones is unbelievably funny? I have series one and two on DVD and can't believe how funny it is, the props are a bit crap but the whole thing i funny. Rik has to be my favourite ''Hands up, who likes me! '':clap:

The Hippy that be Neil :clap: Don't own any of the series but remember them well :D

Mike the Cool Person....

I lived with a guy who was the image of Vivian...though he was a dentist rather than a medic. He was still as mad as a basket of snakes.

And for a year I had a landlord in Manchester who made Jerzy Bolowski look like Mother Teresa!

Joe

Originally posted by Deejay
The Hippy that be Neil :clap: Don't own any of the series but remember them well :D

Agreed.....

Vegetable rights and peace man........quality.:thumbsup:

>The Hippy that be Neil We sow the seeds, nature grows the seeds, then we eat the seeds

This show was a revelation to a 15 year old in 1982. My jaw hit the floor and it has stayed there ever since.

Until then, I hadn't suspected that I could possibly laugh so much.

Can you modify your original post to add a poll? It would be nice to see the end result.

I'd vote Rik because he is the butt of everyone's jokes.

The one I least liked was Mike. I'm not sure if I didn't like the guy or the character.

It was good to see three of them move on to "Bottom". It's just like looking in on them 10 years on and seeing they're still miserable failures!

The young ones is an excellent program. vyvyan the punk has got to be my favorite. am an 80's child and loved the program when i was a fair bit younger .... totally fell in love with it ...... always thought vyvyan was well funny ... ade edmonson n rik mayall are pure comedy genius if u ask me. early bottom stuff is great too , although has gone a bit downhill lately ....
mike was always my least favorite ... never really got his jokes n stuff when was younger n still not keen on that character but hes needed for the balance within the house etc ..... infct theyre all great. even the landlord .. ah whats his name ... Alexei sayle thats the one... although im not too fond of most of his comedy work...

anyone else got the VHS's? if you freeze frame it strange little clips pop up for a fraction of a second ... like a man on skis and a dripping tap .... like subliminal messages type thing

also find it wicked that the young ones is still funny to this day ... a lot of comedy shows die out with age but the young ones will forever be a classic p**s take of british culture in the 80s...

Vivian for me, nothing beats a nutcase.

Neil has an album of Hippy drug music that is very funny...

'Hurdy gurdy mushroom man, has locked me in a frying pan...'

"Neil, Neil orange peel"

Anyone else cherish Vivian's Anti-The Good Life rant?

Carmine, I'll have you know that Felicity Kendall is sweetly pretty - and I want to defend her!

Vivian without a doubt, I thought he was everybodies fave.

I hated Mike and was never too fond of Alexi Sayles character.

I loved Rick; I kind of became him when I was about 15 - in attitude at least! :thumbsup:

K x

This takes me back. I was around 20 when this came out and had long hair just like Neil. I used to get kids calling me Neil all the time so he's got to be my favourite, if only for reminding me of my youth. Of course, I'm middle aged now, short hair, married with child, big mortgage, respectable job.
Still feel the same on the inside though :)

Neil - he rated All Things Must Pass as the grooviest album ever and I tend to agree. Also, he had a number 2 hit in 1984 with Hole in my Shoe which was like, way far out.

'Oh look at all that cheese under the cooker'. He was also soft as ****e.

Originally posted by Swan_Vesta
Carmine, I'll have you know that Felicity Kendall is sweetly pretty - and I want to defend her!

Is that sugar flavored snot or chocolate vomit he calls her and Richrd Bryers?

rik mayall - what a guy, prefer BOTTOM though hehe! cant believe they arent gonna do anymore...gutted

Originally posted by NatalieSheff
rik mayall - what a guy, prefer BOTTOM though hehe! cant believe they arent gonna do anymore...gutted

Bottom was a funny series, but I prefered The Young Ones as there was an intelligence and a definite agenda beneath the slapstick violence and distorted stereotyping.

Neil in a letter to bank manager:


Darling Fascist Bully Boy.

Give me some more money.



You ba%$%rd.


Love
Neil



(From the episode where Neil is forced to join the police - IIRC - WIPD)

I loved the Jackanory series with Rik Mayall reading 'George's Marvellour Medicine' :clap: Was fab, he's such a funny guy, although he's looking a little pervy of late! :gag:

K x

Originally posted by sccsux
(From the episode where Neil is forced to join the police - IIRC - WIPD)
Best performance from Alexi Sayle:

Alexi Sayle (dressed as Mussolini): Now you go away and practice that, and if you don't get it right I kick your head in.

Neil: Fascist!

Alexi Sayle: Ci!

Originally posted by Kristian
I loved the Jackanory series with Rik Mayall reading 'George's Marvellour Medicine' :clap: Was fab, he's such a funny guy, although he's looking a little pervy of late! :gag:

K x

A great character in most roll`, but hasn`t he always looked pervy?

I love the Young Ones now, but I couldn't bring myself to watch it for years - Rik Mayall reminded me hugely of my first boyfriend (in terms of looks mainly) who I didn't have entirely fond memories of!

(Even so, he wasn't the prat that Rik - sorry, Wik - was! :D )

In recent years, I've enjoyed the programme a lot more, having been deprived of it in years gone by!

Oh, my favourite character is SPG, the vicious hamster .....

StarSparkle :thumbsup:

Rik, aptly named with a silent P ? :hihi:

"See you, Teddy Bear...come 'ere"

Originally posted by Carmine
"See you, Teddy Bear...come 'ere"

Yep, SPG is a good character! (Vyvyan's Rat(?), Special Patrol Group)

Of the main characters Rik has got to be the best, is definitely in my opinion the best written character and most believeable (I know its not supposed to be totally realistic but I hope you get my meaning)

I think rik is great!!! He's so funny!! I grew up watching The young ones and ive loved it from the off!!!

Originally posted by sccsux
(From the episode where Neil is forced to join the police - IIRC - WIPD) You forgot Boom Shanka May the seed of your loins be fruitful in the belly of your woman

Originally posted by sccsux:
(From the episode where Neil is forced to join the police - IIRC - WIPD)
Come on in Neil, and take the tit off your head!

I thought Rik was the most acute caricature - so true of trendy lefty "intellectual" students at the time!

Which one was Balowski?

Originally posted by Starman
You forgot Boom Shanka May the seed of your loins be fruitful in the belly of your woman Opps i meant the letter

Originally posted by Kristian
I loved the Jackanory series with Rik Mayall reading 'George's Marvellour Medicine' :clap: Was fab, he's such a funny guy, although he's looking a little pervy of late!

Ah, but that's what I like about him... he looks filthy.

I voted for Rik. Nobody voted for Mike yet, can't say I'm surprised. :)

Originally posted by Carmine
Bottom was a funny series, but I prefered The Young Ones as there was an intelligence and a definite agenda beneath the slapstick violence and distorted stereotyping. no way!!!! makes me laugh every time,those pants and the sweat...yuk!!! very rude but very funny

Originally posted by Lickszz
I voted for Rik. Nobody voted for Mike yet, can't say I'm surprised. :) Neither am i, i never got him or his jokes. And to say he was the 'cool guy' he didn't seem cool, I thought Rick was cool. :cool:

This is a tough one cos there all good.....

what's wrong with Balowski!?

Originally posted by Lily04
what's wrong with Balowski!? Nothing, i think he helped write the young ones, even though his name was never down for it.