Advantages: Good for a laugh, More of the same for Bottom lovers Disadvantages: Dated, tired and nowhere near as good as Bottom
...me to do this op). The definitive guide to The Young Ones series one. This opinion took about three days to write on and off and has been a real challenge. I hope you enjoy it.
The young Ones was the fore-runner to Bottom and is based on a group of students that never go to lectures and generally spend their days breaking things, fighting, and generally showing the world what the new generation is going to offer when they are let loose on the world.
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Cartoon humour arrived in the BBC 2 post watershed slot back in 1982 and the world was never the same again....
This was in the days of bachelorhood for the dave27 muse and I remember the rumours going around in YOUNG PEOPLE LAND about this mad TV sitcom long before it exploded across our screens. Me and my mates had picked up on Rik Mayall in the crap cult comedy prog, 'A Kick Up The Eighties', when he had made a career out of a Black Country ...
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Advantages: Awesome episodes - a classic t.v. sitcom produced to be as the original was Disadvantages: not sharper image, no extras
The Young ones was a sitcom broadcast on BBC two in the 1980's, written by Rik Mayall and Ade Edmunson it is about 4 students who attend 'Scumbag College' North London. Although set in north london it was actually filmed, well most of it actually in Bristol. The four students are called Rik Prick, Neil, Mike, and Vyvyan. Each can be seen to portray teenagers of different decades. Neil as the 1960's Hippy who studies peace studies, Mike as the 1950's ...
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Advantages: Fantastic comedy that with have your sides hurting Disadvantages: There are none - well for me anyway
I grew up with the young Ones (not literally) and was a huge fan, even to the point of going to fancy dress parties dressed up as Vivian, complete with hair spiked up and silver stars on my forehead. I used to watch each episode over and over again until i knew all the words off by heart - sad i know, but this humour really appealed to me.
I now have both series on DVD and even my kids love them, it is classic comedy. Also when you watch them now, ...
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house in Britain", The Young Ones became an instant BBC comedy landmark in 1982 by launching an all-out assault on the moribund sitcom, mixing Monty Python-esque ma...
house in Britain, The Young Ones became an instant BBC comedy landmark in 1982 by launching an all-out assault on the moribund sitcom, mixing Monty Python-esque madn...