;D THE YOUNG ONES awarded "Best British Sitcom" >> www.shamozzle.com/TheYoungOnes.html
..do you agree??

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My favourite Young Ones bits were:

:o 1. MOTORHEAD play "Ace Of Spades" on The young Ones..... www.shamozzle.com/AceOfSpadesMotorheadTheYoungones.html

:D 2. MADNESS on The young Ones..
... www.shamozzle.com/TheYoungOnesMadness.html

::) 3. 'Footlights vs Scumbag College' University Challenge..
... www.shamozzle.com/TheYoungOnes-ScumbagCollege.html

;D 4. "Time" the serial send up of "Dynasty & Dallas etc"..
... www.shamozzle.com/TheYoungOnes-Time.html

;D 5. "Dinner"..
... www.shamozzle.com/DinnerTheYoungOnes.html

Who remembers..
:o  Neils "Heavy Concept Album" MTV Ad?
... www.shamozzle.com/NeilsHeavyConceptAlbumMTVAd.html

;D  Rik Mayall in "The Dangerous Brothers"?
... www.shamozzle.com/TheDangerousBrothersRikMayal&AdeEdmondson.html

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I never think of it as a British sitcom.  that sounds too much like George and Mildred or Terry and June.  Not the anarchic goings on of a student house

This was my favorite one: 'Footlights vs Scumbag College' University Challenge..

oh.. that and:

CLIFF!

Vyvyan has to be on my favorite charecters on the show!  ;D

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This is a funny clip!  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCPOudP9shg&search=The%20young%20Ones

Vyvyan has to be on my favorite charecters on the show!  ;D

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That looks like a picture of Rick trying to be Vyvyan!

That looks like a picture of Rick trying to be Vyvyan!

That's what I thought!
Wierd.

The young ones Kick ass !

I agree Totally.

Neil and Vivian are my faves, Rick cracks me up, I think Mike is the sensible one.

The young ones Rule !!!! :D

That looks like a picture of Rick trying to be Vyvyan!


You are right - it is !

I would definitely put the Young Ones up there in my top 5 Brit sitcoms/shows.  I would also have Blackadder and Fawlty Towers in my top 5.

Fawlty Towers and Blackadder always has my vote.

^ I always loved Fawlty Towers too but the Young Ones was excellent, especially RIK MAYALL.
Saw him on BBC3 recently in that compilation of famous people telling stories on JACKANORY - reading one of ROALD DAHLS tales about the medicine for Grandma - he was acting like a total nutcase - it was hilarious  ;D

Fawlty Towers is my absolute favourite... There aren't very many episodes, but they are so re-watchable. I have the collection on DVD. :)

You are right - it is !

I would definitely put the Young Ones up there in my top 5 Brit sitcoms/shows.  I would also have Blackadder and Fawlty Towers in my top 5.


For some reason I have watched the Elizabethan Blackadder several times but have not watched any other series!

As Rik Mayall lives up the road from me, I am saying that I enjoyed The Young Ones very much.

Hawk's Top 5 Fave Funny UK Shows:

5. Are You Being Served?
4. The Adventure of Mr. Bean
3. The Piglet Files
2. The Young Ones (Sorry!)
AND! Hawk's Personal UK Funny Fave:
1. Red Dwarf

3. The Piglet Files



Never heard of it!

"The Piglet Files" was about the misadventures of MI-5 operatives.

Nicholas Lyndhurst played Peter "Piglet" Chapman,
Clive Merrill? played his superior, Agent Drummond.
John Ringham was MI-5 Senior Officer Maxwell.

"Piglet" had to hide what he did as a profession from his wife, Sarah.
His colleagues included Trueman, Dexter, and a bit of a clown named Lewis.

I have 2 episodes of this wonderful show-
One is about Piglet going through MI-5 training, and he ends up getting seduced by a female KGB agent.
The whole episode is about getting the VHS tale made of Piglet's 'soiree' back, so that Sarah doesn't see it.
The other is about a case of mistaken identity. A Russian assassin is sent to kill Piglet, unaware that he has the wrong man.
Meanwhile, Piglet is testing his experimental field equipment...with Drummond's new Daimar Sovereign.
The car gets blown up, and Piglet spends the whole episode being manically paranoid.
Cathc it, if ya can!

And now...back to The Youngs Ones, featuring Alexei Sayle.

Vaguely rings a bell but not on my list of top shows

"The Piglet Files" was about the misadventures of MI-5 operatives.

Nicholas Lyndhurst played Peter "Piglet" Chapman,
Clive Merrill? played his superior, Agent Drummond.
John Ringham was MI-5 Senior Officer Maxwell.

"Piglet" had to hide what he did as a profession from his wife, Sarah.
His colleagues included Trueman, Dexter, and a bit of a clown named Lewis.

I have 2 episodes of this wonderful show-
One is about Piglet going through MI-5 training, and he ends up getting seduced by a female KGB agent.
The whole episode is about getting the VHS tale made of Piglet's 'soiree' back, so that Sarah doesn't see it.
The other is about a case of mistaken identity. A Russian assassin is sent to kill Piglet, unaware that he has the wrong man.
Meanwhile, Piglet is testing his experimental field equipment...with Drummond's new Daimar Sovereign.
The car gets blown up, and Piglet spends the whole episode being manically paranoid.
Cathc it, if ya can!

And now...back to The Youngs Ones, featuring Alexei Sayle.
Found on http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098895/

The Young Ones were funny at the time, and I was such a huge fan along with all my other classmates.  But, you watch it now and it hasn't aged very well....a lot if it just isn't that funny.

The sad fact is that in 2006 it can't hold a candle to the likes of Blackadder and Fawlty Towers - both of which stand the test of time as all time classic comedy sitcoms.

I agree with Chasey.

Although I feel Red Dwarf should've been awarded, instead.

Although I feel Red Dwarf should've been awarded, instead.


My fave episode is "Legion" where they meet that alien on his ship!

I was never into the "Young Ones". I prefer the older ones like Are You Being Served and for current UK comedy something like "I'm Alan Partridge" (the hotel one)... I could watch that all day!

I love The Young Ones. I have Every Stoopid Episode on dvd. I wsh Rik Mayall had done more good movies.

I love The Young Ones. I have Every Stoopid Episode on dvd. I wsh Rik Mayall had done more good movies.
Sadly his movies has been a poor sight, except Drop Dead Fred.

Personally, I prefer Alexei Sayle.

(Although Rik's performance in "Shock Treatment" was wonderfully tacky...as it was meant to be. I thought "Rest Home Ricky" deserved more screentime.)

Rik Mayall's Guest House Paradiso was a complete turkey, but I would like to see him as King Herod in TV version of Jesus Christ Superstar.

If you see "Arabian Nights", Alexei Sayle gives a splendid performance in the story of "Jester Bakbak".

If you see "Arabian Nights", Alexei Sayle gives a splendid performance in the story of "Jester Bakbak".
Alexei Sayle even appears in one of the Indiana Jones movies.

Wait a minute!

Didn't I see something about Margaret Thatcher, a while back?

I think it was called "My Life Between The Sheets"?

(Although Rik's performance in "Shock Treatment" was wonderfully tacky...as it was meant to be. I thought "Rest Home Ricky" deserved more screentime.)

I agree. It was almost a waste of his comic talents.

I agree. It was almost a waste of his comic talents.


But, he DID get to sing and dance!

(And he wasn't even a pirate!) :D

I rembember especially the episodes with Motorhead and Madness...

The Young Ones was really great.

I loved it. :)

Fawlty Towers and Blackadder always has my vote.


I second that, especially with Fawlty Towers - you can't beat it!

Basil: Well what do you expect to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? The Sidney opera house perhaps, the hanging Gardens of Babylon, Heards of wildebeeste sweeping majestically...
Mrs Richards: I expect to see the sea
Basil: You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky

oh I could go on - but I've already gone off on a tengent  :D

I second that, especially with Fawlty Towers - you can't beat it!

Basil: Well what do you expect to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? The Sidney opera house perhaps, the hanging Gardens of Babylon, Heards of wildebeeste sweeping majestically...
Mrs Richards: I expect to see the sea
Basil: You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky

oh I could go on - but I've already gone off on a tengent  :D
So could I...

"...move to a hotel nearer to the sea, or preferably in it".

So could I...

"...move to a hotel nearer to the sea, or preferably in it".


Absolute classic episode :]

Oh I forgot Red Dwarf! I love that - 'Better than life' is my favourite episode I think. Mind you they were all excellent until the last couple of series.

That looks like a picture of Rick trying to be Vyvyan!


You don't remember the Episode where they all became each other?

Mike was like a dwarf Neil.

Absolute classic episode :]

Oh I forgot Red Dwarf! I love that - 'Better than life' is my favourite episode I think. Mind you they were all excellent until the last couple of series.


oh ...i love that one. i have tons of episodes taped.

i need to get the young ones on dvd. i was getting them all the time from netflix, but i cancelled that.

You don't remember the Episode where they all became each other?

Mike was like a dwarf Neil.


Now that you mention it I do recall that.  My point was more that the person who posted that picture said it was vyvyan when it clearly wasn't.

My favourite (crap at recalling the titles of these) is the one set in the summer holidays where they are all bored and Vyvyan hits himself over the head with a tray.

Now that you mention it I do recall that.  My point was more that the person who posted that picture said it was vyvyan when it clearly wasn't.

My favourite (crap at recalling the titles of these) is the one set in the summer holidays where they are all bored and Vyvyan hits himself over the head with a tray.

Fair point.

Viv was just brilliant, if there was nobody else to hit, he'd hit himself.

I've done my best to model myself on him... where was I?

Absolute classic episode :]

Oh I forgot Red Dwarf! I love that - 'Better than life' is my favourite episode I think. Mind you they were all excellent until the last couple of series.


I think Mrs. Richards is one of the most memorable guest characters I've ever seen on a TV show. Definitely a classic episode. ;)

Any show that has Motorhead on it has got to be great in my books... but.. I would like to thank Lister (Of red Dwarf fame) for introducing 'Smeg 'ed' to the popular lexicon.

I think Mrs. Richards is one of the most memorable guest characters I've ever seen on a TV show. Definitely a classic episode. ;)


Definitly the best guest they had in the hotel - absolutely hilarious! :]