Author Topic: The Young Ones Thread (Read 18355 times)

Riquende · « **Reply #200 on:** November 12, 2022, 07:59:58 am »

Quote from: Armand9 on November 12, 2022, 06:05:52 am

yeah i was in that camp too

like all whacky shit it could have its moments but yeah it was big time cringy, especially rik mayall (who was great as flashheart in black adder but in this...)

I loved it, even thought when I first saw it I was way too young to understand a lot of it. We had a book too, floating round the house. I think I still have it somewhere though it's pretty tatty at nearly 40 years old!

Quote from: LanceLink!!!!! on November 10, 2022, 06:32:40 pm

Off topic but still kind of on topic, I found all of the Comic Strip Presents recently on more4. These have probably dated better than The Young Ones, Mr Jolly Lives Next Door, A Fistfull Of Travellers Cheques and both Bad News episodes are amazing.

I downloaded a load of them years ago, having seen 4 Men in a Car. I did find them pretty difficult to get into though and only watched about 6 (including those ones you mentioned). Bad News' Cashing in on Christmas is on my festive playlist.

Johnnyboy1973 · « **Reply #201 on:** November 12, 2022, 03:55:46 pm »

Quote from: Armand9 on November 12, 2022, 06:05:52 am

it was big time cringy, especially rik mayall

Banker

Armand9 · « **Reply #202 on:** November 12, 2022, 06:47:15 pm »

Quote from: Riquende on November 12, 2022, 07:59:58 am

perfect reply

capt k · « **Reply #203 on:** November 12, 2022, 08:53:57 pm »

Took the grandkids {8 and 9} on a steam train ride a month ago.. loaded the "you took ya time you bastard" clip on You Tube and showed it them.. they couldnt stop laughing.
so whoever said it hasnt aged well, my grandkds beg to differ

Johnnyboy1973 · « **Reply #204 on:** November 12, 2022, 09:02:20 pm »

Neil, the bathrooms free.

Unlike the country under the Thatcherite junta.

Terry de Niro · « **Reply #205 on:** November 12, 2022, 09:12:10 pm »

"I'm not really foreign, you know. I just do it to appear more sophisticated. I mean, nobody'd buy Evian water if it was called Blackburn water, would they? Nobody'd wear Kicker boots if they were made in Scunthorpe! ABBA? ABBA, Swedish? I knew them when they were a Lancashire clog-dancing trio! Arthur, Betty, Boris, and Angela! Solzhenitsyn, Solzhenitsyn? A former pipe-fitter welder from Harrogate!"

24/7 · « **Reply #206 on:** November 12, 2022, 09:41:11 pm »

Quote from: Johnnyboy1973 on November 12, 2022, 09:02:20 pm

Neil, the bathrooms free.

Unlike the country under the Thatcherite junta.

I still use that meme today, just updated versions thereof over the years. Another fave is..."Did you make your bed?" - "No, I bought it."

Terry de Niro · « **Reply #207 on:** November 12, 2022, 09:46:59 pm »

Quote from: 24∗7 on November 12, 2022, 09:41:11 pm

I still use that meme today, just updated versions thereof over the years. Another fave is..."Did you make your bed?" - "No, I bought it."

Old as the hills I know, but this always made me howl when I was younger.
Still makes me grin now.

‘My wife’s gone to the West Indies’ ~ ‘Jamaica?’ ~ No, she went of her own accord'

Armand9 · « **Reply #208 on:** November 12, 2022, 10:02:12 pm »

to think zeppelin made their worst song fucking ever and the title is literally based on that old chestnut, fucking surreal to me, kind of self sabotage

Nitramdorf · « **Reply #209 on:** November 13, 2022, 09:27:29 am »

There was two lines that took me a long time to get when we were kids.

1. "Do you dig graves?" " yeah, they're alright" and
2. "Your a spade, I always call him that"

I used to think, what the hell is he talking about. Then it clicked.

This show was so big back in the day. The day the second series started was like waiting for Christmas. It opened with Bambi as well, one of the best. Think it also coincided with us getting a video, just like Mike and Vyvyan. So you could pause it to try and see the inserted picture.

I remember my old dad laughing at Vyvyan when he was having a baby and thinking, oh wow he gets it. As if parents shouldnt somehow, as it happens he was younger than I am now.

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #210 on:** November 15, 2022, 09:18:50 pm »

On BBC4 now

Scottish-Don · « **Reply #211 on:** November 16, 2022, 03:56:48 pm »

Coo coo daddy longlegs
Rough it up, rough it up, oh oh oh oh
Rain fly pie with a mosquito side salad
23 years on a meat-free diet
Beetles, crickets, gonna get you sick
It's here's a little sucker and you ought to try it
Coo coo, daddy longlegs
Hope it makes more money than "Peggy Sue"-ue
Ha ha ha ha ooooh

Ziltoid · « **Reply #212 on:** November 25, 2022, 01:57:19 pm »

Quote from: bradders1011 on November 11, 2022, 11:14:53 am

I'm 16 right, I can join the Army, the Navy or the Air Force, and yet I cannot drink in pubs.

Ziltoid · « **Reply #213 on:** November 25, 2022, 02:00:39 pm »

"They're dubbing that sound on it's never real"

LanceLink!!!!! · « **Reply #214 on:** November 25, 2022, 03:54:37 pm »

Still, it's a laugh, isn't it?

What is?

That noise you make in the back of your throat when you hear a joke.

Yeah, that's a laugh, yeah.

bradders1011 · « **Reply #215 on:** November 25, 2022, 10:36:44 pm »

Quote from: LanceLink!!!!! on November 25, 2022, 03:54:37 pm

Still, it's a laugh, isn't it?

What is?

That noise you make in the back of your throat when you hear a joke.

Yeah, that's a laugh, yeah.

Been going out with her 'n years.

Nitramdorf · « **Reply #216 on:** November 26, 2022, 06:34:12 am »

Quote from: bradders1011 on November 25, 2022, 10:36:44 pm

Been going out with her 'n years.

How long?

Boston always unofficial · « **Reply #217 on:** November 26, 2022, 05:04:28 pm »

24/7 · « **Reply #218 on:** November 26, 2022, 06:56:44 pm »

Apologies if already posted. I went looking for a gif of Alexi Sayle's vampire hurting himself and swearing by saying, "Oh...OUTSPAN!" but ended up finding, then listening to, this:

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/-_KEzfmSu9s&ab_channel=AlexeiSayle" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/-_KEzfmSu9s&ab_channel=AlexeiSayle</a>

bradders1011 · « **Reply #219 on:** November 26, 2022, 10:15:55 pm »

Quote from: Nitramdorf on November 26, 2022, 06:34:12 am

How long?

'n years

rob1966 · « **Reply #220 on:** November 29, 2022, 09:24:50 pm »

Just watching it now on BBC4 - "Interesting". The one where Dawn French is a religious loon and they have a party. Not as funny as I remember.

So… Howard Philips · « **Reply #221 on:** November 29, 2022, 09:27:50 pm »

Quote from: robbed1966kidsbikesoffsanta on November 29, 2022, 09:24:50 pm

Just watching it now on BBC4 - "Interesting". The one where Dawn French is a religious loon and they have a party. Not as funny as I remember.

It’s amazing how quickly comic shows age. Recently watched a re run of the ‘Fast Show’ which barely raised a titter.

rob1966 · « **Reply #222 on:** November 29, 2022, 09:33:02 pm »

Quote from: Snow…How would a Philips Pubes Shaver suit you? on November 29, 2022, 09:27:50 pm

It’s amazing how quickly comic shows age. Recently watched a re run of the ‘Fast Show’ which barely raised a titter.

Was hoping the Young Ones wouldn't be one of them

Nitramdorf · « **Reply #223 on:** November 30, 2022, 06:51:04 am »

I watched it a few years back and it defintely felt different most of the laughs were for nostalgic reasons.

I might give a few more episodes a go - "I've just got time before my balls drop"

Only Me · « **Reply #224 on:** November 30, 2022, 11:09:05 pm »

Quote from: Snow…How would a Philips Pubes Shaver suit you? on November 29, 2022, 09:27:50 pm

It’s amazing how quickly comic shows age. Recently watched a re run of the ‘Fast Show’ which barely raised a titter.

Hardly surprising, and it’s not “that quickly” - season 1 of The Young Ones was broadcast in 1982, which is 40 years ago now.

To put that in perspective, that’s nearer to the end of WW2 than it is to today.

Still love to watch it, but it’s never going to be as funny now as it was on first viewing when I was 16.

Johnny Aldridge · « **Reply #225 on:** December 1, 2022, 04:45:13 am »

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wR3xwENK7Jo

I was too young for The Young Ones, but bang on time for Bottom. I caught up with the young ones pretty quick!

Shanklygates · « **Reply #226 on:** December 2, 2022, 08:26:23 pm »

Quote from: Only Me on November 30, 2022, 11:09:05 pm

To put that in perspective, 1982’s nearer to the end of WW2 than it is to today.

You're right, that really does put it into perspective! $:-\$

Filler. · « **Reply #227 on:** December 2, 2022, 10:42:06 pm »

Quote from: bradders1011 on November 10, 2022, 12:18:17 am

Revolutionary biscuits of Italy
Rise up out of your box!
You have nothing to lose but your wafers
Yum yum yum yum yum

I never wanted to be a train driver y'know...

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/MHMuSA63eoA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/MHMuSA63eoA</a>

Filler. · « **Reply #228 on:** December 2, 2022, 10:45:48 pm »

The Young Ones, and possibly that sketch above was the prototype of my whole existence. I was 11 when the Young Ones came out... my son is 11. This is where I am.

Filler. · « **Reply #229 on:** December 2, 2022, 10:51:48 pm »

Quote from: 24/Swans-a-7ing on November 26, 2022, 06:56:44 pm

Apologies if already posted. I went looking for a gif of Alexi Sayle's vampire hurting himself and swearing by saying, "Oh...OUTSPAN!" but ended up finding, then listening to, this:

His recent radio 4 programmes have been brilliant. SO good to have him back. Possibly the last link to Peter Cook.

Filler. · « **Reply #230 on:** December 2, 2022, 10:55:10 pm »

Quote from: robbed1966kidsbikesoffsanta on November 29, 2022, 09:24:50 pm

Just watching it now on BBC4 - "Interesting". The one where Dawn French is a religious loon and they have a party. Not as funny as I remember.

That's because we were all bent over double. Retracing steps like this 40 years later is sooooo ..... uh.

edit:

So… Howard Philips · « **Reply #231 on:** December 2, 2022, 10:56:09 pm »

Quote from: Johnny Aldridge on December 1, 2022, 04:45:13 am

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wR3xwENK7Jo

I was too young for The Young Ones, but bang on time for Bottom. I caught up with the young ones pretty quick!

Hopefully the Bottom Xmas Special is on this year - “Gold, Frankenstein and Grrr”.

Filler. · « **Reply #232 on:** December 2, 2022, 11:00:01 pm »

Alexei Sayle: Kier Starmer (2022)

(audio on digital media)

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/zx_l9o0i37c" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/zx_l9o0i37c</a>

Buck Pete · « **Reply #233 on:** September 12, 2023, 03:57:29 pm »

Quote from: Filler. on December 2, 2022, 10:42:06 pm

I never wanted to be a train driver y'know...

Peek Freans Trotsky Assortment.

kavah · « **Reply #234 on:** September 12, 2023, 04:06:24 pm »

Quote from: Filler. on December 2, 2022, 10:42:06 pm

I never wanted to be a train driver y'know...

Used to love it, Tuesday night 9pm - the Alexei Sayle bits were boss

Ziltoid · « **Reply #235 on:** September 12, 2023, 04:11:17 pm »

Quote from: Johnny Aldridge on December 1, 2022, 04:45:13 am

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wR3xwENK7Jo

I was too young for The Young Ones, but bang on time for Bottom. I caught up with the young ones pretty quick!

Oo-er Neil

Flaccido Dongingo · « **Reply #236 on:** September 12, 2023, 04:24:42 pm »

My favourite UK comedy show ever, still amazing and the brand of humour hasn't aged.