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Post by Sam Tyler on Jun 3, 2015 17:46:49 GMT
This was essential viewing for me right from the first episode until the very last: "LOOK OUT, CLIFF!"
I'm sure I'm not the only one....
I recorded every episode and watched them over and over, even adding the Comic Relief "Living Doll" video to the tapes as well.
Obviously the late, great, Rik Mayall played a fantastic role but all the main characters: Ade Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, and Alexei Sayle worked well together.
Favourite episode for me? Got to be 'Sick' when Neil's parents come to tea and we get The Good Life. "A row of collies" (caulies) and "a negative reality inversion" has stuck with me from that day on.
Sam
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Post by Steve Austin on Jun 3, 2015 18:14:27 GMT
Me too Sam, added bonus that my mum hated it so naturally that made me watch it all the more. Like TOTP, everyone talked about last nights episode at school the next morning, at my school anyway. I was never really keen on Christopher Ryan's character, Mike, but I did like him in Bottom as Dave Hedgehog. Favourite episode is Summer Holiday (Vyvyan: "Bored, bored, bored, bored, bored..."). I also like the fact that the bands were included so that the budget could be increased as they would be classed as a variety TV show. Right On!
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Post by Gene Hunt on Jun 3, 2015 18:34:35 GMT
The Young Ones was brilliant. I have the DVD box set and it is essential viewing. I too liked all of the characters but Rik will always stand above the rest for me. There was something infectious about his performance that whatever he was in, he kept you spellbound with his antics. Coming just after TYO was another all time favourite of mine "Filthy, Rich & Catflap". Rik just ran wild in that and I think it was hilarious. Then of course, there was The New Statesman which was simply brilliant. Such a different look to Rik yet the Rik we know from TYO shone through from time to time. Then "Bottom". What's not to love about that show. I met Rik when he was on tour in the 90s and he was great. Really friendly and in and out of character constantly.
Getting back on topic, The Young Ones.... Favourite ep for me is possibly "Bambi" or "Sick" but it is so difficult to choose from such a brilliant series.
Superb
Gene Hunt.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jun 3, 2015 19:55:03 GMT
Rik Mayall was outstanding in almost everything he did. The Blackadder series were something I watched on odd occasions - until the episodes in which Rik Mayall appeared. He took them to a whole new level as Flashheart.
Back to The Young Ones though and Steve Austin is spot on in that every episode was discussed the next day - although I was at work not at school.
'Bambi'
Great episode: "Just as John Hurt is known as The Elephant Man, Bacon Sandwich here is known as The Pig Ferret"
Sadly 'comedy' these days can't compete.
Sam.
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Post by Superclassic on Jun 3, 2015 20:22:19 GMT
Yes,just fantastic.I was only about 9 or 10 when the first series was aired,but my older brother used to record the episodes,and I used to watch them over,and over,and over,and over.I used to know every episode more or less word for word.It was essential viewing,and yes,even the other kids of my age group would discuss the episode at school the next day.My favourite character was Rik,by quite a distance.It started a life-long admiration for Rik Mayall.I was very upset when Rik died.
Favourite episodes include 'Bomb' (love the scene where Rik sends the telegram,which includes him berating the old feller),and 'Bambi' is brilliant,although the bit where Vyv gets his head ripped off on the train still goes through me!!!
The Young Ones.They don't make them like that anymore.
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Post by Bomber on Jun 3, 2015 22:19:52 GMT
Bambi, for me, is the best episode. Some brilliant lines in it. "Do not lean out of the window. I wonder why?"
"Err, Toxteth O'Grady, USA"
Plus, Motörhead. What's not to like?
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Post by Gene Hunt on Jun 4, 2015 5:52:15 GMT
Bambi, for me, is the best episode. Some brilliant lines in it. "Do not lean out of the window. I wonder why?" "Err, Toxteth O'Grady, USA" Plus, Motörhead. What's not to like? Agreed.
It cracks me up when he nicks stuff off the shelf at the train station and flicks the V's at the bird behind the counter
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Post by Del Boy on Jun 4, 2015 15:20:55 GMT
The show was total chaos, and as a youngster watching it first time around I never got some of it but still loved it. It certainly broke new ground at the time. My fav episode has to be Bambi.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Jun 4, 2015 22:01:30 GMT
You were a youngster? Who are you trying to kid? Tell us your real age not your showbiz age Del!
Agreed, Bambi was a great episode too. Another one that I loved was 'Time' with the mickey-take of Dallas at the start and Jester Bolowski's Medieval Torture Hour.
Sam
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Post by Perfect Pseudonym on Jun 5, 2015 19:07:52 GMT
"Pollution. All around. Sometimes Up. Sometimes Down. But always awound." Etc etc
I love that piece to camera when he's doing that.
Blimey, so much greatness about this show, it's easier to list the bits that are rubbish. Which for me is most of Alexei Sayle's routines I'm afraid.
I was hooked as of the first episode, and I knew I'd seen something special when Vyvyan bit a brick that then exploded!
I always seem to read retrospective comments that us kids loved it and our parents hated it. Mine absolutely loved it, and my mum still raves about it to this day. She was genuinely saddened when Rik Mayall passed away.
Looking back on them, it's funny how different the first episode was in feel to the rest of them. It was a separately filmed pilot and it showed. The characterisations were slightly different, and obviously the location/set was also. Was the original flat set re-used for Bottom I've often wondered? It's a very similar layout.
Does anyone know where the street scenes for the pilot/first episode were filmed? My guess is possibly North London somewhere.
Me and a mate are talking about a day trip down to Bristol to visit some of the locations used in the series proper. If we ever get round to getting it sorted, I'll post some piccies.
And I've always wanted to know why Bedders and Woody switched instruments in Madness when they were playing down at the Kebab & Calculator!
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