The Young Ones

It seems that every generation has it's comedy zeitgeist; whether it be The Goon Show, That Was The Week That Was, Monty Python, The Goodies, Vic and Bob, Spaced, Little Britain or The Mighty Boosh.  A group of comedians turn up and say just the right things with just the right amount of humour to capture the times.  For me and mine it was The Young Ones.

4 student housemates, violent punk Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson), depressed hippie Neil (Nigel Planer), pretentious anarchist wannabe (P)Rick (Rik Mayall) and smooth wideboy Mike (Christopher Ryan). Alongside them were arranged a comedy who's who of the era including Alexei Sayle,  Ben Elton, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. Over two series of 6 episodes each the quartet unleashed much needed comedic chaos over the British airwaves creating legions of fans and detractors each as vehemently entrenched in their position as the other.

Much of it does feel a tad dated today but it's also still wickedly funny and ridiculously creative.

The video below, 'Bambi', was the opening episode of series 2 and my favourite episode and has them picked to appear on University Challenge (and it's got Motorhead in it too).

Buy it here - The Young Ones - Series 1-2 [DVD]

Enjoy



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