The Young Ones

[DoggerK]

Does anyone else think that often Alexei Salyes multi-character performances were the best thing about the Young Ones?

[DoggerK]

That is to say "Alexei Sayle's". Sorry I was in a rshu.

[squirelpoo]

i love the sketch, where rick is holding a benefit gig in aid of neil and charges him 500 quid, but he has only 50p, then alexei does his dr. martin boot's song, ace....

[jenky]

You're deliberately trying to provoke me aren't you...
Although I must concede the early work such as the song "Dr. Marten's Boots" served its purpose.
Now let's hear no more about the matter.

Yours respectfully,

S.P.G.

[unruliejulie]

he was the worst thing about the young ones!!!! sorry ;-)

[Mattk]

the young ones was and still is brilliant.i was the perfect age for it ie still a schoolboy so loved the fresh anarchic comedy.

alexei sayles stuff was good but not the best thing about it.that surely belongs to rik mayall.

[KebabMeister]

I didn't like him when I was younger (when it was aired) but over the years I've found him more and more hilarious :)

[unruliejulie]

agree with mattk, Rik mayall was easily the best thing about that show!

[China Doll]

Which was the one with studs in his head? Him and Neil were my favourite.

On a more scary note... my dad used to look a little bit like the wheeler dealer one!

[shineybomb]

I like Rik and Vyvian best. Was not keen on Alexei myself either.

[xen]

and u cant forget what came from Young ones the classic that is .. Bottom!

[unruliejulie]

my 15 year old son is absolutely obsessed with Bottom, just as we were with the Young Ones.
China Doll, that was vyvian, he had a flaw in his image though. He was a punk but had a heavy metal T-shirt on! Did this used to bug anyone else?

[Captain Swab]

i think that was the idea Julie, it was meant to upset people.

[unruliejulie]

it never upset me, just thought it was a bit of a crap error to make.

[helliebobs]

As Rik Mayall's 'smashing blouse' fancy piece, I am obviously going to say that he was the best thing in the Young Ones although I do like Alexei Sayle in as well.
Call me purile but the toilet humour and slap stick in Bottom is still my favourite thing to watch when I need to laugh my socks off and I even laugh at myself when I quote lines from it. I guess I don't have a very sophisticated sense of humour!

[Captain Swab]

Ok, not to upset people emotionally, but it was on purpose, not a mistake. Sorry

[St Germain]

Yes, I really liked Alexei in The Young Ones. Anyone remember that excellent little sketch he did which I think was trying to ape (or skit) Monty Python?
Alexei: "Is this a cheese shop?"
Shop owner: "Er, no, Sir."
Alexei: "Ah, well. That's that sketch knackered then."

I also used to like The Comic Strip Presents. There was one called "A fist full of travellers cheques." Anyone remember that?

[unruliejulie]

thanks captain, i always thought they were a bit more clever than to make a silly mistake like that!

[unruliejulie]

i loved 5 go mad in Dorset "blimey, you've got big tits for a 13 year old" said to Dawn French!
a fistfull of travellers cheques was great too.I would love to see them again. Thanks for the memories st Germain.

[Mattk]

and dont forget filthy rich and catflap that was between the young ones & bottom.watching it again now you can see how it came from the young ones and then bottom came from it.

did you know that the cheese shop owner was also rik mayall ?