The Young Ones

[yesno]

Blackadder. One word. When people quote my messages that have errors it prevents my surreptitious correction of them.   

[masterofsparks]

Blackadder. One word. When people quote my messages that have errors it prevents my surreptitious correction of them.   

You're welcome.

[yesno]

Blackadder. One word. When people quote my messages that have errors it prevents my surreptitious correction of them.   

Your welcome.

You do it too, I see.

[fonpr]

   
   
  "Buster Keaton (my avatar) stuff is like this.  Comedy that is no longer funny is weirdly alien."


Yes/No, I quoted you from the thread you directed me to.  I went there and felt confused.

Is the joke the thread didn't age well?

Alien!

[masterofsparks]

Blackadder. One word. When people quote my messages that have errors it prevents my surreptitious correction of them.   

Your welcome.

You do it too, I see.

Aargh, you've hit on one of the common grammatical errors that annoys me the most. Well done!

[yesno]

frix, if I knew what you were asking I'd answer it.

[fonpr]

frix, if I knew what you were asking I'd answer it.

Dear Mr. NO,

All I was trying to (subtly) point out was your avatar has nothing to do with Buster Keaton any longer.

The thread is now outdated.

If I have to explain a joke it is longer funny. 

I'll try harder next time.

[yesno]

Your avatar reminds me of the Mercury Rev album cover, Boces.

I change my avatar about as often as Dorvid changes user names.  Which is quite often.

[wood and iron]

I gave it another episode and just really didn't laugh at all. The thing is, I'm not completely new to British humor nor to British humor of the 80's as I find Blackadder to be hilarious. The Young Ones just appears to be throwing anything and everything against the wall.

As a side note: I torrented Nathan Barley on the recommendation of Tom (he mentioned it somewhere on the boards) and thought it was hilarious.

[Steeley Chris]

I like The Young Ones because its absurd and it has musical guests. Madness appeared twice. They invented Ska, right?

[Sarah]

"You 'um it, and I'll bash your face in."

[AllSussedOut]

sorry, but i'm a bit of a young ones apologist.  i'll even watch bottom (the tv series, you tele-dummies!) from time to time.

i think if you grew up in the u.s. and caught it after midnight on mtv in the early 80s, it might have struck a chord with you.  i can't imagine seeing it now for the first time and giving it much of a chance... too much a creature of those years.  that said, it probably laid some bit of ground for shows like spaced and the mighty boosh, so... that's a good thing.

right?

[dave from knoxville]

The Young Ones never did it for me.  It's not that I didn't get it, I just didn't think it was funny.

That's what I always say about molecular chemistry.

[Steve of Bloomington]

I very much liked the Young Ones during the MTV run in the 80s, during which time I was a high school student.

I got the DVD a few years back and still like it, though I'm not going to be some twit running around quoting it or whatever. Also, Vyvian was always good for some laffs.

That Alexei Sayle guy, though, I never really 'got' him. Every time he'd show up I'd be anxious for him to go away again.

In conclusion, if you don't like it, stuff it back in the Netflix queue and move on. No point forcing yourself to like things.

[Reeleyes]

I very much liked the Young Ones during the MTV run in the 80s, during which time I was a high school student.

I got the DVD a few years back and still like it, though I'm not going to be some twit running around quoting it or whatever. Also, Vyvian was always good for some laffs.

That Alexei Sayle guy, though, I never really 'got' him. Every time he'd show up I'd be anxious for him to go away again.

In conclusion, if you don't like it, stuff it back in the Netflix queue and move on. No point forcing yourself to like things.

I agree completely.