The Young Ones

[Steve of Bloomington]

What's the deal with these cranks on automobiles? Are they in cahoots with Doctors? 'Hey Doc, I put my back out starting my motor car'. Thanks a lot, Henry Ford, you blackguard scoundrel.

[buffcoat]

What's the deal with these cranks on automobiles? Are they in cahoots with Doctors? 'Hey Doc, I put my back out starting my motor car'. Thanks a lot, Henry Ford, you blackguard scoundrel.

Steve from Bloomington, are you a secret c-towner?

[Sarah]

Did you automatically substitute another word for "blackguard," too, 'coat?

I didn't like the first episode of The Young Ones that I saw (on MTV back in the eighties; there was a lot of mucus in it, particularly when Neil started sneezing in a trashbag), but I liked the second, and from then on my devotion has not wavered.

[Steve of Bloomington]

c-towner? Or is this another anachronism?

What's the deal with these cranks on automobiles? Are they in cahoots with Doctors? 'Hey Doc, I put my back out starting my motor car'. Thanks a lot, Henry Ford, you blackguard scoundrel.

Steve from Bloomington, are you a secret c-towner?

[buffcoat]

c-towner? Or is this another anachronism?

What's the deal with these cranks on automobiles? Are they in cahoots with Doctors? 'Hey Doc, I put my back out starting my motor car'. Thanks a lot, Henry Ford, you blackguard scoundrel.

Steve from Bloomington, are you a secret c-towner?

How bout you handle this one, Lubec.

[Sarah]

Though I suspect SoB of playing disingenuous, I'm curious to know the sense in which "c-towner" would be an anachronism.

[Steve of Bloomington]

urbandictionary.com's got nothin'

[Sarah]

Its loss.

[Steve of Bloomington]

You people are horrible.

[dave from knoxville]

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.

Alexei Sayle? That wasn't Simon Cowell?

[Stan]

You people are horrible.

 Who in particular?

[buffcoat]

You people are horrible.

 Who in particular?

Not saying, but the person's name starts with "S" and ends with "tan."

[dave from knoxville]

You people are horrible.

 Who in particular?

Not saying, but the person's name starts with "S" and ends with "tan."

b uffcoat,

Will you accept a radio date with J ulie? Sparks could ignite. Or at least alcohol fumes.

dfk

[Sarah]

You people are horrible.

 Who in particular?

Not saying, but the person's name starts with "S" and ends with "tan."

No one can dispute that Stan is the worst of the worst, but you've got to admit that Satan is a real prince in Chinatown. 

[Sarah]

Reading the comments on an article in the Guardian about a new biopic about Margaret Thatcher starring Meryl Streep led me to watch today Strike, one of the many fine parodies put out by The Comic Strip Presents . . . , a troupe that included most of The Young Ones crew and many other familiar faces (Robbie Coltrane and Keith Allen, for example).  I recommend it and TCSP . . . in general.  You can find a lot of their stuff on Hulu and YouTube.  Some of you no doubt will think it dated, but others will be glad to discover it.  Go forth and (possibly) enjoy.