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Summary: Just as good as I remembered them!
Review: Not many shows hold up when you see them years later. This is one of the exceptions. Great episodes. High quality. No complaints what-so-ever...just wish they'd made more episodes. THE YOUNG ONES is one of those wry pieces of humor that worked...much like the book THE DISTURBED WRITINGS OF ADAM COCHRAN or the movie THIS IS SPINAL TAP.
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Summary: The Most Laughing I Have Ever Done!
Review: I remember as a teenager staying up late on Sunday nights watching these episodes, having to stifle my laughing so I wouldn't wake my aunt in the next room!! My stomach would literally hurt for the next couple of days from the sheer hilarity I had witnessed. There might not be a more priceless moment in all the shows than Neil and the guys writing to the bank asking for money ("Darling fascist bully boy!"). Having all the episodes in one place is the quickest way to get a hernia, but hopefully my insurance covers "laughing yourself into the emergency room." Yes, some of those episodes are "edited" slightly, but as long as the laughs are there, that's all I care about!
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Summary: Dreams DO come true!!!
Review: Well, if you read my review of Fawltey Towers, then you would know that I dreamed of the day this set would be available on DVD. Dream no more people!!! That day has arrived - and what a beautiful day it is. Order this NOW if you appreciate unusual, slapstick, or plain weird British comedy! IT's GREAT!!!!
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Summary: Quick note...
Review: If you want to see which pieces are cut, go to any one the 100 Young One fan sites that have the ciomplete ccripts frmot eh original shows.I just hope they do not plan on saving these for later release as a "special edition." Still, IT'S THE YOUNG ONES!
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Summary: Very, very, very funny!!
Review: The Young Ones is a British comedy show that actually used to be on BBC & MTV in the early '80s, but it is still funny today.
It's about 4 guys who share a flat at their college (called Scumbag University) named Rik, Neil, Vyvyan, and Mike. Rik is sort of a new wave guy who is somewhat a little anarchist (he has a poster of Lenin on his door). Neil is a hippie, who says "Don't get all uncool and heavy, man!" a lot, and argues that his bellbottoms are becoming stylish again. Vyvyan is an all-out punker with orange spiked hair and stars embedded in his forehead with a temper and a need for chaos. Mike thinks he's very cool and claims to be the one that gets all the girls, and he sort of keeps everyone else in line the best he can.
Wheather it's Vyvyan stuffing his pet hamster into the toaster, Mike dating Cinderella, Neil "bathing" in a tub of slime, or Rik reading a Cosmopolitan magazine hidden under his floorboards, The Young Ones is sure to make you laugh your bum off.
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Summary: Great DVD set! Looks complete to me.
Review: To me this is a bloody wonder! All the "stoopid" episodes of "The Young Ones" on DVD, plus some documentary video about the making of the series (Rik looks a bit like Buffalo Bill these days), and the first episodes of "Filthy, Rich and Catflap" and "Bottom." A wonderful and long-awaited event. I'm a bit puzzled by the commentator below who states that the series was broadcast on MTV uncut, and is heavily cut on these DVDs. As I perceive it, just the opposite is true. I know for a fact that there are lines, snippets, and brief scenes cut from the MTV showings (I still have the tapes I made in the 1980s) that are on these new DVDs, and everything else I remember well from the MTV airings, so I can't imagine what's missing from this set. The stuff that was missing in the MTV airings was predictably some of the stronger racial humor or raunchier sexual innuendo. The subliminal frame flashes (mostly from near the end of the second series) seem to me to be the same as in the old MTV showings, as well. Basic cable, which is what MTV was in the 1980s and is now, was always limited in what it could air, which is usually not the case with videotapes or DVDs.
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Summary: All Hail The Young Ones!
Review: The only thing not to like about "The Young Ones" is that there are only twelve episodes. If you dig British humor, then "The Young Ones" is (are?) the thing for you. "Neil, did you make your bed?"
"No, I bought it."
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Summary: Incomplete collection makes me mad ...
Review: The Young Ones is an incredible TV show, and was shown uncut in the US on MTV back in 1987-1989. Unfortunately BBC America has NEVER been kind enough to package the entire series without cutting it to ribbons.... The musical sequence is missing from 'Cash' and the subliminal frame flashes have been removed!!! Why?? Can't they atleast place an explaination on the disk to explain why this show is always mutilated from its original artistic package of the eighties?? ... Aside from that, this 20 year old TV series is still brilliant, and the overall collection/package is perfect. If kids see this today, it still holds up exceptionally well since nothing has been made since that is quite as mean spirited and creatively diverse for television. A must have for TV/humor lovers, but a sadly edited version, even if it is more complete then the VHS and recent TV versions.
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Summary: Hands Up! Who Likes Me? ... Damn!
Review: The answer Rick, should be that we all like you. You were the moral center, the deepest and most flawed character, and the fever pitch gauge of the program. Your continued quest for respect, power, and acceptance was a brilliant journey. Most of this was offset of course, by the fact that you were a complete bastard. After four plus years since the VHS release, and countless emails to the BBC, the DVD version of the Young Ones has *finally* been released. Having it on pre-order for months through Amazon[.com], I was excited to see it arrive a few days ago. Like many others, I first became aware of them during their playback on MTV in the mid/late? 80's. As hilarious as it was then, it's aged well and plays even better today as a marvelous sitcom and character study. Continued viewing brings out new subtle and not so subtle nuances each time out. How would one describe the program to a newbie. Four students at Scumbag college, living in filth on their scholarship grants, battle daily tedium and their own stereotyped existence. Simmering beneath this conflict are abstract meetings of inanimate objects, cleaning utensils, neighbors, and random occurrences. The four students are archetypes for future comedies. 1. The nillilistic punk, Vyvyan. Played by Ade Edmondson, Vyv, complete with iron stars permanently attached to his forehead exists only to destroy. Like a vengeful Hindu god, he smites everything in his path, except those he exhibits the barest traces of humanity towards; his hamster SPG, his car, and his begonia. Introduced to the viewer by crashing through a wall riding a wrecking ball, Vyv is involved in the majority of the physical humor. 2. Neil, the vegetarian hippie. Always dirty, always downtrodden, and almost always on the toilet, in the kitchen, or in bed, Neil is the shows spiritual den mother. He is also probably the recipient of most of the pain doled out by Vyv. 3. Mike, the playboy hipster. Seems a bit old to be in college still, doesn't allow is small stature to get in the way of his grand plans and over exuberant braggadocio. The only flat mate capable of reigning in Vyv and focusing that power with dictatorial precision. Mike's role doesn't have much depth as written, and perhaps that's with just cause for a guy who travels with a blow up doll and old tapes of women moaning his name. Essentially a smooth straight man in the mold of Bud Abbott. 4. Finally, Rick. The sociology student, people's poet, anarchist, and all around poseur. Rick never lets an episode go without commenting on some aspect of current life in Thatcher's Britain, how he'd fix it, or, tear it down. It seems terribly difficult to take his anarchist rantings seriously as he flops about in his yellow dungarees, red shoes, and pig tail sprigs. Still, I find Rick the most consistently amusing of the lot. His whip quick mood changes from obsequious currying Mike or Vyv's favor to righteous indignation over Neil's choice of South African lentils is priceless. Combined, these characters create an incredible dynamic as they interact with each other and their varied guest stars. Additionally, early 80's musical groups could appear without any form of story set up and play in the bathroom or living room at any given time. When the boys would go out on the town ala Bambi, appearing on University Challenge, it was especially amusing to see the reaction of people on the street who couldn't make sense of them. I find some of the references are still obscure to someone not familiar with early 80's English lifestyle, but the DVD contains subtitles which were definitely helpful for allowing one to hear some of the more hushed secondary conversations missed in the first go around. The third disc contains snippets of comedy documentaries produced since the Young Ones aired, as well as the first episodes of the spiritual successor series to the Young Ones. Filthy Rich & Catflap, and Bottom. They also included a 'where are they now' section that shows just who all came out of the Young Ones and got their start there. The number of today's successful actors, and comedians is staggering. Groundbreaking and incredibly funny, The Young Ones is a classic. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Edited versions of the show - they are incomplete.
Review: if you are a true fan - you will be very dissapointed that a purportedly "complete" set contains edited versions of the shows!! A bummer! ( Especially missed the rendition of "Subterranean Homesick Blues".) It should be labeled "Every Edited Episode"!
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