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The second and final series of The Young Ones was screened in 1984 and continued in the anarchic, surreal, scatological, slapstick yet subtly satirical vein of the first series. When hippie Neil's blazer and furcoat-clad parents step horrified into the filthy student digs he shares with prissy sociology student Rick (Rik Mayall), the psychotic punk Vyvyan (Ade Edmondson) and wide-boy Mike (Christopher Ryan) a parody of The Good Life promptly ensues, signalling just what a giant leap this show represented from mainstream sitcom of the time.
Nigel Planer's put-upon Neil is as fine a creation as the putting-upon Vyvyan. Guest appearances from Alexei Sayle, Stephen Fry, co-writer Ben Elton and Jennifer Saunders among others confirmed The Young Ones' status as an academy for future establishment comedians. But Mayall's creation is still the show's greatest legacy: Rick is self-righteous to the point of fascism in his right-on-ness, a mass of studenty pretentiousness, pathetic inadequacy and egotism ("Hands up who likes me!"). Anything went in The Young Ones--talking hamsters and toilets, bizarre digressions into period sketches, subliminal images, guest appearances by bands from Dexy's Midnight Runners to Motorhead--yet through Rick in particular, the show implicitly mocked shopworn Goodies-style notions of "zaniness" ("You have to watch me, I'm a bit nutty!").
This series includes "Bambi", the University Challenge episode; "Cash", in which Vyvyan announces his pregnancy; and the final show, a parody of Cliff Richard's The Young Ones itself, in which the quartet exit ingloriously. The Young Ones is among the most youthful and radical of all sitcoms, yet it still manages to contain a timelessly astute critique of youthful radicalism--and bottom-burp jokes aplenty.
On the DVD: The Young Ones, Series 2 comes to DVD with no extra features. Visually, it's well up to the usual BBC standards but the transfer can't disguise the datedness of some of the early 80s special effects. --David Stubbs
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3.0 out of 5 stars
One star withheld for meanness!,
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This review is from: The Young Ones - Series 2 (1984) [DVD] (DVD)
A review of two halves: skip the next bit if you dislike ranting reviewers. I tend to as well, but the slight afforded anyone buying this DVD needs to be aired:As the previous reviewer mentioned, not only has the Beeb edited out Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve and their rendition of "Subterranean Homesick Blues" (if I recall correctly?) from CASH, but even Neil's classic moment from NASTY, in the bathroom, in the bath, in the dark, with his guitar, strumming "Hello darkness my old friend..." was deemed too expensive for Auntie to pay Paul Simon his royalty. Where does this miserliness end, I wonder? Perhaps next we'll be getting Dr Who DVDs without the title music because it's cheaper not to pay Ron Grainer. Or The Onedin Line without Khatchaturian? An open letter to the BBC: For God's sake: you sorely underestimate your consumers; they know your products much better than you think, so why don't you just swallow hard, flick the moths from your wallet and pay all the damn people their damn money all the damn time: you'll recoup it tenfold from DVD sales, rather than foisting stillborn releases like this on your public. Grr!! Thank you. And now my review:
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
'Can you like actually kill yourself with laxative pills?',
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This review is from: The Young Ones - Series 2 (1984) [DVD] (DVD)
From the witty satire to the foul-mouthed toilet humour and the nail-on-the-head social commentary to the randomness of the period spots thrown everywhere, the Young Ones has it all. While some of the episodes have undoubtedly aged somewhat, amy are still pure gold. From this series, Bambi, Summer Holiday and Nasty are the real standouts, while Cash and Sick are also superb, with only Time letting down the side a little (despite a brilliant intro). What would happen to a major oil corporation if Neil manged it? How did Mike help ruin one of Disney's greatest legends? What does Rick wear in his spare time? How does Harry the B****** manage to con the boys out of £500? And what does Vyvyan do when the money runs out? Watch in horror to find out!Buy it!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
AN EXCELLENT COLLECTION OF ANARCHY!!!,
This review is from: The Young Ones - Series 2 (1984) [DVD] (DVD)
How good is the young ones?! After all these years i can still watch and laugh at the antics of Rik, Vyv, Neil, Mike and a string of other wacky characters. This series takes me back to my extreme youth. And i love every single second of it! My favorite episode has to be sick, it is so funny seeing how the students from hell cope with being ill. Watch out for Neil in this one!!! Second has to be Bambi, one of my favorites also, when i think f young ones this is the one that usually springs to mind. The best bit is when they are all travelling to be on University Challenge (watch out for some familiar faces in this one including Stephen Fry). All in all a comic masterpiece, recommended to children of the eighties everywhere!
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