American Reacts to The Young Ones (#3)

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Deleted Scenes: www.veoh.com/watch/v142199107BszXnZeS

[@harryeasterbrook4593]

The pottery photo can’t be from “Ghost”. That movie came out in 1990, this episode came out in ’84.

[@johngreig7281]

Fun Fact: The drunk vicar is played by Terry Jones, Monty Python legend! He's a very naughty boy!

[@tozzilil]

For Brits of my generation these are classic memories. I’m not surprised your views have done well. Love seeing you react to these

[@jordieg-us4ee]

90s Brit here but raised by 80s punks, was brought up on the young ones!

[@goldboy150]

Aussies too. I was born in the late 80s but have an older sister and brother born in the mid 70s who watched this incessantly when I was growing up. Still got the old vhs tapes of it kicking around somewhere

[@randycunningham7318]

Americans too, in the 80s on MTV.

[@waynereacts5553]

Hey! Was indeed Chris Barrie (credited as 'Christopher'). Episode also features Terry Jones of Monty Python as the graveside priest :)

[@j0hnf_uk]

Helen Atkinson-Wood, (who played Mrs. Miggins In Blackadder), was also in this episode, alongside Dawn French.

[@bobross4449]

I did not know the Terry Jones part

[@PaulEcosse]

"Do you dig graves?" "Yeah, they're alright."

[@GedUK]

The cut song was by The Damned, who recorded it specially for the show. Terry Jones from Monty Python was the drunk vicar. Hale and Pace were the gravediggers. Yeah, it was Chris Barrie. He was in the credits.

[@lenmarfox2947]

The Dammed had broken up before this point and did this song as a one off.

[@CupidStunt0001]

@@lenmarfox2947 Captain Sensible left the Damned in 84, think this show was recorded early on that year, saw the Damned play at Wakefield Nostel Priory August 1984, which was their first gig without the Captain

[@angelomicciche3044]

See if you can air ITV’s Hale and Pace series one, especially episode one.

[@jonathancole833]

New Rose by The Damned, released in 1976, is considered the first UK Punk single.

[@reptilesRnice]

Fun fact, Dave Vanian (lead singer from The Damned) used to be a grave digger. Captain Sensible, the guitarist also did a lot of solo work. I've got an anxiety disorder so don't do big events, but The Damned are the only band I've ever gone to see live! Give some of their other songs a listen, they're a really good band! And yes, that was indeed Chris Barrie. Also notable in this episode was Dawn French. The subliminal images pop up from time to time as a joke as there were concerns regarding subliminal messages in television around that time, so you may want to keep an eye out for more in future episodes.

[@christopherwilliams5939]

Love these Young Ones reactions. When I was a kid my mum would wake me up late when this show was replayed so I could watch it with her :)

[@SegaStation]

28:10 - best breach of the 4th wall in history. Glad you're enjoying these mate. The Young Ones were my life at one point !

[@ArgaAnders]

Old lady: Do you dig graves? Neil: Yeah yeah they´re alright!

[@MeFreeBee]

I was living in a student house when this first aired, so it was required viewing. One of my housemates burst out laughing when Alexei Sayle said he was a driving instructor from Jo'berg, because his brother actually was a driving instructor from Jo'berg.

[@SuddenReal]

The Damned had already split up at that point, but they reformed just for the episode. They had so much fun playing together again they decided to give it another go, but when they went for food after the recording of this episode, they got into an argument and split up again.

[@Gezza.78]

Neil has always been my favourite. Vegetable rights and peace man.. who's yours?? Also sorry to sound a nerd but this went out in 1984 ghost was made 1990. And yes it was Chris Barrie. 👍

[@MatthewLenton]

It was probably a reference to the Potter's Wheel - an interlude film the BBC used in the 1950s

[@kendee4421]

@@passionfruit5320 Please edit so it makes sense🙂

[@passionfruit5320]

@@kendee4421 there you go

[@martinmayhew145]

Rice and peas

[@ASKMEABOUTMYGARDEN]

1981

[@mindexplode5599]

Fun fact, Rik is in An American werewolf in London in the first pub scene.

[@bbb462cid]

at the Slaughtered Lamb

[@alanr4447a]

31:03 Vyvyan: "I hope snogging with SPG counts." SPG is short for Special Patrol Group, Vyvyan's pet (hamster, I think).

[@MatthewLenton]

The two men in the cabin were in the Carling Black Label lager adverts in the 80s and 90s. They were part of a double act. Stephen Frost was also a regular on Whose Line Is It Anyway? and has made appearances in Blackadder and Mr Bean. The other one is called Mark Arden

[@richardsear8008]

we all used to be able to quote these line by line at school. Yes we've got a video was probably the longest lasting one. I still use it today sometimes

[@DaleKiwi]

Dawn French was one of the actresses in the 'advertisement' scene, a very prominent British comedian at the time and for the proceeding 25 years... The Vicar of Dibley is worth checking out if you haven't as yet??? She also worked with the rest of the crew on 'The Comic Strip Presents'. Also, Aexei Sayle, who is in every Young Ones episode, who was the Vampire / Harry the Bastard, was also one of the Comic Strip crew, and did a silly music video from 1984, "Ullo John, Gotta New Motor' which might be worth looking at...

[@Tombola1993]

Young Ones is absolutely class. Rik Mayall sure will be missed.

[@ajivins1]

I think 'Eloise' was The Damned's biggest hit. The guitarist, Captain Sensible had some solo hits in the eighties like 'Happy Talk' but my fave was 'Wer'e Glad it's all Over'. The Devil was the Vicar of Dibley .

[@dannydorko7075]

Noah might have seen Baby Driver. Their song Neat Neat Neat was featured in that.

[@stingersplash]

Didn't Captain Sensible also sing the theme tune to Big Break?

[@CupidStunt0001]

Captain Sensible has had 7 solo albums, including The Dr Space Toad Experience in the 90's

[@Fireglo]

Man it must suck for a band when their most popular song is a cover. A lot of people from the 80's don't even know Tainted Love by Soft Cell is a cover too.

[@CupidStunt0001]

@@stingersplash Yes he did, when Captain joined the Damned again, my mate use to shout it out at gigs, but he would never sing it😄

[@thecornedbeefcouncil9792]

The still wasn’t from ‘Ghost’, the Young Ones was made about 10 years before that film. Well spotted with Chris Barrie btw 👍

[@PassiveSmoking]

You probably best know The Damned for "Neat Neat Neat", which turned up in the soundtrack for Baby Driver.

[@IAmN00bHearMeRoar]

I can't explain why, but "You can't bite me - I'm South African" might be my favourite line from the entire show!

[@L3onOfKings]

The one that stuck in our family was 'oh no I forgot about the time difference between here and Johannesburg!' Also from this episode.... 'haAaave we gottt a viiideeeooo???!!' Yes we've got a viiiddeeeoo!!!' Truth be told, there are probably around 100 quotes from The Young Ones that we threw around at each other over the decades.

[@kendee4421]

That was because people were boycotting South African imports, especially apples, due to Apartheid

[@LordEriolTolkien]

''Do you dig graves?'' '' Yeah, they're alright.'

[@vykkye]

Hale and Pace were such funny clowns on their own show. We are da management!

[@L3onOfKings]

Want some pepper?

[@vykkye]

@K Cheng Haha, wonderful stuff. I remember dancing to that bloody song too, The Stonk!

[@PurpleHaze-369]

Yea, that was Chris Barrie who played Rimmer in Red Dwarf

[@TheYoungDoctor]

12:09 Stephen Frost and Mark Arden (aka the double act called The Oblivion Boys in Saturday Live) who did the "I bet he drinks Carling Black Label" commercials.

[@Paul77ozee]

Thank you for singing the rest of the chorus after Neil. I never realised it was a Simon and Garfunkel song. Even for an Australian like me who should be able to understand every word they say. I’ve watched this series at least twice every year since l first saw it in the late 80s.

[@KRPTV]

Yes, that was indeed Rimmer himself, Chris Barrie at 23:50!😃😃

[@DanHintz]

note: they often drop in .5 second subliminal images throughout the series.

[@kildogery]

The still is actually from a 'test card' type film. Basically before BBC channels had full schedules, like in the 70s, they'd often have periods where they just had music and random visuals between shows. So this would have been a reference to that. Ghost the movie would have been about 15 years later.

[@daveberry6599]

You're channel has made me appreciate this stuff all over again! For it's time, it was game changing stuff.

[@bakura23]

Fun fact when the guys are sitting on the sofa to watch the film Rick is holding a copy of an actual video nasty (horror films that were illegal to sell or own before age ratings became legally required on video like with cinema) called nightmare maker which does make me wonder if the police payed the bbc a visit after broadcast particularly because, and this is true, the young ones was surprisingly popular with the police. Also the reason for the subliminal messaging is because home video was just coming in back then and they wanted to do something that would get people going backwards and forwards, in series 1 they do this with a 5th housemate who is always lurking in a shadowy corner and so can only just see them.

[@lenmarfox2947]

It was more than likely just a packet and cover and back in the 80s could get just any blank E-180 vhs tape.

[@Fireglo]

I always have to remind my stepdad of the video nasties and PMRC when he claims there was no censorship in his day and you can't say anything nowadays.

[@bbb462cid]

_open up, it's the pigs_

[@andydudley1775]

i don't think the police played at all utter madness there is no cure for stupid.

[@michaelwilliamson9892]

They inserted a few frames here and there just to annoy people -- I seem to remember Lise Mayer discussing it in a documentary. Apparently they did it just to piss off the BBC and to upset people who were flipping out about subliminal messages in rock music (the 80's were an interesting time..). The other ones I remember are a tree frog leaping, a dove in flight, a dripping tap, a skier, and a frame from the end credits of Carry On Cowboy, which was not one of the more memorable of the "Carry On" series

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Apparently in the last episode all the flash frames would come to together in a little sequence but they were forced to cut it so it didn’t make any sense.

[@johnevans8533]

In the early days of UK TV (1950s, 1960s), there were regular times when programmes were not being broadcast. These gaps in the schedule were filled by inoffensive stock footage such as 'The Potter's Wheel'. These 'filler' films are pointless things to use in subliminal messages. That's the joke. Our expectations are subverted.

[@BillyF2LJeffs]

Bud you can pause and then press the "e" key to progress one frame at a time in VLC. Will help in similar situations when trying to catch hidden stills!

[@krisorgan]

This episode is definitely my favourite, I love the intro credits and the whole video nasty thing is great. Very funny episode, then you’ve got The Damned, what’s not to like. Woman “do you dig graves” Neal “yeah yeah there alright yeah” lmfao..

[@slackmack]

"I hope snogging SPG counts" refers to the Scottish accented rat-like hamster belonging to Vivian who for some unexplainable reason he named SPG. SPG stood for the Metropolitan Police - Special Police Group, basically riot police with a penchant towards overtly aggressive behaviour. They were very much the topic in the 70's. Alexie Sayles characters fit into the series in the very beginning as their landlord Jerzie Balowski, in subsequent episodes, he plays different members of the Balowski family that come into contact with the group. The most famous person to appear in the Young Ones didn’t actually appear in any episodes, but rather in the Young Ones comic relief charity single release in the mid 80's with Cliff Richard singing Living Doll. It was Cliff's second time at UK number one with the song.

[@bbb462cid]

Special Patrol Group. Rik thought is was a stupid name for a hamster. :)

[@ruthfoley2580]

Ghost hadn't been made yet.

[@iSuRRendeReDuK]

For frame advance on KZbin press pause (space) then just press . repeatedly.

[@doubleslash6243]

Crazy how well these videos are doing. Who would have thought there were so people wanting to watch Young Ones reactions in 2022

[@johnadams1147]

Yeah, who would have thought loads of Noah's subscribers love nostalgic comedy? I don't own a hard copy anymore so it's a rare treat to watch it, especially with Noah - he is now so cultured in UK comedy, unlike some channels where the humour is a bit lost.

[@L3onOfKings]

The insanity is definitely reaction worthy. Even 40 years later there still isn't anything else quite like it. Lightning in a bottle type of product.

[@GedUK]

Oh, and the potter's wheel was an old BBC continuity thing that they used to put up when the program went down.

[@MrDCWood]

08:22 "What the hell happened?" Believe it or not, a gag was cut here from this version of Nasty.

[@brianoconnell6459]

The still from "Ghost" would be interesting, considering it came out about 6 years later.

[@johnadams1147]

Cheers Noah, great reaction. I love your "WTF was that?" need to see the subliminal inserts. I used to do the same after it was shown on TV and I'd recorded it on VHS - the tree frog and the dove are the only ones I could remember. Check out The Damned cover of"Eloise" - it's an amazing tribute to an amazing original.

[@themudpit621]

guy skiing was in the first episode, and a 'the end' freeze frame from a random western. Potters wheel, dripping tap, frog and dove.

[@ansionnachbeagrioga5260]

Mike was dressed very like the Ledger Joker.

[@YourFriendlyNeighbour]

bloody hell, i never noticed the Priest at the graveyard was Terry Jones from Monty Python

[@paulguise698]

Hiya Taffe, the character called Rick, Ben Elton was just like that when he was at University, Ben Elton wrote for BBC,The Young Ones, Co wrote Blackadder, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

[@vykkye]

Young Ones is just a gem 💎

[@ranyart8740]

Man, was there any character Rik Mayall played that you didn't want to immediately punch in the face. They are all obnoxious egotistical spoiled bastards and yet somehow I love all of them.

[@markanderson3848]

What a fantastic cast of actors Englands best

[@balucious]

My band opened for The Damned! Once.

[@jimcook1161]

For some context 'video nasties' were 170 or so movies from the 70s and early 80s that had been refused certification by the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) for excessive violence. When VCRs became popular in Britain in the early 80s, there was panic from conservative morality campaigner Mary Whithouse that children and adults were watching material that was illegal under the Obscene Publications Act (until 1984 it was legal for anyone to buy or rent videos regardless of age, nor was there any requirement to show a rating sticker or for the video to be even rated). Some of the movies on this list include The original 'I Spit on Your Grave', 'The Driller Killer', 'Zombie Flesheaters', and 'Canibal Holocaust'. Whilst some are still banned to this day, most have now been rated and released either uncut or with some cuts, I Spit on Your Grave is this most obvious example of the latter.

[@jonhelmer8591]

Back in the early 1980s, I lived in a shared house in South East London so much like the Young Ones it wasn't funny. I didn't expect to enjoy watching this with you but actually, I did, a lot! Thanks.

[@heathcornbeef]

In 1983 here in Aotearoa new zealand we would always be at my mate Rufus house 11pm every Friday night

[@GaryOK]

The Comic Strip Presents ..... A Fistful Of Travellers cheques , Bad News Tour

[@BaronVonGreenback1882]

Check out the Damed, She Sells Sanctuary. classic tune

[@Cheddarhead7]

RIP Terry Jones

[@vivienwilliams1538]

Yes that was Chris Barrie playing the captain. Or whatever.

[@Paul77ozee]

I was just thinking of the “do you dig graves ?” Joke a couple of days ago.

[@timholder6825]

Yes, it was Chris. And the vicar was the legend who was Terry Jones (Monty Pythons Flying Circus).

[@dannydorko7075]

Glad to see this show is doing well views wise. It's interesting to see which shows do because I didn't expect it from the young ones.

[@SpaceCattttt]

That's because you're a Dorko.

[@dannydorko7075]

@@SpaceCattttt that's a bit like calling Fat Albert fat. But fair enough.

[@mijmijrm]

the brand new age of home video recorders encouraged the Young Ones to tease the viewers with freeze frame shenanigans (just like the Simpsons did with jokes you could only see with freeze frame)

[@kendee4421]

They put flash frames in because video recorders were popular and they wanted to see how many sad gits would scan back and forward to see what they were. Nice to hear you laughing instead of commenting. NOTE Recorded with a live audience whose reactions to filmed sections were also recorded. No canned laughter! No really bad language. The only person who used the F word was you! Think about that!

[@sobo5476]

The Young Ones was about 20 years before Ghost with Swayze.

[@JW666]

Neat, Neat, Neat is another really good song from The Damned =)

[@timholder6825]

Damn, they cut The Damned.

[@phillipbishop5419]

Lol I am tripping I agree with you I put second favorite episode. I just love how they make comedy from from complete random things.

[@angelomicciche3044]

Love the cod Hammer Films music and titles.

[@jordieg-us4ee]

Great timing, keep the young ones coming bro! Love them!

[@timholder6825]

The Leonard Cohen jokes are a theme running through the whole series.

[@MrWayout74]

I can only think of this one. Please tell me others?

[@kenny832]

Flares did come back into fashion - in the 90’s

[@martinevans7090]

Let's hear it for the late, great Terry Jones, everyone! #Icon

[@SpaceCattttt]

You should always start at the beginning, son. This is a crazy viewing order!

[@taffe316]

I disagree. Doesn't really strike me much as a show that needs to be seen completely in order. Plus the consensus I've gathered from the community is that I should just watched S1E1 and E2 after one another, and save the final episode of the show for last.

[@Fireglo]

I think Noah already stated that Series 1 cannot be uploaded to KZbin due to the different copyright owner blocking it in all countries. It would be pointless for him to do Series 1 on Dailymotion because he won't make any partnership money.

[@SpaceCattttt]

@@Fireglo I thought it was about enjoying what you watch...

[@Fireglo]

@@SpaceCattttt no this is his job lol.

[@SpaceCattttt]

@@Fireglo 😥

[@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV]

Nasty is an old favorite... Driving instructors from Johannesburg are pretty scary! :) All star cast - Hale and Pace, Terry Jones, Dawn French, Chris Barrie etc

[@Paul77ozee]

Gotta love Hale and Pace as the grave diggers.

[@kildogery]

Can't beat a Python cameo.

[@captainswoop8722]

Hale And Pace as the Grave Diggers.

[@youtubesucks494]

You can press "E" for frame by frame

[@Wungolioth]

You were just seeing the hands of a potter, there in the subliminal clip. The movie Ghost came long after The Young Ones.

[@themudpit621]

Ghost came out after this, just so you know. The pictures are random.

[@rizon72]

This I watched this show on MTV.

[@PINKKYLIELOUISE]

4,19 never knew Hale and Pace was in this

[@herbivarsawus4359]

That was indeed Chris Barrie as the Naval officer.

[@DanHintz]

the damned recorded the first punk 7" 45 in 1976, "new rose."

[@alexnovak6158]

Don't forget Terry Jones at the grave site. He's a Python. Monty that is.

[@doubleslash6243]

24:40 Yes that was Chris Barrie.

[@monkee5th]

The subliminal video are not from Ghost this show came out before Ghost. Young Ones was released 1982 Ghost was 1990

[@ernie316]

it was made 6 years before Ghost btw

[@chriswilloughby48]

Excellent I loved it.

[@UmbrellaAl]

The frame isn’t from ghost. Ghost wasn’t released for 6 more years at the time.

[@georgeowain]

This episode was produced years before Ghost.

[@vivienwilliams1538]

The Young Ones - always a favourite with my son. Partly because my name is Vivien ! Which amused him greatly. You have to treat the YO's as modern slapstick I think. Still can't believe that Rik Mayall is no longer with us.

[@xrusted]

Yes that was CHris Barrie. No that wasn't Ghost, Young Ones was filmed in the early 80's and Ghost was released in 1990.

[@ajt22]

Good to see you on VLC, thought you were adamant to remain on Windows Media Player. Anyway, moving forward one frame can be done by pressing E.

[@snotyay]

the damned really good, seen them live

[@alanr4447a]

Have they got a video?!??!?

[@PINKKYLIELOUISE]

Takes me back Video Nasties couldn't get them at video shops used to be handed round at playgrounds at school

[@alanr4447a]

34:50 "They reformed in the 90s." They abandoned punk, and went back to traditional pop? They all sell out eventually, don't they?

[@davidscholesphotographer]

This was filmed years before 'Ghost' was made, the clips are just random.