Comedy Connections - The Young Ones - part 1

[@joycegeertsma7115]

Still love The Young Ones.. always loved the dysfunctional, mad, imaginative and surreal weirdness of the show. Alexei- the unattended firehose- I liked as well. Fond memories. R.I.P. The People's Poet..

[@AlohaBlade]

Nice post, I’m hooked on their comedy to this day!

[@sissonsk]

"Bomb" was my first Young Ones episode and I've been hooked since.

[@markwilliams546]

Where's Part 2 ?????

[@tuffs4it]

To quote Rik, "Bwilliant!"

[@tysonhodgson8523]

I'm assuming that the powers that be removed part 2. Is there any chance of reinstating the segment?

[@WonkaVator72]

11:30 -- Sounds like Posner is suggesting that Sayle didn't really fit into the YOs. He's entitled to his opinion, of course, but I think that Sayle was a wonderful compliment to the show. It's sort of like a mango with salt, lime and chili powder -- I've had this in Chicago at various Mexican street festivals. It doesn't sound like it would be good but it's surprisingly tasty.

[@hazelchild9463]

brilliant

[@RastaSaiyaman]

They called it "Punk rock comedy" because that's what it was: a sitcom version of "Nevermind the bollocks"

[@nayphee]

Loads of screaming, lots of things getting smashed, a barrage of insults, loads of slapstick, and then some music on top of that. Hard not to make a funny show out of all those elements.

[@Optimist117]

You got to love the violence

[@BelatedCommiseration]

I'm gonna stick up Alexei Sayle here. He can be very funny and quite acute (the sketch about Oscar wilde on Alexei Sayles merry go round was hilarious ) but I think its true they didn't really know what to do with him in the young ones and he does stick out. I don't think his characters in young ones were very well drawn. He would often come on, muck around for a bit (not being funny) then he would do his bit of stand up, which could be funny, then he would be flying off again!

[@metafis]

Yes, Sayle was the only one of them I really couldnt stand, the rest were great but he was just so awful.

[@sarahlizabethk]

My problem with Alexei on The Young Ones is he never seemed to fit into the show very well and was hardly ever very funny.

[@AlohaBlade]

Not my favorite but he owns his place in the menagerie