Reacting to THE YOUNG ONES 2x4 (Time) | Reaction

[@spokyface89]

You should probably check out "Bottom" it have Rik and Ade, or also "Comic strip presents" that feature the whole young ones cast + Jennifer, ect.

[@Ajonr]

There is always Bottom, with Rik and Ade, it is as fully insane as The Young Ones. There are x3 Seasons of 6 episodes each. But even better than the episodes are the live stage performances, the spontaneity in those is nothing short of brilliant.

[@jaquesshugossen9398]

I would deeply recommend "Bottom" especially the 5 or 6 live stage performances! They are truly magnificent.

[@adebinelli8182]

Definitely do Bottom, so funny..

[@jeremysmith54565]

The montages of clips are hilarious, even those alone cheer me up when I'm having an awful day or whatever lol.

[@HammerHeart3229]

I'm actually not so sure about Bottom being as insane as The Young Ones. Bottom is excellent but The Young Ones has that style where it feels like ANYTHING can happen and Bottom doesn't quite have that in my opinion. For me at least Bottom has always felt like a toned down version of The Young Ones. I feel bad for saying that because The Young Ones and Bottom are both fantastic shows and I have a special place in my heart for both shows but yeah... If you put a gun to my head and made me choose between the two I would pick The Young Ones! 😂

[@Ajonr]

@@HammerHeart3229 Welp, you do have 4 lunatics as opposed to 2 lunatics. But in defense of Bottom, the live stage shows are considerably longer, which has advantages of short season episodes vaguely strung together.

[@CommissionerSleer]

If no more Young Ones makes you sad, please do Comic Strip Presents (featuring Rik, Ade, Nigel, Dawn, Jennifer, etc). They're all great stories and funny but Bad News is probably most like Young Ones out of any of them.

[@Mike-rw2nh]

YES!! Dawn Marie, if you read this, check out ‘Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door.’ Epic is an understatement.

[@Tommy-he7dx]

And that fact that they actually walked out on stage at Donnington Monsters Of Rock and played a set as "Bad News" is amazing, The amount of Piss Bottles that were thrown them must have been a record :D The album they released it worth a listen also....."Warriors of Genghis Khan" is amazing track :)

[@jonathanross149]

I agree Comic Strip Presents would be a great follow up. MTV did the same.

[@rickb.4168]

Fist full of travellers cheques or Five go mad on mescaline.

[@greigclement9081]

The second Bad News special when they played (badly) at Donnington was funny

[@jonathanross149]

Jennifer Saunders, Helen Mucus, is Vivian's real life wife. She named her character Eddie on Absolutely Fabulous after him.

[@tofersiefken]

Yes, that was Jennifer Saunders. I will continue to advocate for you react to Absolutely Fabulous (Ab-Fab), a sit-com starring Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley and Julia Sawahla.

[@Deegee_1969]

It's been recommended before, but Black Adder is also a worthwhile comedy series to view. Even Rik Mayall gets a character in each of the series.

[@neilmcintosh5150]

You are correct, Rick's pretend girlfriend is indeed Jennifer Saunders. And her real life husband is Vyvyan - Ade Edmondson. They actually married each other in May 1985, just one year after this show aired.

[@ink-cow]

And they're still married, after all this time! With three kids. That's a wonderful thing to hear about show biz people.

[@alanr4447a]

@@ink-cow Would those three kids be Vyvyan, Edwina, and Saffron?

[@neilmcintosh5150]

@@alanr4447a No. They had three wonderful children called Rick, Mike, and Neil.

[@harrymarshall]

And Dawn French married Lenny Bennett 🎉

[@stickytapenrust6869]

@@harrymarshallLenny Henry, not Lenny Bennett.

[@john04120]

When this first showed in Australia, there was no warning. Me and my friends just went “ What the ‘ F ‘ is this “ and just couldn’t believe what we were seeing. It was a total crack up, it was great 👍 Totally love you sweetie 🌹 Top channel

[@Womberto]

Jennifer Saunders and Ade Edmondson (Vivian) are married irl.

[@Geth-Who]

'There's nobody in there, he's gone to church' is still one of the funniest gags in this whole show.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Whenever they scene come up, I always imagine Trevor as a little man in the bin reacting to Riks offer of tea

[@unclebobconner1417]

Comedy called bottom is also really funny staring 2 of the cast members of young ones

[@JohntheLNERP2]

The best part of this episode has to be the Dallas intro

[@Stefan-]

Ha ha, its a great one !!!

[@fuzzballzz36]

A little background info, Dawn: The Young Ones came out of the scene that formed around a London "punk rock" comedy club, The Comic Strip, in the late 1970s. The main double acts were college friends Ade Edmondson (Vyvyan) and Rik Mayall (Rik) as 20th Century Coyote, and Peter Richardson and Nigel Planer (Neil). But Alexei Sayle was also there, and other double acts included Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, and Mark Arden and Stephen Frost. The latter two duos made cameos in most if not all Young Ones episodes as they had all become friends and had similar ideas of comedy. Arden and Frost were the two trying to get into the party during Interesting, Dawn French was the Christian loony in that episode and Jennifer Saunders was one of the guests, etc. If you re-watch the episodes you'll be able to spot them eventually. It took me some time to figure this out when I was young and watching them for the first time. Also, Ade Edmondson married Jennifer Saunders and they've been together for over 30 years!

[@clarencewalker3925]

I love Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Two of the boldest female comedians, or comediennes, ever!

[@ianrhodes6928]

The maiden introducing 'Medieval Torture Hour' is Helen Lederer, a regular on the alt comedy scene in the 80s. She appears in at least one ep of Jen Saunders' sitcom 'Absolutely Fabulous'

[@ChubbyChecker182]

And she had a brief affair with Rik

[@mijmijrm]

Next Episode Preparation : in the next episode: Sick : a brit sitcom called The Good Life is parodied. Basically, the sitcom was about a professional city guy who gives up his hi flying job to go all in on him and his cute wife going back to the earth and being self sustaining in their terraced city home. Which involved using farming skills in their back garden.

[@vaopr1012]

Tom Goode wasn’t in a high-flying job. He was working in a dead end job designing plastic toy surprises for cereal boxes. It was his neighbor Jerry that had the high-flying job at the same company.

[@SteffBrockley]

@@vaopr1012Yes, I believe his neighbour was the Prime Minister

[@mijmijrm]

@@vaopr1012 - oh yeh. I stand corrected. I remember the dreary dead end aspect .. i imagined the high flying part.

[@vaopr1012]

@@SteffBrockley his neighbor Jerry (played by Paul Eddington) was a senior partner and eventually managing director of the company. Paul Eddington would later go on to play Jim Hacker in the series Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.

[@SteffBrockley]

@@vaopr1012 Yeah, I was just messin’

[@jonathanwolfe4826]

Dawn French is the vicar of Dibley , there was another one , but the vicar of dibley is one of my favorites that she was the star in.

[@jaquesshugossen9398]

With Vicar of Dibley, I do like the side characters in it, but also the End after-credits bit with Dawn and the Young Lady of whom I can't recall the name. Sadly as far as I recall she did pass away in real life, and they did a dedication to her at some point.

[@NeilLewis77]

John cleese is a British comedy icon. A giant of laughter who brought us all such joy. But comedy writing is for the young.

[@4Kandlez]

Like who?

[@NeilLewis77]

@@4Kandlez I don't know who the best young comics are anymore. Im old myself. But comics, like musicians seem to be at there best between 17 and 35 ish.

[@pekkadegroot8326]

Check out Bottom after Young Ones.

[@rashidclark]

Thank you for sharing the reactions, Dawn! It's great to be experiencing these episodes again. Are you sure you've seen episode 6? It's called "Summer Holiday", and I haven't seen it on your youtube channel. Unless perhaps this viewing was outside of your KZbin universe, otherwise you're still in for a treat!

[@JasonMoir]

Whistling on a Tuesday...that sick bastard.

[@sithlordkaeyl21]

I always look forward to your reaction to The Young Ones, and I’m sad too that it’s almost over. 😢

[@GKinslayer]

Danger Brothers, The Bottoms, and Filthy Rich & Catflap all have Rik and Ad in them and the last also has Niel.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

The opening bit, with ET Oil Company, was a parody of a popular U. S. serial drama of the time, "Dallas", following the exploits and peccadillos of the Ewing family, and their multi generational control of an oil drilling empire.

[@randycunningham7318]

My favorite episode.

[@P3THR33]

Rik and Ade is also in Bottom. Well worth watching

[@dave_h_8742]

Hale and Pace were the peasant with the mustach

[@karllong]

You should look for The Comic Strip Presents, a series of spoofs by that gang. The one I particularly remember is called Five Go Mad In Dorset and is a spoof of enid blighton books The Famous Five, also one called Fistfull of Travelers Checks.

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

There’s many cameos by comedy gurus 
French and Saunders (Jennifer Saunders is married to Ade Edmondson - and he had a cameo in her show “Absolutely Fabulous” Terry Jones Smith and Jones (Mel Smith, and Griff Rhys Jones)
Hale and Pace Fry and Laurie Ben Elton (who co-wrote the series) Robbie Coltrane Tony Robison - who was then on a show called “Who Dares Wins” And non-comedian, Emma Thompson

[@xanderathome]

The family is the Comic Book presents crew.

[@jezfield8547]

Hi Dawn. Cant imagine Fawlty Towers without the Major or Manuel? what do you think?

[@yournamehere6002]

Dawn Marie is adorable as always.

[@72isb]

The Comic Strip Presents has the full cast Arnold Brown, Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders, Alexei Sayle, Ronald Allen, Robbie Coltrane and Sandra Dorne in 42 random stories.

[@timdyer5903]

The Bottom series will cheer you up after Young Ones.

[@kermitcook8498]

You know what, man? I was watching a Father Brown episode the other day and saw Nigel, Niel. And since he wasn't speaking Stoner, I was only able to figure out who he was because of one of those Niel expressions. It was weird to see him as a normal guy, but nice to have him alive so he could be a normal guy. There is some attraction to this show I can't explain. These guys were like a live precursor to BEAVIS and BUTTHEAD. Without all the stupid laughing. Huh-huh, huh-huh-huh. You just keep setting them up, and keep knocking some back. Luv luv-luv ya.

[@alanr4447a]

The opening sketch is a parody of the American "soap opera" series _Dallas,_ whose main character was the pretty villainous "J.R. Ewing", in contrast to Neil's "E.T. Fairfax".

[@darrylhinko5568]

One of my favorite Band jokes, the band is Amazulu, Rick says to SPG Amazulu and SPG respons Ama Glaswegian

[@lienrellaw557]

I believe that you would enjoy and I would enjoy your reaction to the British comedies "Keeping Up Appearances" and Are You Being Served". You have become one of my favorite channels because your reactions are so genuine. Thanks for the fun.

[@JohnDoe-vy6ju]

yeah, Dawn French was the Christian Missionary in "Interesting" and the devil in "Nasty" as well as the easter bunny here. Jennifer Saunders was also in "Interesting" as one of the party guests. French and Saunders did their own show as a team for a while, but they're probably best known separately: French for "The Vicar Of Dibley" and Saunders for "Absolutely Fabulous"

[@stevensprunger3422]

Oh Dawn I can’t get enough of you….

[@thatpatrickguy3446]

Time is only my fifth favorite of the Season Two episodes, but that still means it is much better than almost anything I see on TV today, so big bonus there. I remember the story about how the first season of Monty Python was ignored by the BBC management and put in a dead zone as far as the time it was scheduled, so the Pythons took advantage of that and put in so much stuff that never would have been allowed if anyone had been paying attention at the BBC. So when it became wildly popular and the BBC started paying attention to the season two scripts and telling them they couldn't do stuff, they could say "Well, you let us do this and more last year, so why is it an issue now?" and the BBC had to shut up and let them do what they wanted. 😀 That said, I don't think a new Fawlty Towers with John Cleese will be quite so over the top, but that'll potentially be his choice and no one else's.

[@erebuskraken5483]

Helen (Jennifer Saunders) is Vivians real life wife.

[@davesence6864]

I think if John cleese gets to do what he wants a great many people will definitely be offended 😅

[@edbad85]

Jennifer Saunders is married to Ade Edmondson who plays Vivian. The have a daughter who is an accomplished comedian in her own right

[@lindenmanmax]

Dawn Marie, you don't laugh. You guffaw. It's adorable.

[@PeterMaranci]

Blackadder would be a good one to react to!

[@fuzzballzz36]

Also, when you're done with the Young Ones you must see The Comic Strip Presents! Produced and written by Nigel Planer's comedy partner Peter Richardson and often starring Ade, Rik, and Nigel, they are a series of one-off episodes covering a wide range of topics. They're REALLY hilarious if not as anarchic as The Young Ones. You should see Five Go Mad In Dorset (Enid Blyton parody), The Beat Generation (Basically a Kerouac parody), Bad News Tour and More Bad News (mockumentary of a heavy metal band two full years before Spinal Tap; Ade not only plays guitar but writes and sings his own material!), Four Men On A Plane (sort of a capitalist disaster film parody) and A Fistful of Travellers Cheques (spaghetti Western parody). There are many other good ones as the show had multiple series and went on far longer than the Young Ones, but that's a good starting point.

[@jonathanross149]

I think you are right Time was episode 4

[@SebaVDP]

This show was hillarious 😁👍🏻 hugs lysm Dawn Marie🤍

[@Thunderer0872]

Jenifer Saunders is married to Adrian Edmundson Viv. If you want more Viv and Rik then try out Bottom 3 seasons and 5 live shows very funny dare I say better than the Young Ones.

[@loisrabies8713]

Have you reacted to IT Crowd? It’s so hilarious!!!❤

[@a1superfantastic]

If memory serves, this is Jennifer Saunders' third Young Ones appearance... which leads me to my suggestion: if you haven't indulged already, you must, must must and must try Absolutely Fabulous next! This was a massive cult hit in America in the early 90s but was sadly only on for a few seasons. Saunders stars as Edina, an aging alcoholic mother who is hilariously selfish and longs to hang on to her reckless party-life youth with her best (and only) friend Patsy, played by Joanna Lumley. It's a comedy gem and well worth your time!!

[@jimmybisk]

Thanks for a great reaction! For some weird reason I completely forgot about this one - apart from the bit where Rick wakes up with a girl in his bed! Well, just 2 more to go. I don't think it matters one jot what order these are viewed in. What is it about great comedy series that only have 12 episodes. Not quite true as Monty Python had more. On Fawlty Towers coming back, mixed feelings like you, but John Cleese stated in an interview that he wouldn't be doing it via the BBC as he felt he wouldn't have as much creative freedom, so an as yet unknown streaming service will get that honour - which could be a lot more exciting regarding what goes into it!

[@yournamehere6002]

The beginning was a parody of DALLAS, a popular show at the time

[@stevesm4]

One of the mediaeval peasants that Neil encounters is Paul Merton. One of his first tv appearances, possibly the first one. He doesn't say much except for "you're on" so he's easy to miss.

[@Paul197A]

IMHO the best sitcom ever made is Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister. But if you want something similar to the Young Ones. Try BlackAdder. Written by the same people who wrote The Young Ones.

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

the braids look nice. after this, you need to check out some "Bottom". (see what i did there?)

[@jonathanross149]

Dawn French has been in a couple of episodes.

[@liamdoherty5749]

After these episodes you will need to start with the comic strips presents

[@flerbus]

u should try the long running american comedy show "it's always sunny in philidelphia" i think u would like it

[@mrkelly4822]

I am very very glad that you're doing reaction videos to the show The Young ones, is there anyway that you can do reaction videos after that, 4 show called Derry girls that takes place in Northern Ireland in the 1990's?

[@shanemoran8260]

Hi Dawn hope you are well thanks for another video Love from dublin❤🇮🇪

[@ink-cow]

You're right that the order isn't important EXCEPT for the last episode, Summer Holiday. Do not skip ahead!

[@steve8510]

It's Eddie! Ab Fab has to be next

[@CalleHamacher]

You still have a few seasons of Bottoms to look forward to

[@diogenesagogo]

Judging by John Cleese's last effort (Hold The Sunset) I fear the worst ...

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

He didn't write that.

[@diogenesagogo]

@@scottandrewbrass1931 Still an appalling lapse of judgement.

[@Grithron2]

And his commitment to (genuine) free speech has wavered - I fear he'll betray everything he once stood for, just like Frankie Boyle, Elvis Costello, Rod Stewart, Ray White etc

[@dvsreed]

Jennifer Saunders was in a really funny show called Absolutely Fabulous which would be a great show to react to. Also consider The Good Place starring Kristen Bell

[@jezfield8547]

Hi Dawn. Loved that, big fan of Rick and Neil. Thanks

[@niftymagic]

Also 2 fantastic Bruce Willis movies for you are RED and RED2. Very funny action movies.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Love you back, Dawn Marie. Say, if it hasn't already been, i suggest adding the BBC series, "The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy" to your viewing list. Just be careful not to accidentally get the feature film. It is also plenty of fun, but I feel like it's better seen after the original.

[@alanr4447a]

I guess the feature film is mostly harmless.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

@@alanr4447a well, its been edited down a bit...

[@SteffBrockley]

Ads Edmondson (Vyvyan) is married to Jennifer Saunders.

[@davidharvey4433]

Jennifer Saunders is married to Vivian in real life.

[@Muckylittleme]

I don't know whether I was more shocked that Dan French married Lenny Henry or that Lenny Henry married Dawn French. At least Lenny got to marry a comedian.

[@michaelschroeck2254]

Have you seen Ab Fab?!

[@artistjoh]

Bottom is the highly recommended follow up. Thew TVV show, NOT the live stage performances. They are just as disgusting as the Young Ones, but the virginity, and the attempts to have sex are taken to the next level. Recommend watching from the beginning. Great humor and some great visual effects.

[@bodan1196]

"The Old Ones"... now there's an idea.

[@samwilliams1101]

Got to react to the comic strip presents 5 go mad in Dorset

[@niftymagic]

YOU MUST WATCH “THE BOOK THIEF”

[@jerryhayes9497]

Comment for the KZbin algorithm god 🙏

[@davewhitmore1958]

Love yas back! (and your braids are very fetching 👍 )

[@scottandrewbrass]

Rik reading George's Marvelous Medicine please.

[@simonbirchall-9901]

Dear dawn, I have been watching your videos for a while now, but have ever tried watching hellraiser 1,2 and 3 please watch them and see what you think.

[@zaftra]

Saunders is Vivian's wife in real life

[@stevencalliss4095]

My favourite geordie girl. 🙃🫡😛

[@KevDaly]

Ah, but do you know which one of them Jennifer Saunders is married to?

[@paulockenden4278]

Next up please do Comic Strip you will love it 😀

[@Arthur_King_of_the_Britons]

Please react to Peep Show or The Trailer Park Boys

[@RandallFlagg2112]

Did you spot Paul Merton?

[@neilmcintosh5150]

And Gareth Hale and Norman Pace?

[@erebuskraken5483]

Bottom is funny.

[@michaelstaunton1632]

👍👍📺

[@jamesbrighton1778]

ade (vivian) is married to jennifer saunders

[@mr.a8315]

♥😂

[@elmochacho3]

Are you not going to give the obi wan series a go?

[@unclebobconner1417]

Really funny classic British comedy series didn't last long unfortunately which was a real shame have you watched only fools and horses one foot in the grave on the buses red dwarf I can recommend lots more comedies if you want let me know

[@theradgegadgie6352]

This is not "season two". It is "series two." We are not Americans. 😀

[@Grithron2]

Shouldn't that sentence end with a "sha-la-la-la-la" ?

[@theradgegadgie6352]

​@@Grithron2You've lost me.

[@MrJimithee]

Yo, Dawn matey... thought you (and your other viewers) should know, you've got a SCAMMER in the comments, pretending to be you offering prizes etc. The usual bullsh**

[@fuzzballzz36]

They're ALL virgins. I don't believe otherwise for a second. Mike is simply lying all the time, hence his tape recorder, etc. I don't know how Cleese is going to pull that off. The climate is no longer right for some of the jokes that made Fawlty Towers funny, and without being overly critical, he's getting too old to do knockabout comedy. He's had both hips replaced. It might be good or it could be awful.

[@christopherwalker6262]

Try Filthy Rich & Catflap It has Neil Rik & Vyv but Rik Is a washed up unfunny light entertainer. It's only one series,but the Shakespeare comments in the pilot are right on.

[@fannybuster]

You were doing so well ,Now this Again..Shame Shame I know your Name

[@dannyjoe3343]

SHUT UP YOU BASTARD!

[@AstroXeno]

Greg The Bunny will make you happy.