South African Lentils - The Young Ones - BBC

Neil has cooked dinner but Rick is not happy with it, Neil explains why he has cooked more than necessary. Hilarious clip from the classic 1980s sitcom The Young Ones. Contains adult humour. Watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Worldwide KZbin channel here: / bbcworldwide
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[@adrenalin80sstyle93]

Viv comes crashing through the wall summing up all his beloved character Best first appearance of a classic character in the whole world history of tv perfection

[@victorhernandez8723]

He knows how to make an entrance!

[@Horsley-Green]

I love the fact that his entrance gets a round of applause from the studio audience before he even says anything.

[@3dprinterjam263]

"I've got an uncle called Dusty." Hallmark Young Ones brilliance. Mike has expended great effort to get Rik to forget/forswear the name in question, and it is NEVER mentioned, yet the implication is that Neal somehow knows Mike was talking about someone named Dusty. This is the insanity of the writing in this show, utterly brilliant, Deleuzeian segments/wormholes that come from and lead to nowhere. Amazeballs stuff.

[@SamuelBlack84]

NEIL?! ARE THESE LENTILS SOUTH AFRICAN?!

[@white_wolf2112]

2:25... hands down the single greatest entrance in the history of television!!!

[@pinkrockstheuniverse]

One of the best in british comedy gone :( !! What a talent that will be missed !!

[@harmoneedreams8168]

Rik 💔 :'(

[@quirkymerky]

“WHERE-IS-MY-BI-RO?!” Couldn’t stop laughing and rewinding that part 😂😂😂

[@drwilsonstoenailpolish3194]

*biwro

[@googlesucks2449]

I just saw it lying on your desk, I didn't think you wanted it anymore.

[@Rich7714]

Me too! Several times

[@edgar6628]

There antics and jokes created my senses of humour along with with bottom. Watching these as a kid really opened my brain into comedy legends rip Rick 2022

[@kid--presentable]

I'm the same , 36 years of age and still call people poo hole

[@seanhayes9769]

Remember watching as a 15 yr old , loved it ...Rik ......absolute legend and my comedy boyhood hero ! Gone but never forgotten mate

[@tunetownmusic-l2f]

@@seanhayes9769 'mate'.....do you think he's read your message and gone "oh thanks seanhayes9709....ill miss you too"

[@dude157]

Goodbye Rik. You were the best!

[@keithlol]

I used to catch random episodes of this in the states as a kid. So much of this went over my head but I still loved it.

[@RJZehnnyNMV]

I love the way Vyvyan comes in at the end XD

[@somegirl558]

One of the most underrated scenes in cinematography... Way fiercer than godzilla, more dramatic than Steve McQueen in Great Escape and way more touching than the bridge scene in Casablanca. 😁

[@neilo86]

What are you doing, Neil? To make a meal, Neil? From totalitarian vegetables. How much does it cost, Neil?

[@simongriffiths9717]

£4.50. Each.😃

[@chrishargreaves8016]

@@sabishioji4323 When I eat a meal worth £4.50, I'm not paying for it. You got me?!

[@jessicacaleno1998]

Orange peel, NIEL

[@garysuarez9614]

Is that with the new pence?

[@jonnyBravos]

Absolute bastard

[@deansusky]

I enjoy this now more than ever ...after going through ,,life

[@SamtheAngelFox]

Vyvyan had the best character introduction, he just literally comes out of nowhere.

[@7125Mhz]

"Oh far out! Really great! Woodstock!"

[@mikesilva5085]

Anyone who went to a university , polytechnic or art school in the U.K. in the 80s will relate so well to the Young Ones- we all knew a Rick, Neal and a Viv - I wasn’t sure about Mike as a character but Rick epitomised the Left-wing student with radical pretensions.

[@SamuelBlack84]

Every student today is Rik Except not funny

[@LeftLib]

It was good to have Mike there as a relatively normal person. I did say relatively.

[@TheShade70uk]

Rik - hearing ‘Rock around the clock’ coming from Neil’s room ‘Well that’s put the rent up by a third’😂

[@jasekhughes2672]

This was when the BBC was actually watchable and funny... R.I.P. Rik ❤️

[@FallNorth]

Sigh, you are bang on. RIP funny BBC comedy.

[@netherfreakultima4498]

1:00 Rick: Ok, where's my biro? WHERE IS MY BIRO?!! XDDD Rik Mayal sure knew how to make people laugh

[@danielhayden6214]

XDDD You said it Man...I still can't believe he's gone though...

[@netherfreakultima4498]

@@danielhayden6214 I know how you feel there...

[@victorhernandez8723]

What’s a biro?

[@netherfreakultima4498]

@@victorhernandez8723 a pen I think

[@Rikairiify]

WHERE IS MY BIRO!!!

[@lmelnick100]

I'VE BEEN TO THE MORGUE!!

[@somegirl558]

The metal stars in Vyvyan's forehead are the actual limit, not his jacket 🤣 You cannot get more metol than that. 🤣 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Ngamotu83]

"Why don't you just go out and become a policeman?" A bit of foreshadowing, there. ;)

[@hayleydodds8751]

Far out really great. Woodstock 😂😂😂😂

[@ladderstothemoon7415]

This video gave me such a wee boost today

[@MarkTheMadMan]

NEIL, what are you doing NEIL, to make a meal NEIL.... Serial!!

[@daniel.lopresti]

Surreal.......

[@fathermetalASMR]

0:06 ... Rik Mayall was adorable! R.I.P., sir. 🌹

[@veggiepunk2410]

Neil is my favorite! ;D

[@zebusaqua4415]

Is that the guy from drop dead Fred? ...OMG IT IS!

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Yes. The sadly missed Rik Mayall.

[@TommyRibs]

Yes. This show was before that. It was called the Young Ones. It was hilarious.

[@nforne]

Check him out in The New Statesman. Or as Lord Flashheart in Blackadder the Third.

[@briansmith1055]

Rik is amazing

[@TildaFabian]

Surreal!

[@someenglishguy..]

RIP Rik!

[@williamsterben]

Those were the days! When I paid the licence fee.

[@KlassixM]

Priceless!

[@conniemunro5568]

Like Neil rick vivnne so funny watching the young ones years

[@yuna2381]

Alright, house meeting. Alright, yeah.

[@Morgel666]

Finally, the element of surprise crack the walls down and land in the supper.

[@Curlyhowardfan]

And Neil talks about his uncle complaining out of nowhere and for no reason

[@go3119]

I’m South African and we do have the best lentils 🤣

[@hughhoward5227]

Haha. Mike. Brilliant!

[@JJF10101957]

Oh,wow!You are bumming me out,man.

[@duggyr]

Still good in 2016

[@kuntfart851]

Dean Redmile and 2017

[@sydloudene2889]

And 2018

[@marty3469]

2019..

[@saigokun]

And 2021

[@eyeseer1]

Good in 2022, after 40 years.

[@Amber-hr2jz]

omg i remember this!

[@eluberimabib4070]

And then, Neil actually becomes a policeman. This series is the greatest series ever.

[@toddhill706]

When the BBC was funny.

[@mooseandspade6251]

Fleabag? Partridge? People Just Do Nothing? Oh woe, days of yonder! What hath comedy become now the woke bridge doth tighten the noose!

[@KH_K-b5m]

Does Rik say "you completed utter bastard" or "completely utter..." or "complete"? For some reason that makes me laugh every single time.

[@wd4020]

Complete and utter definitely

[@KH_K-b5m]

@@wd4020 Thank you! 👍

[@lifeisyours8250]

It was a good show this but i think Rik really hit the peak of his type of comedy in Bottom, i thought that show was absolute perfection and we could really be doing with a show like that again especially in this climate. One of my favourite comedy acts and 2nd place to the legendary Laurel & Hardy who for me just cannot be topped.

[@eyeseer1]

It would be a catharsis if the BBC would revisit Alternative Comedy such as this.

[@nigelcarren]

"Why don't you just go out and become a policeman"? I made this threat to me ex once... and she rose to it, she is indeed now a man.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

2:25 LOL

[@minaimo]

woooodstooock

[@9885lild]

coooool

[@ackeeble]

Comparing this to today's sitcoms this one is more intellectual comedy. The South African reference here is that they were making fun of the fascist apartheid regime that was in the country at the time. That was typical of sitcoms of the era. Nowadays the sitcoms you see today are scripted with swearing and sex and they don't make much fun of politics, business or social issues.

[@nonpartisangunowner4524]

From what I’ve seen, many comedy shows today do mention politics and social issues but they’re just not done in a way that’s funny. A cheesy joke is often just used to initiate some angry hate-filled ranting. At least, in this show the angry ranting also makes fun of itself.

[@kinganarkzie]

Yeah, I don't think they were making fun of the South African apartheid government but the left wing students that protested it at the time which is what Rik's character Is suppose to be, a young Jeremy Corbyn type. One of the ways they protested at the time was to refuse to use any goods from South Africa which is why in this scene he gets angry to learn he's eating S.A lentils, the writers clearly thought the method of protest was extreme and stupid but it worked in the end, the left have tried the same idea with Israel but it never really caught on with the public and have just got people on the left labelled as anti Semitic.

[@mikesilva5085]

@@kinganarkzie spot on

[@paulmorphy6187]

@@mikesilva5085 I think you mean 'right on!'

[@marleypumpkin4917]

Shut up snowflake.

[@hayleydodds8751]

Rock around the clock…

[@wierdage]

Just don't bring down again rick lol

[@BR60163tornado]

1:30 Mike and rick: FOUR POUNDS FIFTY???????????????????????????

[@sallymaskell7238]

South African lentils

[@MyKekeman]

the best that is it

[@landonstarkmillerreturns1223]

1:30 4 POUNDS 50

[@minaturedisasta]

i love this its funnier than most stuff on tv today would beet the inbetweeners and stuff anyday :D

[@Courtneymister]

Why aren't the showing the WHOLE SHOW, this used to be on PBS late nights years ago, I had a big crush on Rick. The US could never have done a show like this, you have to be mean and mean it! South Park is too cuddley with it's "gee what did we learn today at the end of each show". no preaching from these blokes

[@jimcazador6057]

Loved that show, never really seen what the role of mick was about though..

[@Buz-Lunch-Punx]

Mick? It doesn't surprise me you don't understand the show. You don't even know the characters names!

[@pwareham61]

Who the hell is Mick?

[@pressureworks]

Mike has said, HE IS THE COOL ONE!!!!. so who's this Mick Person???? Was he another Alexi Sayle character that was cut for time ?? Danger Mick ?????

[@pressureworks]

And Neil did join the Police !!!!!!!

[@sundaypeople5791]

Only very shortly!😂😂

[@andynixon2820]

Been down the morgue .

[@511gillymot]

@19111ellyc a biro is just a pen

[@gregcoleman6670]

...I been down the morgue

[@RoborgcopCollective]

@wastedwasted3 Mike isn't as funny as the rest, but Alexia is still pretty funny.

[@StratsRUs]

I never knew they were all private schoolboys apart from Alexei.

[@sundaypeople5791]

Not the posh Eton/ Oxbridge ones though! Each has got his individual story❤

[@Trigger_000]

*Thumbs up who likes me!*

[@AdoringFan]

*Both thumbs down*

[@johnmartin7071]

Rick the

[@DukeOfKidderminster]

👎

[@alextucker5819]

What's wrong with South African? 😂

[@missfox76]

FOUR POUNDS FIFTY?!?!?!?! :D

[@asldkjaslkdj]

Totalitarian vegetables!!!!

[@DaveStatius]

@nomadplanet2010 yeuh!!!!!!!!!!

[@FallNorth]

Back then you looked at Rick as an insane caricature. Nowadays, go onto e.g. twitter, there are left wing headcases calling everyone "fascists" that make him seem a moderate conservative...

[@mralan5743]

Bought some Israeli dates and thought of this

[@reuvengershon6625]

Better get rid of you mobile phone, PC and any medications you have too as a lot of the tech comes from Israel. If you really believe Israel is an apartheid state like South Africa used to be try going there and see for yourself.

[@tunetownmusic-l2f]

Anyone else think Mike wasnt funny at all

[@CelticSaint]

Totalitarian vegetables....

[@bradbarnes1839]

Fast forward to today...That equal rights thing worked out so well for SA lol. Trading one oppressor for another was the end result, not any sort of holding hands peace and brotherhood

[@ArranRWilliamson]

Why do people type out lines from the sketch into the comments section?

[@bgbreakdown]

Arran Williamson Because... WOODSTOCK!

[@BergansBeats]

Arran Williamson Why do people complain when people type out lines from the sketch in the comments section?

[@ArranRWilliamson]

BergansBeats Because we all just watched the same video and know what they just said and thus don't require it written for us again in the comments section without any form of commentary. Does that answer your question?

[@ArranRWilliamson]

BergansBeats and its irritating

[@bgbreakdown]

Arran Williamson Thanks, Rick.

[@TheDAT9]

Right there the start of BBC woke put out as comedy but put into our heads anyway. Before you say anything, no I didn't eat any totalitarian lentils.

[@sundaypeople5791]

The whole thing is irony,hey!😅

[@victorhernandez8723]

What’s the big deal about those lentils imported from South Africa? (Excuse me for being a stupid American!)

[@axldave9940]

Apartheid was a thing back then.

[@runningcommentary2125]

South Africa still had apartheid at the time.

[@victorhernandez8723]

@@runningcommentary2125 What’s that?

[@shaunpatrick8345]

This hasn't aged well.

[@masterknife8423]

Dude most old shows don't age well...

[@MacStoker]

any scene with mike in it hasnt and wasnt well to start with lol.he sucked the life out of scenes,,,,, i love him as dave hedgehog though lol

[@gman6055]

Agree... It's hasn't aged well... It's aged brilliantly

[@masterknife8423]

@@MacStoker I personally found him better than Vvivian

[@hudsonsirheshicks2653]

Bullshit! Funny as fuck, legendary.

[@jeffreisen6623]

The young Bidens