The Young Ones Series 2 Episode 03 (Nasty)

Oh, Have we got a video???

[@saralast2570]

"Do you dig graves" ......"yeah they're alright" 🤣🤣🤣

[@dwaugh2215]

I'm so glad! I think they're wonderful!

[@lmm2103]

I crack up every time

[@bbb462cid]

get the door, Neil!

[@joeylee405]

I think they’re wonderful!

[@pleasedontfeedthe6235]

This show was my introduction to so many great bands, including The Damned.

[@ralphtom3431]

When I was talking with the punk band gbh They told me they were supposed to be on the young ones but Motorhead beat them out

[@frontbum666]

I was already into this sort of music when this came out. The best part of the Young ones is that it gave my parents and friends an insight of some of the music that was considered wrong at the time and popularised punk, SKA, and Metal in a good way.

[@afterburner2869]

Motörhead for me.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

True!!

[@akula9713]

Back in the days when you knew what time your favourite programme was on, and had to rush home in order to not miss it.

[@modernista6056]

Or set the video recorder up to come on at correct time to record it, only to discover somebody has fkd about with it n youve recorded something shit on another channel 🤣

[@Tim091]

@@modernista6056 Oh! Did you have a video?

[@warpedspeed8930]

Yeah. 9 PM. BBC2

[@MRPricks]

Many times 🫣

[@TheRenoir]

Nearly 40yrs ago it aired late evening after getting back from a night lecture. Best episode of the series. RIP Rik Mayall.

[@peterbrown6224]

You too? Though mine were on VHS. Yes, we have a video.

[@richardwatson298]

I would say Bambi, Nasty being a close second 😃

[@hertzair1186]

@@richardwatson298’Time’ is my favorite

[@mr.niceguy1812]

"We'll all be dead, and yet still alive, like Leonard Cohen!"

[@wiggl3s_821]

"It's a video nasty!" "IT'S A CARPET, *FARTY*!"

[@ameliabedelia513]

“she’s talking about peeeeriod pain” dawn french 😂

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

Really nice of Terry to give them The Python seal of approval to the next generation of British comedy performers. A lovely bloke, sorely missed

[@leejones8582]

Terry headbutting Rik is hilarious

[@Satchel334]

One of the best Young Ones episodes. Even the opening titles are fantastic.

[@Drifter127]

The best episode by a country mile

[@TallSilentGuy]

The re-hashed theme music is a total triumph.

[@nathanritzo2228]

Terry Jones' cameo and Rik's reaction to the buzzsaw make this episode one of the show's best.

[@fergussaint-john2535]

I am watching this in Sep/2023... I first saw it in 1982 when I was 14 and can still quote so much of this episode. Now I fully understand how ground-shakingly huge this show was for me and my mates in Australia at the time and how the 2 series helped shape my humour ...even today if I meet someone anywhere in the world and TYO comes up and they are a fan, odds on we will get along. It's so freakin' radical for the time, and I guess you kind of had to be there to wait in anticipation for the following week and then talk about it incessantly at wherever you hung out. and the bit about the VCR is no BS, they cost a fortune to buy and a butt load to rent, and then you had to hook the whole suitcase sized machine up to the telly. Thank fk for iPhones & You Tube. and cheers to whomever uploaded this...

[@A-small-amount-of-peas]

You were lucky.😂 I think I was around 7 or 8 when they did Living Doll and Comic Relief which my folks let me stay up for to watch. Now this was after the show had finished and the BBC would NEVER bloody repeat it. So I could tape it. I found out years later it's to do with the nightmare of music rights. I had to wait till I was 11 when my mum managed to find "best of the young ones" VHS with five episodes of which this was one and bought it for me for Xmas. Today's generation will never know how patient past generations had to be, now we can take a device we can carry in our pocket, click the screen a few times and hey presto, there it is

[@NevilleBamshu23]

Me and.you would defo be mates...mate..i quote young ones weekly..even if no one gets it..

[@planetdisco4821]

Holy crap! I was the same age and sitting up late and caught the episode “Bambi” by accident on the ABC. And about 3 minutes in yelled for my Dad to come and check this show out. I’m exactly the same mate. Me and my brother are in our 50’s now and my Dads 81 and we can still quote both seasons almost verbatim to this very day…

[@danb.9700]

Holy S£it mate. Bambi was the first I seen changing channels back in the day as a teen in Brisbane. The next week I told my family and mates about it and we were hooked. Am currently educating my kids on these classics to ensure the humour lives on....and they understand my quotes.

[@grannym2880]

60yo Brissy girl here. Loved (still do) The Young Ones. My kids know them and soon the grand kids will be old enough. Can't wait to watch it with them.

[@aprilshowers2165]

Crazy how kids today will never know the pain of having to rewind the VHS back to the start because you watched it 6 months earlier and left it at the end credits 🤣

[@ErectedGasCan]

And then once those fast rewinding VCRs appeared it sounded like a airplane turbine revving in the livingroom.

[@GIBBO4182]

I had a Walkman that didn’t have a rewind…so I had to turn the cassette to the other side and fast forward to rewind if I wanted to listen to the same song twice!! Now they just press repeat! 😂

[@TBone-bz9mp]

Just the concept of a video as something that exists on a physical device that you have to manually operate with actual buttons, is now pretty much alien to people.

[@jswets5007]

Imagine even having to rent a device to record or playback something that was recorded. It's coming back, but in a different format. *Edit* Oh, wait, that's exactly what a DVR is... It's been so long since I had cable that I forgot about the DVR.😅

[@fretboardmaster70]

It’s sad really but a Video Library was a great place to pull chicks. Fancy a Coffee and Film was my chat up line and it worked too. (once or twice) There was a culture to searching for films on a Friday night.

[@stebop823]

I spent my childhood watching Rik and Adrian still to this day never gets old.

[@rachelar]

Love how Mike isn't actually carrying the coffin and he's too short anyway

[@j.jwhitty5861]

Yeah that was quite funny, it reminded me of the only time I ever offered to carry a coffin , the other 3 guys were about 5'6-7" and I'm 6''2", honestly; I felt like I was carry it on my own and they are damn heavy too 😂

[@evdave6693]

“...and for all those murders you done” 🤣🤣🤣

[@melindamccormack4721]

That joke is my favourite Young Ones moment... The set up and that punchline are genius... 🤣

[@DarthScorpion]

my favourite scene and my friend still quote this bit

[@chloekelly9654]

I act the "have we got a video?" moment at home and it still make mum and me laugh.🤣🤣

[@ericmetalec]

The Young Ones... brilliantly acted brilliantly written

[@joshuabrophy4585]

Thank Ben Elton Rik Mayall Lise Mayer Then

[@BenFleury]

Press the button! I am pressing the button! But you’re doing it wrong! You’re supposed to use your hands! What like this SLAP 👋😂😂

[@RUDI-UK]

I remember as a 10 year old literally doubled up sore with laughter watching this when it premiered on BBC2. Turned me on to The Damned as well!

[@777tractorboy]

Breakthrough comedy that is timeless, glad I grew up in this era

[@Psychol-Snooper]

I'm sure I've seen this episode at least a half dozen times and only today stopped to think "holy crap" that's Terry Jones on The Young Ones! 3:36 RIP to both Terry and Rik.

[@fullcircle3357]

Great tune The Dammed

[@weltonvillegal6258]

Mike just holding his hand up as pallbearer!

[@triciakitty]

This show has been shared over generations in my family. My brother & I grew up watching it & quoting it. We STILL quote it to this day! Haha! I shared The Young Ones with my son while he was growing up. He's almost 30 & still loves them! My brother plans on sharing them with his sons when they're old enough. One is almost 7 & the other is almost 1- so it'll be a while, but the Young Ones will live on forever in my family :) Now- what do you know about the beans?

[@SamuelBlack84]

Oh, uh nothing. Ha ha. No beans, ha ha ha

[@CircleofShit]

I'm 37 and was raised on this show!

[@brianharrison5419]

But have you got a video?

[@InaEsin]

Same here, my grandkids are just entering their teens. You'd probably enjoy Monkey Dust.

[@weltonvillegal6258]

53 and same!

[@Ravedaze.]

When Rick was in the bathroom talking to Neil and he turned the light out Neil sang ‘hello darkness my old friend’ by Simon and Garfunkel but it was cut due to licensing 😕

[@dessertstorm7476]

cant believe anyone is that letigious you cant quote 5 words from a song

[@Ultrabalor]

You’re thinking of Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence.”

[@markfryer9880]

Neil should have just said the quote in his monotone apathetic voice! That would have been funny and avoided any legal issues. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

[@bollybarton66]

R.I.P. Terry Jones ♥

[@iseeolly9959]

Agree mate.

[@ohobainc]

I'm such an idiot. I didn't realise he just passed away in January. Why didn't I see it coming? 😢

[@bigdaddy4069]

What about Rik ?

[@joshuabrophy4585]

Rik Mayall died from age and abuse

[@shoxx48]

@@joshuabrophy4585 - What? He was 56! That's no age!

[@NotJanine777]

Haven’t seen this for over 25 years - just enjoyed every second of it. As brilliant as I remember 😊

[@InaEsin]

Unexpected Monty Python, I forgot Terry Jones was in this one! I'm eternally grateful to MTV (original, 1981) for all sorts of music--yes, I am old enough to remember when it was actually about fookin MUSIC!! Not only that, but for The Young Ones.

[@paulburns1333]

Its hard to believe how state-of-the-art, expensive and sought after video machines were in the early 80's. Sitting up all night watching low budget video nasties was a legendary step forward that seems ridiculous now. "Have we got a video"? Much heard shout at the time.

[@piledriverpotter9847]

I remember Vivienne shouting YES WE HAVE GOT A VIDEO!

[@bbb462cid]

@@piledriverpotter9847 Oooo, do we have a video?

[@leejones8582]

@@bbb462cid YES WE HAVE GOT A VIDEO!

[@hedgehog1965uk]

In those days, you RENTED both the video player and the tapes.

[@npc3po301]

Fantastic to see so many cameos from some of Englands great comedy teams ... and Hale and Pace

[@jthfear]

13.36 for those who don't know... there is a subliminal random still image inserted into the first 5 episodes of the 2nd series of the young ones. this one was of a pottery class, others were a dripping tap, a skier, a frog and a still from the closing credits of Carry On Cowboy. this is because, like the boys in this episode, everyone in 1984 was swept up in the home video recorder craze, and the makers wanted to do a private joke for all those people who may have recorded the show. the idea was that in the final show 'summer holiday', the sixth image would have just been text along the lines of 'stop wasting your time messing around with your video', either as a caption or written on a board held by cast and crew, in a rather cruel metajoke poking fun at fans with maybe too much time and money on their hands (as VCRs easily retailed around £500+ at the time). this is all well and good so far, but the problem was the showmakers failed to mention the inclusion of this obscure gag to the BBC, as someone high up noticed these rrandom images when watching the show at home. as they investigated this and the makers told the reason why they included the images, they were told to remove them instantly but by this time 5 of the 6 shows had already been broadcast. it turns out it's nothing to do with taste or opinion, but there are many broadcasting laws that explicitly prohibit displaying subliminal images, and the BBC didn't want to risk it, so the makers agreed to remove the final image for a very convoluted, obscure, and even by their perspective, not very funny joke. so the images are in fact a set up for a joke with no punchline, or a punchline too much for Auntie BBC, perhaps a better testament of the young one's random anarchy than the original joke would've ever been.

[@ABuffWizard]

Cheers for the explanation. I saw the tap flash for a moment and came straight down to the comments in hope of finding answers.

[@TS-1267]

... YET "AUNTIE" LET SAVILE COLLECT UNTIL HE PEGGED OUT... HYPOCRISY MANIFESTO

[@markfryer9880]

​​@@TS-1267eeewwwww. Savile gave me the creeps just looking at him sometimes from Australia. And those bastards at the BBC protected him till he died. What kind of filthy dirt did he have on them to ensure his protection?? What ever it was must have been pretty damned disgusting for him to be well paid and protected. Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺

[@markfryer9880]

The flash images wasn't really a good joke and the intended reveal was an even more dead joke. Eh. It could just as easily become a ground breaking skit. If you don't try these things you will never know.

[@jaynewton5278]

From the young ones to bottom.... Absolutely class in a glass. 💯

[@ChrundleTGreat]

“So I used Rik’s pen…” “You rented it Neil. You rented it and you haven’t paid yet!”

[@carbonateddippingjam4970]

7:19 Harry The Bastard later gave up his job at Rumbelows and became the pawn shop owner in the Bottom episode "Parade".

[@deangodfrey3453]

No they call me ted

[@heresotis491]

Ahead of their time this lot, still fantastic 35 years later, Not like the crap the bbc serves up today

[@arcticbadger1]

Steve Coyle agreed 👍 so true

[@nightstalker4392]

Absolutely

[@charliedrosario999]

There is nothing butt shight on telly today, mate, These days thanks too UPSTART CROW saying Ben Elton should be a damned hate crime, have you ever watched that shit.

[@fingerscrossed2453]

100%

[@zetetick395]

I did hear in an interview that Nigel Planer and Ade Edmonson thought 'Fleabag' was really good modern comedy (It's free on Amazon Prime)

[@TeunVerhoeven]

Im not a vampire, im a driving instructor from Johannesburg.

[@HR-od9fl]

Absolutely fantastic ,I used to watch this as a teenager 9pm bbc2 every week ,bloody brilliant,still makes me lol at 49yrs 😃😀

[@GIBBO4182]

9:51 lost count of the number of times my friends and I have called one another “utter bastards”! 😂

[@ChrisJohnsonChannel]

“ Do you dig graves? yea yea they’re all right..yea..” that was F-ing halarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣

[@wolfenstein6676]

25:05 "Only pop music can save us now!" 😂

[@paulmaher2392]

The young brilliant show never gets old ❤

[@geeeze2403]

Has anybody else noticed that Rik spends the entire episode ( in 'flashback' ) with a length of loo paper hanging out of his arse??🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thefacelessones4278]

never noticed it till you pointed it out and i've seen this episode hundreds of times 🤣🤣

[@visualknightmare6662]

Yeah just noticed that.

[@gtavmj-1852]

😂😂😂😂

[@NMN]

This is missing Neil singing 'Hello Darkness my old friend' in the tub, BUT it has the two teddies screwing that I'd never seen before.

[@paulmccartneys_wife]

sameeeee

[@jamiegrieve5875]

Yes you mean that when he finds the bike in the bath

[@vermilliongecko]

Maybe it was a music copyright issue

[@Satchel334]

@@vermilliongecko It was.

[@CarlySmith001]

Those poor teddies 😢

[@Bjornsguitarspecials]

Love the series as a kid. Love it even more now. Classic

[@quirkymerky]

Rick: “Is it really necessary to have the light on when you’re in the bath?” Neil: “Yeah.” Rick: “Why, what are you planning to do? Photosynthesise?! We all pay for the electricity in this house you know!” Bloody love that part 😂😂 Especially considering the energy price increases the UK have had, and are to have again in April!

[@geeeze2403]

" It's a bit cloudy Rik.." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mr.miller5041]

They cut out the bit where Neil then strums 'Hello Darkness My Old Friend'...

[@philippetts1701]

@@mr.miller5041 I’ve just been looking for this specific clip, it seem like all people who posted this episode have cut it, must be to avoid the KZbin monetisation algorithm from taking all the money just for that tiny clip…

[@huepix]

My favourite is, "Oh great. The front doors exploded".

[@eviltaylor1]

@@mr.miller5041 I don't remember the teddy bears having it off in Rik's room.

[@erroneous6947]

This is even better than I remember it.

[@weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars]

I just stumbled upon this and remembered that I used to like The Young Ones and that it was chaotic... Bloody hell I'd forgotten just how Insanely chaotic it was 😂😂 Absolutely Fantastic to see again! We used to talk about it at school the next day, it Really was groundbreaking... And Mad!!! 😂😂

[@daveluttinen2547]

I have the box set but it is so nice to have this here. One of my favorite episodes.

[@mrhax4464]

21:59 As an Australian, I'm dreading the fact Arnold J Rimmer is on his way here!

[@SamuelBlack84]

Old iron balls

[@kharnifex]

At least the gazpacho is warm down here mate

[@kitharrison8799]

Neil finding his bike is another class.

[@bassliveevil]

My all time favourite episode

[@Mr-GarlickyBurps]

Classic, my favourite episode.😆 R.I.P Rik Mayall and Terry Jones ❤

[@funniebunnie4u]

Hellz yeah.... Every so often, YT algorithm, gets it right.... 💕💕💕

[@Vampire_Nightshade]

ashes to ashes funk to funky

[@Sydney-Casket-Base]

we know major tom is a junkie... 🎶

[@bbb462cid]

we know Major Tom's a junkie

[@alanmansell9845]

Legendary comedy, there has never ever been anything as funny as this programme, it caught the attention of everybody fron businessmen to schoolkids in the 1980s and people still talk about the young ones to this very day, it will never be forgoten and there will never be anything like this ever again. It's comedy heaven ❤

[@thefacelessones4278]

Best comedy ever, i love Neil's "Bride Of Frankenstein" hair when he gets electrocuted 🤣🤣🤣

[@vermilliongecko]

The Bride of Frankenstein's hair is nothing like Neil's when he's electrocuted.

[@robertthorn8233]

Best episode ever!. The Damned are amazing. Also Bad News Rules.☠️X

[@modernista6056]

Nah, the damned were shit. Weakest band of the genre. Plastic punks.

[@bidenisapieceofshit6234]

Best Show EVER .

[@killboggins]

Having worked with customers trouble shooting equipment I can tell you those VCR gags haven't dated at all.

[@ALurkingGrue]

Wait, Have you got a video???

[@killboggins]

@@ALurkingGrue YES! WE'VE GOT A VIDEO!

[@Caffeine_Club]

I remember getting shit-faced with my roomates and watching reruns of this instead of going to class back in the early 90s. Good times!

[@BazTheStoryteller]

"Vyvyan, this is for a toaster." Two Hotel Mario quotes: "You know what they say: All toasters toast TOAST." "Check out the enclosed instruction book."

[@hachimanjiro]

Interesting fact the Damned wrote the song "Nasty" for their appearance on the show

[@modernista6056]

It shows. Can tell it was a Rush job...yeah that'll do type thing. Never a fan of them tbf.

[@adelaideautowashes]

It's crazy to think that this was 1984. You couldn't even get unleaded fuel at the time.

[@SamuelBlack84]

The year I was born. Time really flies

[@ansionnachbeagrioga5260]

Mike was pulling off a Heath Ledger Joker fashion style ahead of his time.

[@disconnected22]

“What do you know about the beans?!”

[@Gothgirl1616]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@bobmiller7502]

this was so new and fresh at the time the punk rock of comedy, a right kick in the bollocks for the BBC, with the new channel 4, fek im old xx

[@hedgehog1965uk]

And they were doing The Comic Strip Presents at the same time on Channel 4.

[@jonathaneffemey944]

I love those Leonard Cohen quotes

[@jaspercasper9195]

My favourite episode

[@Alilucyrose91]

I'm 32 and I've been brought up watching this! It's brilliant

[@robbiephillips8103]

Vampire: Greetings from South Africa. All: Aaahhh! Mike: It’s a vampire! Vyvyan: In a parcel! Rick: In the kitchen! Neil: Hate mail! What are gonna do? Rick: Only pop music can save us now!

[@BillyBones-ui9ck]

"Ohhh have ya got a videooo?" "YES WE'VE GOT A VIDEO!"

[@MedievalFolkDance]

"Ageless & toothless & bent old crone" "How'd you know my name?"

[@sentimentalbloke185]

I tried SPG's tactic of sticking a carrot down me trousers, found you need to add a couple of brussel sprouts as well.

[@crazyman8472]

The ultimate in...THINGY! 👻

[@joycegeertsma7115]

I love the fact that The Damned got back together for this episode of The Young Ones, only to split up about two days later after Captain Sensible misbehaved in an Asian restaurant. RIP The People's Poet..

[@OlafProt]

When a show is a quotable in the playground as Monty python was 10 years previously, you know it’s good. “I’m so hungry I could eat My Own earwax. And we all Know how disgusting that is. Right kids?” And hey presto, Terry Jones esq. Dear old Terry.

[@TheLambLive]

This was the first episode I ever saw of the Young Ones,, caught it on VHS some late night as a kid,,, it proper blew my mind. 😅😅

[@hankdewit7548]

You had a Video!! ?

[@adamwaddoups7811]

This is literally BRILLIANT. So funny 😂

[@jrlakin370]

Probably my favourite episode 😆

[@coconuciferanuts339]

The Liverpool accent of Alexis takes it.But,wow this is the best from the young ones.

[@bbb462cid]

Liverpool??? He's from JOHANNESBURG!!

[@stopgotdamndeletingmycomme8642]

@@bbb462cid 30:00

[@vernalc2449]

WOW! Thanks for the trip in the "Way Back Machine", Mr. Peabody! I haven't seen this for over forty years!

[@_B.M_]

Best part of this episode has to be when the plug doesn't reach the socket so Vyv pushes the whole house closer to the TV. Genius!

[@michaelarocchio5841]

I was today years old when I realized the different title sequence in this episode, with the glowing eyes, was in homage to the Black Album by The Damned.

[@user-jq1kq9hy1t]

I think this is my favourite episode from season 2

[@cameronalexander359]

Terry Jones AND Hale & Pace 🎉

[@cammioh]

A Halloween Treat!

[@Cheeseburgerandfries2006]

Even though this episode was first aired in MAY 1984

[@Robert.Deeeee]

"What do ya know about the beans?"

[@adamcunningham9947]

What beans?

[@bbb462cid]

@@adamcunningham9947 ha ha, no beans

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

The great Arnold Brown there at the beginning 😅.. “and why not ! “.. awesome 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@saxongreen78]

7:54 - the teddies were edited out of some broadcasts...I live in Australia, first watched in the 1980s, and this is the first time I have seen this!😂😂😂

[@hungrydevil8075]

Love The Young Ones. Hard to say which episode is my favourite. This is high up there with Bambi i reckon

[@hungrydevil8075]

Haha That's Hilarious I never seen those 2 teddy bears having a root before . They must have cut that bit out where I'm from 😆

[@BeverbeeThatsMe73]

Terry Jones of Monty Python. Even in tiny parts he was hilarious. ❤

[@TheKnives777]

This is the result of five geniuses getting together and making a TV show!

[@MrChristbait]

I bet there's old English punks watching and smiling!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@wd4020]

ITS A VIDEO NASTY ITS A CARPET, FARTY.

[@PaulRoneClarke]

Good to see Mark Nicholas doing his turn as lead singer of The Damned

[@DarkFire1536]

When I was 10 years old, in 1983, my sister and I bought a book featuring Neal. It was called Neal's Book of the Dead. I don't think I understood some of the humor in it, but I remember it was very funny. Anyone else have that book? .

[@ALurkingGrue]

I still own a copy.

[@TheOther644]

Oh wow, I remember this show. Man this was such a fun show, and its wild that Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Jennifer Saunders, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry and Rik Mayall (who co wrote it) were all on the show. RIP Robbie and Rik

[@burtbackattack]

I think this might be my favourite episode.

[@kellysmith8269]

I want a tshirt that says "oh have we got a video?!"

[@leejones8582]

YES WE HAVE A VIDEO

[@nedd.8479]

Rimmer from Red Dwarf at 21:51.

[@karenglenn6707]

LOVE Red Dwarf!! British comedy writing again at it's finest (and I'm an Aussie). I have brought my son up with all British comedy, Porridge, Open All Hours, Dad's Army, Blackadder, the list goes on. I grew up with The Dave Allen Show and The Two Ronnies and listening to The Goon Show in the car with my dad.