# The Young Ones - Every Stoopid Episode **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2002, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568 "2002-08-12T18:07:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/21 "2002-08-13T17:19:53Z")
Toxtithe O’Grady. Not sure about the spelling, ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/22 "2002-08-13T17:24:58Z")
Don’t get uncool and heavy. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/23 "2002-08-13T18:01:47Z")
Rik: Oh Vyvian… have you thought up a name [pointing at self] for your baby? Vyv: **Shut Up** or **Piss Off**!!! Rik: [taken aback] Oh, well! If you’re going to be nasty about it … Vyv: No, no, no… That’s Shut Up if it’s a boy, Piss Off if it’s a girl. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/24 "2002-08-13T18:08:09Z")
Rik: Neil, where’s my supper??? Neil: We haven’t got any bread. Rik: Well, why not??! Neil: Because, Rik, we haven’t got any _bread_. ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/25 "2002-08-13T18:34:41Z")
“I see things much more clearly now.” Good news indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/26 "2002-08-13T18:34:47Z")
```auto G Em THE YOUNG ONES, DARLING, WE´RE THE YOUNG ONES G Em AND YOUNG ONES, SHOULDN´T BE AFRAID G D G C TO LIVE, LOVE, THERE'S A SONG TO BE SUNG G D G FOR WE MAY NOT BE THE YOUNG ONES VERY LONG ``` That’s from a Cliff Richard page. I haven’t played it yet, as my guitar is at home. I changed the third verse to match the show. “I think ‘Special Patrol Group’ is a _stupid_ name for a hamster!” “Okay, I’ll change it, then! Hello, Cliff Richard!” “Bastard!” ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/27 "2002-08-14T06:39:20Z")
WAIT!!! Where did you get that howitzer? Found it! * * * All right, all right, I **am** a virgin! Not for long, matey… [sub]This is as bad as waiting for December to roll around last year.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/28 "2002-08-14T12:35:50Z")
Has anyone seen _The Young Ones_ (1961) starring Cliff Richard? Would a fan of the television show like it? It looks like just another oldies rock’n’roll teen movie, but according to the review at Amazon, it’s “one of the most beloved British movie musicals of all time”. Oh, Cliff Sometimes it must be difficult not to feel as if You really are a Cliff When fascists keep trying to push you over it Are they the lemmings? Or are you Cliff? Or _are_ you, Cliff? ---
**Author:** ![RedDevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ec8ea/32.png) [@RedDevil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedDevil)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/29 "2002-08-14T18:17:36Z")
It’s not an awful film by any means, but nothing like the television show. Well, maybe if you sat in a really dark room, squinting a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/30 "2002-08-21T11:30:43Z")
Does it have any extras? Outtakes, interviews, commentary? I don’t need it if it doesn’t have extras; I have all the (uncut!) episodes on VHS. > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UWmite \* > \*\*Now if I can just figure out how to afford a dvd player… \*\* “Look, it says here, ‘Ensure machine is clean and free from dust’.” “Yeah, but it doesn’t say ‘Ensure machine is full of washing-up liquid’.” “Well it doesn’t say, ‘Ensure machine **isn’t** full of washing-up liquid’!” “Well, it doesn’t say, 'Ensure you don’t chop up your DVD player with an axe! Put all the bits in a plastic bag and bung ‘em down the lavatory’!” “Doesn’t it? Well, maybe that’s where I’ve gone wrong!” ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/31 "2002-08-21T11:41:31Z")
Do Americans understand the Young ones? Are you familiar with the works of Sir Cliff Richard (yes he is a Sir) or is it like devil woman has never been written? And it’s Toxteth O’Grady (Toxteth is a uber-pikey area of Liverpool that had been rioting when the show was being recorded) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/32 "2002-08-21T12:40:26Z")
**owlstretchingtime** : I’d never heard of Cliff Richard before TYO, and I’ve never seen any of his films or heard any of his music. Still, I think I can say Americans who have seen TYO understand it. I think the humour is more or less universal. One thing I’ve wondered though, is how many people will “get” the Thatcher references in a few years? I mean, how many 20-somethings know enough about Nixon to laugh at jokes about him? Or Gerald Ford or Jimmy Carter? Or even Reagan, for that matter? One thing I find hilarious now is that Neil said, “Bell-bottoms are coming back!” Heh heh. He was right! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/33 "2002-08-21T12:58:55Z")
> [@](#): > > Does it have any extras? Outtakes, interviews, commentary? I don’t need it if it doesn’t have extras; I have all the (uncut!) episodes on VHS. Amazon doesn’t list any extras. I have all of the episodes on VHS as well, but DVDs are much more convenient. I can always sell the tapes on eBay. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/34 "2002-08-21T13:02:22Z")
If you wear bell bottoms, you’re just uttah, uttah, uttaahhhhh _crash_ ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/35 "2002-08-21T13:03:02Z")
BTW, Johnny, didn’t you lend your TYO tapes to a certain Dane? ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/36 "2002-08-21T13:07:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > \*\ ***owlstretchingtime** : I’d never heard of Cliff Richard before TYO, and I’ve never seen any of his films or heard any of his music. Still, I think I can say Americans who have seen TYO understand it. I think the humour is more or less universal. > > One thing I’ve wondered though, is how many people will “get” the Thatcher references in a few years? I mean, how many 20-somethings know enough about Nixon to laugh at jokes about him? Or Gerald Ford or Jimmy Carter? Or even Reagan, for that matter? > > ! \*\* What on Earth do you think Sir Cliff is actually like (I shudder to think!) All Brits would still get the “Thatcher” stuff because Blair is compared to her so often. And students are still like that in Britain. Worse if anything. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/37 "2002-08-21T15:28:16Z")
Has anyone made the stiffy joke yet? ---
**Author:** ![flowers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4bbf92/32.png) [@flowers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flowers)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/38 "2002-08-21T15:55:17Z")
I don’t think BBCAmerica is airing The Young Ones episodes anymore, the total & complete bastards. “Well, alright, but verbatim regurgitation is against my principles.” “I’m asking you to test me on it, not throw up on it.” ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/39 "2002-08-21T15:55:31Z")
Ok, so everyone is nostalgic. It blurs your memory. The series was something I used to love on TV - never missed it when it was on. Always thought of it as being so, so funny, in my head. I re-watched it again recently, and man was I disappointed. It was cheap, docile, slow, awful humour, so contrived and unfunny. It had, to me, absolutely no lasting appeal. My memory of its funniness was finally shot. Same as “Bottom” too. :mad: It will never be in the same classic all-time funny catagory as the likes of Blackadder or Father Ted. But maybe that’s just me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sassafras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Sassafras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassafras)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568/40 "2002-08-21T16:18:35Z")
“It’s a telescope with a mouse in it!” omigod I cant wait!😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones-every-stoopid-episode/123568.md?page=3)