# the young ones **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 23, 2001, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones/89034 "2001-10-23T05:12:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [October 25, 2001, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones/89034/41 "2001-10-25T12:27:50Z")
Does anyone remember _Comic Strip_? I only saw a couple of episodes. One of them was shot in B&W and was set in the early 60s. Ade Edmondson played an enthusiastic groupie whose parents are out of town. He invites his ultra-hip idol (I don’t remember who that was – I think the episode was missing one of _The Young Ones_ cast) and his entourage to the house for a party. The house is trashed, and everyone treats Edmondson like the total wally he portrays. Mr. Hip (I don’t recall the character’s name) has some dialog that seems to indicate a girl would be more attractive without one of her legs. Eventually the girl (was it Jennifer Saunders?) hops in, having amputated a leg. She says something to the effect of “I’ve cut off my leg for you, now we can be in love.” The hipster says, “You don’t understand. It was the _leg_ I was interested in.” Another scene shows Rik Mayall sitting in a small bed peeling a banana. As he peels the banana he becomes more intense saying, “Oh, dear! Oh, dear! Oh, dear!” It’s possible I still have that and one other episode (something about a “rumble”, told in a Micky Spillane style) on VHS, having taped it from whatever station it was showed on oh, so many years ago; but it was lost even before I packed my tapes away. I’ll have to search for it again when I unpack. (Whenever _that_ will be!) ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones/89034/42 "2001-10-25T12:58:24Z")
Think once. Think twice. Think: Don’t drive on the pavement. Another favorite of mine is when Mike steals Rik’s biro making Rik quite angry. Mike: It was just laying there on your desk, I thought you didn’t want it any more. ---
**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:** [October 25, 2001, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones/89034/43 "2001-10-25T13:06:29Z")
[Vyvyan has Rick trapped at one end of the hallway with an anti-tank gun.] RICK: Vyv! Where did you get that howitzer?! VYVYAN: Found it! RICK: Well, you can just about bloomin’ well put it back this instant, young man! VYVYAN: I will, I will. Just as soon as I’ve blown you to pieces. * * * RICK: Oh, no! Vyvyan! No! Please! You were right and I was wrong! I am a virgin! VYVYAN: Not for long, matey. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones/89034/44 "2001-10-25T13:22:42Z")
Rik: “Its a telescope! A telescope with a mouse in it!” ---
**Author:** ![Why\_A\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/13edae/32.png) [@Why\_A\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_A_Duck)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones/89034/45 "2001-10-25T13:47:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*I won’t mention that I already started a thread about the Young Ones because no one ever listens to me anyway. I might as well be a Leonard Cohen record. > \*\* But you just mentioned it? Ahhhh, logic vicious circle! And also, you named your thread “Hey Abe Babe, In Here”, or something like that. Of course **I** immediately understood that it was a Young Ones thread and posted there, but a lot of people may have failed to make the connection. Rik: “That’s just typical! Five minutes before the most important party of my life and the house is destroyed by a giant sandwich.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-young-ones/89034.md?page=2)