Loved The Young Ones. I still occasionally recite "Revolutionary biscuits of Italy, rise up out of your box. You have nothing to lose but your wafers, yum yum yum yum yum". Just for the hell of it. Get some funny looks so it's always worth it. 👌
"I was dancing at the disco back in the sixties. Some girl comes up to me and says; "are you Benito Mussolini, former dictator of Italy?" And I said "yeah, yeah I am!" So she nuts me and says "that's for the invasion of Crete!"
@@theprisonerofmars We taped the series and sent them out to family living in SA. They all know the scripts verbatim. Comic Strip Presents was just outstanding also.
"My name is Alexei Yuri Gagarin Siege of Stalingrad Glorious Five Year Plan Sputnik Tractor Moscow Dynamo Back Four Balowski. Me Dad was a bit of a Communist, know what I mean?"
Great to hear Lise. She's the real unsung hero of The Young Ones. Looking back, it's amazing how many of the gags appealed to young kids. I remember loving SPG headbutting the teddybear and Rick's Pollution Poem. To add to the list of famous cameos, what about the late, great Dave Rappaport?
Really enjoyed this episode on the young ones, and I think Lise should definitely have a binge watch of the Young Ones. It's easier to enjoy your own work when you have some distance. But I can fully understand the struggle of cutting down the script to make it fit an episode. There was always so much going on. When The Young ones came out, there was nothing like it, and it was not just the writing and acting, but as mentioned also the use of special effects and props that made it. Would not mind a second episode at all.
Oh man this is the one that I have been waiting for, that was my introduction to the great Alexei , I am so looking forward to wrapping my ears my heart and soul round this .. For the record I have listened to every single podcast and loved it all, I especially love the educational aspects with the guest professor , I cannot remember his name right now but the discussions about communism anarchism Trotsky absolutely fascinating .. love and respect Comrade Alexei 🤩
Finally, I get to hear Lise. No longer this unknown name in the credits. And she's really cool too!. So a part 2 definitely absolutely please!!!! P.s. no drugs reference? What about the party episode with Warlock where Neil ends up in space after smoking a bit too much weed and gets dynamited by the Smash aliens!? And I don't think it was just Neil who was on drugs when that scene was scripted!! Lol.xxxxx
Loved it, always nice to hear background tales of The Young Ones. Managed to see it all when first broadcast. I was 12 and it caused so many 'did you see that last night?' moments at school - one of the biggest was after Alexei had been on wiith Radical Posture (episode Oil), loads of idiots going round school next day going 'Woo!'
Love it! Yep, do more Young One's stuff please. Peak Freen's Trotskyite assortment has given me endless giggles over the years too. And Vyv's rant about the Good Life takes some beating.
Ben Elton voiced the puppet cat stand up routine. Re: Drugs - Neil smoked something with Warlock that sent him to the SMASH robot planet ! I would get out more but I learned all this in my teenage obsessive years.
You'd get excited knowing it was on that night. Then it'd be the talk of the school, kids quoting lines (ha, ha, memes were verbal then) creasing up laughing over Vyvyan kicking his head down a railway track. Great memories.
It's good to hear your old heros (and heroines) talking about the golden age of comedy. I know it's been done a lot, but for me, it's great stuff to recall. In my opinion, Filthy, Rich & Catflap is the best sitcom the UK has every broadcast. Bottom would be second.
What a top comment and we totally agree. Rare to see people giving Catflap any props! At risk of commenting with a shameless plug, feel free to give Podcasto Catflappo a listen, it might be right up your alley (ooer). Cheers Loobi.
Thanks for talking about this. Sad that I only just discovered it. I think it was a Young Ones fan tumblr (really!) that brought me here. And the kung fu bit at the end was lovely, too!
That was so interesting, getting a glimpse behind the curtain. I take Rick's point about sticking to two series a la Faulty Towers, but it sounds like there was enough material for four... or at least until someone blew themselves up for real. Timothy Spall as Mike, there's a thought.
Just found out about your podcast. Young ones and the Alexi Sayle show were my go to comedies as a younger person. Will definitely be tuning in again and binge the last episodes.
This was great fun. Everyone watched it in school - it was a massive deal and the only topic of conversation the day after an episode went out. Hope you will get together again and do a commentary or something!
Couple of things: 1.Talal - please stop smoking. It’s very bad for you. 2. I was one of the school children that watched TYOs every week; so for me this is interesting. 3. I am nevertheless more interested in political A-Z; and hearing criticism of Starmer; as well as Starmer being sworn at.
Great episode generally, but I really loved hearing about you doing Kung Fu. I do Choy Li Fut myself, a Southern style developed from three of the Five Animal styles. I was particularly interested to hear you do White Crane style, the only style of Martial Art I have ever been much interested in learning, mainly because it is so very different from my own style but also as a small person, it might benefit me. There is no White Crane style in the ancestry of Choy Li Fut as far as I can ascertain. It's not commonly taught in the UK, so I'm really pleased to find out it is. You can see examples of Choy Li Fut forms on my channel.
I always wondered why Mike was in it. He wasn't like any student I ever met. He was too old for a start. And what was he supposed to be ? A spiv or something ?
I think he was playing the Fonz, badly. Maybe just the kid with his head screwed on, straight laced, thought everyone idolised him for his intellect - yet in reality he was just a snob attempting to fit in.
@@louithrottler I wish they'd made a Middle Aged Ones but it probably would've made me cry. Incidentally, I saw Rik and Nigel at Glastonbury in 1983. Nigel was Neil of course and went down a storm. Rik did his other character Kevin Turvey but he and Neil sang Downtown together at the end.
@@Anybloke Classic mate, nice memories there lad. The videos posted at the right side of the screen for this comment was the whole series of Filthy, Rich and Catflap. Apart from Mr Jolly Lives Next Door it was their finest work.
The core cast of The Young Ones was basically an amalgamation of two acts from the Comic Strip club - "20th Century Coyote" (Rik Mayall & Adrian Edmondson) and "The Outer Limits" (Nigel Planer & Peter Richardson). Peter Richardson used to play a cool guy sort of character on stage and he was supposed to be Mike, but this didn't happen because he and Young Ones producer Paul Jackson didn't get on. Lise mentions about 40:30 into the episode here that Keith Allen and Timothy Spall were up for the role of Mike. I read somewhere that Ben Elton was keen to play Mike but the BBC didn't like that idea, I think they weren't impressed by his acting abilities. Christopher Ryan got the job and if he seems like an odd fit, it's because he was a "legit" actor in a jobbing role rather than a guy from the alternative comedy scene (as Rik, Ade, and Nigel were). I agree that Chris is obviously playing a lot younger than he is but I actually think he's underrated in The Young Ones. Mike's not written or played as outrageously as the other three characters (he's the only one who could pass as a reasonably normal guy) but I think he provides some balance, a grounded centre for the others to work off. And he does get quite a few good lines. As to what his character is supposed to be, it's usually assumed that the four characters are broadly representative of a succession of decades - Mike is the 1950s Fonzie type, Neil is the 1960s hippie type, Vyvyan is the 1970s punk type, and Rik is the 1980s anti-Thatcher student type. It could be argued that Mike is less potent comedically because he's signifying an archetype that was far older older and less culturally-relevant by the time the 1980s had rolled around.
I kind of enjoyed this. The sound is terrible so please sort that out. Ben Elton is only briefly mentioned but was a huge part of the success of the Young Ones - Huge. Rik Mayal completely acknowledged this many times. “Please write us some gags, Ben, please!”.
"Hello Lex you got a new single out, hello Lex you got a new single out. No its the one I made two years ago, no its the one I made two years ago." Or that's how I remember it.
Missed the Saul Williams vid, heard they crowded the floor. Couldn't bear it without you, don't get around much anymore. Alexei, I guess my mind's more at ease, but nevertheless, why stir up memories?
This is better than last's week episode which was boring. I turned it off after five minutes. I prefer the slightly bonkers cuddly Marxist Alexei, to all serious bloke earnestly lecturing us.
If one more sleb on those stupid retrospectives tells me one more time " It was a show for US, my parents hated it" I'll stop paying my TV licence...again
you shoudl try to interview jamie webster scouse singer got some decent songs andhas been gettin people to chant fuck the tories at his gigs. He has a definite political bent and has got a good following amongst the young and scouse ruclips.net/video/1jcOpGwXZnA/видео.html
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Loved The Young Ones. I still occasionally recite "Revolutionary biscuits of Italy, rise up out of your box. You have nothing to lose but your wafers, yum yum yum yum yum". Just for the hell of it. Get some funny looks so it's always worth it. 👌
As soon as I started reading the lyrics I was singing it in my head.
"I was dancing at the disco back in the sixties. Some girl comes up to me and says; "are you Benito Mussolini, former dictator of Italy?" And I said "yeah, yeah I am!" So she nuts me and says "that's for the invasion of Crete!"
Also, Peak Frean's Trotsky Assortment has always stuck in my head
@@theprisonerofmars We taped the series and sent them out to family living in SA. They all know the scripts verbatim. Comic Strip Presents was just outstanding also.
“Excuse me I’m not exactly known for my patience”.
“Oh well I guess you’re not Doctor Kildare!”
*smashed over the head with a rifle*
"My name is Alexei Yuri Gagarin Siege of Stalingrad Glorious Five Year Plan Sputnik Tractor Moscow Dynamo Back Four Balowski. Me Dad was a bit of a Communist, know what I mean?"
Great to hear Lise. She's the real unsung hero of The Young Ones. Looking back, it's amazing how many of the gags appealed to young kids. I remember loving SPG headbutting the teddybear and Rick's Pollution Poem.
To add to the list of famous cameos, what about the late, great Dave Rappaport?
Ftumpsch
An Alexei/Lise reaction to a Young Ones episode would be fab - totally up for that :-)
Super episode, thank you!
Love the young ones, we miss you Rik!
As school kids at the time- our language became lines from the young ones ❤️
Really enjoyed this episode on the young ones, and I think Lise should definitely have a binge watch of the Young Ones. It's easier to enjoy your own work when you have some distance.
But I can fully understand the struggle of cutting down the script to make it fit an episode. There was always so much going on.
When The Young ones came out, there was nothing like it, and it was not just the writing and acting, but as mentioned also the use of special effects and props that made it.
Would not mind a second episode at all.
Great stuff. Much thanks to all involved.
Maybe one day we could get a cycle tour of the Bristol filming locations?
Part 2, yes!.
Oh man this is the one that I have been waiting for, that was my introduction to the great Alexei ,
I am so looking forward to wrapping my ears my heart and soul round this ..
For the record I have listened to every single podcast and loved it all, I especially love the educational aspects with the guest professor , I cannot remember his name right now but the discussions about communism anarchism Trotsky absolutely fascinating .. love and respect Comrade Alexei 🤩
Revolutionary biscuits of Italy ....rise up out of your box...
You have nothing to lose but your wafers.....
yum yum yum yum yuuuuuum - Alexei Sayle
I liked the previous episode and this one too.
Please do a part two some excellent info on The Young Ones.
"It was heartbreaking,"
"Literally!"
SAVAGE
Finally, I get to hear Lise. No longer this unknown name in the credits. And she's really cool too!. So a part 2 definitely absolutely please!!!! P.s. no drugs reference? What about the party episode with Warlock where Neil ends up in space after smoking a bit too much weed and gets dynamited by the Smash aliens!? And I don't think it was just Neil who was on drugs when that scene was scripted!! Lol.xxxxx
She has a lovely voice and a gorgeous face.
Loved it, always nice to hear background tales of The Young Ones. Managed to see it all when first broadcast. I was 12 and it caused so many 'did you see that last night?' moments at school - one of the biggest was after Alexei had been on wiith Radical Posture (episode Oil), loads of idiots going round school next day going 'Woo!'
Love it! Yep, do more Young One's stuff please. Peak Freen's Trotskyite assortment has given me endless giggles over the years too. And Vyv's rant about the Good Life takes some beating.
love to hear young ones commentaries.
Ben Elton voiced the puppet cat stand up routine.
Re: Drugs - Neil smoked something with Warlock that sent him to the SMASH robot planet !
I would get out more but I learned all this in my teenage obsessive years.
"My favorite vegetables are peas - 5Ps, 10Ps, 50Ps..."
And surely SPG was voiced by Rik (not Ade, as Lise remembers?). Definitely sounds like Rik putting on a Glaswegian accent.
You'd get excited knowing it was on that night. Then it'd be the talk of the school, kids quoting lines (ha, ha, memes were verbal then) creasing up laughing over Vyvyan kicking his head down a railway track. Great memories.
Yes please do a running commentary while watching some episodes. YOUNG ONES for life!! Vegetable rights and peace✌
I love this show! This was a special conversation (yes, I loved the Young Ones). I'd definitely like to hear a a 2nd part!
Revolutionary biscuits of Italy rise on up out of your box, you have nothing to lose but your wafers....yum yum yum
It's good to hear your old heros (and heroines) talking about the golden age of comedy. I know it's been done a lot, but for me, it's great stuff to recall. In my opinion, Filthy, Rich & Catflap is the best sitcom the UK has every broadcast. Bottom would be second.
What a top comment and we totally agree. Rare to see people giving Catflap any props! At risk of commenting with a shameless plug, feel free to give Podcasto Catflappo a listen, it might be right up your alley (ooer). Cheers Loobi.
Thanks for talking about this. Sad that I only just discovered it. I think it was a Young Ones fan tumblr (really!) that brought me here. And the kung fu bit at the end was lovely, too!
Maybe you could do one on the OTT show next, I remember watching that and thinking "wow this is different"
Thank you Lise and the other one. Great insight.
Love all the content but special fondness for Young Ones nostalgia 🐹
That was brilliant! Great to hear so much from Lise, still love The Young Ones and a second episode would be great! 👍
I always enjoyed your humour and comedy. You deserved a wider stage
That was so interesting, getting a glimpse behind the curtain. I take Rick's point about sticking to two series a la Faulty Towers, but it sounds like there was enough material for four... or at least until someone blew themselves up for real.
Timothy Spall as Mike, there's a thought.
Just found out about your podcast.
Young ones and the Alexi Sayle show were my go to comedies as a younger person. Will definitely be tuning in again and binge the last episodes.
A great episode. Kudos.
Hahaa! En Pointe + point taken 🤣👍👍👍💜
completely brilliant
Great Episode, defiantly would love to hear more for Lise
Thank you - fascinating stuff!
I adore this
Great episode and love the idea of a follow up on the young ones! 🙏
This was great fun. Everyone watched it in school - it was a massive deal and the only topic of conversation the day after an episode went out. Hope you will get together again and do a commentary or something!
More of this!
The young ones, comic strip presents, filthy rich and catflap, the new statesman etc. Great age to grow up in.
Couple of things:
1.Talal - please stop smoking. It’s very bad for you.
2. I was one of the school children that watched TYOs every week; so for me this is interesting.
3. I am nevertheless more interested in political A-Z; and hearing criticism of Starmer; as well as Starmer being sworn at.
Why did I read this in Rik Mayall's voice?!?
Great podcast. Love the Young Ones and also marshal arts. Good you're all looking after your bodies, minds, souls.
Great episode generally, but I really loved hearing about you doing Kung Fu. I do Choy Li Fut myself, a Southern style developed from three of the Five Animal styles. I was particularly interested to hear you do White Crane style, the only style of Martial Art I have ever been much interested in learning, mainly because it is so very different from my own style but also as a small person, it might benefit me. There is no White Crane style in the ancestry of Choy Li Fut as far as I can ascertain. It's not commonly taught in the UK, so I'm really pleased to find out it is. You can see examples of Choy Li Fut forms on my channel.
Jolly decent people.
I be watching over x mass again 👍
Pretty sure the stand-up cat may be voiced by Ben Elton. That's who it sounds like to me anyway.
Yes, Engels!
Please please more more
I just want you to sell me an old Mercedes in Moscow!! .... Oh and fine french condoms.... I'll bring you a sable hat!!
Request Alexei:please please pretty please consider a remake of 'Alright John got a new motor' ? Love the podcast and you good sir, you're a legend.
DO A BLOODY WATCH ALONG! lol
Also, love the Kung fu stuff.
Yeeeeah!
Dear Alexi,
Did you ever return to Traffic Island?. Was it a true story and if not why not?...
The dog is on to something...
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I always wondered why Mike was in it. He wasn't like any student I ever met. He was too old for a start. And what was he supposed to be ? A spiv or something ?
I think he was playing the Fonz, badly. Maybe just the kid with his head screwed on, straight laced, thought everyone idolised him for his intellect - yet in reality he was just a snob attempting to fit in.
@@louithrottler I wish they'd made a Middle Aged Ones but it probably would've made me cry. Incidentally, I saw Rik and Nigel at Glastonbury in 1983. Nigel was Neil of course and went down a storm. Rik did his other character Kevin Turvey but he and Neil sang Downtown together at the end.
@@Anybloke Classic mate, nice memories there lad. The videos posted at the right side of the screen for this comment was the whole series of Filthy, Rich and Catflap. Apart from Mr Jolly Lives Next Door it was their finest work.
The core cast of The Young Ones was basically an amalgamation of two acts from the Comic Strip club - "20th Century Coyote" (Rik Mayall & Adrian Edmondson) and "The Outer Limits" (Nigel Planer & Peter Richardson). Peter Richardson used to play a cool guy sort of character on stage and he was supposed to be Mike, but this didn't happen because he and Young Ones producer Paul Jackson didn't get on. Lise mentions about 40:30 into the episode here that Keith Allen and Timothy Spall were up for the role of Mike. I read somewhere that Ben Elton was keen to play Mike but the BBC didn't like that idea, I think they weren't impressed by his acting abilities. Christopher Ryan got the job and if he seems like an odd fit, it's because he was a "legit" actor in a jobbing role rather than a guy from the alternative comedy scene (as Rik, Ade, and Nigel were).
I agree that Chris is obviously playing a lot younger than he is but I actually think he's underrated in The Young Ones. Mike's not written or played as outrageously as the other three characters (he's the only one who could pass as a reasonably normal guy) but I think he provides some balance, a grounded centre for the others to work off. And he does get quite a few good lines. As to what his character is supposed to be, it's usually assumed that the four characters are broadly representative of a succession of decades - Mike is the 1950s Fonzie type, Neil is the 1960s hippie type, Vyvyan is the 1970s punk type, and Rik is the 1980s anti-Thatcher student type. It could be argued that Mike is less potent comedically because he's signifying an archetype that was far older older and less culturally-relevant by the time the 1980s had rolled around.
I kind of enjoyed this.
The sound is terrible so please sort that out.
Ben Elton is only briefly mentioned but was a huge part of the success of the Young Ones - Huge. Rik Mayal completely acknowledged this many times. “Please write us some gags, Ben, please!”.
That poor hamster. terrible.
"Hello Lex you got a new single out, hello Lex you got a new single out. No its the one I made two years ago, no its the one I made two years ago." Or that's how I remember it.
Missed the Saul Williams vid, heard they crowded the floor. Couldn't bear it without you, don't get around much anymore. Alexei, I guess my mind's more at ease, but nevertheless, why stir up memories?
This is better than last's week episode which was boring. I turned it off after five minutes. I prefer the slightly bonkers cuddly Marxist Alexei, to all serious bloke earnestly lecturing us.
If one more sleb on those stupid retrospectives tells me one more time " It was a show for US, my parents hated it" I'll stop paying my TV licence...again
you shoudl try to interview jamie webster scouse singer got some decent songs andhas been gettin people to chant fuck the tories at his gigs. He has a definite political bent and has got a good following amongst the young and scouse ruclips.net/video/1jcOpGwXZnA/видео.html
I spent the entire podcast wondering why half of alexei's neck invisible in the picture