Darling, we’re the young ones.
And young ones, shouldn’t be afwaid! I picked up the double boxed complete special edition luvverly jubbly Young Ones DVD set yesterday. I’ve been pondering it for a long while as the VHS copies we taped off the telly were worn out and tossed out years ago, but the price has choked me some. Finding the double set on discount was a “HURRAH!” moment.
The Young Ones first broadcast in 1982, when I was around 5. In 1984 the second run came out, and presumably the ABC repeated the first run because our old betamax was there to capture all 12 eps. I also remember, during the second run, being allowed to stay up late on the school holidays to watch it. It was on after the D-gen and I don’t remember which episode it was, but it was super exciting to be left out of bed for it!
Over the years I watched the tapes on loop, and I fully admit that jokes went right over my head. We bought a VHS player, tossed out the betamax tapes and waited for another repeat run of the show. Once those tapes were worn out, and since a 20 year old show wasn’t worth repeating, we lost the Young Ones.
Until yesterday! I watched series one while working on a crochet thing, and started series 2. There’s things I’d forgotten, and things which seem funnier, and it’s very very nice to have them back to be honest.
I think this early exposure to the Young Ones was probably what set me up as a comedy junkie to this day. I adore most British Comedy (some of it is exceptionally lame, but then so is a lot of Aussie stuff) and comedians. The Comedy Festival (which I intend to drag the boyfriend to next year) is brilliance. I love to laugh, so good comedy gets purchased and watched and yep, I do watch it over and over again. Just because I’ve seen it before, doesn’t make it less fun to watch.
Oh how I loved The Young Ones as a teenager. I even had a white hoodie with the logo screen printed on the back in hot pink.
I’m still in love with Rik Mayall.
Me too, Rik is hotness.
When I was 12, it was a thrill to stay up late to watch Benny Hill. He really set the stage for my lifelong appreciation of Brit comedy. By the time I hit my teens and discovered Monty Python, and the Young Ones, I couldn’t get enough. All these years later, I find that they hold up remarkably well. I still find myself throwing a Young Ones quote out there to an unwitting recipient, from time to time.
It’s a very rare thing in my house for a lightbulb to pop without someone saying “Oh no, the light bulbs gorn”