Also, oscarwinner emma thompson was in the same young ones episode, although i dont think she was the 2nd guitar player. The young ones bambi tv episode 1984 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. First time seeing motorhead, still quote it here and there. The crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in thatchers britain. The best young ones musical performances rolling stone. Could anyone with any knowledge of this add any information relating to this and was it ever released on video or broadcast on television. The young ones only ran for two series in 1982 and 1984. Motorhead performing the ace of spades on the young ones in 1984. This features motorhead performing ace of spades with a rare 4piece lineup, and lots of british stars of the future. The young ones did, however, offer some seminal music moments among its dozen episodes. More absurd than even the young ones, it centers on the trio as they deal with the show business world. The programmes appear as they were on tv with the appearances of famous bands performing their songs on the shows.
Dec, 2011 these older things were mixed with the working and lower middle class attitudes of the 1980s comedy boom. Griff rhys jones in the young ones 1982 alexei sayle in the young ones 1982 rik. Motorheadace of spades by herrmanneling herr manneling. After realizing they havent done the wash in almost three years, the boys take a trip to the launderette and then neil remembers that they have been chosen to. After watching for so long you get a sense of what length his hair was in certain eras so if it was really short and he had a really young face, definitely around the 1980s. Having already lampooned university challenge, hosted motorhead in a living room, and gone to various bizarre places throughout 11 surreal episodes, the final instalment of the young ones. I remember motorhead playing this one on an episode of the young ones.
And the bambi episode has motorhead as the musical guests. Motorhead performing the ace of spades on the young. Edmondson in the young ones 1982 motorhead in the young ones 1982. Guest starring ben elton, hugh laurie, emma thompson and stephen fry, and featuring a performance by motorhead. The young ones paved the way for mtv to further experiment with nonmusicvideo programming. In any case, the video presentation is much better than the fuzzy vcr recordings i.
Scenes of the band playing are interspersed with the characters antics as they rush to the railway station, in a parody of the beatles comedy film a hard days night. It was written by ben elton, rik mayall, and lise mayer, and directed by paul jackson and ed bye. Robbie coltrane hugh laurie stephen fry ben elton emma thompson tony robinson. Jun 11, 2014 the soiree ended as all proper young ones parties should. With rik mayall, adrian edmondson, nigel planer, christopher ryan. The setup of the young ones seems childish, and the stories themselves extremely fragmented. Filthy rich and catflap is the less interesting of the two. Their antics and wild ways as students in their home is both humorous and comical. Nastyframed by scenes of an aborted burial in a graveyard look for mpfcs terry jones as a belligerent, drunken vicar, the episode is as close as the lads come to a halloween episode. It was an episode packed with guest stars, how much do you remember. The young ones season 1 episode 05 interesting dailymotion. Dec 05, 2016 and to make the show even that much cooler, every episode features a guest performance by a different rock band.
For a number of young people including myself, their first introduction to the wonder of motorhead was catching this episode of the young ones when it aired on mtv in 1985. This is the one where the young ones represent scumbag college in their match against footlights college, oxbridge. It was written by ben elton, rik mayall and lise mayer, and directed by paul jackson. Having already lampooned university challenge, hosted motorhead in a living room, and gone to various bizarre places throughout 11 surreal episodes, the final instalment of the young ones had one. The young ones clearly was one of the greatest comedies ever written for the british bbc tv.
However, neils forgotten to tell them that theyre expected on university challenge. The young ones series 2, episode 1 british comedy guide. The young ones only ran for two series in 1982 and 1984 but made a huge. Summer holiday is the twelfth, and last, episode of british sitcom the young ones.
Great cameo by a very young emma thompson, and motorhead s ace of spades completes the frantic mood. The young ones is a british sitcom, first broadcast in 1982, which ran for two series on bbc2. The groups hectic rush to catch the train while motorhead plays ace of spades in their. Motorhead doing ace of spades on the young ones youtube.
In february 1984, the lemmy, campbell, wurzel, and taylor lineup recorded ace of spades for the bambi episode in the british television series, the young ones. If a virtual private party is more your thing, go here for details. For a number of young people including myself, their first introduction to the wonder of motorhead was catching this episode of the young ones when it. If it was at the shoulders and he was still looking young, most likely the 1990s. Ken bishops nice twelve, subterranean homesick blues. Watch the young ones episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. The squalid students face a team of toffs on university challenge. Episode guide the young ones wiki fandom powered by wikia.
In 1984, motorhead were the musical guests on the tv show the young ones, in the episode bambi. Growing up in the 90s, even then there wasnt such a massive amount of channels, and bbc2 used to repeat all the classic young ones, blackadder, red dwarfs. Eleven of the twelve filmed episodes of the young ones featured live performances from contemporary bands and musicians. Two episodes of other comedies starring the players from the young ones are included on the disc as well. The other was in my bedroom, where i chanced across a youtube video called the young ones the 5th roommate. Love it or hate it, the young ones changed the face of british sitcom television forever. Bottom, young ones, or filthy rich and catflap digital spy. Soon afterwards, it was shown on mtv, one of the first nonmusic television shows on the fledgling channel. One of the bands most popular compilations, no remorse, followed shortly, it was released on 15 september.
The young ones mtv watched this late night sundays on mtv when i should have been in bed. Whilst watching a comedy connections programme on the young ones tonight on bbc 1 it mentioned that there was a young ones theatre tour. Almost every episode featured a live performance by a then upandcoming pop band, including madness, motorhead and the damned. A documentary details the origins of the young ones. Oct 08, 2007 the young ones came into being partially as a result of the standup routines that thencomedy store regulars mayall, edmondson, planer, peter richardson and others were creating, and which had. Jul 19, 2014 watch the young ones season 1 episode 03 boring johnnyzombie on dailymotion. The young ones is a story about four flat mates, mikepreppie, mack daddy wannabeplayed by christopher ryan, rickfake anarchistplayed by rik mayall, vyvyanmetal headplayed by adrian edmondson, and neilhippieplayed by nigel planer. And to make the show even that much cooler, every episode features a guest performance by a different rock band. The band are often considered a precursor to the new wave of british heavy metal, which revitalized heavy metal in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Bambi is the seventh episode of british sitcom the young ones. Bambi was the seventh episode of british sitcom the young ones. Popular videos the young ones the young ones topic.
The young ones season 1 episode 03 boring video dailymotion. Although i was not born until early 1988 which was a good lot of years after the show had ended i very soon picked up on all the shows jokes and quotes. I saw my first ever episode of the young ones about 8 years ago and just could not stop laughing. Episode 3 foster parents caring the young ones toys for the young ones, young once. The pilot episode of the bbc2 sitcom the young ones, starring rik mayall, nigel planer, adrian edmonson, christopher ryan and alexi sayle. Try watching the young ones with the closed caption subtitles, as british accents can often get kind of heavy, and the viewer misses much of the dialogue. Motorhead on the young ones ace of spades hq youtube.
Take a look at the most amazing, most bizarre performances from the classic 1980s comedy series. Best episode ever and did i mention motorhead is in this one. Dj drama 5000 ones feat nelly young joc young jeezy new young koel birds under house arrest. This episode features a guest performance from motorhead. In many episodes the actions of the main characters seem to do nothing except hate and victimize each. Play sporcle s virtual live trivia to have fun, connect with people, and get your trivia on. The music was often used as a bridge to another scene, an interlude, or just to furiously accompany a segment of footage filmed outside of the shows studio set. Jul 19, 2014 watch the young ones season 1 episode 05 interesting johnnyzombie on dailymotion. Vyvyan announces that he has struck oil in the cellar and an atom bomb lands in the house. Its a great look into what when into making the show and the actual amount of preparation and improvisation that went into each episode. Episodes of the young ones were written separately in groups, with rik mayall and lise mayer often working together, while ben elton wrote alone.
The young ones on university challenge quiz 10 questions. Theres some on youtube and i noticed a certain actor. The young ones was on the telly most likely before many reading this. The young ones series 2, episode 1 bambi british comedy guide. The young ones guest musicians the bottom wiki fandom. The young ones was more notable for its use of violent slapstick, which edmondson and mayall had been using in their doubleact routines, the use of surreal elements such as puppets playing the role of talking animals or objects in a similar manner to the goodies, use of lengthy cutaways with no relation to the episode s plot, and frequent. Thats the only time ive seen them play not as a trio. Motorhead was an english rock band formed in june 1975 by bassist, singer, and songwriter ian lemmy kilmister, who was the sole constant member, guitarist larry wallis and drummer lucas fox. Motorhead performing the ace of spades on the young ones. Four mismatched university students share a house in north london. Its anarchic, offbeat humour helped bring alternative comedy to television in the 1980s and made household names of its writers and performers.
I read somewhere that the reason they had bands in the young ones was so that they could make it with the budget of a variety show rather than a comedy show. There isnt any bonus features on the disc but if you are a true fan of the young ones then that shouldnt matter. Join a live hosted trivia game for your favorite pub trivia experience done virtually. With adrian edmondson, rik mayall, nigel planer, christopher ryan. The best musical moments from the young ones radio x. Stars rik mayall, adrian edmondson, nigel planer, christopher ryan and alexei sayle. Every stoopid episode is presented in same fullscreen format as the original television show and appears much the same as my memory serves me. The young ones s01e05 interesting video dailymotion. I put this here to show what good clean television was like and this is for. At the time, alexei sayle resented the fact that this episode featured. It was broadcast on bbc2 on 8 may 1984, as the first episode of the shows second series. Search, discover and share your favorite young ones gifs.
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