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<blockquote data-quote="Mel O&amp;#039;Drama" data-source="post: 78062" data-attributes="member: 23">Having finished Keeping Up Appearances a couple of nights ago, my next choice Britcom could not be further removed from Hyacinth&#039;s world...<img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IHlPFfWZj5k/hqdefault.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />My main motive in watching The Young Ones is for location spotting as I&#039;m very familiar with the places used for exterior filming. Not that there is anything like as much location work as Keeping Up Appearances, but the first three episodes haven&#039;t been without it.I&#039;ve watched some of the series before, but I couldn&#039;t say how much. Perhaps all of it, perhaps two episodes.If memory serves the first episode I watched was a repeat of the final one. I was aged twelve and attached myself to the rebellious nature of the show, but I think it was a few years before I saw any more. I have a memory of recording and re-watching scenes from the University Challenge episode (quite possibly from a compilation show).Anyway, I was expecting it to be quite bad and it&#039;s safe to say I haven&#039;t been disappointed. It&#039;s not unwatchable though, and as someone with very little stomach for on-screen bodily waste (especially anything from the nose and throat) I&#039;m glad to say that so far it&#039;s nowhere near as offensive as I was expecting it to be in that regard. It is feeling like a bit of a chore though. Something that if I get through I can say I&#039;ve done it and that&#039;s about it. I paid 99p for this, new and sealed, in a bargain bin pricing error, so at least I don&#039;t have a lot at stake here.As one of the earliest mainstream examples of alternative comedy it&#039;s easy to imagine this would have stunned audiences back in 1982. Alternative comedy itself seems to be partially built around the audience&#039;s insecurity. If you don&#039;t get it, or just find it unfunny it&#039;s because you&#039;re uncool, unintelligent or have no sense of humour. Or perhaps you&#039;re too old or too straight (I&#039;m sure this would be one of the best shows to watch whilst stoned. Or perhaps the most terrifying). At least that&#039;s the mindset I had as a new teenager who felt it was worth the effort spent trying to get this stuff that seemed frankly a bit daft.Watching it now it&#039;s good to see the layers: Rick in particular seems to embody at least part of the series&#039; intended audience while the Nozin&#039; Around show within a show (hosted by a young, rather good looking Ben Elton) served to express dissatisfaction at mainstream TV&#039;s patronising attempts up to that point (and indeed since) to connect to a trendier audience.Some of it still seems daft, but then it depends on how fond one is of the different styles. I frequently struggle with surrealism and there&#039;s plenty of that here. Are the talking rats and vegetables genius or just stupid? It&#039;s for the viewer to decide (I&#039;m leaning towards the latter but keeping an open mind). A bit of research has shown the series has more subtleties than first appears. I haven&#039;t spotted the fifth housemate yet, but I think that&#039;s because I haven&#039;t been paying close enough attention. Watch this space.Three episodes down. Nine to go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mel O'Drama, post: 78062, member: 23"] Having finished [I]Keeping Up Appearances [/I]a couple of nights ago, my next choice Britcom could not be further removed from Hyacinth's world... [IMG]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IHlPFfWZj5k/hqdefault.jpg[/IMG] My main motive in watching [I]The Young Ones[/I] is for location spotting as I'm very familiar with the places used for exterior filming. Not that there is anything like as much location work as [I]Keeping Up Appearances, [/I]but the first three episodes haven't been without it. I've watched some of the series before, but I couldn't say how much. Perhaps all of it, perhaps two episodes. If memory serves the first episode I watched was a repeat of the final one. I was aged twelve and attached myself to the rebellious nature of the show, but I think it was a few years before I saw any more. I have a memory of recording and re-watching scenes from the University Challenge episode (quite possibly from a compilation show). Anyway, I was expecting it to be quite bad and it's safe to say I haven't been disappointed. It's not unwatchable though, and as someone with very little stomach for on-screen bodily waste (especially anything from the nose and throat) I'm glad to say that so far it's nowhere near as offensive as I was expecting it to be in that regard. It is feeling like a bit of a chore though. Something that if I get through I can say I've done it and that's about it. I paid 99p for this, new and sealed, in a bargain bin pricing error, so at least I don't have a lot at stake here. As one of the earliest mainstream examples of alternative comedy it's easy to imagine this would have stunned audiences back in 1982. Alternative comedy itself seems to be partially built around the audience's insecurity. If you don't get it, or just find it unfunny it's because you're uncool, unintelligent or have no sense of humour. Or perhaps you're too old or too straight (I'm sure this would be one of the best shows to watch whilst stoned. Or perhaps the most terrifying). At least that's the mindset I had as a new teenager who felt it was worth the effort spent trying to get this stuff that seemed frankly a bit daft. Watching it now it's good to see the layers: Rick in particular seems to embody at least part of the series' intended audience while the[I] Nozin' Around [/I]show within a show (hosted by a young, rather good looking Ben Elton) served to express dissatisfaction at mainstream TV's patronising attempts up to that point (and indeed since) to connect to a trendier audience. Some of it still seems daft, but then it depends on how fond one is of the different styles. I frequently struggle with surrealism and there's plenty of that here. Are the talking rats and vegetables genius or just stupid? It's for the viewer to decide (I'm leaning towards the latter but keeping an open mind). A bit of research has shown the series has more subtleties than first appears. I haven't spotted the fifth housemate yet, but I think that's because I haven't been paying close enough attention. Watch this space. Three episodes down. Nine to go. [/QUOTE]

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