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October 27, 2005

the young ones!

Hey Tim good job! I guess with the web these days ANYTHING is discoverable?! I loved watching the Liver Birds as a kid, quite a feminist show for it's time. BUT the Young Ones was one of me all time faves. When I first came to the USA I worked on a summer camp as a counsellor. There were about 9 of us Brits trying to keep the kids entertained and me and a very short stocky guy from Manchester used to re-enact scenes from the Young Ones, he was Rick and I was Vivienne...i think! Anyway the kids at that time had never even seen it so you can imagine their looks of disbelief?!? Anyway, Tim send me your address at mwheat@mpr.org and i'll send you a prize and if you have no idea what I am referring to, see my post from last night.

Posted by Mark Wheat at 11:00 PM

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I would have loved to have seen you as Vyv. That�s priceless!

Love the Young Ones. Especially Rik writing to the lead singer of Echo and the Bunnymen �Dear Mr. Echo��

Here�s a little poem from �FRik� the �other people�s poet�

(ahem)

Wheat

We love to hear you bleat, Wheat
So give us a musical treat, Wheat (now I�m cooking)
Something to get us on our feet, Wheat
A song that�s really sa-weet, Wheat
As long as it isn�t The Fray

Posted by Frick at October 28, 2005 8:47 AM

Wheat, Vyv is and will always be my favorite character (Although Rick and Neil are so special, too). I always think of him with the TV cord hanging out of his mouth during the television imspector's visit: "Vyvian, eat the Telly!!!"

The Young Ones holds such a special place in my heart! Even thinking about it still makes me giggle. Wheat, I wish you could have been in our "circle" back in the 80s when my friends would get together every Sunday night to watch The Young Ones on PBS. Of course, there are only 12 episodes, so we saw them over and over and over. Yet I can still re-watch them and notice things I hadn't before.

Rick
~ By Auntie

Why must you be such a p*ick, Rick??
Think you are head of the clique?
Are you really as thick as a brick, Rick??
Or just the leader of the free world!

Posted by auntiesmedley at October 28, 2005 1:41 PM

Sent you the addy and thanks.

Posted by Tim at October 28, 2005 10:03 PM

Vyv and Rik were my favorites. Speaking of Mr. Mayall, has anyone ever seen his Grimm Tales? It's just Rik telling fairy tales in a character thats half Young Ones Rik and half Drop Dead Fred.
I saw several of them on Bravo many years ago and have never been able to find them since. If you ever do get a chance to see any of them be sure not to be attempting to drink anything because its impossible to laugh that hard and keep liquid in your mouth at the same time. I speak from experience on thins one!

Posted by Michelle at October 28, 2005 10:15 PM

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