Acteurs·trices:
Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, Alexei Sayle, Stephen Frost, Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Terry Jones (plus)Saisons(2) / Épisodes(12)
Résumés(1)
There was Mike, the suave, sensible one; Vyvyan, the psychotic punk-metal mohican; Neil, the lentil loving hippy and Rick, right-on anarchist revolutionary and Cliff Richard fan: four students - desperate for money, excitement, girls or just something to help fill the day - sharing a house. From this simple set up came an amazing speedball of comic caricature, slapstick, infantile humour, animation, musical performances, rants, violence, abuse and surreal jokes - leaving an impression as jaw-dropping as finding one of Vyvyan's steel-capped boots through our television screens. The Young Ones brought the irreverence, anarchy and energy of the new alternative comedy movement to situation comedy - and it would never be the same again. (BBC)
(plus)Critiques (1)
In the early 80s, British studios had already aired such series as Monty Python's Flying Circus, The Goon Show, and Spike Milligan's productions, so their successors had it significantly easier, and television studio executives decided to target a young audience and come up with something truly alternative. Thus, the most eccentric sitcom was created - The Young Ones - about four so-called students with radicalism and poseurism in their blood. Traditional sitcom exaggeration reached its limit here; it simply could not go any further. Essentially, there is a lack of a plot, and each episode shatters into a series of absurd sketches and more or less funny gags and catchphrases. Like every work that operates on the edge and explores the uncharted, there are numerous scenes here that I would rather classify as mistakes and ventures beyond the boundaries of awkwardness. The part that draws inspiration from the absurd exaggeration of Monty Python resonates with me, while the part that showcases sneers and the Johnny Rotten-style punk aesthetic annoys me. Overall, it is unbalanced. On the other hand, the regular appearance of popular non-conformist music bands in each episode is a big plus for a certain age group and fans of the alternative music scene. Overall impression: 50%.
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