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Hmm...can I change my vote?

My mind is blown.



Mike. Did you ever wonder about Mike? Why he was there, what he was meant to be, why an actor who is blatantly not on the par with the other three in terms of comedic excellence was in it?

Guess who the part was written for?



Think about the 'cool guy' Peter Richardson plays in some of the Comic Strip stuff. The copper in The Supergrass, etc. Apparently he had a fall-out with the director of The Young Ones, Peter Jackson, at the last minute so they grabbed Christopher Ryan instead.

This is a crime. The Young Ones is brilliant enough as it is, but having Peter Richardson in it as Mike would have sent it over the edge. I've been watching all The Comic Strip stuff lately, even the crap ones, and I'm starting to think Peter Richardson is an absolute fucking genius. Not only in the writing and directing department; he is totally charismatic on screen and has a pretty weird acting style. Someone I was talking about him with the other day said she always thought he was pretty sexy. He is! The perfect measure of being sexy, cool and a bit of a twat. He would have been brilliant as Mike.

I'm going to watch all the Young Ones again and imagine Mike being played by Peter Richardson. Damn it all to high heaven that we will never ever see that version of the show.

Salut, Peter Richardson! You are the Mike that should have been!

I loved this show when I was younger. It has lost some of its lustre, like "My Mother The Car". However, still better than most of the crap comedy shows being produced nowadays.

Not Crap.

Neil: "Darling Fascist Bullyboy, Give me some more money, you bastard..." Uh... "Love, Neil."

Vyvyan: Not "Love, Neil"! That sounds far too much like, "Come and get it like a bitch-funky sex machine!"

Neil: Yeah, you're right...Uh, what about, "Yours sincerely"?

Rick: Oh, come off it, Neil. If you're going to be that sycophantic, why don't you go 'round there now and stick your tongue straight down the back of his trousers?

Neil: Oh, look, I know, I know, why not "Boom Shanka"? It means, "May the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman."

Mike: He'll never understand "Boom Shanka," you'll have to write the whole thing out.

Neil: Right, okay, here we go. "Darling Fascist Bullyboy, Give me some more money, you bastard. May the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman, Neil."

Rick: Well, if that doesn't work, I don't know what will.

Bitch Funky Sex Machine is my favorite non-existent band.

Ty Webb wrote:Neil: Right, okay, here we go. "Darling Fascist Bullyboy, Give me some more money, you bastard. May the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman, Neil."

This line is one of the greatest of any comedy.

I'm so bored, I could listen to Genesis.

Neil talks about putting some Marillion or Hawkwind on... Any show that references Marillion is A-OK in my book.

Still funny and i haven't been a teenager for over a decade. Anyone ever watch the Alexei Sayles show?

Long blue boomerang.

alex maiolo wrote:Regarding earlier posts:
The "I've got a Porsche" girl was Emma Thompson. Yes, the famous Brit Actress who was in the stodgy Merchant Ivory type films. The other two were Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry. Also famous Brit actors.

BAMBI: For 50 pounds, who's the richest man in Britain?
LORD SNOT: Well...it's...it's me!
BAMBI: No, sorry, your Dad's multinational collapsed this morning. But I went to Oxford with him, so 50 pounds.

Just watched this this morning. Not crap!