Product Details

• Actors: Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Nigel Planer, Christopher Ryan, Alexei Sayle
• Directors: Geoff Posner, Paul Jackson
• Writers: Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle, Ben Elton, Lise Mayer
• Producers: Geoff Posner, Paul Jackson
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: September 10, 1996
• Run Time: 96 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301744152
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #251,043 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Bostad!, June 17, 2001

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B from America (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Young Ones - Oil/Boring/Flood [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Back when MTV was relevant in our culture it played the reruns of the Young Ones and I like many others were turned onto them for this reason. These are the episodes I remember most, not only because they were the first ones I saw on MTV but this was the only video you could rent of them at any video store in my town. Well that video store shut down and I don't own a single solitary episode. I may get desparate and buy the VHS copies but I would much rather have them on DVD - if they existed. These and other BBC classics like Fawlty Towers, Mr. Bean, and Black Adder should all be available on DVD - I really hope to see Rik, Niel, Vivyan, and Mike on DVD at some point but I will settle for VHS to own this priceless series.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three hilarious episodes, June 6, 2004

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Rocco Dormarunno (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Young Ones - Oil/Boring/Flood [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My wife introduced me to these British maniacs of the '80s, and I was instantly hooked.

The Young Ones--ah, why did they make so few episodes? At least, you can enjoy these three.

OIL has several highlights: "What is that little white dot, anyway?" Mike moves from a roller-disco owner (the disco being Rik's room) to Godfather (who puts a deer's head in Neil's bed) to international oil magnate (after Vyvyan discovers oil in the basement while playing murder in the dark). Strange thing: when my wife taped this off t.v. back in the 80s there is a song playing in the background--"Working on the Chain Gang" I think--while Rik and Neil dig for oil. On this tape, the song is edited out. (See my "Cash" episode comments.)

BORING--Oblivious to the strange things going around in their home, the boys try to come up with ways to fight ennui. The episode culminates in a trip to the pub where the band Madness comes up with every excuse not to play for the lads. The best part is when Vyvyan runs into his mum. What a strange bird!

FLOOD--Rik and Vyv are at it again. Neil bangs a frying pan against his head for no apparent reason, and landlord Alexei drinks Vyv's potion that turns a normal person into a homicidal maniac. Fortunately, Alexei's transformation into Jack Nicholson's "The Shining" character rescues Neil from being cannibalized by his housemates.

Prepare yourself for a stomach ache from laughing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The BBC has finally done it, February 20, 2000

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"vikesfan56" (Fargo ND) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Young Ones : Oil/Boring/Flood [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a great video. The best episode on it has to be boring. Although Bambi, Nasty, Time is the best video out of the four this one is definatly a close second, if you fell in love with these guys on MTv then you have to get this video.