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They were obsessed with tallking about bottoms


I recently watched all the episodes of The Young Ones. I must say that I was struck by how often they talked about bottoms.

Is it any wonder that Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson did another show called Bottom?

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Good "spot" (ugh).

At the time, The Young Ones was a refreshing antidote to the "politically correct", po-faced comedy that was becoming prevalent. Nobody had talked about bottoms, bodily functions etc in a long time - they predicted the rise of the ironic "new lad" (which sadly became the non-ironic new lad) with their unashamedly throwback humour.

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"Yeah! I like my bottom spotty!"

- You may have come on no bicycle, but that does not say that you know everything.

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So, we have to blame them if crass humor such as the magazine "Viz" exist, yeah?

"It’s Not the Idea But the Execution that Matters"

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Viz started before The Young Ones, the first issue came out in December 1979.

YOU SHOULDN'T BE EATING SAUSAGES!!

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