The Young Ones Bambi (1982–1984) watch online HD
- Original title:Bambi
- Category:TV Episode / Comedy
- Released:1982–1984
- Director:Paul Jackson
- Actors:Adrian Edmondson,Rik Mayall,Nigel Planer
- Writer:Ben Elton,Rik Mayall
- Duration:35min
- Video type:TV Episode
- Rating 9.2
- Votes 296
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Short summary
Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie and Stephen Fry, who play the contestants from the fictional "Footlights College, Oxbridge", were all in Cambridge University's Footlights Club together. The fourth member of the team is played by Ben Elton, who went to Manchester University instead. The characters are shown as upper class stereotypes who talk about walking straight into top jobs such as Director-General of the BBC or Chairman of British Rail, so here the name "Footlights" implies privilege. At the time, a lot of the biggest names in British comedy had been Footlights Club members. Fry, Laurie and Thompson soon went to become household names in Britain.
Bambi's first question, "Born in 1311 of Manchurian stock, he came to represent--", likely refers to the Chinese military strategist Liu Ju, born July 1, 1311. His second question, "He came to represent the modal cathartic slipwit of the--", is apparent nonsense, not to mention lending a part to, or borrowing from, the first question. Lord Snot quickly preempts the third question with "Battle of Bannockburn", a decisive Scot victory in the First War of Scottish Independence, said battle occurring three years almost to the day after the birth of Liu Ju.
Rik Mayall provided the voice of Special Patrol Group, Vivian's pet hamster.
Griff Rhys-Jones played Bamber Gascoigne before. In a "University Challenge" parody sketch in "Not the Nine O'Clock News". Mel Smith also appears in the episode as a security guard at the Granada TV show.
The brown thing in front of Vyvyan during the University Challenge scene is a stack of bacon sandwiches. Presumably he has just killed the pig (named "Bacon Sandwich") he brought along as a mascot and made these sandwiches from it.
First episode which Alexei Sayle played a different character apart from Mr. Balowski and the members of his family. He plays a train driver.
At the time, Alexei Sayle resented the fact that this episode featured Cambridge and Oxford University alumni Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones because he saw them as part of the establishment, whereas The Young Ones was a product of the alternative comedy movement. He felt this meant the show was becoming mainstream.
This episode has the most famous guest cast of the whole series. Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane, Tony Robinson, Mel Smith and Griff Rhys-Jones all went on to become household names in Britain, and even international fame in the cases of Laurie (Доктор Хаус (2004)), Thompson (a two-time Oscar winner) and Coltrane (the Harry Potter films). This episode also has the most famous guest band - Motörhead, who play "The Ace of Spades", one of their greatest hits.
Tony Robinson appears a character called Dr. Not The Nine O' Clock News. Guest stars Griff Rhys-Jones and Mel Smith were regular performers of "Not The Nine O'Clock News".
| Episode cast overview: | |||
| Adrian Edmondson | - | Vyvyan | |
| Rik Mayall | - | Rick | |
| Nigel Planer | - | Neil | |
| Christopher Ryan | - | Mike / Matchbox | |
| Alexei Sayle | - | Train Driver | |
| Motörhead | - | (as Motorhead) | |
| Robbie Coltrane | - | Dr. Carlisle | |
| Ben Elton | - | Kendal Mintcake | |
| Stephen Fry | - | Lord Snot | |
| Tamsin Heatley | - | Janet | |
| Hugh Laurie | - | Lord Monty | |
| Tony Robinson | - | Dr. Not the Nine O'Clock News | |
| Emma Thompson | - | Miss Money-Sterling | |
| Griff Rhys Jones | - | Bambi | |
| Mel Smith | - | Security Guard |
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