Vivian's speech is magnificant.

@twilightjester5672

2 жыл бұрын

indeed, I hate the Good Life too.

@tonyleva35

2 жыл бұрын

Well, Vivian is always magnificent.

@RogueRM

2 жыл бұрын

The irony is that Vyvyan/Ade Edmondson has become a lovable, middle class, eccentric!

@brianhaygood183

Жыл бұрын

@@RogueRM I'll never meet him, but if I did, I'd ask him if he really hates the Good Life. Ha.

@zapkvr

8 ай бұрын

Or magnificent.

Did you make your bed no I bought it 😂😂

"No, I bought it"......I still use this. I need to get out more.

Edmonson at his ranty best! 😆

I’m seriously impressed Ade Edmondson never got a sore throat when playing Vyvyan 😂

When I ask my son if he's made his bed - 'No, I bought it' is the standard answer!

@richards9407

7 ай бұрын

Well, that's pretty impressive if your son bought his own bed....

This popped up on my KZread feed recently. Hadn't seen it for 40 years or so. Judy so funny. Even now.

Neil’s mom looks and sounds like Patricia Routledge.

And with Vivian's outburst, he has just confirmed why the young ones never got a Christmas special episode.

@moaningpheromones

2 жыл бұрын

Vyvyan

Funny seeing Hyacinth Bucket as Neil's mum.

@greghester2720

Жыл бұрын

Had to look closely, thought I recognized her!

@donewithyourshit7303

Жыл бұрын

That's not Hyacinth 🙄 It's Peggy Thorpe Bates...

@lakrids-pibe

11 ай бұрын

Hyacinth Bucket was played by Patricia Routledge Neil's mum is Peggy Thorpe-Bates

@Puppy-ew4be

10 ай бұрын

That's because it isn't, numbnuts 😂

@johndaarteest

10 ай бұрын

That's Rumpoles wife. Well, the second incarnation of three.

I never realised Hilda " she who must be obeyed "Rumpole was Neils mummy.

A young 'baby-faced' Ben Elton! Hilarious!!!

@therespectedlex9794

6 жыл бұрын

Isn't the other one Meggy?

That was a highly articulate outburst from Vyvian.

I love how they break the 4th wall in a big way here. Grange Hill was ripe for satire, as was The Good Life - Felicity ‘Treacle’ Kendall

@anorakus8272

Жыл бұрын

FELICITY BLOODY KENDALL! IT'S ALL SO BLOODY NICE!!!

@lakrids-pibe

11 ай бұрын

and Richard 'Sugar-Flavoured Snot' Briers! I HATE THEM!

@zapkvr

8 ай бұрын

​​@@lakrids-pibethat's Sir Richard Sugar-flavored-snot Briers to you

Vivian sitting on the fence again I see... 🤣🤣

Loved this I was born in 83 but always on TV growing up 👏

I liked both The Good Life and The Young Ones. Very different, but each enjoyable in their own way.

@KakuiKujira

2 жыл бұрын

Well, they both involve Felicity Kendal's underwear, on some level...

@zapkvr

8 ай бұрын

The good life is bloody awful. It's even worse in retrospect. People living in the city embracing a permaculture lifestyle. I dont think so. Stupidly far fetched..

@reddwarfer999

3 ай бұрын

@@zapkvr Taken at face value, The Young Ones is far more 'far fetched' as to be completely impossible. But it's a comedy, it doesn't matter if it's funny.

It's not that I despise the Good Life myself, but Vyvyan's statement justifies why I remember being bored by that show and don't rank it as high as this awesome gem.

@RogueRM

2 жыл бұрын

The irony is that Vyvyan/Ade Edmondson has become a lovable, middle class, eccentric!

@johncorrall1739

Жыл бұрын

@@RogueRM It was a “highly articulate outburst “ according to Rick. I loved the good life and the young ones.

@zapkvr0101

Жыл бұрын

Penny Keith was revolting

Ah...The Young Ones; so nostalgic, a classic comedy isn't it, Alinda? Thanks for uploading and RIP Rik Neil, you were a legend...

@zapkvr

8 ай бұрын

The entire cast were wonderfully eccentric. Its beautifully made. Came out of nowhere and disappeared as fast as it came.

Vivian definitely stole the show on that end of the scene! The good life oh yes indeed!

@moaningpheromones

2 жыл бұрын

One of the few times where the wrong spelling is the correct spelling. Vyvyan.

@Morgel666

2 жыл бұрын

@@moaningpheromones Thanks for the advice enjoy the good life.

@FishpondsLady

Жыл бұрын

I actually like both The Young Ones and The Good Life. My sister is the image of Felicity Kendal ❤️

@Morgel666

Жыл бұрын

@@FishpondsLady I meant the good life in general. I never saw the good life as a tv show. But I like the fact he keeps shouting and makes an understatement of how tough the realities of life can drag you down. Don't pretend it's all good if things are really for the worse. That stiff upper lip telling what's been bugging him for the long run I love that.

Loved Grange hill. We're the only kids in Britain who never say....

I also want to protect Felicity Kendall.

@somegirl558

3 жыл бұрын

🤣

@runlarryrun77

2 жыл бұрын

"Protect" her? I've never heard it called THAT before!

@celticguy197531

2 жыл бұрын

that thing between your legs anit no sword mate

You cut it off just before the best line, Neil's dad- "Felicity Kendall is sweet like a good girly should be (something like that) and I want to protect her" , Vivian- Well, I've never heard it called that before".

@richardupton3323

2 жыл бұрын

shut up vivian thats my father your talking to.

SICK (1984) "Arguably the most metatextual episode of The Young Ones, the centrepiece of Sick is a sequence where Neil (last name revealed as Pye, for fans of trivia) has his parents drop in to visit. Except his parents are fully aware that he's part of a sitcom and disapprove that he's not in a nicer sitcom like The Good Life. Many references abound to the artificial nature of the set and the situation, while the conclusion sees the ultimate extension of the "Young Ones as cartoon characters" fixation of season two with Neil coming back to life three times over. The whole thing ends with the house being pulled apart to make way for a light entertainment chat show"

@KakuiKujira

2 жыл бұрын

Well, you certainly well-dissected that frog...

@MilesBellas

2 жыл бұрын

@@KakuiKujira Copy-pasted

"Even Triangle have better furniture than this" 😂😂😂😂😂

@dunruden9720

2 жыл бұрын

Yep. Just watched it, strangely enough!

@Clem_Fandango11

2 жыл бұрын

@@dunruden9720 What????? Who the hell would repeat that?

@johnmurray9526

2 жыл бұрын

Rik gets hit by a different chair later on and you can see it hurts him and the chair doesn't fall apart. 🤣

The mother is so much like Hyacinth Bucket Keeping Up Appearances

@cymro6537

Жыл бұрын

- because it was.

I’m glad this showed up!! Got me and roommate thru the army!

Quite right, Adrian. Now let's sit back and watch a nice episode of that lovely 'Jam and Jerusalem' show, eh?

@twilightjester5672

2 жыл бұрын

stuff that, we should Red Dwarf, Bottom, Mongrels, only fools and horses, and black adder go 4th.

I was just thinking "don't ruin the good life for me, don't ruin the good life for me" 😬

A truly articulate and accurate rant

Runs into teacher... "sorry mr liberal 🤣🤣

No! No! No! No! We're not watching The Bloody Good Life!

@jsmithmultimediatech

5 жыл бұрын

I fucking loved it when he said that, my words exactly pmsl!

@Chepstowion_Adventura

3 жыл бұрын

I HATE IT! ITS SO BLOODY NICE!! Luv that bit!

@senorsardonico6153

3 жыл бұрын

In the U.S. it's the bloody Good Neighbours.

I have no particular opinion one way or the other on The Good Life, but whenever it is mentioned I go off on Vyvyan's tirade. 😂😤

a highly articular outburst

@Kelly14UK

5 жыл бұрын

AYE. Vyv at his BEST

@RealityCheck6T9

4 жыл бұрын

Ironic to say something's articulate and misspell the word

Sorry Mr liberal we were in a hurry 🤣🤣

This episode is clearly a self-parody of the BBC

@Kelly14UK

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr. They'd multiple departments. There were good guys in the Beeb. In the end, one department successfully exposed SaVILE.

Spike Milligan was onto something ...

Hyacinth Bucket :-)

@catshez

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yes she did look a bit like Hyacinth 😅

@sharadpatel92

3 жыл бұрын

That's the name that came up in my mind immediately as well.😊 Wonder if this was the inspiration behind that character.

@catshez

3 жыл бұрын

@@sharadpatel92 Possibly ! ...Maybe Patricia Routeledge was watching the Young Ones in the 80s 😂 Truth is though, this is a usual model for an upper class toffy Lady, she exists in real life, so bound to be a comic dream to perform ! Haha

@xroadwalker

3 жыл бұрын

Bouquet bred. 😄😄😄😄😄😄

Calm down, Viv, ffs.

Vivian goes ballistic!!!

Bloody, bloody…bloody!!

Spaz grew up and became a serial killer in the film.." mum and dad"...

When my son was about 11 years old he entered a Jaycee Relay Race. He’d never ran track before and didn’t know everybody wore shorts. He came in jeans, to everyone’s amusement. He ran the last leg for his team - and came away the fastest runner of the day, and made up considerable distance to win. This video made me think of that day. How I wish I had been able to see it, instead of only hear and read about it. I was a single mom and had to work. My son was an amazing athlete. ❤️

@granvillestout2681

2 жыл бұрын

B.b.b.but you’re not allowed to do that, it’s against the rules.:-)))))))

@jonwoodmass2849

2 жыл бұрын

The question is were they levi's and if so should you not return them?

@mmmmmmmmmmm10

2 жыл бұрын

F off, ive seen this exact comment on another video. You want fake internet likes for what?

It's true what he said about the Good Life though.

@delete---7593

3 жыл бұрын

?

@danw1374

2 жыл бұрын

I love the young ones, but i also loved Richard Briers!

Anyone else get the idea that Vyv doesn't think much of The Good Life?

I absolutely love the father

0:24 ah she said it... She said it 😁

I wonder if Vyv did that in one take. That was a shit tonne of energy

Felicity Kendall is sweetly pretty & I want to protect her.

Real VIVIAN FOR JUSTICE!

"Felicity Kendall is sweetly pretty. And I want to protect her."

And he had a whole in his shoe 😂

Felicity Kendall was lovely. I think shes the only one out of the show who wasnt given a knighthood.

Mr Liberal. 😂

Sorry Mr Liberal? Did i just hear that?

Did you make your bed and fix some breakfast, no I bought both of them😆

This video both starts too late and ends too soon.

Rick and viv are my spirit animals..

Ben Elton as one of the Grange Hill kids

Vyv’s rant 🤣 profound and hilarious all at once

Felicity Fucking Kendal ffs...Classic...

Adrian Edmondson saying that The Good Life has aged better than The Young Ones just makes Vyvyan's rant about The Good Life more amusing to me nowadays.

@zapkvr

8 ай бұрын

Except it hasn't. The good life was dated on its very first run.

The Good life was boring as hell, and Vivian is right, it did not represent the majority of the public in the UK. If anything did the Young Ones did, lol.

The 4th wall is broken so many times on this I've lost count. Incredible.

@Trigger_000

3 жыл бұрын

*They broke a lot more walls than four. They even demolished the house in one episode.*

@althejazzman

3 жыл бұрын

@@Trigger_000 Haha. These bricks explode.

Dear KZread algorithm - why now!?

In 1 epísode sóme1 says 2 Ñeíl dó u díg graves añd he's like í don't mínd them there o.k 😂😂😂

@mgthestrange9098

2 жыл бұрын

That’s Nasty…by that I mean the episode called Nasty.

But... It's true. UK is the source of endless supply of middle-class eccentrics not necessary particularly reactionary tho..

@theH0UNDSofD00M

2 жыл бұрын

Specially when you consider that in England kids go to school in uniforms and are taught to follow and abide by the rules more so than, say, the countries in the south of Europe. There's absolutely no doubt that the eccentrics thrive in England. In fact, that's just another factor that I admire in English public life.

I have the strangest feeling that Viv really doesn't like The Good Life o_O

@moaningpheromones

2 жыл бұрын

Vyv

@sundaypeople5791

Жыл бұрын

Changed his mind a bit in the meantime!😂❤

😂 brilliant speech 😂 after dinner is the way forward 👍😂 Neil you hippie 😲👍 okay Neil Neil orange peel 👍🤪

Jesus, how tall is Lance Percival?

the good life one my favourite scene 😂

Oh, Mrs Bucket is back again.

OMG how can she speak at this pitch... Cringe Hill? Lol I live there .

Hyacinth Bucket ??? 🤣

@mobythevillan

2 жыл бұрын

@@madisntit6547 Peggy Thorpe-Bates was Neil's mother. She played the first Hilda Rumpole in Rumpole of the Bailey: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Thorpe-Bates. Co-incidentally, Brian Oulton who played Neil's father was married to Peggy....

@mobythevillan

2 жыл бұрын

@@madisntit6547 Rumpole is a superbly written law comedy/drama by John Mortimer, himself a legal expert and is still worth watching, despite it coming from the late 1970s/80s. TPTV currently shows it at 20:00 Wednesday evenings. Certainly better than some stuff out there these days (IMHO of course!). Blimey, I sound like my Old Man ;) Give it a go, hope you're not disappointed....

"Sorry Mr Liberal....". So far ahead of its time. Haha.

@zapkvr

8 ай бұрын

Have you been living under a rock? There were a lot more Liberals alive in the eighties than there are today. It was a reaction to the loss of the war in Viet Nam.

@marwood1969

8 ай бұрын

@@zapkvr The western world is now run by liberals. It was not at the time. Even those on the left were relatively conservative 40 years ago.

Hyacinth Bucket !

. . but I AM a loveable middle class excentric!

"Mr Liberal" Ha ha, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

@zapkvr

8 ай бұрын

That's not true at all. The more things change, the more they change

About Grange Hill: 1. I bet that scene was shot on the same actual GH set 2. It's true, the GH cast never swore as real schoolkids do

@masterknife8423

5 жыл бұрын

It would've been more realistic if the kids swore but then again it wasn't aimed at adults

@xroadwalker

3 жыл бұрын

Roooooowland 😁

I've seen a couple Good Life episodes even over here in US. I got the drift of the show. I remember the episode where they come home from a party and their house had been ransacked. I loved the dramatic turn there. Surprised. I don't understand the the social connection that Viv freaks out on here but I just presume he is right and that if I were British I'd feel the same. Shame because I thought Felicity Kendall was cute and charming.

True fact: They are the actors real parents.

@moaningpheromones

2 жыл бұрын

bullshit

Good memories.....

They should have cast the Major from Faulty Towers and Mrs Slocum from Are You Being Served.

@zapkvr

8 ай бұрын

*fawlty*

@lowend5566

8 ай бұрын

@@zapkvr damn auto correct is cult

Ahh takes me back

All the shows during this time were grey, to exemplify the rather drab and depressing backdrop to the daily lives of those inhabiting the British isles.

6 people didn't make their bed.

@RogueRM

2 жыл бұрын

By removing the dislike ratio, KZread has destroyed this genre of joke! Utter, utter, utter, UTTER BASTARDS!

I miss ricks rejoiner

@zapkvr

8 ай бұрын

Rejoinder

One thing about this episode that has bugged me for years... Is Neil's mum played by Patricia Routledge aka Hyacinth Bucket? I saw one comment that implies it is her but I've looked on her Wikipedia and I see no mention of her being in this episode but I swear to God that's her! If it isn't then the resemblance is uncanny! 😂

@zapkvr

8 ай бұрын

It isn't her which you would know if you opened your eyes or your dammed ears

@HammerHeart3229

8 ай бұрын

@@zapkvr Oooooooh. Very touchy. No need to be an arsehole about it, mate. A simple 'No it isn't her' would have sufficed but whatever. You do you, chum! 👌

2:01 Did you catch anything he said?

2:03

01:14. Surely it's him from This Is England and Mum and Dad?

@ffionc422

4 жыл бұрын

Omfg, yes!! It's meggy!!

@Kelly14UK

4 жыл бұрын

@@ffionc422 We're the only kids in Britain that never say F***

Yeah, from someone who used to identify with them, and Neil, and both...and everyone, and everyone, and all the other people, who are okay, but not the other one's, mean not those...so stop it...peace...

🤣🤣🤣

Vyvian for PM!

I am the 500th person to like this video.

@reddwarfer999

Жыл бұрын

What do you want, a medal??

@craigj.davies1983

3 ай бұрын

@@reddwarfer999 Yes!

I’ve uploaded the end bit

This scene is through and through filled with what people call meta humor today. But here it was fresh and revolutionary. Meta humor became stale, formulaic and lazy today.

JagGillarHemmaVärst

Actually, I rather liked the Good Life.

@johnmc3862

2 жыл бұрын

Rather.

VIM has a brother named VYVYAN

@Kelly14UK

5 жыл бұрын

Vim Fuego. Lol. Ajax.