Young Ones 40th – Blu Ray Red Dwarf related *Spoilers*

[Jonsmad]

Merry Christmas.  I’m enjoying my present of the young ones bluray 40th anniversary edition. 

Spoiler warning for next post.

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[Jonsmad]

Gloriously the disc three video nasties section contains a rescanned version of the film insert of Chris Barrie’s sketch where prisoners are departing for Australia and chris plays a ships officer. 

We see more lines and performance from Chris than in the broadcast version and a deleted second officer turns to speak to him played by Chen/warlock himself Paul Bradley! 

Easy to see that the jokes cut might have been a little too rude for bbc2 at the time.  But it’s fun stuff to see. Lots more to enjoy, as a madness fan I’m looking forward to the work edit of Sick and Suggs commentary on that episode too.

[Warbodog]

I either forgot Chris Barrie was in the Young Ones or just never noticed it was him in that scene. Either option is bizarre.

[Stabbim]

Norman Lovett also turns up in the second series of Young Ones and I think Lee “Paranoia” Cornes does as well (since he tends to turn up at least once in just about everything)

I saw Red Dwarf before I saw Young Ones so it was a fun little surprise to see Holly with a body

[Moonlight]

I just VERY LEGALLY acquired some copies of the episodes off this release (no extras unfortunately) and I have to say – for shitty, blurry early 1980s videotape this doesn’t clean up half bad.

I sure wish Red Dwarf could get such a treatment, but alas that’ll never happen.

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