What's the deal with Cliff Richards?

Color me ignorant, but the heading says it all.

OddsMkr711 wrote in message news:[email]...

Cliff's a twat. His song is terrible. Buy the Hamster Dance single.

karl.

Anyone remeber the bit from "The Young Ones"?

RICK: "I think "Special Patrol Group" is a stupid name for a hamster".

VIVIAN: "Okeedokee then." (looks down at hamster) "Hello Cliff Richard."

"Special Patrol Group".

That's the answer to one of the coolest Young Ones trivia questions ever.

The other is "Transvaal".

Me, I always wondered who Cliff Richard and Felicity Kendall were, as they were both mentioned often enough on that show.

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Miss Kendall was on "The Good Life" (remember when Vivain burst through when they tried to run the intro?). It ran briefly on US PBS stations, but it apparently was dropped because people wanted to pledge their dollars for more "cerebral" fare.....like "Are You being Served?". <g>

Ya know, I remember that, but I thought it was a fictitious show made up for the 'Vyvian burst through'.

Hey, don't go slamming 'Served'. Captain Peacock was da bomb.

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And who could forget Mrs. Slocombe's pussy.........

In article , furplay writes:

The one where they killed Neil, buried him in gung, and accidentally created a inverted time dilation? At least that's what I think I saw...

Here is something I never understood about the show, which some of you more knowledgeable Brits may be able to answer. Why is it that the ultimate PC wanker like Rick would worship a Christian Righter like Cliff Richard (who may be known to some Americans for appearing as a guest on Billy Graham's Crusade specials)?

Bill K. wrote in message news:[email]...

Cus everyone loves taking the piss out of Sir Cliff. Get it right he's been knighted. Young Ones was absolutes class and I want some YO sites and stuff. I named my hamster SPG.

Karl.

Invitro fertilization?

More fun new news re. Rik and the rest of the "Young Ones" cast......A POSSIBLE MOVIE!!

[swiped from another website, so sue me]

News Entry Date -- September 26, 1999: According to The TV Times, there are plans for a Young Ones movie reunion. In the film, Rik is now a presenter on MTV, Vyvyan's a top scientist who has invented flatulence-powered cars, and Neil runs a chain of sandal shops. But things go wrong when Mike shows up with urgent problems that bring the four back together. The release date is said to be 2001. According to TV Times, if all goes well, a major relaunch on tape and DVD of the original show will concide with the film's release.

But I thought they all died when their bus went off the 'Cliff'. ;)

Bill K. wrote in message

After this was shown for the first time, the voice ovber did the...

Don't worry The young Ones will be back with a new series in the autumn.

Obviously this never happened. but Filthy,Rich and catflap followed soon afterwards (A much maliogned and UNDER rated show if you ask me!)

As far as a Young ones movie is concerned... Doubtful..

Guest House Paradiso (The *Bottom* Movie) has been panned to high heaven. I think they'd find it hard to find funding after that. (Maybe the name The Yopung Ones could pull mioney in. but I think the BBC have copyright of the actual *name* !.

In article , "Covenant" writes:

For awhile, M-TV played another show with most of the cast of "The Young Ones" in it right afterwards on Sunday night. I think the name was "Comedy Club Presents..", and featured a diffent spoof/sketch every week. Could this have been that show?

My favorite was one called "The Super Snoops Seven" (I think) and was a spoof on those youngster detective type shows. What made it so funny was that you could see it as either very dirty or very innocent. I recall this one scene in which the Super Seven were in their tents camping and the one girl was in her tent, backlit, playing with her puppy... another repeated joke involved their dog being poisoned every day, and them always overhearing the bad guy's plans.. "Blah blah blah, conterfeighting ring, blah blah blah" and them finding empty vasoline containers and commenting "Something very QUEER is going on here!"

Oh, the memories!

Ubiquitous wrote in message news:945693622.997212@flux...

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autumn."

No. There was never another series after the second.

This is one of the *Comic Strip Presents* series. Most of the comics from that stable (Mayal, edmunson, french, saunders, richardson, sayall etc etc... amde a few one off programmes. Mostly satiricl in nature

the one above is actually called Five go mad In Dorset, and is a satire on the old Enid Blyton Famous Five books.

"Oh no. They poisened Timmy!" "Never mind George... We'll egt another one!"

"OOoooo Timmy... you're So *licky!!*"

;')

(snip)

Hey, politicians ride free!

Bill Lynch :-)

Christ!!!! I could never, ever, EVER have imagined this.

In fact, i need the website url for proof.

Come on, where is this story then?

furplay wrote in message ...

Okay, here's enough news to choke a horse.:

http://www.wesjen.simplenet.com/rik/riknews.htm

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Arrrghh! I bet it's going to suck like all the other reunion shows... wait, didn't the crew die in a bus wresck at the end of the series?

But I don't see the connection, though, maybe apart from the fact that they're both annoying. :) You'd think they'd pick a musician who is more suited to Rik's left-wing politically correct character, like Billy Bragg or something.

So he has the same distinction as our friend Elton John. ;)

Bill K. wrote in message news:[email]...

It's SIR now.

Karl.

Bill K. wrote in message

No. It's just plain piss-take and satire Bill. *Sir Cliff* is seen by The Yoof as being *Square and uncool* and it is an ultimate Irony that Rik (who thinks he himself, as *The Peoples Poet*, Is the EPITOME of cool), is a great fan of Sir Cliff.

(snip)

Triplets, i.e., 2 of the 3 (or more, e.g., quads, etc.)?

Bill Lynch

Nah, it's got something to do with the International Date Line.

I'm sure of it. ;)

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No DON'T buy the damn hampster single.

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On 10 Dec 1999 12:13:30 GMT, [email] (OddsMkr711) wrote:

No one cares about Cliff Richards unless they live in England.

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"Lone Wolf" wrote in message

And most of us in England think he is a prick.

Tony

An old prick who has never been screwed in his life!

Vicky and Tony wrote in message news:obx64.11103$8P1.186717@news1-hme0...

In article , "Vicky and Tony" writes:

Would that be "prick" with a silent "p"?

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If you are not a fan of Cliff Richard (note the spelling) then whey are you bothering to write about him? I am as it is part of a college course.

In article , [email] (OddsMkr711) writes:

I believe he's a brit version of Pat Boone...