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The Young Ones 80s Comedy Tribute T-shirt

Man wearing The Young Ones 80s Comedy Tribute T-shirt

Pay tribute to the anarchic British 80s comedy The Young Ones, with this popular T-shirt for Men, which is availble from the Retro Tees store on Amazon.co.uk. The tee features a top quality photo print featuring the four main characters; Vyvyan Basterd (played by Ade Edmondson), Neil Pye (Nigel Planer), Rick (Rik Mayall), and Mike "the-cool-person" (Christopher Ryan).

As with the customer feedback, I recommend ordering a size-up, as the shirt is a little tight. That's the only negative, though, as the shirt itself is of excellent quality.

While BBC1 was still airing traditional comedies such as The Two Ronnies, this off-beat sitcom found a cult audience on BBC2, and helped bring the new wave of alternative comedy to our attention. It was violent, it was surreal, and it was a refreshing change from the old-school comedy which was starting to look a little stale.

So who was your favourite character? If I had to choose, then it would probably be the melancholic and pessimistic hippy, Neil, although I really liked all of the characters.

Black Scumbag College Young Ones T-shirt
Scumbag College T-shirt

You may also like this alternative T-shirt which pays homage to the most popular episode Bambi. It was the seventh episode of series one (first shown in May 1984), and after the repeat runs it became the most watched episode. It featured the housemates taking part in University Challenge, representing Scumbag College and taking on the very wealthy (and very posh) team from Oxbridge. 

My favourite scene is when Vyvyan decapitates himself on the way to the contest, whilst going through a tunnel on the train - it had me in stitches!  

The black T-shirt is available in adult sizes from small to XXL.

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