Interesting (The Young Ones) end, however, party noises cause Neil to realize that "This is the dream!" as he wakes up back at the party. Some notable music playing throughout the progression of the party include Rip Rig 'N Panic with "You're My Kind of Climate," "The Things That Dreams Are Made Of" by Human League, "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" by Three Dog Night" and "It's My Party" by Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin. As with all episodes of "The Young Ones", the main four characters were student flatmates Mike (Christopher Ryan); Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson); Rick (Rik Mayall) and Neil (Nigel Planer).
Nasty (The Young Ones) of gravediggers that the lads tell their story to. Arnold Brown appears as the man in the opening scene playing chess against Death. Dawn French and Helen Atkinson-Wood appear in the pain reliever commercial set in Hell. The opening scene of a man playing chess with Death is a reference to Ingmar Bergman's 1957 film, "The Seventh Seal". At the grave site when the vicar says "Ashes to ashes," Rick responds with "Funk to funky, we all know Major Tom's a junkie", referencing lyrics from the David Bowie song 'Ashes to Ashes'. Later in the episode, Rick proclaims to Neil