Bambi (The Young Ones) question from Bambi reveals Rick's actions of swapping the question cards. The affronted audience heckle the group, and begin to hurl items at them. They are suddenly squashed by a gigantic éclair dropped by a medical doctor (Robbie Coltrane), who has been observing the events of the episode as a culture under his microscope. The Doctor later feeds the éclair to his elephant subject, Jumbo, who is supposedly a horribly disfigured man (a reference to Joseph Merrick, the Elephant Man). As with all episodes of "The Young Ones", the main four characters were student flatmates Mike (Christopher Ryan); Vyvyan (Adrian
Nasty (The Young Ones) told to shut up by Vyvyan, the postman responds, "Little squirt! Does one advert, and he thinks he's Dustin Hoffman!" This is a reference to Adrian Edmondson appearing as a Vyvyan-like character in a commercial for National Westminster Bank. Nasty (The Young Ones) "Nasty" is the ninth episode of British sitcom "The Young Ones". It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson. It was first aired on BBC Two on 29 May 1984. The show begins with a man playing chess against Death. After losing to the man, Death declares "Bollocks to