Boring (The Young Ones) Three Bears also reject the lentils and opt to "go to McDonald's" instead. As they drift off to sleep for another night, a spaceship lands on their roof, with Neil still obliviously sitting on his windowsill. As with all episodes of "The Young Ones", the main four characters are student flatmates Mike (Christopher Ryan), Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson), Rick (Rik Mayall), and Neil (Nigel Planer). Alexei Sayle stars as Billy Balowski, an eccentric taxi driver and brother of the students' landlord Jerzei. Mark Arden and Stephen Frost play a pair of rather stupid policemen who deliver a series of gags separately
Boring (The Young Ones) from the other characters. They are then revealed to be the subject of an article on the front of "The Guardian" with the headline "Police I.Q. Shocker". Also in this episode is David Rappaport, playing Ftumch the devil. This is one of his two appearances in "The Young Ones", the other being as a different character in "Flood". The episode also features a performance of "House of Fun" by ska band Madness. In addition, lead singer Suggs has a line of dialogue in the episode. When Rick asks if the band knows "Summer Holiday" by Cliff Richard, Suggs replies, "You