Oil (The Young Ones) (Working On The Chain Gang)," by Roy 'C,' who was better known for his 1966 hit, Shotgun Wedding. During the end credits in which shows a disoriented but conscious Vyvyan stumbling about the cellar, he reveals to the camera: "By the way, it was a complete lie about the oil." The episode featured a performance from electronic band Radical Posture, with Alexei Sayle as their singer, singing "Doctor Martens' Boots" 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). Alexei Sayle
The Young Ones (TV series) with his truncheon when he became a police officer in "Cash" and did the same to his housemates when he thought they had committed a robbery. In the episode "Sick" in the second series, Neil's parents are introduced as upper middle class Tories who look down on Neil for starring in such a disreputable comedy series. His father wonders why his son cannot be in a nice comedy, such as the ones Neil's mother likes e.g. "The Good Life". This provokes an angry tirade from Vyvyan, on his hatred of that show, followed by a parody episode of "The Good