Oil (The Young Ones) hanging upside down from the ceiling by his parachute. Having survived since the 1950s by eating a steady diet of beetles, he proceeds to sing a song about his diet, that he called "Coo Coo Daddy Longlegs," which was a parody of Buddy Holly's 1957 hit, Peggy Sue. After a solo match of Murder in the dark, Vyvyan announces that he has struck oil in the cellar, and instantly forms a coalition with Mike (whom Vyvyan calls "El Presidente") to extract the oil, using Rick and Neil as well-digging slaves following an earlier house meeting and culminating in Vyvyan hitting
Demolition (The Young Ones) episode of the dozen made. Ben Elton appears as the host of a BBC2 show called "Nozin' Aroun"' which is supposed to be for "young ad-ults"; when Rick watches it he kicks the TV screen in and complains that they are still wearing flared trousers and they are "hippies". The musical interlude for this episode was provide by the band Nine Below Zero. Demolition (The Young Ones) "Demolition" is the pilot episode for British sitcom "The Young Ones". It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Paul Jackson. Although made as a pilot episode,