Sick (The Young Ones) Sick (The Young Ones) "Sick" is the eleventh 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 BBC2 on 12 June 1984. The episode features the song "Our House", performed by Madness, the only band to appear on the show twice. All four flatmates are ill in bed, although Rick and Mike seem to faking illness with Vyvyan trying to ease the suffering with vodka, which he later uses to blow up Rick's bedroom, in the form of a Molotov cocktail,
Sick (The Young Ones) - follows, before Neil's parents knock the door as the riot continues in violent chaos around them. After breaking a wooden chair over Rick's back, Neil's mother complains that the show should be more acceptable, in the manner of a classic sitcom like "The Good Life", at which point, Vyvyan gives a highly articulate and vehement outburst against "The Good Life" by ripping apart the show's title page. Suddenly, the quartet go into a whole new sitcom involving the cultivation of plants in the back garden. Rick ends up supposedly killing Neil with a spade after he drones on too