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
Bambi (The Young Ones) bandido). Robbie Coltrane portrays Dr. Carlisle, who has been observing the episode under a microscope. Tony Robinson portrays Dr. Not-The-Nine-O'Clock-News, who brings in the elephant. The episode's musical guests, the heavy metal group Motörhead, perform their 1980 single "Ace of Spades". Writing for "The Guardian" in 2013, Alexei Sayle claimed that "Bambi" had a detrimental effect on the UK alternative comedy scene of the 1980s, as the guest stars were prominent members of the established Cambridge Footlights, in direct contrast to Sayle's Marxist leanings. Bambi (The Young Ones) "Bambi" is the seventh episode of British sitcom "The Young Ones". It