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
Oil (The Young Ones) Chain Gang)" (and not a Beatles song as originally specified) playing on Rick's radio, so the reason for its omission may be a failure by the BBC to secure broadcast rights for the music. A similar problem afflicted the re-release of "Cash" on DVD. Oil (The Young Ones) "Oil" is the second 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 16 November 1982. The guys settle into their new house after the destruction of their previous abode in