"Who played Rick, the self-proclaimed anarchist who writes poetry and calls himself ""The People's Poet"" in the UK TV series ""The Young Ones""?"
The Young Ones (TV series) Mike's surname is ambiguous, "The Bachelor Boys" book refers to him as "The Cool Person" several times, but in different styles including quotes. Portrayed by Rik Mayall Rick is a self-proclaimed anarchist who is studying sociology and/or domestic sciences (depending on the episode). Rick writes bad poetry, and styles himself "The People's Poet", believing himself to be the "spokesperson for a generation"; he is in fact a hypocritical, tantrum-throwing, attention-seeking Diva and Cliff Richard fan, or, as Vyvyan describes him, "The classic example of an only child!" Rick constantly tries to impress the others using wit and humour, despite not
The Young Ones (TV series) friend Mark Dewison. Mark also played a speaking role as Neil's friend (also called 'Neil') during series one episode "Interesting". He emerges from Vyvyan's full vacuum cleaner bag and ends up being shoved into the fridge by Rick. In an exclusive documentary "How the Young Ones Changed Comedy" that aired in 2018 on Gold, series co-writer Lise Mayer stated that the idea was there had been a party at the student house at some point in the past and there was a person who had just never left. This is why you see them just hanging around. In the final