The Young Ones Flash Frames

March 9, 2022

Ever wondered exactly where those flash frames in the second series of The Young Ones come from? Well, here we go then.

In Bambi, there’s a frame from Carry On Cowboy.

In Cash, it’s a frame or two from Ski Sunday.

There’s two in Nasty, a shot of a dripping tap, and one of The Potter’s Wheel.

In Time, there are ‘two frames of gurning from BBC Newcastle’.

For Sick, we see a dove and a flying frog, both taken from Life On Earth, episode one The Infinite Variety.

And finally, in Summer Holiday, there’s a bit of Shalako, and film from 1968, starring Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, and Honor Blackman.

There’s also this edit remnant from the first series episode Boring.

And I made a short audio thing about the use of flash frames in the 1980s, which touched on The Young Ones and more on Spitting Image.

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