The Young Ones Drinking Game

General Rules

• Hallucinations (those weird little scenes that have a random segue in or out and have little to no plot value)
• Stove explodes
• Explosions not caused by explosive devices
• Horrible musical act
• Something really exciting/interesting happens & no-one notices (2 drinks if they do notice)
• Someone's bedroom is on fire
• Fart gags (2 drinks if someone actually farts)
• The lads play characters other than themselves
• One of the lads uses another's classic lines (Neil talks about Cliff Richard, Vyvyan talks about lentils, etc.,)
• Dinner is on the floor
• Anyone says "He's right, y'know" (2 drinks for "He's wrong y'know")

  Bordering on Suicidal General Rules

  • Breaking the 4th wall
  • Really Bad special effects
  • TV/Literature/Music reference/re-enactment
  • Any time something happens that should kill/maim a character (2 drinks if they actually do die)
  • Pig gags (incl. entire scenes w/ idiot pigs)
  • Animal puppets/inanimate objects/non-human entities discuss socio-political theories

Individual Character Rules:

Rik

• He says/calls anyone "facist" (2 if they actually are being facist)
• Talks about his bottom/being raped
• Is accused of being gay
• Does something flamingly gay
• Claims something assinine he did was a joke. 2 if it was a joke.
• Mentions Cliff Richard/Devil Woman
• The People's Poet appears
• Reads/writes bad poetry

Mike

• Has a blow-up doll
• Has women's undergarments
• Remains calm when everyone else is freaking
• Says "sleep on it"
• Makes a corny/incomprehensible analogy. 2 if he admits it makes no sense.
• Appears wearing a new outfit.
• Wears something other than lounge lizzard suit.
• Talks about himself in the 3rd person
• Makes a room into a roller disco/entertainment venue

Vyvyan

• He breaks dishes
• He hits someone over the head (so that's 2 drinks if he hits someone over the head w/ dishes)
• Something gets stuck through his head (his stars don't count)
• He attacks an animal
• He uses his head as a bashing device
• He puts a hole in the wall (so that's 2 if he bashes a hole through the wall w/ his head)
• 2 if he acts like a wussy/sicophant

Neil

• Says something stupid but correct
• Gets called a hippy
• Talks about Lentils
• Tries to be deep (so that's 2 if he tries to be deep, is stupid but right)
• Talks about killing himself. 2 drinks if anyone notices/cares.
• Does some stupid hippy activity (meditates, draws astrological chart, etc.)
• 2 drinks if he smiles.

Alexei

• Shreiks uncontrollably (once per series of shreiks)
• Narrates/discusses his own character
• Sings
• Mentions Coca-Cola/"American" things (as Landlord Bolofsky)
• Appears as anyone other than a Bolofski
• Says something indicating his Communist background/tendencies