"Cash" was the eighth episode of British sitcom The Young Ones. It was written by Ben Elton, Rik Mayall and Lise Mayer, and directed by Geoff Posner. It was first aired on BBC2 on May 15th 1984. A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The Young Ones; Left to right: Jerzei Balowski (Alexei Sayle), Neil (Nigel Planer), Rick (Rik Mayall), Mike (Christopher Ryan) & Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson) The Young Ones was a British sitcom about four male students sharing a house. ... Ben Elton (born May 3, 1959) is an English comedian and writer. ... Rik Mayall Rik Mayall (born March 7, 1958) is a British comedian and actor. ... BBC Two (or BBC2 as it was formerly styled) was the second UK television station to be aired by the BBC. History The channel was scheduled to begin at 7:20pm on April 20, 1964 and show an evening of light entertainment, starting with the comedy show The Alberts and... May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (136th in leap years). ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Characters

As with all episodes of The Young Ones, the main four characters were student flatmates Mike (Christopher Ryan); Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson); Rick (Rik Mayall) and Neil (Nigel Planer). Alexei Sayle starred as a Mussolini cabaret act and police recruitment officer, having played members of the Balowski family in the first series, most notably the students' landlord Jerzei. For the SAS author, see Chris Ryan. ... Adrian Edmondson (sometimes credited as Ade Edmondson, born 24 January 1957 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is a British actor, comedian, director, and writer who gained fame as Vyvyan in The Young Ones in the early 1980s. ... Rik Mayall Rik Mayall (born March 7, 1958) is a British comedian and actor. ... Nigel Planer (born February 22, 1955) is a British actor and novelist. ... Alexei David Sayle is a British comedian, actor and ex-Communist. ... Benito Mussolini created a fascist state through the use of propaganda, total control of the media and disassembly of the working democratic government. ...

Plot

The quartet are so skint they are burning up their clothes and belongings just to keep warm, while Neil is being forced into preparing meals of snow from outside. Eventually they decide that someone - Rick - needs to get a job to bring money into the house, but when the only vacancy advertised in the local paper is for the Army, Rick and Mike both rule themselves out on medical grounds while Vyvyan, after Neil demands to know why he can't join up, declares he is pregnant. After half a haircut and a quick borrow of Mike's suit, Neil goes to join up but is rejected for his pacifism, only to be thrown into the police station next door when the others spot a recruitment poster. While the others get lucky when a lorry crash loads their house with furnishings and food, Neil takes to his new job - arresting a bunch of his druggged-up hippie friends on his first day - before trying to arrest his flatmates when he assumes they had thieved all of the luxury items he found in the house on arriving home. His harsh use of the truncheon forces Vyvyan into labour - and, as a squeamish Mike leaves the room, a huge expulsion of wind enters the world. Vyvyan and Rick are handcuffed to Neil so can't escape the smell, and an unaware Mike tries to light a celebratory cigar, sending all their new-found riches up in smoke. Army (from French armée) can, in some countries, refer to any armed force (for example, the Peoples Liberation Army of China consists of ground force, navy and air force branches). ... A pregnant woman Pregnancy is the carrying of one or more embryos or feti by female mammals including humans inside their bodies. ... Hercules fights the Lernaean Hydra with a club A club or cudgel is perhaps the simplest of all melee weapons. ... Childbirth in a hospital. ... A pair of metal double-locking police handcuffs A woman cuffed with handcuffs and thumbcuffs Handcuffs are devices to secure two wrists close together. ...

The episode features a performance from Ken Bishop's Nice Twelve, a one-off conglomerate of high-profile rock musicians and theme writers, including Jools Holland, Stewart Copeland and Chris Difford. Jools Holland at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiffs Millennium Stadium, January 22nd 2005 Julian Miles Holland OBE, known as Jools Holland, (born January 24, 1958), is a British pianist, bandleader, television presenter, architectural eccentric and pop music enthusiast. ... Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) was the drummer for the band The Police, and an influential drum stylist. ... Chris Difford is a singer, songwriter and record producer. ...