Oh, No! Not THEM!

Oh, No! Not THEM!
Directed by	David Mirkin
Starring	Nigel Planer Jackie Earle Haley Robert Bundy Louis Mustillo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	David Mirkin
Original release
Release	1990 (1990)

Oh, No! Not THEM! was an untelevised 1990 television pilot for an American television series remake of the British television show The Young Ones , commissioned by the Fox network. ^[1]

It starred Nigel Planer as Neil (reprising his Young Ones role) and Jackie Earle Haley as Rip, a take on the Vyvyan character that had been portrayed by Adrian Edmondson ^[2] Robert Bundy played Mike, the role previously played by Christopher Ryan and Louis Mustillo was the Mr Balowski character originated by Alexei Sayle. The character of Rik, created by Rik Mayall, was not included. It was directed and produced by David Mirkin ^[2] and featured an animated opening credit sequence set to "Tomorrow Never Knows" by The Beatles that Planer has compared in his autobiography to the title sequence of The Simpsons which David Mirkin went on to work on. Fox did not pick up the series.

Robert Llewellyn wrote in his book The Man in the Rubber Mask (1994):

The Young Ones was taken over the Atlantic in the mid eighties, and Nigel [Planer] was the only member of the British cast to go. He had experienced a fairly hideous time, worried sick that he was going to have to stay there for six years with a group of people he hated who managed to make The Young Ones into a sort of grubby Benny Hill Show . He was hugely relieved when the pilot was a flop and he was released from his contract.

Aside from the title sequence, no footage, images, or audio from the pilot have resurfaced in any form, and the majority of its elements remain a mystery. In Planer's 2025 memoir Young Once, he recalls that a lot of the material from the original was replicated here, alongside sequences involving a gunfight between the characters. He also reveals that he has remained good friends with Bundy.

References

1. Shepherd, Jack (March 26, 2013). "The 11 Worst American Remakes Of British Shows". BuzzFeed.
2. "Television". Hollypowellstudios.com. Retrieved October 21, 2011.

External links

• Oh, No! Not THEM! at IMDb