That's Anarchy

The Story of a Revolution in the World of TV Comedy

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By: Chrissie Macdonald

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Published: 1st April 2003

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Some called it "alternative comedy." Others called It "the new rock-n-roll." Whatever it was, it spawned "The Young Ones." Comedy changed on the 9th November 1982 when Rick, Vyvyan, Neil and Mike infiltrated the safe world of the television sitcom.

They farted, swore, hit each other and shouted a lot and comedy hasn't been the same since. They weren't nice, they were NASTY! This is the story of the conception and birth of "The Young Ones," their ancestors, their playmates and eventually, their offspring.

About the Author

Chrissie Macdonald was born forty something years ago in Islington, London. A congenital Arsenal supporter, Chrissie has comedy blood in her veins. Her great uncle was Jimmy Gold, of the Crazy Gang's Naughton and Gold and her grandfather was comedian, Charlie Gold of Fred Karno music hall fame.

Chrissie and her family moved to Brisbane, Australia when she was seven and from this early age enjoyed performing, at school, in amateur dramatic groups and later, with Brisbane's Twelfth Night Theatre. The 70s brought marriage and a Government job in Canberra, followed by the 80s and two children. The 90s was a decade of study (Management) and career growth, all the while absorbing comedy in every form.

Her love of politics, quick wit and writing skills led to her appointment as Electorate Media Officer for Queensland Labor MP, Linda Lavarch, writing newspaper columns, media releases, publicity and speeches. Chrissie has written articles for a number of online comedy magazines, devised a television sitcom, written gags for a stand-up comedian and taken up her ultimate challenge, “Why don't you write a book about British comedy?” She did!

Chrissie is divorced, still works in politics, swims regularly, laughs often and lives in Brisbane with her children, Heather and Robert.

Foreword	p. 1
Acknowledgements	p. 5
Introduction	p. 7
Prologue
And the 'New Rock 'n' Roll emerges from the 80s!!	p. 11
Britain--at that time... a history lesson!	p. 12
The Comedy Store--a home for new 'alternative comedy'	p. 14
The Comic Strip Club	p. 17
The Comic Strip audio recordings	p. 20
Bringing the new comedians to television	p. 22
Television opportunities continue	p. 24
The Young Ones influence	p. 26
What if Peter Richardson had ...	p. 27
How comedy changes over time	p. 27
The Young Ones	p. 31
The conception	p. 32
The pregnancy--the embryonic Young Ones	p. 33
The labour	p. 33
The birth--and sibling rivalry	p. 35
Like naughty children!	p. 37
The Young Ones off-screen	p. 38
The Young Ones and Comic Relief	p. 38
What made The Young Ones unique?	p. 39
The lack of a likeable character	p. 41
The Balowskis	p. 44
The Hidden Hippie	p. 45
Flash-Frames--a joke for the new video culture	p. 47
Musical segments	p. 50
The senseless and meaningless violence	p. 52
Cutaway segments	p. 53
The surrealism	p. 54
Strange, somewhat detached endings	p. 55
The Young Ones Episode Guide
	p. 59
	p. 79
The Comic Strip Presents...	p. 101
	p. 105
	p. 108
	p. 109
	p. 110
	p. 114
	p. 116
Christmas Special	p. 117
	p. 117
C4--Four Men Specials	p. 119
Feature Films	p. 120
Filthy Rich and Catflap	p. 123
Quirky Elements	p. 125
Filthy Rich and Catflap Episode Guide
	p. 127
Bottom
The Characters	p. 141
Richie & Eddie's Hobbies	p. 143
As Bottom gets bigger	p. 144
Bottom grows	p. 145
Australia's own Bottom	p. 145
The Bottom Episode Guide
	p. 163
	p. 177
	p. 195
Bottom Live Shows	p. 215
Guest House Paradiso	p. 217
Other Series
Saturday Live/Friday Night Live	p. 221
Australia's The Big Gig	p. 225
Happy Families	p. 226
Red Dwarf	p. 230
French and Saunders	p. 239
Absolutely Fabulous	p. 242
The Vicar of Dibley	p. 246
Blackadder	p. 248
Glam Metal Detectives/Stella Street	p. 252
Epilogue
...as it goes from the 90s to the naughties!	p. 255
The naughties and beyond?	p. 257
The Perpetrators
Some short biographies	p. 259
Bibliography	p. 283
Index	p. 285
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ISBN: 9781877059247
ISBN-10: 1877059242
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 290
Published: 1st April 2003
Publisher: Sid Harta Publishers
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 14.3 x 2.0
Weight (kg): 0.395