American Pilot Episode
A pilot episode was filmed of an American version of The Young Ones, titled Oh, No! Not THEM! It featured Nigel Planer as Neil and Jackie Earle Haley, and had a claymation opening credit sequence. Fox did not pick up the series. It was produced by David Mirkin.
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 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.Read more about this topic: The Young Ones (TV series)
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