Hancock/Young Ones connection (somewhat OT)

[David Zientara]

I was just listening to the "Sunday Afternoon At Home" episode of "Hancock's Half Hour" on BBC-7, and I noticed that it seems awfully similar to "The Young Ones" episode "Boring" [down to the boys playing Monopoly]. Did Rik Mayall, Ben Elton and company ever acknowledge Hancock as the source of their inspiration, or is the similarity so obvious [because Hancock was such a dominating figure in British comedy] that nobody bothered to explicitly take note of it?

[Ted Rogers]

David said:

I was just listening to the "Sunday Afternoon At Home" episode of "Hancock's Half Hour" on BBC-7, and I noticed that it seems awfully similar to "The Young Ones" episode "Boring" [down to the boys playing Monopoly]. Did Rik Mayall, Ben Elton and company ever acknowledge Hancock as the source of their inspiration, or is the similarity so obvious [because Hancock was such a dominating figure in British comedy] that nobody bothered to explicitly take note of it?

Many of Galton and Simpson’s scripts, have been copied (at least in part) throughout the years... I remember an episode of 'Mr Bean', blatantly ripping-off Hancock’s 'The Bedsitter', where he is seen adjusting the aerial on his TV, to try and get a good/better picture (and which goes on for ages...) Indeed, many of Galton and Simpson’s own scripts, were partially based on TV/films of the time... Not to forget, the titles of many of their own shows, from both Hancock Half Hour and Steptoe and Son...