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Oh, No! Not THEM! (1989)

Oh, No! Not THEM! poster
Original title
Oh No, Not Them
Directed by
David Mirkin
Genre
comedy, tv movie
Country
United States
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is an unaired 1989 American pilot that remakes the British sitcom The Young Ones. It follows a group of anarchic and ridiculous housemates in a series of absurd situations. Fox network decided not to order the show to series.

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What happens

Oh No Not Them was an untelevised 1989 television pilot commissioned by the Fox network. The pilot was an American television series remake of the British television show The Young Ones. It was directed and produced by David Mirkin and featured an animated opening credit sequence set to music by Danny Elfman that Nigel Planer compared in his autobiography to the title sequence of The Simpsons. Fox did not pick up the series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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