I watched The Young Ones earlier this year. I reckon it still holds up, though lots of other shows have obviously been influenced by it (e.g. Boosh), just as TYO was obviously influenced by Python. My first introduction to Python was people retelling entire sketches in kitchens at parties ... Python fans used to always hang out in kitchens at parties, lol.
I love The Life of Brian, and The Holy Grail is pretty good too (still love Brave Sir Robyn, and the Knights who say Ni), but for me Python were a bunch of talented but elite private school boys who lived in a comedy world where women either weren't overly important or mustn't have been considered funny.
To some extent, the same could be said of TYO, but at least they had French and Saunders (and others, like Vivian's mum, she was so funny), and their plot actually accommodated a lack of women, and women were always used for the women roles. Plus Ben Elton is a true feminist and social activist. So I find TYO easier to watch. (Not trying to diss Python fans, Monty Python were hugely talented and iconic, and who doesn't love the Four Yorkshiremen or the parrot sketch. But as well as loving them, they also bugged me.)
TYO is so fun to quote too. When things go wrong I still say 'Only pop music can save us now'. We used to quote a lot of the lines mentioned here, but a couple not already mentioned that we used to say ad nauseam are:
'Yes we've got a video' and
'Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after John.'
As well as calling people 'complete and utter bastards'. Plus plenty more I can't remember now.
I loved Alexi Sayle too. He thought that by the end of TYO the team had joined the establishment they were sending up, which may well be true. But I still love it. Plus I was a huge Madness fan. Nough said.