Factual error: During "Jester Balowski's Medieval Torture Hour," Balowski grabs the guys arm and bends it the way arms are supposed to bend, yet you hear a breaking noise.
The Young Ones (1982)
1 factual error in Sick - chronological order
Starring: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Christopher Ryan, Nigel Planer
Genres: Comedy
Demolition - S1-E1
Continuity mistake: When Rik makes the knocking sign with his hand, in the next shot his hand is on his knee. (00:15:25)
Mike: Where's Vyvyan?
Rik: Well, he said he was going inside to water his plant. Strange that such a ruthless and sadistic maniac as Vyvyan should care for a begonia. Must have had it two years now.
Mike: And it was dead when he got it.
Rik: Yes... Still, give him his credit - he's watered it every day!
Mike: Only because he can't be bothered to go upstairs to the lavatory.
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Chosen answer: It wasn't referring to anything real, just that the government's bureaucratic naming, The Guardian's mangled spelling or Rick's bad pronounciation resulted in the unlikely word "Footumch" being spoken.
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