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''The Goodies'' is a British
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comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines
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sketches and
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, was broadcast by the BBC, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1, from 1970 to 1980. One seven-episode series was made for
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company
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and shown in 1981–82. The show was co-written by and starred
Tim Brooke-Taylor Timothy Julian Brooke-Taylor Order of the British Empire, OBE (17 July 194012 April 2020) was an English actor and comedian best known as a member of The Goodies. He became active in performing in comedy sketches while at the University of Cam ...
,
Graeme Garden David Graeme Garden OBE (born 18 February 1943) is a Scottish comedian, actor, author, artist and television presenter, best known as a member of The Goodies and a regular panellist on ''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue''. Early life and education ...
and
Bill Oddie William Edgar Oddie (born 7 July 1941) is an English writer, comedian, songwriter, musician, artist, birder, conservationist, television presenter and actor. He was a member of comedy trio The Goodies. A birder since his childhood in Quinton, ...
(together known as "
The Goodies The Goodies were a trio of British comedians: Tim Brooke-Taylor (17 July 1940–12 April 2020), Graeme Garden (b. 18 February 1943) and Bill Oddie (b. 7 July 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their eponymous television comed ...
"). Bill Oddie also wrote the music and songs for the series, while "The Goodies Theme" was co-written by Oddie and Michael Gibbs. Directors/producers of the series were
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' ...
, Jim Franklin and
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. An early title which was considered for the series was ''Narrow Your Mind'' (following on from ''
Broaden Your Mind ''Broaden Your Mind'' (1968–1969) is a British television comedy series, broadcast on BBC2 and starring Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden, joined by Bill Oddie for the second series. Guest cast members included Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Jo ...
'') and prior to that the working title was ''Super Chaps Three''.


Basic structure

The series' basic structure revolved around the trio, always short of money, offering themselves for hire – with the tagline "We Do Anything, Anytime, Anywhere" – to perform all sorts of ridiculous but generally benevolent tasks. Under this loose pretext, the show explored all sorts of off-the-wall scenarios for comedic potential. Many episodes parodied current events, such as an episode where the entire black population of South Africa emigrates to Great Britain to escape
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. This means that the white South Africans no longer have anyone to exploit and oppress; hence, they introduce a new system called "apart-height", where short people (Bill and a number of
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s) are discriminated against. Other storylines were more abstractly philosophical, such as an episode in which the trio spend
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together waiting for the
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to be blown up by prior arrangement of the world's governments. The Christmas Eve episode, titled "
Earthanasia "Earthanasia" is an episode of the British comedy television series ''The Goodies''. It was written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. This episode is also known as "''The End of the World Show''" and "''The End of the World''". ...
", was one of the two episodes which took place entirely in one room. The other, "
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", occurred when Graeme accidentally had their office encased in an enormous block of
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. These episodes were made when the entire location budget for the series had been spent, forcing the trio to come up with a script shot entirely on the set that relied entirely on character interaction – a format known in the industry as a bottle episode.


Missing episode

" Kitten Kong" (episode seven from series two) is the only episode of ''The Goodies'' that is officially missing from the BBC archives, the original video tape having been wiped for reuse by the BBC in the 1970s. An expanded, more elaborate imagining of the original transmitted episode called 'Kitten Kong: Montreux '72 Edition', especially made for the 1972 Montreux festival, does exist, and is said to have only minor differences from its 1971 prototype. Several other episodes that were originally screened in colour are also missing, but exist as black and white telerecordings made for overseas sales. "
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" was thought to exist only in this form until a videotape copy with weak colour was discovered. The colour was enhanced for DVD release in 2005.


Awards and nominations

A special episode, which was based on the original 1971 ''Goodies'' " Kitten Kong" episode, was called "Kitten Kong: Montreux '72 Edition", and was first broadcast in 1972. The Goodies won the Silver Rose in 1972 for this special episode at the
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, held in
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, Switzerland. In the first episode of the next series, "
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", Tim Brooke-Taylor can be seen painting the trophy gold. ''The Goodies'' also won the Silver Rose in 1975 at the Festival Rose d'Or for their episode "
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". ''The Goodies'' were twice nominated for Best Light Entertainment Programme at the BAFTA Awards in 1972 and 1976.


Characters and production techniques

The show featured extensive use of
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, often performed using speeded-up photography and clever, though low-budget, visual effects, such as when they built a railway station together and awoke the next morning to discover that some construction equipment outside (
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,
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,
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) had come to life and were lumbering, growling, and battling like
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s. One episode featured them setting up a fake railway crossing as part of the plot, only to have an actual train pass through at high speed. This stunt was revealed to consist of a lorry with a mocked up railway engine attached to its side passing behind them, combined with separate footage of an express train. They also used film editing to realize the "portable hole" device seen in cartoons, where a black circle placed on the ground becomes a hole that characters can disappear into or appear out of, followed by the hole being picked up and carried away. Other episodes featured parodies of contemporary pop music composed by Oddie, some of which went on to substantial commercial success in the British charts, among them the hit single "
Funky Gibbon "The Funky Gibbon" is a novelty song very recently recorded by Bill Oddie and The Goodies. It was arranged by Tom Parker ("with interference from Bill Oddie") with the musical backing provided by members of the R&B band Gonzalez and released as a ...
" as well as character-based comedy. Some early episodes were interrupted by spoofs of contemporary TV commercials. The group also acknowledges their debt to the usage of music in silent movies. In "
The Movies ''The Movies'' is a business simulation game created by Lionhead Studios for Microsoft Windows and ported to Mac OS X by Feral Interactive. Players run a Hollywood film studio, creating films that can be exported from the game. ''The Movies'' wa ...
" episode, they buy an old movie studio, and attempt to make their own epic film, ''Macbeth Meets Truffaut The Wonder Dog''. After several 'takes', they argue and each begins to make his own movie in a different style (Tim makes an epic movie, Graeme makes a western and Bill makes a black-and-white silent movie). The episode finished with an extended silent movie segment, in which each movie comically interferes with the others. The characters' personae are based on stereotypes: Garden, a bright but bizarre "
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"; Brooke-Taylor, a conservative, vain, sexually repressed, upper-class
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coward; and Oddie, a scruffy, occasionally violent, left-leaning rebel from
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. The characters played up to their stereotypes, debunking them but were not necessarily based on the actor playing the character, even though the actors played characters with their own names, and had some minor characteristics in common. In reality, Garden is a medical doctor, Brooke-Taylor was a lawyer who was not at all conservative ("But I had the double-barrelled name so I was always going to play the Tory") and Oddie is a pacifist,
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and active
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.


''The Goodies'' episodes

The Goodies made 76 episodes (including specials).


Dual Goodies roles

Episodes in which the Goodies appeared in other roles, including appearing as doubles of themselves – while also appearing in their usual roles of Tim, Bill and Graeme – included the following: * " The Baddies" – in which Tim, Bill and Graeme also play
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duplicates of themselves. * '' Frankenfido'' – in which Bill appears as his own puppy son at the end. * "
Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express" is the third episode of the sixth series of the British television comedy series ''The Goodies''. The 53rd episode of the show overall, it was first broadcast at 9pm on BBC2. Written by The Goodies, with s ...
" – in which Tim, Bill and Graeme also play
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duplicates of themselves * " 2001 & A Bit" – in which Tim, Bill and Graeme also play their own sons
– (Bill as ''Bill Brooke-Taylor'', Tim as ''Tim Garden'' and Graeme as ''Graeme Oddie'') * "
Alternative Roots "Alternative Roots" is an episode of the British comedy television series '' The Goodies''. This episode is also known as "The Goodies Find Their Roots" and "Hoots, Toots and Froots". Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. ...
" – in which Graeme, Bill and Tim also play their own
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s
– (Graeme as his ancestor ''Keltic Kilty'', Bill as his ancestor ''Kinda Kinky'' and Tim as his ancestor ''Kounty Kutie'') * "
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" – in which Tim, Bill and Graeme also play Goodies from the future. * "
A Collection of Goodies (Special Tax Edition) "A Collection of Goodies (Special Tax Edition)" is an episode of the British comedy television series '' The Goodies''. The episode was written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. Plot The Goodies attempt to save money by inve ...
&
The Goodies – Almost Live "The Goodies – Almost Live" is an episode of the Great Britain, British comedy television series ''The Goodies (TV series), The Goodies''. This episode, which takes the form of a pop concert, is also known as "The Goodies in Concert". The Goo ...
" – in which the Goodies also appear as "Pan's Grannies". * " Hunting Pink" – in which Tim also appears as his 'Great-uncle Butcher'. * "
Kung Fu Kapers "Kung Fu Kapers" is an episode of the British comedy television series ''The Goodies''. It caused a viewer to die from laughing. This episode is also known as "Ecky Thump". It was written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. In ...
" – in which both Tim and Graeme dress up as their fictional relatives to try to fool Bill.


Alternative Goodies roles

In two episodes The Goodies appear in alternative historic events as themselves: *"
Rome Antics "Rome Antics" is a 1975 episode of the British comedy television series ''The Goodies''. Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. Plot In Queen Boadicea's Britain, the Ancient Goodies are wearing animal skins, and Graeme's s ...
", in which Tim, Bill and Graeme appeared as
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Goodies (the episode takes place during the time of the
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). *"
War Babies War children are those born to a native parent and a parent belonging to a foreign military force (usually an occupying force, but also military personnel stationed at military bases on foreign soil). Having a child by a member of a belligerent ...
", in which Tim, Bill and Graeme appeared as two-year-old Goodies (the episode takes place during the time of the
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).


Tim's uncles

Tim's uncles are featured in the following episodes: * "
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" – Uncle Arthur King (aka "King, Arthur") * " Farm Fresh Food" – Uncle Tom (played by
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) * " Hunting Pink" – Great Uncle Butcher (played by Tim)


Monty Python spoofs and imitations

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''. While this comparison irritated them, Oddie, Garden and Brooke-Taylor were old university friends of the ''Monty Python'' cast; they had worked together on several projects, including the
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Footlights Club revues, the radio show ''
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'', and television shows such as ''
Broaden Your Mind ''Broaden Your Mind'' (1968–1969) is a British television comedy series, broadcast on BBC2 and starring Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden, joined by Bill Oddie for the second series. Guest cast members included Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Jo ...
'', ''
Twice a Fortnight ''Twice a Fortnight'' is a 1967 British sketch comedy television series with Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Jonathan Lynn and Tony Buffery. Graeme Garden suggested to the director, Tony Palmer, that Michael Palin and Terr ...
'', and a number of the
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benefit shows. ''
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'' was another show with multiple connections to the Pythons; it included the "
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" sketch, co-written and performed by Brooke-Taylor with
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,
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and
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. Footage of Tim Brooke-Taylor and John Cleese, from ''At Last the 1948 Show'', was shown in the documentary special '' Monty Python: Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut)''. Brooke-Taylor also co-wrote and appeared in ''
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'' (with John Cleese, Graham Chapman and
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, among others). Brooke-Taylor also appeared in the Amnesty International benefit show ''
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'', where he appeared with John Cleese and Graham Chapman in the skit "Cha, Cha, Cha", and also in John Cleese's skit "Top of the Form". Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie were also responsible for introducing
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to the Footlights Club.Perry, George, ''The Life of Python'', Pavilion Books Ltd, 1994 ''Goodies'' episodes in which ''
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'' was either parodied or alluded to included the following: * " The Goodies and the Beanstalk" – At the end of this episode,
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portrays a
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in the guise of a Monty Python character and uses the Python catchphrase, "And now for something completely different." When spotted and told to "Push off!" by Tim, he shouts dismissively, "Kids' programme!", before vanishing. * " Invasion of the Moon Creatures" – the opening credits of ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' can be seen when Graeme switches on the television. Graeme immediately switches off the television in disgust because he has missed what he wanted to see (
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). * " Fleet Street Goodies" – in which the Liberty Bell March (the theme for ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'') can be heard. * " Scatty Safari" – in which four
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are featured. * " The Goodies Rule – O.K.?" – in which two
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, whom they address as
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, are seen on
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. * " U-Friend or UFO?" – Bill plays the ''Monty Python'' theme on the trombone with the aliens. * " 2001 & A Bit"- While the Goodies are reminiscing, Graeme mentions
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.


See also

*
The Goodies The Goodies were a trio of British comedians: Tim Brooke-Taylor (17 July 1940–12 April 2020), Graeme Garden (b. 18 February 1943) and Bill Oddie (b. 7 July 1941). The trio created, wrote for and performed in their eponymous television comed ...
* List of ''The Goodies'' episodes * List of ''The Goodies'' guest stars *
The Goodies discography This is a listing of official albums and singles released by the British comedy trio The Goodies, composed of Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940-2020), Graeme Garden (b.1943) and Bill Oddie (b.1941). Studio albums Compilation albums EPs Singles See ...
– CD and LP releases *
The Goodies videography This is a listing of official video releases of the British comedy series ''The Goodies (TV series), The Goodies''. Series 1 – 8 (1970-80) were all made by the BBC, and initially broadcast on BBC2. Series 9 (1981-82) was made by LWT for ITV (TV ...
– DVD and VHS releases


References


Further reading

* ''The Complete Goodies'', Robert Ross, B T Batsford, London, 2000 * ''The Goodies Rule OK'', Robert Ross, Carlton Books Ltd, Sydney, 2006 * ''TV Heaven'', Jim Sangster & Paul Condon, HarperCollins, London, 2005 * ''The Goodies Episode Summaries'', Brett Allender * ''The Goodies – Fact File'', Matthew K. Sharp * ''The Goodies – Super Chaps Three'', Andrew Pixley, Kaleidoscope Publishing, 2010


External links

* Comedy Guide * * *
''The Goodies''
at Nostalgia Central
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at British TV Comedy

at BeebFun
''The Goodies'' DVD
– information and review
Street map showing Cricklewood station on streetmap.co.uk
– Cricklewood is the location for "The Goodies" office

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