The Goodies posing goofily on the three seated 'trandem' bike.
For detailed information about this series, see: The Goodies Wiki
Not to be confused with The Goonies
The Goodies is a comedy TV series which starred Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, and Tim Brooke-Taylor, usually working as a trio of freelance helping hands under the title of 'the Goodies'.
TV[]
- The Goodies (November 8th, 1970 - February 13th, 1982)
Publications[]
- COR!! Comics's The Goodies (January 6th, 1973 - December 29th, 1973)
- The Goodies File (October 19th, 1974)
- The Goodies Book of Criminal Records (September 27th, 1975)
- The Making of The Goodies' Disaster Movie (October 15th, 1977)
- The Goodies Fun Book (1977) in two variations published either for ages 5-8 or for ages 9-13
Links to Other Series[]
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King Kong | November 12, 1971 | The premise of the episode Kitten Kong is that a small cat has grown to colossal proportions and is terrorising the city. The solution requires that they fly their bike as close as possible without being in reach. This, the episode title, and the imagery of Bill in the paw of the beast all parody King Kong. | 3 |
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Tom and Jerry | November 12, 1971 | In Kitten Kong, the Goodies rush into an office dressed as mice, to which the cleaning lady leaps up onto a nearby stool and starts shouting "Thomas!". | 3 |
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Star Trek | December 10, 1971 | In Farm Fresh Food, the automated farm's control room is a copy of the Enterprise bridge. Later in Invasion of the Moon Creatures, while Graeme attempts to regain contact with Bill and Tim, Spock briefly appears on his monitor. Soon after, Graeme begins recording a log in the style of Captain Kirk; "Captain's log, stardate..." etc. | 1a |
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Doctor Who | December 8, 1973 | When Bill and Tim are flying through space in Invasion of the Moon Creatures, the TARDIS is seen hovering across the front window. Later in the episode U-Friend or UFO?, Graeme's EB-GB exclaims "Exterminate!" in a Dalek voice while wielding a plunger. Bill's speech in Robot suggests melting K9, among others, for scrap metal. | 1 |
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Looney Tunes | December 8, 1973 | In Invasion of the Moon Creatures, Bill and Tim are transformed into rabbit people, now doing voices akin to Bugs Bunny and repeating "What's up, Doc?". Later in the episode The Movies, "That's all folks!" is shown after the credits. | 3 |
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Clockwork Orange | December 8, 1973 | In Invasion of the Moon Creatures, Bill and Tim cover the title on a poster for the film A Clockwork Orange, replacing it with "A Transistorised Carrot" before wreaking similar havoc around London dressed in part as Alex's 'droogs'. | 2 |
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Monty Python's Flying Circus | December 24, 1973 | At the end of The Goodies and the Beanstalk, Tim rubs the emptied tin of beans which summons a genie in the form of John Cleese as the BBC continuity advisor, immediately stating "And now for something completely different.". Later in The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, "John" and "Eric" as in John Cleese and Eric Idle are seen scavenging as two of the Gumby's. 'The Liberty Bell March' is played multiple times in the series, referencing the music used for the title sequence. | 1 |
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Samson and Delilah | February 10, 1975 | In The Movies, Tim is attempting to make his own adaptation of Samson and Delilah. | 2 |
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The Sound of Music | February 10, 1975 | In The Movies, Maria and the children skip over a hill singing 'The Hills Are Alive'. | 1a |
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Frankenstein (Universal) | February 10, 1975 | In The Movies, Frankenstein's creature is briefly sat next to Tim in a movie theatre. | 1a |
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The Untouchables | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, the trio turn into a gang of entertainers referred to as 'The Unmentionables'. | 3 |
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The Sooty Show | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, members of the puppet parliament include Sooty and Sweep as the Prime Minister and Home Secretary respectively, as well as Soo the Panda and Kipper the Cat. | 1 |
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The Clangers | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, a Clanger is a member of parliament. | 1 |
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Punch and Judy | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, Punch and Judy fail as security guards. Tim soon after confiscates Bill's string of precautionary sausages. | 1 |
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The Basil Brush Show | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, Basil Brush is a member of parliament. | 1 |
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Noddy | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, Big Ears is a member of parliament. | 1 |
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Hector's House | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, Hector, Kiki the frog, and Zsazsa the cat are members of parliament. | 1 |
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Paddington | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, Padington Bear is a member of parliament. | 1 |
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Small Time | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, Pussy Cat Willum is a member of parliament. | 1 |
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Rupert Bear | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, Rupert Bear and Bill Badger are members of parliament. | 1 |
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Vision On | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, The Furry White Woofumpuss attacks Bill. | 1 |
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Pinky and Perky | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, Pinky and Perky sound the alarm. | 1 |
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Andy Pandy | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, Andy Pandy, Teddy, and Looby Loo intercept their escape. | 1 |
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Sesame Street | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, A green muppet-like mascot emerges from the dumpster, resembling Oscar the Grouch. | 3 |
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Flower Pot Men | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, Bill and Ben engage in an extended swordfight against Graeme and Tim. Later, Weed surprises them but is swiftly trimmed. | 1 |
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The Wombles | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, Bill is jumped by four of the Wombles. | 1 |
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The Magic Roundabout | December 21, 1975 | In The Goodies Rule - O.K.?, the now oversized Dougal and Zebedee chase after the trio before destroying Chequers. | 1 |
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Hercule Poirot | October 5, 1976 | The title and premise of the episode Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express are all parody, though on numerous occasions Murder on the Orient Express is referred to as an existing piece of fiction, and there are multiple instances of people pretending to be or dressing up as Agatha Christie characters. | 2 |
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John Shaft | October 5, 1976 | In Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express, most of the passengers are dressed as famous detectives. An offscreen "John Shaft" is referred to. | 2 |
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Kojak | October 5, 1976 | In Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express, some of the passengers are dressed as Kojak. | 2 |
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Sherlock Holmes | October 5, 1976 | In Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express, some of the passengers are dressed as Sherlock and Watson. | 2 |
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Ironside | October 5, 1976 | In Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express, some of the passengers are dressed as Chief Ironside. | 2 |
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Muppets | December 22, 1977 | In Earthanasia, Graeme aggravates Tim by destroying his belief that the Muppets are real using improvised laundry puppets. | 2 |
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Grease | January 21, 1980 | The episode Saturday Night Grease makes numerous references to the film Grease, including mimicking Danny Zuko and singing or parodying the musical sequences while also making fun of John Travolta and acknowledging their own parodies. | 2 |
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Saturday Night Fever | January 21, 1980 | The episode Saturday Night Grease makes numerous references to the film Saturday Night Fever, primarily utilising Tony Manero's costume and poses in disco settings. Tim insists that he hasn't seen it because it's an X film and he'd be frightened. | 2 |
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West Side Story | January 21, 1980 | In Saturday Night Grease, the trio sneak down an alley clicking in sync, referencing the choreography from West Side Story. | 3 |
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Singin' in the Rain | January 21, 1980 | In Saturday Night Grease, rain is summoned and a dance sequence commences to an instrumental version of the song 'Singin' in the Rain' as they dance merrily with umbrellas down the street. | 3 |
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The Wizard Of Oz (MGM) | January 21, 1980 | In Saturday Night Grease, the trio find themselves suddenly on the yellow brick road as 'Follow The Yellow Brick Road' plays in the background. They then link arms and begin skipping along it. | 1a |
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Star Wars | February 4, 1980 | In U-Friend or UFO?, Graeme builds a replica R2 unit for domestic tasks which he instead names EB-GB. Later in Snow White 2, Tim and Graeme engage in a fight using what are essentially lightsabres. Bill's speech in Robot suggests melting R2D2 and C3P0, among others, for scrap metal. | 1 |
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Superman | February 4, 1980 | In U-Friend or UFO?, The trio try to impress the aliens by proving they are "super-men", rushing to a line of telephone booths and quick-changing into versions of the Superman costume, after which they fail at various attempts to prove that they're incredibly strong and can fly. After reconsidering, they put out a broadcast showing off "Supernun" who is "faster than an express Herse" and "leaps tall churches in a single bound". At the end of the episode the crowd exclaims in turns "It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a nun.". | 3 |
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Pong | February 4, 1980 | In U-Friend or UFO?, Bill and the Aliens fly in space smacking Tim back and forth with rackets. Graeme watches through the computer monitor which displays the activity as a game of Pong, complete with floating scoreboard. | 3 |
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Watership Down | February 11, 1980 | In the episode Animals, humans are forced to disguise themselves as animals. They travel in an extended sequence which parodies the journey the rabbits took in Watership Down. | 3 |
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Jaws | December 27, 1981 | The special episode Snow White 2 begins with an introduction about the horror of pantomime, part of which involves dwarfs creeping between the seats with only their hats visible deliberately to resemble shark fins, accompanied by the Jaws theme music. | 3 |
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | January 9, 1982 | In Robot Tim suggests melting Twiki, among others, for scrap metal. | 1a |
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Metal Mickey | January 9, 1982 | In Robot Bill suggests melting Metal Miki, among others, for scrap metal. | 1a |
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre | January 30, 1982 | In Change of Life The grannies drag the trio to the cinema to see The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. | 2 |
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Alan Partridge | February 18, 2011 | In Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge, Alan mentions Bill Oddie was one of the Goodies. | 2 |