The ecky - thump story is legendary . A woman wrote to the BBC saying that her and her husband were watching when he was laughing so much he died. She wanted to thank the BBC and The Goodies for making his final half hour such a happy one
@markw65863 жыл бұрын
yes echy thump was a pisser!
@markfryer98803 жыл бұрын
Lucky Sod, one of the nicer ways to go meet your maker.
@stoojinator3 жыл бұрын
@@markfryer9880 I'd say his parents had already died by that stage.
@cdkmonkey26993 жыл бұрын
That tha no's is racist to us northan Falk , so thau can tak tha Sen for a long walk , just joking of course .
@rembrandt972ify3 жыл бұрын
Ecky-thump is the secret of Lancastrian Global Domination.
@Spiritdingo3 жыл бұрын
We watched them in the 80’s week day afternoons with Doctor Who and Monkey Magic. Great fun.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@nigeh53263 жыл бұрын
Monkey a classic show. We used to come into school next day and talk about it it was a big favourite with teenage lads in the UK
@lordchickenhawk3 жыл бұрын
Late 70's for me. Goodies then Dr Who... best after school TV scheduling in the entire history of all sentient species ever, if not better.
@countofdownable3 жыл бұрын
Here in the UK, Monkey 🐒 was shown Friday 6pm on BBC2. Later read the English translation of the Chinese story.
@Mirrorgirl4923 жыл бұрын
The perfect afternoon line up 😘
@DavidFraser0073 жыл бұрын
I loved the Goodies, it was the ultimate in silliness. We 70s kids were mostly outdoors, but this was a reason to stay in.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
'Stay in and watch the Goodies' sounds like a great past-time.
@prp32313 жыл бұрын
So true, nail on the head! We were out playing cricket in the street but were back in when the Goodies were on.
@Lumibear.3 жыл бұрын
@@prp3231 I was flying kites, fishing or shooting. I was brought up in the poor end of the shires. Still came in for The Goodies!
@prp32313 жыл бұрын
@@Lumibear. we were playing cricket with tennis balls and neighbour's wall for wickets in the streets of London when there weren't many parked cars. The local park was only five mins away! 😂
@Lumibear.3 жыл бұрын
@@prp3231 nothing changes then 😂
@jessica23claire3 жыл бұрын
Out of all the COVID related deaths, Tim Brooke Taylor’s hurt the most. The Goodies was my childhood, because I had a parent who loved it and bought the first DVDs of the series. It’s still a comfort show for me.
@andrewhaines86033 жыл бұрын
Yes. It caught me by surprise. RIP Tim.
@Interestingness1013 жыл бұрын
Totally agree. RIP Tim and thank you Sir for all the laughs.
@SuperPerry10003 жыл бұрын
Wait WHAT? I wasn't aware of this.
@jessica23claire3 жыл бұрын
@@SuperPerry1000 yeah he passed away last April I think? Very sad day.
@garethwilliams58093 жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@aldunlop462211 ай бұрын
I grew up in Sydney in the 70s and 80s. Man we were lucky with content, no stupid reality tv, just great hokey humour. Dr Who and The Goodies every night. Thunderbirds at 6am every Saturday. Star Trek reruns Saturdays. Loved being a kid then. Big Bunny forever!
@diracflux3 ай бұрын
I grew up in Melbourne during the same period. I really enjoyed the British TV shows.
@beeman20752 ай бұрын
@@diracflux I grew up in country Vic (Ballarat) in the same period and also loved the British TV shows as a kid. Metal Mickey, The Tripods, Chocky, and The Goodies especially.
@henryedmonds46534 жыл бұрын
RIP The Goodies. RIP Tim Brooke-Taylor.
@gharpade4 жыл бұрын
Yeah you’re right
@Edrinekeegan4 жыл бұрын
So sad 😞
@gharpade4 жыл бұрын
I know right
@stevefraser80713 жыл бұрын
Spot on they were magnificent
@markfryer98803 жыл бұрын
Yes, his passing really hurt.
@petabulmer73453 жыл бұрын
I was heartbroken when we lost Tim. The Goodies were an important part of my childhood, and they still make me laugh decades later. Thanks for this video! Oh yeah, I am an Aussie too!
@queenslander43883 жыл бұрын
I'm Australian and the intro song takes me back to childhood, the goodies then doctor who, while smelling the dinner My mother was cooking in the kitchen
@buda3d20073 жыл бұрын
Australia had this show on repeat for about 20 years on ABC tv, pure awesome, and they ripped on Rolf Harris before it was popular ;P
@johnyrevenge63563 жыл бұрын
The Goodies followed by Dr Who. Good times.
@zabaleta663 жыл бұрын
Pretty much the same program schedule as TVNZ!
@poleaxed64473 жыл бұрын
They also used to rip on Tony Blackburn. I loved the sequence where they released him into the wild and as he was running free one of them shot him.
@Theduckwebcomics3 жыл бұрын
They really hated Rolf 😅
@mpk333 жыл бұрын
The Rolf Harris Olympics...lol
@dlawlis3 жыл бұрын
Used to watch this, Monty Python, and Benny Hill with my older brothers Sunday nights on PBS here in the States back in the 1970s. Good times!
@tasmancroft55463 жыл бұрын
Alfred E. Neuman used to crack me up as a misunderstood adolescent in late 1950's. Bent humour has saved my insanity.
@Stansman633 жыл бұрын
Around 2005, The Goodies tour came to my town in Australia, ..it was great and a thrill to see Tim and Graeme in person (Bill appeared with pre recorded clips) .an everlasting regret is that I quickly left after the show not knowing that they would shortly be coming out to meet and sign autographs for audience members who stayed behind.
@robinhatherall67793 жыл бұрын
Best show Eva. Responsible for many Australian kids of the era growing up with a great sense of humour.
@benmiddleton43653 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest shows that I have ever seen, and in my opinion, of all time. As an Australian child I would come home from school eager to not miss an episode, they will always hold a special place in my heart. The saddest part is that the children of today are not interested in anything unless it's new and only if society tells them it's popular.
@luvhungryman3 жыл бұрын
Im a Brit, grew up with the Goodies, just the silliness and things that would take you to new comedic traits was enough, still think that now, with great fondness, and they did some brilliant humour. I dont like to look too far into comedy, if its funny, well thats all enough for me.
@mr.dalerobinson4 жыл бұрын
I always assumed they were bigger in England than Australia, but when they toured here in 2005 they said they were blown away by the attention they got in 'the colony' as opposed to their home. In fact in a venue I was working at they commented on a crew members Goodies T shirt they thought he wore especially, but in reality he didn't even know they were going to be there - it was his favourite shirt he wore all the time RiP Tim, I hope you've finally become the Earlobe you always wanted to be
@StamFine4 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@michaelversace44413 жыл бұрын
First off. You sir were cheated out of being the name for the research vessel. Now, I found a Goodies T-shirt in Target and have worn it since. I actually found a box full of them and have slowly gone through them over the years.
@lordchickenhawk3 жыл бұрын
@@michaelversace4441 So THAT's what happened to all the Goddies merch.... that Italian luxury fashion label bought it all up!
@pyhunter1013 жыл бұрын
They didn’t show it enough over here (England). I’m 49 and just have vague memories of enjoying watching them.
@comments.are.turned.off...3 жыл бұрын
Australia LOVES EVERYONE!! Look at Suzi Quatro, Abba, amongst others... all of them receive better in Oz than anywhere else and completely LOVED by Aussies!
@TheEqualizer-iw1bz3 жыл бұрын
The Goodies on ABC at 6pm - part of many Australian childhood & teenage years. Memories of Beanz Meanz Heanz, Ecky Thump, Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms etc.
@racketman2u3 жыл бұрын
same here in New Zealand; our national sense of humour is very British.
@TheEqualizer-iw1bz3 жыл бұрын
@@racketman2u I didn’t know that. Glad the Kiwis got to join in on the fun of being silly as well.
@jimenycricket84312 жыл бұрын
Goodies at 6pm, Dr Who at 6:30pm, the episode cliffhanger would be at about 6:55pm so you knew it was coming. Then the parents would insist on watching the (boring) ABC news at 7. Later, Dr Who would be given a rest and the ABC would have 'Monkey' at 6:30pm. And yes, none of us could work out whether Tripitaka was a boy or a girl. But it didn't matter. Because it was monkey magic!
@fromchomleystreet Жыл бұрын
@@jimenycricket8431 The fourth member of that holy quartet was the Kenny Everett Video Show. Some combination of it, The Goodies, Monkey, and Doctor Who filled the 6-7 slot for years.
@aliservan71884 жыл бұрын
Tim got his OBE. We'll miss you Tim 🥰
@VancouverJeff3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! I was a child in Canada 🇨🇦 in the late 70s/early 80s and this prepared me for Monty Python. Dr Who was also such wonderful entertainment. But, The Goodies hold a special place in my heart. ❤️. Wonderful video. Thanks for uploading it!
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it.
@thebenefactor67445 ай бұрын
They imported this on CBC in the seventies; and I was hooked immediately. On everyday at 5, and I never missed an episode. "Time to scrape the fuzz out of your belly button." is a line I will never forget.
@yurix_xroblox Жыл бұрын
Happiness and silliness and side splitting laughs for so many families in the antipodes in the 70s. I had a Goodies yearbook that was my most treasured gift for Christmas 1975.
@iseeolly99593 жыл бұрын
Saw "I'm sorry I haven't a clue" live about 10 years ago, Graeme was so cleaver....but Tim was the person who shocked us all with very bad language which he offered with such charm we all roared with laughter.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
Lovely story.
@thomridgeway14383 жыл бұрын
Ah when comedies were funny. The 1970s. When you belly laughed and your ribs hurt and tears streamed, and not a smug "Aren't I so clever" one liner in sight. Just the joy of being silly.
@LordEriolTolkien Жыл бұрын
I am perhaps one of very few that watched these first in England, and then continuing in Australia after migration. One of the fondest TV memories of the 70's
@bigbadwolf19663 жыл бұрын
before they were broadcast on Australian television, Tim was out here on a promotional tour, I was home, off school sick and saw his interview on the "Mike Walsh show" and instantly knew it was a show I had to see. And that was how m love for their comedy started, and continues to this day.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
Mike Walsh, that's a name I've not heard in decades. Daytime Talk Show History is written by the victors. In this case, Ray Martin.
@davidbirt84863 жыл бұрын
Fond memories, the Goodies and Dave Allen at large were comedy highlights of the 1970's.
@alanhilder188310 ай бұрын
The phantom raspberry blower of old London town.
@bunn__y4 жыл бұрын
British person here. my dad introduced me to the goodies. this is the fist time I've seen a great fan video for it. It makes me happy.
@StamFine4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
@cathygould10 ай бұрын
Thank you for this❣️ I'd only heard and read about the Goodies, and it's lovely to SEE some of the best bits😄👍🏽👏🏾❣️😘
@gidgitvonlarue997210 ай бұрын
I grew up with The Goodies - I love love love ALL the songs. They remind me of my childhood!
@adb92319 ай бұрын
Very fair review, enjoyed it, thank you. I was also at that DVD launch event, very happy I did - although I was really disappointed by Stewart Lee's choice of questions. I love Stewart Lee, my favourite comedian by far, but that was a really good opportunity missed to talk with the 3 Goodies about the Goodies' career in the level of detail you have alluded to.
@jaysmith28586 ай бұрын
Stewart Lee is an unfunny narcissistic twadge who insults those who don't laugh at his tiresome tirades.
@minicle4262 ай бұрын
@@jaysmith2858Well said.
@WaterShowsProd4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this on my birthday. Still gutted over Tim Brooke-Taylor's death.
@StamFine4 жыл бұрын
I'm the same. The Goodies show was a big part of my childhood. I'm glad you enjoyed the vid.
@ursulagwozdz19554 жыл бұрын
@@StamFine mine also.This means a lot.Thanks.
@anthony-kelly4 ай бұрын
The Goodies will always be the best 👌 🏆 I had a wonderful childhood and they were a great part of it. Thank you Goodies. Vale Tim. 🕊
@LuckyBastardProd Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this! This was pared up with Benny Hill her in Southern California in, I want to say ‘78 and ‘79. I absolutely loved this show and I never really saw it again. the episode I remember the most was King Kitty where I giant cat attacks Westminster. I loved British comedy, I still do.
@peteramos60813 жыл бұрын
I remember this the first time around... brilliant funny part of my childhood...RIP Tim.
@gommechops3 жыл бұрын
'Bill and Tim became ultra violent bunnies' this made me laugh, it just sums up their creativity and hilarity.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
as a kid, you didn't need to know "Clockwork Orange" to get a kick out that episode.
@geoffpulham50323 жыл бұрын
I adored the Goodies as a Brit kid in the 70s. The episodes weren't just funny, they were surrealist escapism. We would spend as much time in the evenings as we could out on our bikes, but we would always get home to see them on TV. Me and my pals used to line up to sing the Funky Gibbon.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
ok, then you can do do do the funky gibbon.
@paulmurgatroyd63723 жыл бұрын
You look at the state of the TV industry now and realise this could never work again. No one wants to put the time or effort in. God bless the Goodies.
@andymanaus10773 жыл бұрын
The woke TV executives would not allow it, regardless of time and effort. 99% of today's comedy has turned to innocuous mush and the other 1% of comedians who tell the PC crowd to go get f**ked are the ones who have the largest followings and earn the most, but rarely get their own TV shows.
@TheZodiacz2 жыл бұрын
@@andymanaus1077 the generation who wag a finger at the freedom of the 1970s as sexist, racist and bigoted are the same people who have literally cheered the re-introduction of segregation and the promulgation of racism and censorship.
@stu7399 Жыл бұрын
I think a lot of the jokes in the "South Africa" episode would be unthinkable as family viewing now. The piano at 11:59
@professornil.3 жыл бұрын
Loved watching them as a toddler in the 70’s, great memories.
@Michael-ou4lq3 жыл бұрын
Yep me too, Saturdays and Dr who a shame it wasn’t repeated, it probably wouldn’t be very P C now shame
@nickgalea822 жыл бұрын
Stumbled on this randomly, as a kid who grew up in Australia during the 80's and 90's, The Goodies were always something I watched, same as Doctor Who reruns. Love the nostalgia reminder.
@moxie966 ай бұрын
Did you find the episode with the second doctor playing as a baddie?
@francespye6268 Жыл бұрын
I was born in 1965 and it was my favourite show. I remember laughing so hard I could hardly breathe! No other show has done that since.x
@sannakji3 жыл бұрын
I met Bill a few years ago. It was an amazing experience for me. I’m a Kiwi Goodies fan and it will always go down as one of my all time favourite shows.
@pauldavismusic289410 ай бұрын
Great video, and like you, I had the privilege of being in the audience for the 2018 Leicester Square Theatre show. Wonderful seeing them all together and enjoying the warmth people had for them :)
@paulstevenson71734 жыл бұрын
I remember it well watching as a kid. Rip Tim
@clark99922 жыл бұрын
Canadian here. I think it was probably 1975, I was visiting a friend. He says I have to watch this new British TV show with him, called the Goodies. It was definitely different than anything I had seen.
@salvagemonster36122 ай бұрын
In 78 our pbs station started to show them. We kids were heartbroken watching the final episode
@ForgingMyLife2 ай бұрын
In my memory, it still stands as one of the greatest shows of all time. Unparalleled. Together with the original and great Dr. Who and Monkey Magic made my childhood an incredibly joyful experience that stays with me today.
@lelleithmurray2353 жыл бұрын
Nice to find something that reminded me of British TV in the early 70's. I was sorry to see that Tim Brooke-Taylor is no longer with us.
@TheAnthonycaruana3 жыл бұрын
That brought back a lot of memories. I was Assistant Film Editor on the 1976/77 series.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
Great. I can only imagine how much work went into editing some of those sequences.
@TheAnthonycaruana3 жыл бұрын
@@StamFine Quite a lot...no cgi in those days.
@alisongreen7447 Жыл бұрын
As a child growing up in 70's Britain the Goodies was a massive part of my child hood. Every time I hear that song from Evita (even when Madonna sang it) I always had Tim in my head singing marg and tina lol. There is a channel on free view in the Uk that show TV from the 70's and 80's including the Goodies and actually on the whole I have found on rewatching the gooides fares alot better than the average 70's misoginistic, racist, homophobic "comedy". Although some stuff hasn't aged well like you say it was of it's era and for those of us who lived in the 70's this stuff was absolutely representitive of real life sadly. I did find myself laughing alot still at some old Goodies episodes and I am suprised how well they held up. Great vid
@brettsalter3300 Жыл бұрын
What great afternoons after school, watching The Goodies over dinner. As well as Monkey Magic and Dr Who. For my entire High School years. The ABC was so much better than our one other (commercial) tv channel (in Hobart, Tasmania).
@cjod338 ай бұрын
I'm hearing you brother , 😂. Great time to grow up
@ScottIngram4 жыл бұрын
...you'd be an 'Earl-obe'... OMG I lost it.
@StamFine4 жыл бұрын
They do anything , anytime. So that includes a lot of puns and clever wordplay which nicely leads to hitting people over the head with black puddings.
@Dave_Sisson3 жыл бұрын
Well Tim got an OBE in 2011, so he was at least partially an earlobe before his untimely death.
@pauljordan44524 ай бұрын
@@Dave_Sisson He was still 80 years of age - and probably the most hysterical or melodramatic of the three. I loved watching repeats of The Goodies as a kid around 1994. Hilarious.
@redstart673 жыл бұрын
I'm envious of you Aussies now, as you got to watch these more recently than us Brits, given that they've never really been repeated despite Monty Python regularly being given repeats.
@MadDragon-lb7qg3 жыл бұрын
RIP Tim Brooke-Taylor. I was lucky enough to meet him at a convention in February 2020, and got his autograph. Sadly missed.
@macsnafu Жыл бұрын
When I was 13, my mother gave me the 19" black and white TV, because she had gotten a 25" color TV for the living room. Switching around channels, I found that OETA, my local PBS affiliate, was running these wonderful British shows, Doctor Who and Monty Python's Flying Circus! Oh, and they also showed The Goodies, at least for a little while. No, seriously, I thought The Goodies were pretty fun, but I guess they didn't do as well as Who and Python, because they didn't show them for too long. Thirty years later, thanks to the internet, I was able to revisit the show and watch most of the episodes. it's still pretty fun! Kitten Kong is truly classic.
@herseem3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this review. When I was 9 years old I literally pissed myself once watching them. It was the episode where TBT became Nero. When they were running away from Rome burning they jumped on the back of a cart and the horse flew in the air. At that point I couldn't hold it in anymore
@pyhunter1013 жыл бұрын
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Didn’t show it enough over here in Blighty. Brought back happy memories from when I was a kid (49 now). They didn’t repeat it over here and I didn’t know about the reunion in 2018.
@murrayreid27483 жыл бұрын
As others have said,was very much a childhood staple watching it on the ABC in the evenings Down Under. Fave episodes for me were the likes of Snooze,Cecily(Tim as a Nanny),& others highlighted on this video👍 Glad I have some of these on DVD but a shame I never saw a full collection locally. Tim & Bill arguing about Scone's pronunciation was one a few on-going gags through the show. Nice video & RIP Tim. 💙
@Jettypilelegs3 жыл бұрын
This was my childhood in the UK and this was an excellent doc, thank you.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!
@dave1234aust4 жыл бұрын
I grew up on them in England and then saw them all again when my family moved to Australia in 1973. (I was 15 then) Even now I can still quote Goodies lines to my son and get the correct response. He loved them as well. Dib dib dib.... Next cab off the rank will be introducing them to the grandson
@StamFine4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a plan. It's a show that's stuck with a lot of people.
@lordchickenhawk3 жыл бұрын
I made sure to do likewise for my children. It is especially important that in these furthest colonies of Empire we raise our heirs right proper cultured an' all.
@simond41953 жыл бұрын
Good God this has been the first time since i was a kid that i have see the Goodies an man i still find it funny even after all this time. Thank you for sharing this
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@mungomuff97163 жыл бұрын
I used to watch the Goodies as a child..and Loved them..but i hadn't a clue what was going on..😁
@michaelversace44413 жыл бұрын
When the Beanz kid did cornflakes I lost it.
@MatthewHarrold3 жыл бұрын
In the "channel 2" world of Australian TV in the 70's and 80's, my staples were The Famous Five, The Wombles, Dr Who, and especially The Goodies. Thankfully my three eldest kids (23, 21, and 17) are also fans. Liked and sub'd. Thanks. $0.02
@petej.86763 жыл бұрын
Im from the States. They would air episodes on WTTW our local Public Television station in Chicago on Saturdays. I was a teen in the late 70's and couldn't wait till late Saturday afternoon Goodie Goodie Yum Yum!!
@TheRowlandstone733 жыл бұрын
Being a Brit in my mid-40s, The Goodies were a little bit before my time. I've always been aware of them and do vaguely remember seeing the show on telly back in the early 80s, but it took watching this brilliant video made by an Aussie for me to realise just how funny and clever their comedy actually was! I genuinely laughed out loud several times! I also took particular pleasure in seeing Graeme circling 'The North Wales Scenic Route' where I live and cover extensively in my driving job!
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@TheDementation3 жыл бұрын
I got to see them live in Australia. Still very funny and they really read the crowd and also had some local jokes.
@henrycastle13 жыл бұрын
This is such a good overview of The Goodies. A real in-depth look , bringing out the high lights This should help BBC to decide which and what to put out in future A series of the best episodes from all years, maybe with, graham and bill, back in the office after Tim’s funeral ✔️❤️
@peterhoulis11843 жыл бұрын
Awesome show, still watch them on dvd , RIP TIM
@Stephen19653 жыл бұрын
I was one of their many millions who watched every week, every show was totally random and that's what made it so enjoyable.
@nevidev3 жыл бұрын
My father in law was a big mate of Bill Oddie due to their mutual interest in birdwatching. It was the mid seventies and I had taken a few tabs of LSD in those times . My father in law was a very clever man and he asked me to get him a tab as he had read so much about the effects etc. Anyhow , on the day he was to take it he asked me the question ' If I bump into Bill whilst I am walking around tripping will he think I am acting oddly (NPI)?' and I said ' No mate , but you will think that Bill is acting very strangely ; Needless to say he abstained from taking it .
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
LOL
@topquark69193 жыл бұрын
This is why the 1970's was so fantastic!
@rynehall9990 Жыл бұрын
Ch 11 in Chicago ran them too briefly around when I was in 6th grade in 75.
@chebwanderer Жыл бұрын
Loved the Goodies growing up by as a Brit not an Aussie I never got the re-runs. Always loved the three and followed their projects, Bills birdwatching in particular. Great review, love your style.
@mins2memories2 жыл бұрын
The Goodies were a gateway drug to British comedy for me. i think Mon-Thurs 6pm before Dr Who on Aunty. I was just talking about The Goodies today with my mother who is 90 years old now. We used to watch The Goodies with dinner on our laps and laugh until we'd choke and splutter our meals. Such fun and such great memories for us, so it was lovely to find this excellent video. It made me both laugh and cry with the recalled gags and the recollections of that time and the show's part of our lives. I'll show my mother if I can ever manage to get back into Oz :) thanks for the video; excellent!
@countofdownable3 жыл бұрын
Grew up watching the Goodies here in the UK in the 1970s. Unfortunately the BBC only repeated some episodes a few years ago around midnight. I have all the DVDs and the special autographed certificate by all three.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
Nice!
@rjholman80343 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Tim Brooke Taylor, due to covid-19. Thanks for all the laughs.
@jmbrowning66883 жыл бұрын
ancient Manchurian self defence art of "ecky thump", best episode ever !
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
call me "Ee bah Gum."
@jmbrowning66883 жыл бұрын
@@StamFine yorkshire drug dealer have found a way for ecstasy (mdma) to be absorbed directly into the mouth lining instead of pill form its called "E by gum"
@busking62923 жыл бұрын
This is similar to Python's 'Lapgoch' the ancient Welsh martial art where you attack your future assailant before the thought of attacking YOU has even occurred to him !
@Coyb18664 ай бұрын
I was in secondary school at the time of the goodies, it was essential viewing and was the talk of the class the day after the recent show, ffs it was brilliant, us brits loved it.
@Lord.Kiltridge6 ай бұрын
I remember the Goodies. They had a relatively brief presence in Toronto in the early 70's. I don't think I even saw more than two or three episodes before they vanished. I distinctly recall the giant kitten episode and one where the mutton chop guy jumped out of bed, put on all his clothes like coveralls with the zip hidden under the tie, lifted his bed to the wall, opened the door in it's bottom and walked out of the room. I thought that was brilliant.
@KratsminschSkunk13 жыл бұрын
Ah, I remember tuning in to see this show in Canada. That was the first run, so I guess I'm old. The amount of work they went through for their gags astounds me now! They didn't stint on much.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
I always appreciate shows where they make an effort, even for silly jokes.
@shanewright10043 жыл бұрын
Too dodgy for modern audiences? We need MORE dodginess if anything...
@kickedinthecalfbyacow75493 жыл бұрын
Always sunny in Philadelphia has taken the goodies format far further than anything you could get past the censors in the 1970s
@shanewright10043 жыл бұрын
@@kickedinthecalfbyacow7549 Oh I agree - a lot of these shows though, don't you feel are just being in your face for being in your faces's sake? I mean, there is a fundamental difference between British comedy archetypes and American and I think you've pointed a out a great example of it.
@kickedinthecalfbyacow75493 жыл бұрын
@@shanewright1004 I think ‘sunny’ shows that there really are not any limits to what you can do in a tv show now, despite people constantly complaining of imagined restrictions.
@kickedinthecalfbyacow75493 жыл бұрын
@Macho Man I don’t know what you want write, maybe you have a lot of hate in your speech. I have never experienced the censorship you imagine is rampant and I have always been very plan spoken. I know there are a lot of pundits going on tv, in news papers and online who are crying about being censored, but it’s very obviously a lie, I can only assume you are a follower of that imaged narrative.
@kickedinthecalfbyacow75493 жыл бұрын
@Macho Man no, I’m just a normal person, sorry to disappoint. Do you watch a lot of shows that tell you how you’re under attack and everyone is out to get you? I think you do.
@richarddavis49543 жыл бұрын
Great Memories, loved the show when I was young, and so many laughs even now
@VortexBunche4 жыл бұрын
American Goodies fan here. We first got the show on Public Television as of sometime in the mid-1970's, often as a lead-in to Monty Python's Flying Circus, so for many of my generation the two shows are sort of a tandem act. That said, while Python enjoyed healthy repeat rotation almost through 1990, The Goodies more or less faded to obscurity in the States by 1980 or so, briefly resurfacing for sporadic repeats around 1983/1984. And if memory serves, we only got series 1 through 5. I didn't see the remainder until DVD many years later. I still love them. And R.I.P. to the one and only Tim Brooke-Taylor.
@StamFine4 жыл бұрын
PBS seems to have been a godend to Americans who wanted something slightly different from what the networks were screening.
@jimbeckwith59494 жыл бұрын
GoodiesGoodieGoodieyumyum....
@tasmancroft55463 жыл бұрын
Somewhere in between Hancock and Python, the Goodies kept Australia laughing. Where would we be without good British comedy and a home grown spliff ???
@TimLondonGuitarist3 жыл бұрын
I loved the Goodies in 70s UK. On revisiting them now for the first time: they still shine as 3 very funny men in these productions. Tim Brooke Taylor's death will sadden many people.
@evandavid28164 жыл бұрын
Great video, very informative indeed...although we'll have to agree to disagree about the relative merits of the Goodies' pop career - I love their hilarious version of 'Wild Thing' for example, yes?! In any case, as an '80s Kid in the UK I was sadly too young to have seen the original Goodies episodes first hand, but I really loved Bananaman - to the extent that I would later dress up as ol' Nanabonce for sci-fi conventions! - and have since become a huge fan of the Goodies series itself thanks to the DVD releases, yes? Tim Brooke-Taylor RIP...
@StamFine4 жыл бұрын
I hear you. As for the pop songs, it's more that while the trio were chasing pop stardom, the show itself wasn't getting the same love in terms of new songs.
@samuelmckenzie484 жыл бұрын
born in 1975 I'm an aboriginal Australian when I was child I used to watch this funny British show every afternoon
@StamFine4 жыл бұрын
The ABC did good work, repeating it so often than it became such a huge part of our childhoods.
@michaelversace44413 жыл бұрын
Same. It was repeated in the same time region as Mr Bean, Monty Python, Allo Allo, Are you being served, as time goes by, Keeping up Appearances, Fry & Laurie and so on.
@jockbeems47983 жыл бұрын
the episodes were all over KZfaq until someone noticed and wanted money then it disappeared.
@ScottIngram4 жыл бұрын
In Canada, another former British colony, we mostly just got Benny Hill. My exposure to Dr Who and Monty Python came from American PBS stations, whose signal trickled across the border.
@Jettypilelegs3 жыл бұрын
Yeah sorry about Benny Hill. 😬
@goodiesguy3 жыл бұрын
@@Jettypilelegs What's wrong with Benny Hill? It wasn't all just T&A and speed-up sequences that people just seem to only remember.
@Jettypilelegs3 жыл бұрын
@@goodiesguy indeed, we’ll never forget Ernie, the fastest milk an in the West.
@blktauna3 жыл бұрын
Yank here I watched them all through the 70s. These guys also wrote most of the Doctor in the House which I love. So sad to hear about Tim Brooke-Taylor.
@everythinggamingnow3 жыл бұрын
about 10 maybe closer to 15 years ago me my dad and brother where in the video/dvd rental shop looking for something to rent and my dad stopped in his tracks open jawed when he saw a dvd of the best goodies episodes, we sat and watched almost all of them (to name a few, kitten kong, ecky thump, lightouse, beanstalk) never laughed so much before!! Sadly there where only a selection of episodes on there and i couldnt really find anyone easily. Recently i managed to "procure" a copy of all 9 seasons (some black and white, some very low quality, but nonetheless all watchable!) and gave them all to my dad, and i kept a copy too! So every now and then when my internet's playing up (its sky, so that's quite often) i always have an offline library of one of the greatest comedies ever made! Still havent watched them all yet! i didnt want to binge through them all in no time. They're like a nice treat every now and then :)
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
Sweet!
@63mckenzie3 жыл бұрын
Probably the only comedy group to kill one of their fans. Respect!
@BodaciousWench3 жыл бұрын
Technically he died laughing.
@rachelquarrell713 жыл бұрын
I watched the Goodies when I was a little kid back in the 70’s.Rest In Peace Tim
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
Tim, Bill and Graeme are important part of many people's childhoods.
@GnrMilligan3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for creating and posting.I found it really interesting.I'm a 53 year old Brit,and remember fondly the whole family sitting down together watching The Goodies.And all of us laughing so much.Imagine my disappointment then when recently I saw two DVDs in a shop.The best of The Goodies Volume 1 & 2.Of course I bought them and rushed home to relive some childhood enjoyment.But!! 40 odd years of maturing and times a changing meant most of the humour just didn't work anymore.There were very few moments that actually made me laugh and I was gutted.However,watching your video has made me want to rewatch those dvds,maybe I can appreciate them a little more now.You have earned a like and subscribe!
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
It happens. There are a lot of shows I lived as a kid that I couldn't stomach watching as an adult.
@martinhughes2549 Жыл бұрын
Same with Python, Q etc. Bits of tedium with moments of genius. Rewatching the Goodies currently. Still holds up really well IMHO.
@GnrMilligan Жыл бұрын
@@StamFine Such a shame.that with a different mindset we no longer enjoy things from our childhood!
@FredPauling3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video. Quite a comprehensive looks at the show from many angles. I'm an Aussie 'of a certain age' :-) and I loved watching this as a kid, but I feel like Goodies is a show that ages better in memory than on film.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
there's stuff that dated and stuff that didn't. A giant Kitten or a shootout with tomato squirters will always be funny.
@frankmachin54383 жыл бұрын
Yeah loved it - we were allowed one hour of TV per school day and we watched The Goodies/Dr Who double with ‘Come and Get it’ (with Peter Russell Clarke) sandwiched in between. Great memories.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
you picked the best hour. "where's the Cheese?"
@joannefabiaschi46043 жыл бұрын
Top notch! We grew up watching The Goodies. Celeb Safari Park, Boy Scouts and Kitten Kong are my faves
@heatherlewis37135 күн бұрын
I grew up in Australia 🇦🇺 in the 70's & 80's. Our family used to watch The Goodies every week. I still love to watch episodes of The Goodies. I'm going to see if I can find a copy of the box set to buy. To me, Comedy is just a bit of fun. People take stuff way too seriously these days.
@Larry3 жыл бұрын
The reason the BBC were so reluctant to repeat the show was pretty much down to them jumping ship to ITV, the BBC's main competetor, which they considered a betrayal and wanted to have no association with them afterwards. The BBC and ITV are best friends now, co-owning BritBox and a ton of other satelitte channels together.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
I don't have Britbox but do they have The Goodies?
@carlpollington50593 жыл бұрын
@@StamFine unfortunately not, although hopefully they will soon. They add lots of new stuff on pretty much a weekly basis
@christopherwebber38043 жыл бұрын
The BBC didn’t repeat anything at that time. I was astonished to see 24 hour TV and endless repeats of BBC series when I came to Australia... in Was terrific to be able to see the ones I had missed... for a while. They repeated some episodes many more times than others, which was annoying. I suppose the August Bank Holiday Island and the Costa Munga had less relevance for Australian auciences but it was still brilliant!
@iankemp11313 жыл бұрын
It's still a bit of a mystery though. The BBC have repeated lots of other shows since, including Morecambe and Wise who also "defected" to ITV. A tragedy that whole generations have been deprived of The Goodies and the Beanstalk.
@original.dwornboy3 жыл бұрын
Rubbish. The BBC was always full of repeats in the 70s and 80s. Everyone would complain about how many repeats they had.
@stuartward60673 жыл бұрын
They did a lot filming on the Isle of Portland in the 70's, my girlfriend at the time (now my wife) spent a few days in a hotel in Weymouth where the guys and some of the crew were staying at. They where always friendly and a good laugh in the bar of an evening. Good times.
@johnkeogh81633 жыл бұрын
I must be showing my age I loved this.
@andrewlee34833 жыл бұрын
I loved watching all The Goodies shows. I liked the surrealism and imaginative comedy sequences like the giant Dougal. This film is great as I didn't know the timeline in detail or a lot of the background to it, plus it's great to see these shows again.
@StamFine3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@minkles13303 жыл бұрын
Born 76, I defiantly remember getting my good dose of The Goodies growing up :)