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The Goodies [Region 2] (1970)

Starring: Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor Format: DVD

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Actors: Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Corbet Woodall, Roland MacLeod
Writers: Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden
Format: PAL
Language: English (Mono)
Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 2

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

ASIN: B00008MJ0W
Amazon.com Sales Rank: #133,889 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 stars You'd be daft not to buy this - a hit with the new generation, December 22, 2006

By	Keith Joseph (West Berkshire, England) - See all my reviews

Created, written and performed by comedians Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor, 'The Goodies' was a very zany hit British BBC comedy that ran for nine seasons until 1981. In the show the trio set themselves up as an agency for hire and call themselves 'The Goodies' (as they were supposedly the good guys), with the motto `We do anything, anytime'. To quote TVTome: "Using a unique blend of sketch comedy, slapstick and almost cartoon-like humour the show was often outrageously madcap, and only rarely failed to hit the mark". During their BBC years The Goodies twice won the Silver Rose of Montreux (Europe's top comedy TV award) - one was for 'Kitten Kong' on this DVD set. Conspiracy theories abound on why none of 'The Goodies' hit episodes were ever re-run by the BBC.

I bought this 2 DVD set of the BBC TV series for my daughter (11) after she watched 'The Goodie years' documentary on TV recently and seemed to like the humour. She is very very taken with the eight 30 minute episodes here on the two DVDs (Tower of London, Kitten Kong, Gender Education, Kung Fu Capers, Lighthouse Keeping Loonies, Earthanasia, Saturday Night Grease, The Goodies and the Beanstalk). I told her that around a hundred Goodies episodes were actually made. Her comment after viewing the few here throughout the weekend was 'Why don't they release all the episodes on DVD, anyone would be stupid not to buy them'. She likens The Goodies to the single 'Monkees' DVD she has that she also likes (The Monkees - our favourite episodes).

So we have now ordered 'The Goodies - a second helping' (another 2 DVD set). As I write my son (10) is now sitting down with her in her bedroom laughing at the Goodies antics. My daughters favourites are Kung Foo Capers, Lighthouse keeping Goodies and Saturday night grease (although she hasn't actually seen Grease). My son thinks the Goodies are 'very funny and stupid'. They obviously really go for the childish humour and visual gags, as my family and I did 30 years ago.

Picture quality is good if slightly noisy on the older 1970's episode but seems to improve as the episodes go toward 1980 (and they are all in colour). Sound is fine (mono on my Amazon resellers set). I don't actually find the Goodies that dated, as well as a lot of clever 'pantomime' slapstick, they had a sharp script, lots of boyish enthusiasm and a pretty unique visual style, although naturally some aspects are very period like the cars and BBC presenters. The only programme that came near to it in concept was probably the earlier UK TV children's show 'Do not adjust your set' (that also featured The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band as guests) - although the recent 'My parents are aliens' has a similar witty nutty style. It is very English, although the slightly puerile humour is more slapstick than Monty Python, and so is probably more accessible to a transatlantic audience.

So great value laughs for the kids, and highly recommended. Now mum and dad are looking forward to watching them again - 'Goody goody dum dum'. Don't pay much more than $30 from Amazon resellers though, otherwise try ebay.

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1.0 out of 5 stars What a rip-off, January 12, 2007

By	Richard S. Heckart (Ottumwa, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

All this time and a person here in the states still can't get a DVD of the Goodies!!! What's wrong with the people that make these? Don't they realize that there are alot of us from the 70's who watched these guys along with Monty Python's Flying Circus? These guys were hilarious. Come-on get off the pot and get with it!

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