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| Slapstick Festival 2016 - Full Line up of Tim, Bill, Graeme and Barry C Events |
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 Update. According to the recent Slapstick newsletter, Graeme is unable to attend the the Mack Sennett and Harold Lloyd, Barry Cryer and friends events. And David Robinson 'the respected film historian and critic David Robinson'
Mack Sennett: King Of Comedy Cert: U
with Graeme Garden
Fri 22nd Jan | Watershed | 11:30AM
Tickets: �6.00/�8.00 (plus booking fee)
Graeme has championed many silent comedians at Slapstick Festival in his discovery series over the years including Harry Langdon, Charley Chase and Max Davidson. Here Graeme celebrates the mastermind of early Slapstick comedy, the actor and producer, Mack Sennett. Graeme will reveal a selection of his best comedies shorts from the 1910s and 1920s featuring performers from the Keystone stable including Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Roscoe Arbuckle and perhaps even a glimpse of Sennett�s �Bathing Beauties� and the renowned, often imitated Keystone Cops. With live accompaniment By John Sweeney on Piano.
http://www.slapstick.org.uk/mack-sennett-king-of-comedy/
At Last the 1948 Show Revisted Cert:PG
with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Aimi MacDonald
Sat 23rd Jan | Watershed | 9:15AM
Tickets: �6.00/�8.00 (plus booking fee)
�At Last the 1948 Show� triggered a revolution that was destined to change the face of TV comedy forever. Bursting onto the nation�s small screens in an explosion of unrelated and often surreal sketches, its main perpetrators were Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Marty Feldman and Aimi MacDonald. What �At Last the 1948 Show� began the Monty Python and The Goodies would finish in their own inimitable way. Four �lost� episodes of At last the 1948 Show have recently been recovered from the David Frost Collection. Here we offer a rare opportunity to watch excerpts from the show�s best bits and from some of the newly discovered editions followed by a Q&A as Tim and Aimi discuss this seminal comedy show on stage with presenter Chris Serle.
http://www.slapstick.org.uk/at-last-the-1948-show-revisited/
Bill Oddie�s Saturday Banana Cert:U
Sat 23rd Jan | Watershed | 11:15AM
Tickets: �6.00/�8.00 (plus booking fee)
Bill Oddie introduces highlights and extracts from popular Slapstick children�s television programmes from the 1960s and early 70s. Bill hosted the popular children�s TV programme Saturday Banana in the late seventies whilst being one third of comedy legend trio The Goodies. Here Bill shares his memories of children�s television from this period in a fun packed family programme featuring highlights from Here Come The Double Deckers! (1971), The Banana Splits (1968-70) , Batman (1966-68) and more.
http://www.slapstick.org.uk/bill-oddies-saturday-banana/
Marcus Meets The Goodies
Sat 23rd Jan | St. George�s | 5:00PM
Tickets: �15.00/�12.00/�6.00 (plus booking fee)
Satirist and comedian Marcus Brigstocke (God Collar, The Brig Society) meets the UK�s finest comedy trio reunited at Slapstick Festival for a rare public screening of their western comedy classic �Bun Fight at the OK Tea Rooms� (1975) Dir Jim Franklin, UK, 28mins.
From 1970 to 1982, television audiences roared with laughter in their millions at weekly editions of the visually inventive and stunt-led episodes of The Goodies that made Tim, Bill and Graeme household names. Here Marcus meets the classic comedy team as they discuss their legacy in comedy, their comic influences, western comedies and much more. With a chance too for Q&As, this is a unique opportunity to see these legendary performers together on stage discussing their love of silent comedy.
url]http://www.slapstick.org.uk/marcus-meets-the-goodies/[/url]
Hooray For Harold Lloyd, Barry Cryer and Friends!
Sun 24th Jan | St. George�s | 2:30PM
Tickets: �15.00/�12.00/�6.00 (plus booking fee)
Join us for a classic double bill of Lloyd�s finest onscreen comedy hosted by �king of the one liners� and national treasure Barry Cryer. Harold appears in two of his finest comedy shorts �Now or Never� (US 1921, 35mins) and �I Do� (US 1921, 25mins). In addition Barry will be joined onstage by fellow �I�m Sorry I Haven�t a Clue� team mates Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor who will lead a �Kazooalong� audience accompaniment to two additional animated shorts including a rare Felix the Cat short. A delightful classic silent comedy double bill with a twist of clue. With live musical accompaniment from multi-instrumentalist Stephen Horne.
http://www.slapstick.org.uk/hooray-for-harold-lloyd-barry-cryer-and-friends/
Laurel & Hardy: Way Out West (1937) Cert: U
introduced by Bill Oddie
Sun 24th Jan | Watershed | 9:15AM
Tickets: �6.00/�8.00 (plus booking fee)
What better way to start your Slapstick Sunday than with a Stan & Ollie Classic? Way Out West is perhaps Laurel and Hardy�s greatest feature-length film and is being screened here in a newly restored digital print. Spike Milligan said: �From the moment I saw Laurel and Hardy on the screen I knew they were my friends� and friendship is at the heart of their 1937 spoof Western comedy, which contains their most famous song and one of the most charming dance sequences in cinema history. Laurel &Hardy admirer and Goodie Bill Oddie introduces.
http://www.slapstick.org.uk/way-out-west-1937/
Barry Cryer & Ronnie Golder: Past Masters
Sun 24th Jan | St. George�s | 8:00PM
Tickets: �15.00/�12.00/�6.00 (plus booking fee)
Live music and classic comedy from this exceptional pair as they close the weekend Slapstick Celebrations. Expect comedy songs and gags galore from the well-loved duo, just back from the Edinburgh Fringe and proving they are still alive and old is cool. Barry will have an aviary of new parrot jokes and Ronnie will be cleaning up after them. �Two of comedy�s most fabled masters� FESTIVAL TIMES
http://www.slapstick.org.uk/barry-cryer-ronnie-golder-past-masters/
For more information on the festival you can visit the Official website at
http://www.slapstick.org.uk/
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| BBC 'snubs' The Goodies again - Bill Oddie's fury |
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Bill Oddie has attacked the BBC for not putting The Goodies on to the BBC Store.
The corporation has just made more than 7,000 hours of its archive available to buy on the digital store – but not the classic 1970s show he made with Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden.
Oddie told the Times: ‘Surprised wouldn’t be the word. We’ve come to expect rejection. We don’t understand why.’
And he added the show wasn’t given the same status as other classic comedies within the Corporation. ‘You put on Dad’s Army and, with respect, even Python has been repeated a million times,’ he said. ‘We’ve hardly been repeated at all. So somebody must hate it.’
The team have regularly complained that the BBC never repeats the programme, which marks its 45th anniversary this year.
Brooke-Taylor has previously said: ‘We are cross. The programmes are still regularly aired in Australia ‘and the show is still massive, over all ages. So we do know that it still appeals. That’s what’s frustrating. If they showed a few and people said “that’s rubbish”, we’d accept that. It’s the fact that it’s not given the chance.’
And Garden said: ‘We’ve never known the real reason they won’t show us, because whenever we’ve asked about repeats we’ve been given a different story.’
Of the decision not to include The Goodies on iPlayer, the BBC says it has more than 2.5 million programmes and could not ‘put them all on at once’ - but would add The Goodies to the store ‘as soon as we possibly can.’
Previously Goodies DVDs have been released under licence by the independent label Network, rather than via the BBC’s commercial arm.
http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2015/11/13/23582/bbc_snubs_the_goodies_again?rss&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#.VkYO4-7gzEk.facebook
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Hello everyone! As regular visitors to this website would be aware of. That this front page hasn't been updated in well, just under a year. This has been due busy work loads and family issues of the main runners of the fan club (Zaphod and Lisa (but brett still does a grand job with the Goodies crosswords every so often  )).
So until Lisa can comeback, I will be taking care of the News items here and keeping things up to date.
And thanks to Zaphod for letting me have the keys! 
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| Please support the only Slapstick Festival in the world by Chris Daniels |
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The annual Slapstick Festival that takes place in Bristol, which Tim, Graeme and Bill regularly attend. Is in need of your help!
Festival Director, Chris Daniels has created a Kickstarter page to help raise extra funds to make Slapstick 2016 an event to remember!
£5.000 is the target and so far the page has raised £2,626!
There are many rewards including..
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AFTERNOON TEA AND 'MEET THE GOODIES' PACKAGE
Afternoon tea for 2 with The Goodies at the Hotel Du Vin - a once in a lifetime chance to meet this iconic comedy trio in person and eat cake! Plus 2 premier tickets to the Festival Goodies event, a limited edition Slapsticker Slapstick Festival kickstarter tshirt, a big public thank you from the Slapstick Festival on our website, and a slapsticker!
Rewards do not include travel, accommodation or food unless clearly specified.
Estimated delivery:
Jan 2016
There's 18 days to go on this. So make your choice and make a pledge.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2004951278/please-support-the-only-slapstick-festival-in-the
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| The Goodies are at The Slapstick Festival in Bristol once again! |
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Sat 23rd Jan | St. George’s | 5:00PM
Tickets: £15.00/£12.00/£6.00 (plus booking fee)
Satirist and comedian Marcus Brigstocke (God Collar, The Brig Society) meets the UK’s finest comedy trio reunited at Slapstick Festival for a rare public screening of their western comedy classic ‘Bun Fight at the OK Tea Rooms’ (1975) Dir Jim Franklin, UK, 28mins.
From 1970 to 1982, television audiences roared with laughter in their millions at weekly editions of the visually inventive and stunt-led episodes of The Goodies that made Tim, Bill and Graeme household names. Here Marcus meets the classic comedy team as they discuss their legacy in comedy, their comic influences, western comedies and much more. With a chance too for Q&As, this is a unique opportunity to see these legendary performers together on stage discussing their love of silent comedy.
http://www.slapstick.org.uk/marcus-meets-the-goodies/
Hooray For Harold Lloyd, Barry Cryer and Friends!
Sun 24th Jan | St. George’s | 2:30PM
Tickets: £15.00/£12.00/£6.00 (plus booking fee)
Join us for a classic double bill of Lloyd’s finest onscreen comedy hosted by ‘king of the one liners’ and national treasure Barry Cryer. Harold appears in two of his finest comedy shorts ‘Now or Never’ (US 1921, 35mins) and ‘I Do’ (US 1921, 25mins). In addition Barry will be joined onstage by fellow ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue’ team mates Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor who will lead a ‘Kazooalong’ audience accompaniment to two additional animated shorts including a rare Felix the Cat short. A delightful classic silent comedy double bill with a twist of clue. With live musical accompaniment from multi-instrumentalist Stephen Horne.
http://www.slapstick.org.uk/hooray-for-harold-lloyd-barry-cryer-and-friends/
Barry Cryer & Ronnie Golder: Past Masters
Sun 24th Jan | St. George’s | 8:00PM
Tickets: £15.00/£12.00/£6.00 (plus booking fee)
Live music and classic comedy from this exceptional pair as they close the weekend Slapstick Celebrations. Expect comedy songs and gags galore from the well-loved duo, just back from the Edinburgh Fringe and proving they are still alive and old is cool. Barry will have an aviary of new parrot jokes and Ronnie will be cleaning up after them. “Two of comedy’s most fabled masters” FESTIVAL TIMES
http://www.slapstick.org.uk/barry-cryer-ronnie-golder-past-masters/
More Goodies and Barry events at the festival, are possible to be added in due course.
For more information on the festival you can visit the Official website at
http://www.slapstick.org.uk/
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Tim was in the day time drama Doctors. Totally recomend watching! 
New website articles for December:
The new series of "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue" began today. Series 62, Episode 1 is available on the BBC iPlayer at 
