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* THE GOODIES FAN CLUB CLARION AND GLOBE *
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* THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF 'THE GOODIES RULE - OK!' *
Issue No. 184 12th March 2011
E-MAIL ADDRESSES
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'The Goodies Rule - OK!'
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THE LADS AND LASSES OF THE C&G
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EDITOR
- Brett Allender <clarion@goodiesruleok.com>
ACE REPORTER:
- Lisa Manekofsky
C&G CONTRIBUTORS:
- Graeme Garden
CONTENTS
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1. QUIZ & QUOTE - Goodies brainteasers for you and you and you
2. BOFFO IDEAS - The latest club news and happenings
3. SPOTTED!!! - The latest Goodies sightings
4. 2001 AND A BIT - Tim, Graeme and Bill sightings post-Goodies.
5. GOODIES CROSSWORD
6. GOODIES WORD PUZZLE SOLUTION – from C&G 183
7. QUIZ & QUOTE ANSWERS
1. QUIZ & QUOTE
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(by "Magnus Magnesium")
QUOTE: "Oh funny things happen there, it's such a disgrace. 'Coz people get killed there all over the place!"
(a) What sort of song does this quote come from?
(b) Where are the Goodies located at the time?
(c) Which episode is this quote from?
QUIZ: This month's questions are from the episode "The Movies"
(d) Which newly-invented item requires Graeme's "special trousers" for its storage?
(e) How much does the 99 year lease of Pine Tree movie studios cost the Goodies?
(f) Which Goody becomes the "poor man's Richard Harris" at the film screening"?
(g) What does Bill call Tim instead of "Samson" when they are making their movies?
(h) Who comes along and takes notes after the barn wall has collapsed on top of the Goodies?
The answers are listed at the end of this newsletter.
2. BOFFO IDEAS
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You can make it happen here. Liven up the club with a boffo idea for bob-a-job week. E-mail <enquiries@goodiesruleok.com> with your comments, ideas or suggestions - meanwhile these are the boffo ideas which our club has been working on this month:
WEBSITE POLLS
Last month's poll canvassed the options of which make-believe Goodies movie you'd like to star in and it looks like Bill's silent comedy won out. At least he'd have plenty of helpers when it comes to painting the whole town black and white, so it mightn't take him three whole weeks to get the preparation done after all.
At the end of "The Movies" each Goody is making a different type of film. In which film would you most like to appear?
- Graeme's western 25 votes
- Tim's biblical epic 8 votes
- Bill's black & white silent comedy 40 votes
- I'd prefer to do a film with Rolf 13 votes
Total 86 votes
This month we're looking at ideal holiday places to get away from it all … or get yourself right into the thick of the Goodies action in many cases. With boring old Bognor not even on the list, you're bound to find a Goodies holiday that appeals to your kink, er speciality! Just remember to call in at the website poll booth on your way to the airport or you'll have to cast an absentee ballot by pigeon or homing kangaroo.
Which Goodies-related location would you most like to visit for a holiday?
- August Bank Holiday Island
- Uncle King Arthur's Camelot
- The Lost Island of Munga
- Knutters Knoll Knite Spot
- to the Eurovision Raving Loony Contest
- the Jolly Rock Lighthouse
- the OK Tea Rooms
- the Dodo sanctuary
- other
- The Goodies Star Safari Park
3. SPOTTED!!!
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More exciting than getting your wig-spotters badge! If you've seen the Goodies recently, e-mail <clarion@goodiesruleok.com> with the details. Here's where we've Spotted!!! the Goodies this month:
AYE WRITE FESTIVAL
(Lisa Manekofsky – 26th Feb)
A reminder that Graeme Garden and Barry Cryer will be appearing at Aye! Write, Glasgow's Book Festival, on March 4th & 5th.
Here's a description of the event:
"For over a decade, The Goodies TV show delighted millions of viewers with its inventive and often hilarious slapstick comedy. Its writers/performers became household names and major pop stars. Graeme Garden discusses this
unique show with clips from the series. Brilliantly funny for all ages."
SLAPSTICK 2011 VIDEO
(Lisa Manekofsky - 11th Mar)
The Slapstick 2011 Festival has put a short video on YouTube which includes comments from Tim, Graeme, and Bill over still photos from the event. Here's a link to the video, and the description of the clip from that page:
Description: Slapstick festival is Bristol's annual celebration of silent comedy. Slapstick 2011 took place between 27-30 and saw a host of famous names take part in the festivities.
Here, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Ian Lavender and Chris Searle discuss why they have a passion for silent cinema and Slapstick.
THE GOODIES PODCAST
New Goodies Podcasts since last month's C&G:
#51: Commentary: Scatty Safari
#52: Commentary: Double Trouble (with Linda Kay)
Goodies Mastermind – Rounds 4 & 5
You can find these and other enjoyable commentaries and interviews at: http://goodiespodcast.libsyn.com/
4. 2001 AND A BIT
If you've sighted Tim, Bill or Graeme in a post-Goodies role, e-mail <clarion@goodiesruleok.com> so that we can tell everyone where to spot a Goodie nowadays. Large files (such as scans of articles or photos) for posting on the club's website can be sent to us at: groksite@gmail.com
Those of you seeking radio and tv alerts between issues of the C&G should consider signing up for the Goodies-l mailing list (more details available on the club website), as our crack (cracked?!) team of reporters attempt to post alerts as the information becomes available.
** (All items in this section contributed by Lisa Manekofsky, except where otherwise credited) **
Please note: BBC RADIO SHOWS listed below can be heard online via each station's website (www.bbc.co.uk/radio4 or www.bbc.co.uk/radio7 ) and then for a week after broadcast from the BBC iPlayer (aka Listen Again), www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer . Radio shows on the iPlayer are supposed to be available for listening worldwide.
BILL SPOTTINGS
(18th Feb)
(18th Feb)
* In other Bill news, according to an article at http://bignews.biz/?id=974035 he will be one of the celebrity guests at a celebrity event to raise funds to save endangered tigers.
(18th Feb)
(10th Mar)
GRAEME SPOTTINGS
(18th Feb)
* Graeme will be appearing on BBC Radio Oxford this Sunday (20 February), chatting with Bill Heine from 11:00am-12pm.
(18th Feb)
* Graeme and Barry Cryer will be appearing at the Aye Write Festival in Glasgow on March 4th & 5th.
(18th Feb)
* Sat, 26 Feb - Graeme's appearance on "QI" is repeated on Dave at 21:40 and then again a few hours later at twenty past midnight.
(21st Feb)
* Fridays: BBC Radio 7 is repeating Graeme's 1989 sketch comedy series "The Long Hot Satsuma", which also starred Barry Cryer, Alison Steadman, Paul B. Davies, and Julia Hills.
(21st Feb)
* According to an article in the Oxford Mail, Graeme will be one of the speakers at the Oxford Science Fair in March.
(24th Feb)
* Thanks for Graeme Garden for the following information:
"I'm on the Fred MacAulay Show, BBC Radio Scotland on Thursday morning some time between 10 and 11am. Talking about the Aye Write Festival."
Fred's show, "MacAulay and Co" can be heard online from BBC Radio Scotland's website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074hh3; the show is available from the BBC iPlayer for a week after broadcast.
(2nd Mar)
TIM SPOTTINGS
In Conversation with Tim Brooke-Taylor
Venue: Chewton Glen
Date: 05 06 2011
Time: 11:00
English comic actor, Tim Brooke-Taylor will be our guest on Sunday 5th June, when he will be interviewed about his experience and career in the spotlight, by former BBC TV presenter, reporter and journalist Chris Serle.
Sunday 5th June 2011
Tim is undoubtedly a man of many talents, born in Derbyshire he studied Economics and Law at Cambridge University and became the President of 'Footlights', the revue club in which he wrote and performed with many legendary British comedians, including Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle and Jonathan Lynn.
He toured extensively with the revue before making his move into television when Tim became a familiar face on shows such as 'On the Braden Beat', 'Me and My Girl' and of course 'The Goodies'.
He has achieved considerable success on stage, written several books, as well as contributing to 'The Little Book' of Mornington Crescent. Since its inaugural broadcast in 1972, Tim has been a regular panellist on that British classic show 'I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue'.
We are thrilled to welcome Tim Brooke-Taylor and Chris Serle for a light hearted look-back at a fascinating career in comedy.
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(26th Feb)
(4th Mar)
I'M SORRY I HAVEN'T A CLUE (ISIHAC) and
I'M SORRY I'LL READ THAT AGAIN (ISIRTA)
* Sundays - "Hamish and Dougal: You'll Have Had Your Tea" with Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Alison Steadman, and Jeremy Hardy is being repeated on BBC Radio 7 at 22:15
(21st Feb)
* Thursdays: "I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" (Tim, Graeme, & Bill's 1960's sketch comedy radio series which also starred John Cleese, David Hatch, and Jo Kendall) is repeated on BBC Radio 7 at 12:30 & 19:30.
(21st Feb)
(26th Feb)
(26th Feb)
5. GOODIES CROSSWORD
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(by Brett Allender)
Here's a new Goodies crossword for fans of the superchaps three to puzzle over.
As with my previous crosswords, if you're not familiar with a number of the Goodies episodes listed, the information in my Goodies Episode Summaries (in the "Articles/Guides" section) should help you solve the clues.
There is also a copy of the grid and clues in a print-friendly format in the "Articles/Guides" section of the website at http://www.goodiesruleok.com/articles.php?id=88&page=12 along with the solution on a separate page. The solution will also be printed in next month's newsletter.
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* CLUES *
ACROSS
Row 1, column 1 (10 letters)
- The girls play these instruments at the end of the show (Snow White 2)
Row 3, column 2 (7 letters)
- The letter from the Tower is addressed to "Dear ???????" (Beefeaters)
Row 3, column 10 (4 letters)
- Graeme has a big gulp of ???? Scotch in the mock ad (Football Crazy)
Row 5, column 1 (2 letters)
- Goodies album title – "Nothing To Do With ??"
Row 5, column 11 (3 letters)
- One of these creatures swipes Patrick Moore's telescope (Animals)
Row 6, column 2 (8 letters) - One of Tim's royal relatives (Camelot)
Row 7, column 9 (3 letters)
- The Goodies do this to the old lamp, causing genie John Cleese to appear (Beanstalk)
Row 8, column 1 (4 letters)
- The Japanese driver's car has a ???? Leady battery (The Race)
Row 8, column 6 (4 letters)
- Talent judge Tony Bitch gives Dennis Droll this score on New Faeces (Hype Pressure)
Row 10, column 1 (6 letters)
- One of the four agents at the real estate firm that the Goodies go to (The New Office)
Row 10, column 9 (5 letters)
- Barbara admires this attribute of Bill's as a sign of equality (Women's Lib)
Row 11, column 8 (2 letters)
- Lyrics: "??, ??, ?? the Funky Gibbon!"
Row 12, column 1 (7 letters)
- Attila the Hun's mob of invaders (Rome Antics)
Row 13, column 9 (5 letters)
- Bill opens the door to this department during the chase scene (The Movies)
DOWN
Column 1, row 10 (4 letters)
- Graeme's sign: "One leg – please ???? generously" (Goodies & The Beanstalk)
Column 2, row 1 (10 letters)
- A country "famous for its … cows!", according to Graeme (DROT Orient Express)
Column 3, row 12 (2 letters)
- Bill's reply when told to "Stop it!" by Desiree Carthorse (Gender Education)
Column 4, row 8 (5 letters)
- Everything in the lighthouse is this shape, sending Bill into a rant (LK Loonies)
Column 5, row 1 (7 letters)
- Wolf Graeme has a large one of these dangling from his waist (Playgirl Club)
Column 6, row 10 (4 letters)
- "Young Him" is playing this sport on the lawn outside the Tower (Beefeaters)
Column 7, row 1 (4 letters)
- Bonzo is in heaven rather than in this place – "Mummy I Don't Like My Meat" (Superstar)
Column 7, row 6 (4 letters)
- The audience members chew on this vegetable during the eistedfodd (Wacky Wales)
Column 8, row 5 (2 letters)
- Goodies song: "Such A Long Way To ??" (The Lost Tribe)
Column 9, row 6 (8 letters)
- People playing this are "grabbed by the UFOs" (U-Friend Or UFO)
Column 10, row 1 (4 letters)
- Reverend Llewellyn's flock have 9764 deadly ones to avoid (Wacky Wales)
Column 11, row 7 (5 letters)
- This product is described as "too racy" to advertise (It Might As Well Be String)
Column 13, row 1 (6, 7 letters)
- They sing about the virtues of "Shiny Shoes" (Punky Business)
6. GOODIES WORD PUZZLE SOLUTION
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From last month's edition:
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Unscramble the letters of the solution and rearrange to form a single word of 13 letters from the episode "Beefeaters" (Tower Of London) – Clue: Tim is appalled at a strange security prospect.
Chickeneaters
7. QUIZ & QUOTE ANSWERS
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(a) A sea shanty
(b) Inside the Jolly Rock Lighthouse
(c) Lighthouse Keeping Loonies
(d) The pocket movie camera
(e) 25 pounds
(f) Bill
(g) Sambo
(h) Buster Keaton
YOUR SCORE:
8 Mastermind Of The Year
7 Goodies fan supreme
5-6 Clever clogs
3-4 Goody Goody effort
1-2 Time to watch some more episodes
0 Are you sure you're not Rolf Harris?!
NEXT C&G EDITION:
- #185: 12th April 2011
UPCOMING ARTICLES:
- April: Goodies Music Review – Run
- April / May: A Collection Of Goodies Themes – Goodies Targets: Graeme & Bill in Drag
Updated to C&G 162 (May 2009)
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The Goodies Fan Club Clarion and Globe is copyright The Goodies Rule - OK! 2011. All rights reserved.
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