Goodies Podcast: Recent Episodes
Goodies Podcast
Commentaries, geek-outs and interviews hailing the delights of THE GOODIES, that classic comedic genre-bending UK television show from 1970 to 1982. Not to mention other works by OBE birder BILL ODDIE, slapstick genius GRAEME GARDEN and the goodiest of Goodies TIM BROOKE-TAYLOR.
Which Goodies season-ending episode is the best one?
Jeffers and Steve chat about the recent 'best series closer' poll over at the Goodies Facebook Group -- analyzing each round & speculating on why things went the way they did!
You can hear the 'Earthanasia' episode of Sitcom Showdown here: https://sitcomshowdown.libsyn.com/ss089-the-goodies
You can hear the 'Best Series Openers' episode (GP 162) here: https://goodiespodcast.libsyn.com/162-best-series-openers
An interview with Tengy, the YouTuber who spent 18 months reviewing every Goodies episode and building up a following along the way.
What did Tengy discover on her Goodies journey? How volatile was her comments section? Which are her favourite episodes?
Tune in to find out :)
Watch Tengy on YouTube
With a new Goodies novella being released, here's an interview with its publisher and writer Barnaby Eaton-Jones.
Jeffers tries to pry some behind-the-scenes secrets from Barnaby, while shamelessly aiming to drum up orders for this fresh new Goodies content!
Find out if there's more Goodies books on the way (?) who is writing them (?) and how much involvement Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie have with the novellas. And discover more about the fabbo cover art created by Daniel McGachey.
Link to Chinbeard Books' page for the novella: https://www.chinbeardbooks.com/apps/webstore/products/show/8247210
A chat with Sally Wilton about her Bill Oddie music research and her fan interactions with The Goodies. Plus news of a new Goodies book by Barnaby Eaton-Jones!
Sally Wilton on Twitter: @chocimpress
Goodies Podcast on Instagram: @goodiespodcast
The Goodies (series 5 and 6) was Jay Annabel's specialist subject on Mastermind Australia in 2021. Jeffers chats with Jay about his experiences on the show, plus a whole lot of general Goodies talk!
It's a Goodies All-Star Draft! Tengy joins the regulars to compete in selecting the best Goodies elements to create their dream teams.
Fave songs! Fave creatures! Fave locations and gadgets and potions!
This ep is also filled with guests including Alison Bean, Henri Phillips, Barnaby Eaton-Jones, Jay Annabel, Sally Wilton and the great Stevie Rigsby.
Jeffers chats to the Goodies game board master Garry Azzaro who shares his 'meeting the Superchaps' story and the secrets of how he creates those amazing boards!
Garry also reveals his other custom boards and interactions with his pop culture heroes, and the story of how it all started...
www.internationalridicule.co.uk
Find Garry on Instagram
Your votes in the 'Goodies Best Series Opener' battle bracket are analysed by Jeffers and Steve, who dish out the delicious insights and exploits!
The series openers include: Beefeaters, Scotland, The New Office, Camelot, The Movies, Almighty Cod, Alternative Roots, Politics ... and Robot.
Tune in for your poll results on the best bits of Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie Goodies-ness!
50 Goody years!
Part two of the Goodies 50th anniversary celebrations includes a fab long natter with Barnaby Eaton-Jones, the actor / writer / producer who brought us 'The Big Ben Theory' in 2019 - the first new Goodies episode in decades!
We also have messages from Goodies fans full of lovely thoughts on the 50th anniversary. Thanks team!
Link to The Big Ben Theory: https://www.audible.com.au/pd/The-Goodies-Audiobook/B07YN67HD3
Barnaby Eaton-Jones: www.facebook.com/eatonjonesfellow
This three-interview thriller special is PART ONE of our Goodies' 50th Anniversary celebrations, featuring fun chats with Sarah Le Fevre (Mastermind), Adrian Bishop-Laggett (BBC Senior Sound Supervisor) and Julian Gabriel Clarke (cosplayer with Goodies flair!)
- Listen to Sarah recall her Goodies grilling on Mastermind! (8:30 to 30:45)
- Listen to Adrian the sound & music statesman chat about the origin of The Cricklewood Tapes and his time at the BBC, including Hartnell-era Doctor Who! (31:00 to 50:45)
- Listen to Julian's secrets of creating great Tim costumes, and memories of a special TBT encounter in early 2020! (51:30 to 1:10:15)
It's a fabulous way to kick off the Goodies 50th Anniversary weekend. Huge thanks to our excellent guests for their generosity.
Julian's cosplay on Instagram: instagram.com/changeling_cosplay_iow/
Sarah's online magazine: https://Ludogogy.co.uk
Sarah's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ludogogy
Radio Goodies is covered in this episode of the GP, completing the podcast's run of reviewing every ep of The Goodies! We also go over some good Bill news and talk about the upcoming 50th anniversary celebrations.
The Goodies' series 5 opener 'The Movies' (1975) is the subject of this podcast ep, with Jeffers and Steve Gerlach having a right good natter about it.
Jane joins Jeffers for the Goodies News, which includes some Graeme Garden audio but no word of Billykins!
And of course, we all still love Tim Brooke-Taylor.
A farewell to Tim Brooke-Taylor, a cherished Goodie and comedy legend, who died on 12 April 2020.
R.I.P. Tim. We will miss you.
We look at the The Goodies' various side-hustles, dodgy schemes and all manner of non-Goodies business. Plus lots of Goodies news, including a new upcoming audio adventure from the Superchaps!
Jane and Jeffers discuss the Goodies' series 2 classic 'The Music Lovers', plus there's a chat with Steve Gerlach about what's missing from the recent Goodies complete BBC box set.
The Goodies BBC Collection box set has finally arrived, so Jeffers and Jane discuss the contents of this long-awaited DVD collection from Network Distribution, plus chat about the Goodies 1976 episode '2001 and a Bit'.
Link: Goodies BBC Collection set at Network On Air
A quick news roundup featuring a snippet from Toby Hadoke's Who's Round discussing Broaden Your Mind (how Nick McArdle met TBT), a script for sale on eBay, and no box set yet.
Toby Hadoke's Who's Round 218
Goodies script for sale on eBay UK
A Hamish and Dougal (ISIHAC) stage show was performed at the Chorley Little Theatre in September 2016. Jeffers chats with the man behind the show, Ian Robinson, to find out how he adapted their radio adventures to the stage. Jings!
Hamish and Dougal on Wikipedia
Chorley Little Theatre
Goodies Podcast on Facebook
This episode we discuss the Goodies' series four classic 'Invasion of the Moon Creatures'. Jane sympathises with the rabbits, Steve slates Kubrick, and Jeffers tries to hold it all together.
All hail Big Bunny!
Goodies Podcast on Twitter
Goodies Podcast on Facebook
Superstar (1973) - this series 3 special is covered by Jeffers, podcasting solo in the 150th edition of the Goodies Podcast.
Goodies news & happenings for April 2016. Includes DVD boxset news, Bill Oddie to New Zealand and more.
Link: Bill Oddie at the Auckland Writers Festival
Link: Anything Anywhere Anytime [BBC Radio]
The Goodies Podcast is back for 2015 with an episode covering series 4's THE STONE AGE. Jeffers and Jane chat about the Superchaps' subterranean adventures in the belly of the beast, Stevie Rigsby brings you a tune, and there's an update on co-host Steve Gerlach's move from the Embassy.
https://twitter.com/goodiespodcast
Steve & Jeffers meet to discuss the Goodies' series 5 non-classic 'Cunning Stunts' and demonstrate Graeme's long-lost crisis cookery.
Jeffers & Jane chat about the following: Graeme appears on BBC Radio 4 in 'The Frequency of Laughter'. Bill appears in episode 15 of 'Holiday of My Lifetime' on BBC TV. David Quantick lauds Graeme in '52 First Impressions'. Plus Quiz and Tweet Tally!
The Goodies' series 6 classic 'It Might As Well Be String' gets looked at by Jane, Steve & Jeffers. Plus quiz!
The Goodies' series nine LWT episode Change of Life gets dissected by the podcast team. Including the original 1982 ad break.
Link to the ad break from Change of Life in 1982: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IKDAMnGC1s
A simple homespun Goodies Christmas including news, quiz and a chat about 40 years of The Goodies in Australia.
Interview with author David Stringer, whose fine book The Insect Hotel is heartily endorsed by Bill Oddie.
http://theinsecthotel.com/
Jeffers & Jane bring you the latest happenings involving The Goodies, while Steve is subjected to the GROK November quiz.
Jeffers & Jane read the news, look at the Goodies in feature films and do GROK's September Quiz.
As Bill Oddie concludes his Australian tour, Jeffers records all sorts of peripheral nonsense and the gig itself...
Goodies news, Bill tour info, Steve & Megan return, and Jeffers & Jane prepare to be oddified by watching Bill's appearances on Australian TV.
All three Goodies were on Australian breakfast TV recently and Bill Oddie was taking over the airwaves. The trandem is soon to hit the streets of Aussie cities and all of this is hot gossip for Jeffers and Jane-o. Plus the Goodies Twitter league tables!
So much stuff! We chat to Goodies fan artist Jenny Doyle, provide a commentary for Come Dancing (or 'Wicked Waltzing') and throw in a quiz. Enjoy!
Promoter of the Bill Oddie Australia Tour, Mr Justin Karcher, chats with Jeffers about what the antipodeans can look forward to from Billykins OBE. Plus there's news and a round of Goodies Celebrity Heads.
Well, it's Easter around the world and what better time to sit down and do the Goodies Podcast commentary on everyone's favorite Goodies Easter Episode!
Except there isn't one... so, failing that... how about the one with giant eggs?
So sit back with your chockies and your favorite bunny, and get your beans out for the story with that famous line guaranteed to make any man smile...
"Five Thousand Puppies!!!!!"
Ep 130 features a lot of Bill, Linda Kay top trumps in LA, Steven Schapansky getting quizzed, the 'lovely' Ami McDonald news and more. Cheers!
Link to The Memory Cheats
Graeme Garden has turned 70 and we celebrate the decades of his comedy genius with a little help from our friends.
Jeffers & Jane are heading off to the USA but are letting you know what podcasty things to expect while they are there. Get updated!
All good things come to an end - friendships, relationships, vacations... visits to cheerleaders... lives and loves... Superstars, Super Hats and Superchaps Three...
Back in the real world once again, Steve and Megan take time out (30 minutes, in fact...no... 27... no... 26) to catch up with events from last year, and also to watch the final episode of the Goodies ever - Animals (but not THAT Animals, the LWT one!)
Be ready for daring ideas, daring comedy, daring bedroom scenes, vacation slide nights and a heck of a lot of swearing!
Revisit with us now, where it all ended... will it be a blast, or a whimper?
And will Steve survive the week????
Jeffers & Jane bring you the latest news and a commentary for Hype Pressure, so don't be square Daddio - get slashin'!
Jane & Jeffers discuss the debut of Tim Brooke-Taylor's chucklesome ANIMAL ANTICS. Sit Sparky. Good dog.
What did The Goodies do in 2012? Jane and Jeffers tell you all about it. Happy new year!
Isabell hears tales of 70s & 80s fandom from Veronica Patrick, who attended Goodies and ISIHAC recordings, plays and even book launches!
A brief look back at the Goodies Rule OK! Official Fan Club newsletter - The Clarion & Globe' - after its final edition in November 2012.
A chat with superfans Pete Merrett & Olga Ruocco, who were there in person from the 1960s onwards, watching the recordings of ISIRTA, The Goodies, ISIHAC, Monty Python and so much more. Starring Isabell Olevall from The Sveeden!
It's Saturday night and time to get down and dirty with the Disco Heave!
So, pull up your carrot underpants, step into your tight pants and get ready to go Grease Cyclin' with Tim Travolta and Olivia Newton-Grayboots (live from Disco Bilius), while Steve packs his bags for his trip to Texas to meet the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders! Heaven!! :)
The Chaser decides ... to chat about Channel 7's 'The Unbelievable Truth'. Yes! Andrew Hansen had a 'talk' with the Goodies Podcast about bringing Graeme Garden's radio creation to life on Australian television.
Graeme appears on Australian telly in The Unbelievable Truth and we break it down for Goodies fans across the globe. Enjoy!
Yes, Steve and Megan are back for a second week running, controlling Goodies HQ from the very most end of the earth while Jane and Jeffers are M.I.A.
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR PODCAST
Everything is under control.
Steve and Megan take a second stab at the shows that came before The Goodies in the hope of spotting a TBT special appearance, while also breathing a sigh of relief to be rid of Cleese and Chapman, having replaced them with the terrific trio of Palin, Jones and Idle.
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR PODCAST
Normality will return next week...maybe.
We think. Perhaps...
So, when is the next Goodies DVD coming out, and what should be on it? Jeffers and Jane debate the methods by which a new set of 8 should be chosen.
We're all imprisoned in one way or another... in our minds, our bodies, our lives... by our work, our families, where we live, or the embassy... but what happens when you let yourself go? What happens when you stop taking care of yourself? Will your friends come to your aid and help you through it all? Or will they just miss you...unless they aim carefully?
Goodies Podcast 109 brings you a commentary of Chubby Chumps, me darlin's... and some lovely gugglegum nusic!! Clunk click!
Jane and Jeffers give a second opinion on the Garden / Oddie show 'Astronauts', plus bring you some Mastermind and other Goodies newsy bits. Cheers!
Wrapping up the Goodies games trio of commentaries is Winter Olympics, with Jane and Jeffers on the mic. Plus news and quiz!
Olympic fever hits the GP for half an hour as we look at the 1980 episode 'a kick in the arts'.
Yes, Megan and Steve are back on the commentary couch, strapping themselves in and blasting off as they take a look at the recently released to DVD comedy ASTRONAUTS, which was penned by our very own Billykins and Graybags.
ASTRONAUTS is possibly as far away from THE GOODIES as you can imagine, and Steve and Megan go boldly beyond, to see if our intrepid boys overshot their landing with this series... or maybe even blew up on takeoff.
Comedy gold? Worthy of a "complete series" DVD release? Or something best forgotten, orbiting a faraway star? You decide, once Steve and Megan have.
Goodies stunt coordinator Stuart Fell chats with Jeffers about the thrills and spills of filming the show's dangerous bits. Fan-tastic!
The final part of Jenny Doyle's goody-tastic music poll, where we reveal the top 10 Goodies tunes from the episodes, as voted by YOU.
Boom! Goodies Podcast deploys the dynamite with a deadly duo of Bill Oddie speaking and JJ Garden tweaking. Oh, and Steve sings again. Bless you, yes YOU, lovely Goodies fan!
Steve & Megan go rapid-fire royal while packing, and Jenny Gibbon brings you part four of the Goodies Music Poll.
Farm Fresh Food is commented upon by J & J while camping in the West Australian wilderness. Plus there's part three of Jenny Gibbon's music poll! We're all secret lemonade drinkers :)
Part two of the Goodies Music Poll, plus a commentary for 'The Greenies' by Jeffers and Jane. Cheers!
Favourite Goodies song? We asked you. Jenny Doyle has the results; in the first of 4 segments, Jenny reveals the tracks that scored a whopping zero votes. Sacrilege! Plus TBT and Bill news, & NEKROFEIST's Goodies theme tribute.
Well, down here at the bottom of the world, it's winter. So that means short cold days and longer colder nights. And what's a girl to do? Getting up early for bootcamp at the gym three days a week and then going to work, coming home to slave over a hot stove to look after her Steevie. Yes, in the end, she gets run down and illness catches up with her. There's nothing for it, she just has to climb into bed and..... Snooooze!
So, with Megan under the weather and Steve as fit as a fiddle, your trusty podcasterians decide to hit up the second episode of the Goodies and see if Snooze can make Megan feel a little better. Will she survive? Can she hold out to the end? Will the sickness be too powerful and finally do her in? Is her life insurance up to date? And just what does a fine set of lungs and Horlicks have to do with an early Goodies episode anyway?
Find out now, on Goodies Podcast 95 - Snooze!
Plug the kids' ears - it's an improv commentary on the Goodies' playgirl antics in 'Caught in the Act'. Plus we get the answer to the question "What will Bill Oddie be worth in 50 years?".
Culture for the Masses - a commentary for this series 2 ep, featuring Jeffers and Jane.
It's April 1, It's time for fun,
There's people all around.
Sharing laughs, And joking parts,
It's time to be the clown.
Our Superchaps Three, The Goodies they be,
Are here to entertain us. With noses of balls,
And slapstick falls, It is the "Clown Virus."
So come one and all, For tales short and tall,
On this very April Fools Day. When Steve and Megan,
One mad, one Vegan, Watch poisoned "soup" come into play.
So this is the truth, Or is it a spoof?
It's up to you to decide. For this is podcast ninety-one,
On Fools Day April 1, The truth's between the lies!
Julian Chagrin, a master of visual comedy, played the role of Maxie Grease in the Goodies' special 'Superstar'. Jeffers was very excited to join Julian as he lifted the lid on a fascinating career including a Rose of Montreaux, an Oscar nomination, two successful series' and more classic commercials than you can whack with a black pudding. Best interview ever!
Rosie Oddie and Mr Hudson give Jeffers the lowdown on the new BIGkids single 'Drum in Your Chest'.
Taking time away from caring for a sick rabbit, Steve and Megan decide to visit the Commentary Couch for an episode of our Super Chaps which involves our four-legged friends. And so they turn to ANIMALS, the Series 8 episode which provides us with every-changing comedy greatness, from an animal-led economic recovery, to revolting sheep, Rabid Frost and a quick rabbit stew. It also contains the most disturbing and unsettling ending to a Goodies episode ever!
"Nosebulb? I don't see no Nosebulb!"
Nicole Lovell tells Jeffers about her adventures at the TV recordings for Graeme Garden's UNBELIEVABLE TRUTH.
Trandem! (featuring Paul Litchfield of 'The Trap') ...and of course the 69th birthday of Graeme Garden.
Are our beloved Goodies really so good? Or are they a public menace? All four of our hosts look at the Goodies' adventures through a prism of half-baked ethics philosophy to find out...
The Goodies series 9 opener 'Snow White 2' was chosen for J & J this week (thanks Steve and Megan) so they try to make the best of it, helped by news of the 2012 Slapstick event in Bristol.
Yes, Steve and Megan are back from their extended Christmas/New Year break and they're on the ball and ready for some Goodies Commentary brilliance.
Or are they?
Resorting to Plan C, they play Goodies Roulette, gambling on the chance they just might hit the jackpot.
But will they?
No matter where the ball lands,
Red or black,
You're sure to get a Commentary,
With a Goodies Sountrack!
Listen as our hosts let the fickle finger of Fate guide them to this week's Goody Good Goodies fun!
Where is the original Kitten Kong? We have no idea, but decide to look at the facts of the case.
It's a space-hopping London to Brighton trip with Jane and Jeffers, commenting on the charity bounce - and the great news that Graeme Garden is now on Twitter! @GraemeGarden1
After a commentary for the series 7 opener Alternative Roots, Jeffers chats to The Saucy Gibbon's Jess Pickles about The Unbelievable Truth.
A fresh look at Jon Pertwee's gig on the Goodies, through the eyes of Mr Paul (Pharos Project) and two-thirds of Radio Free Skaro (Steven Schapansky and Chris Burgess!)
http://www.radiofreeskaro.com/
http://thepharosproject.libsyn.com/
http://goodiespodcast.libsyn.com/
Jeffers and Steve have all the latest NEWS and there's a lot of it this week :) Timbo in a new pilot comedy, Bill on radio and live in person, ISIHAC and Hamish & Dougal, a vintage interview released by the East Anglia Film Archive, and more!
Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie... our comedy Gods. We are honored to know their comedic brilliance through The Goodies - the slapstick, the witty cutting remarks, the perfect set ups for the well-timed falls. But who influenced them? Who were the stars of their youth that they studied as they honed their own acting skills? Who are the Comedy Gods our Superchaps Three worship? And do those Gods still pack a punch today?
In this, the first of an infrequent series, we look back at the work of Buster Keaton, the silent film comedy star from America, who both Tim and Graeme have said they were heavily influenced by. Having never seen any of his work before, both Steve and Megan sit down on the Commentary Couch to see if watching Keaton is like watching a Goodies episode, and to try to spot any Goodies parallels in these silent classics that are nearly 100 years old.
As Buster himself would say... " "
So sit back and enjoy this extra long Goodies Podcast, and the brilliance of The Great Stone Face.
The Goodies' series 9 fancy footwork in Football Crazy is commented upon by Jeffers and Jane. Includes news and competition info.
Bill Banana Bundy!
We look at Bill Oddie's 1970s morning kids show The Saturday Banana and also Bill's appearance in a trio of episodes of the US classic sitcom Married With Children.
Star Wars figures, baseball cards, china pots, TARDISes, pet rocks, Avril Lavigne's home address... everyone collects something. But do you have a Collection of Goodies? Lost in time and unshown in Australia, this rare clip episode has been seen by few and discussed by fewer (unless you have the DVDs.) So, come along for the ride as Steve and Megan provide a fast-paced commentary to a fast-paced special episode...one which Steve has never even seen! Slacker! Bring your Sherbert and get ready for some slapstick highjinks, some shameless plugs, a bare-chested Bill and just try to say "Strip Scrabble" three times fast.
Bill, Bill and more BILL. Mr Oddie on telly (Would I Lie To You), on the web answering our question, and in actuality at the Save Wild Tigers Forum.
Plus... SPACEHOPPING!