Very nice. The Goodies were all childhood heroes of mine, but particularly Graeme and Tim; though how far I am their secret offspring I must leave to the imagination of others.
I would say 'I can't quite believe I'd never seen The Goodies until a month ago', but considering the BBC's policy on repeating the series, I can believe it all too easily. I was, however, brought up on ISIRTA tapes, so watching the Goodies tends to feel oddly like rediscovering a half-forgotten bit of my subconscious at times ^_
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Which episode is this scene from? Ahead of its time in poking fun at homoerotic interpretations of male friendship in some ways, though it's just an extension of the all-male education experience, I suppose. Television writers seem actively to be flirting with a slash audience nowadays, with the various digs that end up in trailers for Lewis, so the scene changes its meaning when transplanted into a modern context.
I have some episodes of The Goodies second hand, on tape as off-air recordings from UK Gold in the early 1990s, and it was watched religiously by small boys in the 1970s. The attempt to remove the series from television comedy history is staggering, really.
It's from the episode 'Robot', from the (LWT) final series, wherein Tim and Graeme sack Bill in the name of efficiency and replace him with a robot, which is, however, brought up as their son. Goodies plays up the hoyay a *lot*, in the usual comedy 'if we make it funny we'll stop it being threatening' sort of way - Bill and Tim attempting (unsuccessfully) to learn to dance and Graeme walking in just as Tim screams 'LOOK, I AM THE WOMAN!', and promptly turning round and walking out; Graeme making appreciative remarks about Tim's legs, Bill making appreciative remarks about Graeme's legs (though nobody making appreciative remarks about Bill's legs); the exchange in 'The End' where Bill suggests they should all become 'bachelors gay' while putting his hand nonchalently on Tim's arm; not to mention a *lot* of camp stereotyping (Graeme in 'The Movies' and Graeme & Tim in 'Superstar' spring to mind immediately). It's pretty much fail from the queer perspective, but it was 70s light entertainment, so I guess hardly surprising. I don't know
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:D Tim's expression = approximately the best thing ever. Except maybe Grae's expression. Even if it always seems *subtly wrong* to see him without the sideburns...
I adore the early publicity shots. They all look like they're about twelve, possibly because they are. I maaaaay have been buying the Robert Ross Goodies reference books primarily so I can glee over the pictures.
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I have some episodes of The Goodies second hand, on tape as off-air recordings from UK Gold in the early 1990s, and it was watched religiously by small boys in the 1970s. The attempt to remove the series from television comedy history is staggering, really.
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I'm not usually a massive Bill fan, but he does look adorable there. Not as adorable as Tim though. ^_^
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I adore the early publicity shots. They all look like they're about twelve, possibly because they are. I maaaaay have been buying the Robert Ross Goodies reference books primarily so I can glee over the pictures.
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It's totally Graeme's little mischievous "I'm pretending to think this over, but..." smile that gets me. Yeah.
Gone for Grae :D
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