The Goodies Episode Reviews - 101 The Tower of London

The Tower of London

Someone is stealing the beef at The Tower of London, meaning that the world famous guards, the beef-eaters, are fading away. It's up to The Goodies to investigate.

Within minutes of opening their own business, the Goodies are hired by the commander of the beef eaters to investigate the bizarre theft of all the Tower of London's beef.

Soon realizing that the perpetrator is weakening the beef eaters so they can steal the crown jewels.

The Goodies volunteer to protect the treasures and soon find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy that goes higher than they could have ever imagined.

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The Goodies are a trio of British comedians: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, and Bill Oddie. They wrote for and performed in their eponymous television comedy show during the 1970s and early 1980s, combining sketches and situation comedy.

Tim Brooke-Taylor ... Tim Brooke-Taylor
Graeme Garden ... Graeme Garden
Bill Oddie ... Bill Oddie
George Baker ... Chief Beefeater
Max Latimer ... The Burglar
Gertan Klauber ... The Black Rod
Maria O'Brien  Maria O'Brien  ...  The Fairy Puff Girl

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Ernie Wise - Who is he? - British Comedy UK

Ernest Wiseman, OBE, known by his stage name Ernie Wise, was an English comedian, best known as one half of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise, who became a national institution on British television, especially for their Christmas specials.

The partnership lasted from 1941 until Eric Morecambe's death in 1984.

He was the co-star of the television series The Morecambe & Wise Show, which for some of its Christmas episodes gained UK viewing figures of over twenty-eight million people.

Ernest Wiseman, born in Bramley to Harry and Connie Wiseman who married in St Thomas Stanningley, was the eldest of five children, and changed his surname (as did his future partner) to go into show business. He attended Thorpe Infant and Junior School, and then East Ardsley Boys' School, but entered the entertainment industry in 1933, appearing as an actor and singer in music hall.





His father, Harry, a railway lamp man, was also a semi-professional singer, and they appeared together under the name "Bert Carson and his Little Wonder".










He started making solo appearances—singing, dancing, and telling jokes—in 1936, and in the autumn of 1938 he came to the attention of Bryan Michie, a leading juvenile talent spotter, who recommended him to the impresario Jack Hylton.

On 1 January 1985 he made the first public mobile phone call in the UK, from St Katharine Docks, East London, to Vodafone's Headquarters in Newbury, Berkshire. In 2015, it was reported that the actual first call was made a few hours earlier by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.






Wise was commonly regarded as the straight man of the partnership, although his role gradually and subtly changed over the years. When Eddie Braben took over as their chief writer, he enriched Wise's persona by making him pompous and naive.

Wise's character changed from being a conventional straight man into a pretentious and self-satisfied buffoon.

Braben also made Wise a would-be writer; their BBC shows in the 1970s would always climax with an extended sketch, introduced by Wise as "a play what I wrote."

Ernie Wise died from heart failure and a chest infection at the Nuffield Hospital, Wexham, near Slough, on the morning of 21 March 1999.

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Harry Worth

Harry Worth was a ground-breaking post-war British comedian, who introduced us to a new kind of comedy.

Despite his influence at the peak of his career, he appears to have been largely forgotten today. Those who do remember him usually only remember his famous trick in the shop window, used in the opening credits of his sitcom series Harry Worth.

He was one of the first comedians who allowed us to laugh at silliness again after World War Two.

He started out as a self-taught ventriloquist whilst he was with the RAF during the War. Before a performance he often warned his audience that he was not very good, perhaps the origin of his overly apologetic and inept comedy persona.

After the War he went on to join the variety circuit, supporting the likes of Laurel and Hardy!

Worth bucked the trend for brash comedy and outlandish characters at the time. Instead, he created a likeable, gentle and bumbling fellow, who was easily confused by simple and ordinary things in life, causing chaos and confusion as he went about his day. It was difficult to separate the comedian Harry from his on-screen alter ego, Harry!

His comedy mainly revolved around Harry attempting to carry out ordinary tasks: visiting the doctor, booking a holiday – and always causing bewilderment in those he interacted with as he failed to make himself understood.

Arguably as popular as Morecombe and Wise at the time, Harry Worth’s popular BBC sitcom Here’s Harry, later renamed Harry Worth, became the longest running sitcom ever at the time. It ran for over 10 years, and 100 episodes. Unfortunately, many episodes of Harry Worth’s shows were wiped by the BBC during the late 1960s to 1980s.

Harry Worth kept his private life private and didn’t become a celebrity figure outside his sitcom success. He rarely gave public appearances or interviews, and resisted publishers attempts to persuade him to write his biography.

The nature of television humour has changed so much over the decades. Could it be that Harry Worth’s gentle and innocent style has become so unfashionable with younger audiences, he’s been pushed out of the limelight?

Harry Worth’s ability to become frustrated with trivial matters can be seen as a direct inspiration for One Foot in The Graves’ iconic Victor Mildrew, even if Worth was a little less cantankerous!

The equally cheerful and hapless Frank Spencer from Some Mothers Do ‘Ave Em can also be linked to Worth’s bumbling character, and fans of Harry Hill’s silly, childish chappie undoubtedly have a lot of to thank Harry Worth for.

What have the BBC Ever Done For John Cleese?

John Cleese plunders a scene from Monty Python's Life Of Brian to plug the delights of the BBC TV licence. Although the BBC licence fee is certainly a contentious issue, I’m sure we can all agree that this advertisement is nonetheless very clever.

An excellent and forgotten old advert for the BBC TV Licence starring John Cleese doing a remake of his "What have the Romans Ever Done For Us" routine, and featuring a few familiar faces in the pub.

John Cleese - Customer

Michael Horden - Landlord / Drama

David Attenborough - Natural History

Peter West - Cricket

Peter Alice - Golf

David Coleman - Athletics

Dan Maskell - Wimbledon

Peter O'Sullivan - Racing

Steve Davis - Snooker

Moira Stewart, Frank Bough and Sue Lawley - News Coverage Trio

David Dimbleby - Politics

Peter Snow - Election

Alan Wicker - Documentaries

Esther Rantzen - Consumer Programs

Stephanie Turner (Juliet Bravo) - Series

John Humphries - sitting on table with Juliet Bravo

Barry Norman - Films

Jimmy Young - Radio 2

Mike Reid - Radio 1

Brian Johnstone - Radio 3

Kenneth Kendall - Radio 4

Peter Duncan, Janet Ellis, Bonnie, Simon Groom - Childrens TV

Patrick Moore - Science

David Jason, Ronnie Corbett, Ronnie Barker - Comedy

Ken Campbell - Alternative Comedy

Bob Geldof - Live Aid

Terry Wogan - Chat Shows