I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue Episode 6 Now on BBC Sounds

Back for a second week at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, Tim Brooke-Taylor is joined on the panel by programme stalwarts Susan Calman, Richard Osman and Rob Brydon with Jack Dee in the chair. Piano accompaniment is provided by Colin Sell.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001mnx 

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue Episode 5 now on BBC Sounds

The godfather of all panel shows pays a visit to Venue Cymru in Llandudno. Regular Tim Brooke-Taylor is joined on the panel by programme stalwarts Susan Calman, Richard Osman and Rob Brydon with Jack Dee in the chair. Colin Sell accompanies on the piano.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001hkc 

Welcome to the new Saucy Gibbon website!

(Pinned)


In wake of the recent New Goodies DVD box set events. 😁

I thought it was time to bring back the Saucy Gibbon with some extra new 'nice connections' as well.

T's a lot different to how it use to be in someways. But I have started a new Saucy Gibbon forum, as (I'm not sure what has happened to the previous one). 
You will need to create a new account on there in order to post threads etc.

The website and forum also work on phones.

So https://the-saucy-gibbon.blogspot.com/ is the new home for The Saucy Gibbon!

And also a new hub for all Good-Goody News! Plus Clue etc, etc. 😊

Available from Today - Andrew Pixley Goodies books and Cricklewood Tapes CD

From Network Distributing's Newslestter today!

Early Christmas Goodies! ALL AVAILABLE SEPARATELY FROM NETWORKONAIR! The Goodies DVD File: an overview of Graeme, Bill and Tim's careers, beginning at Cambridge and working through to the post-Goodies era, bringing the story right up to date. The Goodies Book of Criminal Recordings: an episode-by-episode analysis of the entire Goodies output, including their ITV series and an index covering commercial recordings and other endeavours. The Cricklewood Tapes: a three-CD set of original session recordings made for the series – including music, adverts and stings. ORDER NOW

Bill on 'For Facts Sake' BBC One 19/11/2018

Bill appeared on 'For Facts Sake' (quiz programme about extraordinary facts) as an expert. 

Here is the blurb on the programmes page...

Brendan O'Carroll hosts the quiz about ordinary people and their extraordinary facts, with team captains and sisters Danny O'Carroll and Fiona O'Carroll. The last episode imparts some incredible facts on subjects ranging from the Olympics to onions. Expert guest Bill Oddie flies in to teach everyone about birds and Pat 'Pepsi' Shields reveals another side to Queen Victoria.

And here is the link to catch up on the show...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bsrpss

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue Episode 2 of Series 70 now available on BBC Sounds

Episode 2

'This week the programme pays a return visit to the Lighthouse concert hall in Poole where regulars Tim Brooke-Taylor and Barry Cryer are once again joined on the panel by Tony Hawks and John Finnemore, with Jack Dee in the chair. At the piano - Colin Sell..

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I'm Sorry I haven't a Clue Series 70

The 70th series of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, started today (12/11/2018).

Featuring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Tony Hawks, Barry Cryer, John Finnemore and Jack Dee as host.
Plus Colin at the Piano.

You can catch up on this weeks episode via BBC Sounds (formally the Iplayer Radio).

ISIHAC Episode 1 S70

Another interview from The Goodies at Post Office Tower

This was found on the Goodiesruleok.com forum. It's a second interview with the super chaps, at the BT tower from the 24th September. Done by the Record Collector Magazine.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Au6gpraKaw

The Goodies (plus Barry Cryer and Colin Sell at Slapstick 2019!

The Goodies are returning to the Slapstick Festival in Bristol. 

Here is the info... 


COMPLETE GOODIES: RICHARD HERRING IN CONVERSATION WITH TIM, BILL AND GRAEME

Saturday, 19 January 2:00pm

Finally! The last, great, unreleased DVD box set has seen the light of day. For the first time ever anywhere in the world, every episode of THE GOODIES has been released for obsessive fans - young and old.


To celebrate, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie reunite on stage at Bristol Old Vic for a unique afternoon in conversation. Graeme, Tim and Bill will talk about their sparkling career in comedy and the enduring popularity of ‘The Goodies’ decades on. Prepare for delight and discovery as ardent fan Richard Herring rummages through his new box set for classic clips from one of the best-loved TV comedies.

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As well as The Goodies event, there is also an event with Bill and comedian Robin Ince. At the Slapstick Festival in Bristol


LAUREL & HARDY: WAY OUT WEST (1937)
INTRO FROM BILL ODDIE AND ROBIN INCE
Friday, 18 Jan 10:00pm Bristol Old Vic

In this classic comedy from Stan & Ollie, a prospector enlists the pair to deliver the deed for a goldmine to his daughter Mary in Brushwood Gulch. When they arrive in the small village, Mary’s sinister guardian pretends to be Mary, thus fooling the hapless duo into handing over the deed. Upon meeting the real Mary, the pair realise their mistake and set about getting the deed into the rightful owner’s hands. Considered by many – including Bill Oddie – to be Laurel & Hardy’s finest and funniest film, this screening is proceeded by a brief onstage chat with Robin Ince and Bill Oddie.


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Barry and Colin Sell are also included in the Slapstick line up at next years festival.


BARRY CRYER AND COLIN SELL: LIVE AGAIN!
Sunday, 20 January 8:00pm

In yet another farewell tour, Baz returns, reunited with Colin Sell who refuses to take no for an answer. Barry Cryer, still a “Sprightly Veteran” (Undertaker’s Gazette) and Colin Sell a “Legendary Virtuoso” (Pensioner’s Weekly) combine to entertain you with songs, jokes and the amazing realisation that they’re still here.

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Binge of Goodies items -Goodies CD and books to be released!

This came from Network yesterday! And great news for those who didn't get hold of the Limited edition set in June. 

These are being released on 3rd Dec 2019

The Goodies:
The Cricklewood Tapes

Happy Friday!

We have some early Christmas Goodies (pun intended) to announce, starting with...

Since the early days of television, programme-makers have used music to enhance their visuals – but few did it as well as The Goodies. So intrinsic is the show’s music that it is impossible to imagine its absence – it isn’t in the show, it’s of the show.

The sessions on this set feature some fan favourites – Dumb Animals, Berserk, Working the Line, Bonecrusher – as well as the only remaining element from the original version of Kitten Kong.

PRE-ORDER NOW 


The Goodies:
The Goodies DVD File

Another One...

An overview of Graeme, Bill and Tim's careers, beginning at Cambridge and working through to the post-Goodies era, bringing the story right up to date. Written by archive television historian Andrew Pixley.

PRE-ORDER NOW

The Goodies:
The Goodies Book of Criminal Recordings

One More...

An episode-by-episode analysis of the entire Goodies output, including their ITV series and an index covering commercial recordings and other endeavours. Written by archive television historian Andrew Pixley.

PRE-ORDER NOW

And of course if you don't own The Goodies: The Complete BBC Years boxset yet, you can also buy a copy from Network, Amazon and HMV

The Goodies in Mail on Sunday's 'Event Magazine'

There is a huge spread in The Mail on Sunday's EVENT magazine containing a fantastic interview , with also The trio making the front page too.

Some great photos, including one with The Guys standing with (THEE) Trandem.

The interview is quite big for this feed, But I will post it up instead in the forum. :)

But here is the front page of 'EVENT'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-6159025/The-Goodies-Python-rivalry-famous-fans-BBC.html

ISIHAC NEWSLETTER - First recording date announced for Autumn Series

ISIHAC NEWSLETTER

 

Dear I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Mailing List Member,

 

Here are details of the first recording in the Autumn 2018 series of “I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue”:

 

The recording will take place as follows:

 

Friday 19^th October at the Lighthouse Concert Hall, Poole. This will be a double recording of the show (i.e. 2 programmes will be recorded) for broadcast on BBC Radio 4.

 

Tickets will be priced at £6.00 and are obtainable from 10am on Tuesday 18^th September.  Tickets are available to purchase in person via the theatre’s Box Office, by telephone on 01202 280000, or online via the theatre’s website.

 

For those wishing to purchase tickets in person, the address is:Lighthouse, 21 Kingland Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1UG. The The Box Office opening times are Monday 11am – 5pm (telephone sales only) and Tuesday to Saturday 11am-8pm.

 

The recording starts at 7.30pm and will be finished around 10.30pm. Tickets will be limited to a strict maximum of 4 per applicant, by whatever booking system. Demand for tickets is very great, so you are advised to purchase early to avoid disappointment; you should also allow for queue waiting times for the Box Office, either by phone or in person, to be longer than usual.

 

The 70^th series will begin transmission on Radio 4 from Monday 12^th November at 6.30pm.

 

With best wishes

 

Jon Naismith

Producer, "I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue"

New - Wonderful feature Interview with all 3 Goodies in October's issue of 'The Oldie'

The Goodies have the last laugh

Messed around by the BBC, dropped by ITV, and then sadly ignored, Graeme, Bill and Tim are celebrating the DVD release of their complete works, they tell Harry Mount

Harry Mount
Goodies! Goody goody yum yum… To people of a certain vintage, the words snap you back to the 1970s – and a unique mix of slapstick, silent comedy, silliness and satire created by Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor.

The Goodies rode high in the television ratings – for the BBC from 1970 to 1980, and then at ITV until 1982. But then ITV cancelled the series. And the grumpy old BBC refused to show repeats in the intervening 36 years, the odd late-night airing apart.

And so The Goodies slipped into a memory hole – cherished by adults and children who were around in the 1970s, but otherwise strangely stranded in time.

But the boys are back! All 67 half-hour episodes are now available on DVD for the first time.

Talking to them, it’s striking what pleasure they take in recalling the programme – and their days in the Cambridge Footlights nearly 60 years ago. Graeme Garden, 75, was in the year below Bill Oddie, 77, and Tim Brooke-Taylor, 78.

When Graeme Garden – training to be a doctor – met Oddie and Brooke-Taylor, he was, at his own admission, a little unsure of himself.

‘I was far too afraid to join the Footlights to begin with,’ he says. ‘I joined Cambridge University Light Entertainments – known as Cules. Thank God I didn’t join the Cambridge University National Trust Society.’

Garden says this deadpan – just like he delivers his one-liners on I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, where he appears alongside Brooke-Taylor – while he waits for me to work out the acronym.

All three come across like their Goodies screen characters. Garden is quiet but breaks the silence to drop in the brilliant one-liners. He recalls delivering babies in Plymouth: ‘Ark Royal had been in nine months before – so it was quite a busy time.’

‘Graeme’s always been like that,’ says Oddie. ‘Says nothing and then drops in the perfect jeu de mots, and everyone says, “Oh, isn’t he witty?” ’

Oddie is effusive and chatty. ‘He always talks more than us two, but he’s manageable,’ says Brooke-Taylor, who’s affable, mild and gentle.

‘The casting in The Goodies is spot-on,’ says Oddie. ‘Graeme has got a touch of the scientist, Tim has got a touch of the golfer, and I wouldn’t wear suits. Class was there definitely.’


Garden agrees: ‘Tim with a hyphen was the posh boy. I was the science boy and Bill was the scruffy little oik. Tim reckons he’s the most unlike his character.’

You can see their dynamic at work on Top of the Pops when The Goodies sing their 1975 hit Funky Gibbon – composed, like all their music, by Oddie.

‘Bill is absolutely enjoying it, Graeme looks like he wishes he was 1,000 miles away, and I’m in-between,” says Brooke-Taylor. ‘Still, I’ve always had two dreams: to score the winning goal in the World Cup, and to be on Top of the Pops with Pan’s People. I’ve done one out of two.’

Garden denies he hated the song, saying, ‘I just didn’t want to show them up with my funky disco moves.’

There is constant teasing between them but it is clearly affectionate.

‘We never had rows,’ says Garden, ‘Because there were three of us, you always had a two-to-one majority. We never took ourselves seriously enough to get vicious.’

They still get on well together but rarely reunite.

‘It’s their fault – they both moved out of London,’ says Oddie, who lives in the capital. ‘Graeme is near Oxford and Tim is in Cookham Dean. I began to bristle when I saw Graeme mutter and look at his watch because he wanted to go home.’

Untangling the birth of The Goodies requires a doctorate in comedy history. Peter Cook was Footlights president in 1960; Tim Brooke-Taylor in 1963; Graeme Garden in 1964; Eric Idle in 1965. And then the future Pythons and Goodies mingled on revues and TV comedies throughout the 1960s.

‘I compare it to a football team or a band,’ says Oddie. ‘They exchange a lead singer every now and then.’

So, when the BBC commissioned the first Goodies series in 1970, all three were drenched in the same influences as the Pythons.

‘The ghost of Peter Cook had been very strong at Cambridge,’ says Garden. ‘Everything we did was labelled satire. We wanted to shake that off. And so we went back to music hall for The Goodies. We were also influenced by silent movies, particularly Buster Keaton, animated cartoons and the Beano.’

The Goodies was distinguished from sketch shows by having a half-hour story, each with a new theme.

‘That’s the problem with a sketch show – you have to have a punchline,’ says Brooke-Taylor. ‘We were anti-Establishment – I think that’s why we’re popular in Australia and Scotland. And not being able to swear encouraged us to be funnier – even if there were some camp parts I wouldn’t do now.’

The only premise was that the three of them lived together and would do ‘anything, anytime, anywhere’.

‘Living together is a good theme, like Morecambe and Wise and the Marx Brothers,’ says Brooke-Taylor. ‘It means you don’t have to go into stories about wives and girlfriends.’

The programme was spiced up with guest stars. ‘Patrick Moore was a punk in one episode,’ recalls Garden. ‘We also had a lot of women who weren’t just eye candy – Beryl Reid as Mary Whitehouse [called Desiree Carthorse in the show], June Whitfield, Jane Asher...’

Garden and Oddie wrote The Goodies, with each writing a separate half, and then meeting to splice the halves together. They would swap verbal and visual gags, too.

‘I did the least,’ says Brooke-Taylor. ‘The hard graft was done by Graeme and Bill.’

Before writing, they drew up what they called ‘a Panorama list’ of themes. ‘Anything with a strong image,’ says Oddie. ‘If it was topical, it was no bad thing.’

That explains the 1975 episode attacking police violence in apartheid South Africa. The BBC objected, complaining it wasn’t funny enough. So they added in more jokes, and the episode was aired.

‘We’d often put two incongruous things together,’ says Oddie, ‘Kung fu was big at the time, and we were all from the North. So we came up with Ecky Thump.’

That 1975 episode – about a Lancashire martial art, involving hurling black puddings while wearing flat caps – was the one that led to a fan dying from laughing so much.

The most famous programme was Kitten Kong, the 1971 episode about a giant kitten terrorising London, climbing the Post Office Tower and squashing Michael Aspel. Oddie devised the idea from a rejected sketch he’d written for Ronnie Barker about Barker taking a super-powered kitten for a walk.

The Goodies moved to ITV in 1980 when the BBC dithered about commissioning another series. They were paid three times as much at ITV – and the series was more lavishly filmed.

When a new boss chopped the programme in 1982, the BBC was still annoyed at the trio leaving – and remained annoyed for decades, refusing to run repeats.

‘ “I have to remind you that the Goodies left the BBC,” was the response when fans asked for repeats,’ says Oddie.

The programme appealed to grown-ups and children, even though it originally went out at 10pm before being brought back to 9pm.

‘I get children from then saying, “I grew up with you,”’ says Oddie. ‘I tell them, “No one watching The Goodies ever grew up.” ’

‘The Goodies: The Complete BBC Collection’ is released on 24th September (£79.99)

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If you want to obtain a copy of this issue and interview head below for more info
https://mailchi.mp/theoldie/my-grandfather-wrote-the-princesss-speech-and-more-in-the-june-oldie-3090865?e=1e06f241ca

News - Win a Copy of The Goodies: The Complete BBC Series DVD Boxset

From The Goodies Rule Ok and the recent Clarion and Globe Newsletter...

'As we are now just over month away till the big day... Network distributing are giving away 1 copy of The Goodies - The BBC Years DVD Boxset! 

So… to win this fabulous Boxset…

Create your own Goodies (Fan-Fiction) Mock Ad.

Write, draw, or even make a video - for a Goodies Mock Advertisement. The best Ad will win The Goodies - The BBC Years DVD Boxset. 

The runner up will get a special Clarion and Globe Goodies badge. And both mock ads, shall also feature in Octobers issue of the C&G.

Deadline date for entries will be posted up on Grok and in September’s newsletter. 

Send your Mock Ad into the Clarion and Globe e-mail address: clarion@goodiesruleok.com

Please make sure to include your e-mail address when sending in your entry - (just in case you become the winner of The Goodies - The BBC Years DVD Boxset!!!)

Update!

Deadline for entries: 15th October 2018

BEST OF LUCK!

Thanks must go to Network Distributing for offering the copy of The Goodies - The BBC Years DVD Boxset for this competition.'

News- 'The Goodies: The Complete BBC Collection [DVD]' Pre-order price reduced to £59.99

The pre-order price for 'The Goodies: The Complete BBC Collection [DVD]' has been reduced again now at £59.99.  

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Goodies-Complete-BBC-Collection-DVD/dp/B07F11KZJP/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1536179344&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Goodies

Also it seems the cover sleeve for the box set has been updated.

Website Update - New Broaden Your Mind pages Added

There is now a  page for Broaden Your Mind with all the episodes from the Audio Only You tube page.

Broaden Your Mind Page

New - The Imitation Game panel show on ITV (created by Graeme and Jon Naismith)

From ITV.com Press Centre page....

'The Imitation Game is a high-energy panel show for ITV hosted by Alexander Armstrong, that sees team captains and top impressionists Rory Bremner and Debra Stephenson lead teams of the UK’s favourite mimics and comedians in a number of fast-paced games and challenges.

 

Each week, both teams go head-to-head as they re-enact iconic movie scenes, re-voice news footage, blast out some surprising cover versions and put unlikely words in the mouths of all kinds of celebrities.

 

This week, Rory Bremner and Debra Stephenson are joined by special guests Luke Kempner and Jess Robinson to perform a series of comedy games. Featuring a dazzling array of voices, some horribly miscast movies, show-stopping musical impersonations and an hilarious attempt to date Christopher Biggins.'

 

This panel show was created by Graeme Garden and Jon Naismith.

And starts tomorrow (Sunday 2nd September) at 10,05pm on ITV.

https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1week36/imitation-game

News- The Goodies Trandem from The LWT series to be Auctioned.

From Cyclist Magazine...

'Iconic 'Trandem' from The Goodies up for auction

JOE ROBINSON
29 AUG 2018

Three-man bike that grace British comedy across two

 decades to be sold at auction next month

Fans of 1970s comedy and cycling may want to put their hands into their pockets as the three-rider 'trandem' that played a pivotal part in The Goodies will be put on sale at Ewbank's Auction, Surrey next month.

The Goodies were a trio of British comedians, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie (before the bird watching) who created and starred in one of the most iconic comedy programmes of the 1970s and 80s.

Many of their antics took place upon this iconic three-person bike, known at the Trandem, which Brooke-Taylor, Garden and Oddie all rode.

There were three different Trandems - one for each series - and Ewbank's Auctions will be selling the blue bike which featured in the final series.

The bike was originally sold by Sotheby's in 1987 before collectors then sold the bike on to comedy trio The Trap in 2004 for their Edinburgh Festival Show.'

Article found on Cyclist Magazine http://www.cyclist.co.uk/news/5229/iconic-trandem-from-the-goodies-up-for-auction

News - The Goodies: The Complete BBC Series Boxset Now Available for Pre-Order via Network's Website

Network distributing have now made The Goodies: The Complete BBC Series Box set available for pre-order via there own website https://networkonair.com/coming-soon/2875-goodies-the-the-complete-bbc-collection-pre-order-

You can also still pre-order The DVD boxset from Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Goodies-Complete-BBC-Collection-DVD/dp/B07F11KZJP/

News - The Goodies: The Complete BBC Collection - Pre-Order Price Reduced

The price for the new Goodies box set has now been reduced to £69.99 on Amazon. If you have already pre-ordered yours (via Amazon) at the previous price. The pre-order garantee says 'if the Amazon.co.uk price decreases between the time you place your order and the release date, you'll be charged the lowest price."   

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07F11KZJP/

News - Bill Oddie in "The Dandy, A Comic Celebration" on BBC Radio Scotland

Bill Oddie appears in the BBC Radio Scotland Show "The Dandy, A Comic Celebration" to reminisce about reading the comic and about doing some of the voices for the "Bananaman" TV series. The show can be heard on the BBC iPlayer at The Dandy, A Comic Celebration

News - I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue 17 CD, Released 9th August 2018

I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue 17 CD is set to be released on 9th August. And is also available for pre-order via Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Im-Sorry-Havent-Clue-Award-Winning/dp/1787530159

Forum Moderator Vacancies

If anyone fancies being a moderator on the New Saucy Gibbon Forum.
Just reply to the post in the forum.

News - I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, Series 69 on BBC Iplayer

All 6 episodes of the recent 69th series of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (including Tim and Graeme's episodes) are now on the iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qnwb/episodes/player

News - The Goodies: The Complete BBC Collection

From Networks newsletter


'Missed out on a copy of our Limited Edition Goodies boxset? Don’t worry, The Goodies are (still) coming for you, and you, and you…


‘The Goodies: The Complete BBC Collection’ contains all the episodes that the terrific trio made for the BBC - from a giant white fluffy kitten called Twinkle to a slippery climb up a giant beanstalk, from the ancient Lancastrian art of ‘Ecky Thump' to fighting a ban on fun instigated by an all-too-real puppet government, Network’s Cricklewood branch have been working overtime to ensure that no one misses out on any of The Goodies fun!


Available at amazon.co.uk.


PRE-ORDER NOW'