History Trivia / TheGoodies

** One Creator/{{BBC}} exec, who was trying to push the station into a trendier direction and had no time for its heritage of popular old shows, publicly said "Over my dead body!" to requests for Goodies re-runs. To this date the BBC has only ever repeated one episode, and that was far from being the best, as a grudging nod to the show's thirtieth anniversary.

* BigNameFan:
** ''[[Creator/OrsonWelles Orson bloody Welles]]'' of all people. He had seen Tim and Graeme's previous series, ''Broaden Your Mind'', and was so enthused by it that he enlisted Tim, Bill and Graeme to work on a short film with him in 1968 called ''One Man Band'', which sadly remained unfinished and unreleased, although [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ewT3wzhgq0 some of the footage]] featuring Tim, Graeme and Orson has survived. After this, Tim and Orson also both appeared in a 1969 Italian comedy film called ''The Thirteen Chairs'' (also known as ''12+1'').
** Creator/StevenSpielberg is also a fan, and attempted to make a ''Goodies'' movie in the mid-to-late seventies, which sadly didn't come to pass.

* FatalMethodActing: {{Averted}}. During the 1981 ChristmasSpecial "Snow White 2", the collapsing house scene went wrong, and fell on the trio, nearly killing them.

** Apparently the controller of the BBC hated the series over the episode "South Africa" (a satire about apartheid [[GoneHorriblyWrong that did not go very well with execs]]), but was unable to kill the show off due to its popularity. So while it had a good long run, there have been very, ''very'' few repeats of the show on British TV, even in recent years. For instance, their 30th anniversary was celebrated by... a cheaply made documentary and ''one'' repeated episode on TV. And Tim, Bill and Graeme had to take matters into their own hands to get the show out on DVD.

** ''[[Creator/OrsonWelles Orson bloody Welles]]'' of all people.
*** To elaborate, Orson had seen Tim and Graeme's previous series, ''Broaden Your Mind'', and was so enthused by it that he enlisted Tim, Bill and Graeme to work on a short film with him in 1968 called ''One Man Band'', which sadly remained unfinished and unreleased, although some of the footage featuring Tim, Graeme and Orson can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ewT3wzhgq0
*** After this, Tim and Orson also both appeared in a 1969 Italian comedy film called ''The Thirteen Chairs'' (also known as ''12+1'').

** Due to ABC in Australia pretty much playing the episodes on constant repeat, the availability of most of the material prior to the complete collection's release was thanks to the efforts of Aussie pirates, where the show has a HUGE following.
* MissingEpisode: There are a few episodes where the only known copy is one returned from Australia, and hence either only exist in monochrome or have some minor censorship cuts (the latter were successfully restored for the 2018 DVD release because the excised material was also retained by the censors, although there is some loss of quality where the clips have been spliced back in). The only ''totally'' missing episode, however, is the originally broadcast version of "Kitten Kong" -- the episode was extensively reshot with new material when it was entered into the Rose d'Or festival, and the BBC considered that cut the "definitive" version, leading them to junk the original one.

*** To elaborate, Orson had seen Tim and Graeme's previous series, Broaden Your Mind, and was so enthused by it that he enlisted Tim, Bill and Graeme to work on a short film with him in 1968 called ''One Man Band'', which sadly remained unfinished and unreleased, although some of the footage featuring Tim, Graeme and Orson can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ewT3wzhgq0

** Tim and Graeme's previous series, Broaden Your Mind, has been almost completely wiped save for about 7 minutes of footage. However, audio tracks exist for all episodes.

* BigNameFan: ''[[Creator/OrsonWelles Orson bloody Welles]]'' of all people.
** To elaborate, Orson had seen Tim and Graeme's previous series, Broaden Your Mind, and was so enthused by it that he enlisted Tim, Bill and Graeme to work on a short film with him in 1968 called ''One Man Band'', which sadly remained unfinished and unreleased, although some of the footage featuring Tim, Graeme and Orson can be seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ewT3wzhgq0

** Apparently the show was canceled so that the special effects budget for ''The Goodies'' could be reallocated to the effects heavy and very expensive TV version of ''Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy''.

* WorkingTitle: ''Narrow Your Mind'', in reference to an earlier show the trio had made called ''Broaden Your Mind'', which was [[MissingEpisode lost to the BBC's tape wiping policy]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** The working title for the show was "Narrow Your Mind", in reference to an earlier show the trio had made called "Broaden Your Mind", which was [[MissingEpisode lost to the BBC's tape wiping policy]].
** Creator/StevenSpielberg was a fan of the show, and at one point actually approached Tim about the possibility of making a Goodies feature film. For various reasons, it never came off.
* WriteWhoYouKnow: Averted, despite all three characters being [[TheDanza Danzas]], their real personalities had little similarity to the characters on the show. Bill the character was a HeroicComedicSociopath, Bill the guy was an ActualPacifist, for example. Both Bills were keen ornithologists, though, because that was something he was known for. Tim would later say that the characters were exaggerations of how the public perceived them; so Bill's passionate outspokenness became heroic comedic sociopathy, Graeme's medical degree made him a MadScientist, and Tim's posh accent and name made him an UpperClassTwit.

** Thankfully no longer the case with the release of the complete BBC collection on DVD, but before that, only less than half the total number of episodes had been released on DVD and VHS in the UK, allegedly due to the controller of the BBC not liking the show.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Apparently the controller of the BBC hated the series over the episode "South Africa" (a satire about apartheid [[GoneHorriblyWrong that did not go very well with execs]]), but was unable to kill the show off due to its popularity. So while it had a good long run, there have been very, ''very'' few repeats of the show on British TV, even in recent years. For instance, their 30th anniversary was celebrated by... a cheaply made documentary and ''one'' repeated episode on TV. And Tim, Bill and Graeme had to take matters into their own hands to get the show out on DVD.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The working title for the show was "Narrow Your Mind", in reference to an earlier show the trio had made called "Broaden Your Mind", which was [[MissingEpisode lost to the BBC's tape wiping policy]].

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Averted, despite all three characters being [[TheDanza Danzas]], their real personalities had little similarity to the characters on the show. Bill the character was a HeroicComedicSociopath, Bill the guy was an ActualPacifist, for example. Both Bills were keen ornithologists, though, because that was something he was known for. Tim would later say that the characters were exaggerations of how the public percieved them; so Bill's passionate outspokenness became heroic comedic sociopathy, Graeme's medical degree made him a MadScientist, and Tim's posh accent and name made him an UpperClassTwit.

** Less than half the total number of episodes have been released on DVD in the UK, allegedly due to the controller of the BBC not liking the show.
** Due to ABC in Australia pretty much playing the episodes on constant repeat, most of the material is now obtained from Aussie pirates, where the show has a HUGE following.

** The BBC eventually ''did'' cancel the series (or rather, failed to continue it; there was never a formal contract), and it moved to ITV, where it was subjected to ExecutiveMeddling and died. Ironically, this is the season that ComedyCentral UK is allowed to show.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Apparently the controller of the BBC hated the series over the episode "South Africa" (a satire about apartheid [[GoneHorriblyWrong that did not go very well with execs}]), but was unable to kill the show off due to its popularity. So while it had a good long run, there have been very, ''very'' few repeats of the show on British TV, even in recent years. For instance, their 30th anniversary was celebrated by... a cheaply made documentary and ''one'' repeated episode on TV. And Tim, Bill and Graeme had to take matters into their own hands to get the show out on DVD.

* * KeepCirculatingTheTapes:

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Apparently the controller of the BBC hated the series, but was unable to kill the show off due to its popularity. So while it had a good long run, there have been very, ''very'' few repeats of the show on British TV, even in recent years. For instance, their 30th anniversary was celebrated by... a cheaply made documentary and ''one'' repeated episode on TV. And Tim, Bill and Graeme had to take matters into their own hands to get the show out on DVD.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The working title for the show was "Broaden Your Mind", in reference to an earlier black and white show the trio had made called "Narrow Your Mind", which was [[MissingEpisode lost to the BBC's tape wiping policy]].

* WriteWhoYouKnow: Averted, despite all three characters being Danzas, their real personalities had little similarity to the characters on the show. Bill the character was a HeroicComedicSociopath, Bill the guy was an ActualPacifist, for example. Both Bills were keen ornithologists, though, because that was something he was known for. Tim would later say that the characters were exaggerations of how the public percieved them; so Bill's passionate outspokenness became heroic comedic sociopathy, Graeme's medical degree made him a MadScientist, and Tim's posh accent and name made him an UpperClassTwit.

** Creator/StevenSpielberg was a fan of the show, and at one point actually approached Tim about the possibility of making a Goodies feature film. For various reasons, it never came off.