History YMMV / TheGoodies

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The episode "Scatty Safari", where the Goodies add Rolf Harris to their "Star-Safari Park", describing Harris as "gregarious" and "often found with the young generation", is extremely uncomfortable in hindsight, given Harris was found guilty of several counts of paedophilia and sentenced to prison in 2014.
** Not to mention the Pied Piper sequence where [[spoiler: the plague of Rolf Harrises are]] said to "[bite] the babies in their cradles".

** As of 2020, any scene where Tim is panicking about dying is this due to Tim Brooke-Taylor's death.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While ''The Goodies'' is rarely repeated on the BBC after the series ended, simply because the BBC's main controller of the eighties didn't like them, Creator/TheABC in Australia repeated them extensively throughout the 1980s and 1990s, giving them a continuous Australian fan base since the show originally aired.
** Thanks to digital television, they're still going.
* HilariousInHindsight: Bill Oddie is now mainly known for formerly hosting ''Springwatch'' and being a devoted birdwatcher and environmentalist; at the beginning of "The End", he starts shooting at songbirds out of the window. In "Animals", he mows down pigeons with an Uzi.
** Bill was already slightly known for his birdwatching (''The Goodies File'' has a spoof ornithology section by him); this was probably always intended as a PlayingAgainstType gag.

** ''"Charity Bounce"'' crams a ton of these into about 60 seconds, as the Goodies' whirlwind world tour passes through UsefulNotes/SouthAfrica, which was at the time still in the midst of apartheid:

* EarWorm: One of the interviewees on "Return of the Goodies" said that Bill could have been a songwriter, presumably a serious one, because of his "ear for melody". Judging by The Goodies' discography, which was ''mostly'' written by Bill, they might have been well right.
** The young Bill Oddie, in 1965, was thought of by record companies as having the talent and presence to be a "straight" singer-songwriter. Unfortunately his first single was banned by the BBC for allegedly "violent" content (it was a Who-style rock number about Mods and Rockers) and his second, a 1966 tribute song to World Cup winning squad member Nobby Stiles, was dropped after both Manchester United and Stiles' manager threatened to sue. Oddie then reverted to radio comedy.
** ''Nee-ded, Nee-ded...oh, goodie, that's niiiice...''
** Also, ''that damn string jingle'' (stringle?). ''String, string, string, string, everybody loves string...''
** Not to forget ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaFqNSLu6U4 The Funky Gibbon]]'' and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z07-soh0Cs 2010 remix.]]
** And the theme tune itself ("Goody goody yum yum!"); once that's in your head it'll be there for days afterward.

** In one of their ad sequences the camera pans over a series of asian men wearing outfits of various professions. The sequence is narrated: "If you need Mr. Lee-Fong the butcher, or Mr. Hong-Chi the dentist, or Mr. Lin-Chang the plumber...", etc., etc. All building to the punchline: "You can find them all in ''The '''Yellow''' Pages''." After being shown this sketch as part of a programme about '70s television, Bill Oddie freely admitted that it was a cheap joke in the first place.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: A source of great fustration for the team. The concentration of cartoon like visual humour led the BBC to labelling The Goodies as a children's show, and then getting uptight about any 'unsuitable' material.

** Not to forget ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaFqNSLu6U4 The Funky Gibbon]]'' and its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z07-soh0Cs 2010 remix]]

** ''"Charity Bounce"'' crams a ton of these into about 60 seconds, as the Goodies' whirlwind world tour passes through SouthAfrica, which was at the time still in the midst of apartheid:

*** The South Africa sequence features a guest character, Minion, who had previously been caught up in an explosion and was charred from head to toe. He gets stopped at a checkpoint by a South African cop. The cop produces a white piece of card and compares Minion's skin to the card. Based on this, he doesn't think Minion is white. The cop then flips the card over revealing it's black on it's reverse side. This time, he seems to think that Minion's charred skin matches the color on the card - he thinks Minion is black. At this point, the cop and all his colleagues start wailing on Minion with their clubs.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While ''The Goodies'' is rarely repeated on the BBC after the series ended, simply because the BBC's main controller of the eighties didn't like them, TheABC in Australia repeated them extensively throughout the 1980s and 1990s, giving them a continuous Australian fan base since the show originally aired.

** In one of their ad sequences the camera pans over a series of asian men wearing outfits of various professions. The sequence is narrated: "If you need Mr. Lee-Fong the butcher, or Mr. Hong-Chi the dentist, or Mr. Lin-Chang the plumber...", ect., ect. All building to the punchline: "You can find them all in ''The '''Yellow''' Pages''."

* AcceptableTargets: BBC Radio DJs, namely some guy called Tony and another bloke called Jim.
** The rivalry between BBC1 and BBC2 was also present, with the show taking jabs at the former network.

* AnimationAgeGhetto: Although not an animated series, as previously mentioned it was very much like one in demeanour, meaning that it was played for children in Australia. Episodes like "Sex and Violence" were accordingly not shown there at all.

** The young Bill Oddie, in 1965, was thought of by record companies as having the talent and presence to be a "straight" singer-songwriter. Unfortunately his first single was banned by the BBC for allegedly "violent" content (it was a Who-style rock number about Mods and Rockers) and his second, a 1966 tribute song to World Cup winning squad member Nobby Stiles, was dropped after both Manchester United and Stiles' manager threatened to sue. Oddie then reveerted to radio comedy.

** Bill was already slightly known for his birdwatching (''The Goodies File'' has a spoof ornithology section by him); this was probably always intended as a playing-against-type gag.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A line in the episode "Scatty Safari" (the episode where the Goodies add Rolf Harris to their "Star-Safari Park"), describing Rolf Harris as "gregarious" and "often found with the young generation", is extremely uncomfortable in hindsight, given Harris was found guilty of several counts of paedophilia in 2014.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: A line in the episode "Scatty Safari" (the episode where the Goodies add Rolf Harris to their "Star-Safari Park"), describing Rolf Harris as "gregarious" and "often found with the young generation", is extremely uncomfortable in hindsight, given Harris was recently found guilty of several counts of paedophilla.

* EarWorm: ''Nee-ded, Nee-ded...oh, goodie, that's niiiice...''

* WeirdAlEffect: Most notably the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydXtCpYimN8 "Beans Boy"]] ads.

* AnimationAgeGhetto (Although not an animation, as previously mentioned it was very much like one, meaning that it was played for children in Australia, which meant episodes like "Sex and Violence" were not shown there at all.)

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While The Goodies is rarely repeated on the BBC after the series ended, simply because the BBC's main controller of the eighties didn't like them, the ABC in Australia repeated them extensively throughout the 1980s and 1990s, giving them a continuous Australian fan base since the show originally aired.

* HilariousInHindsight (Bill is now mainly known for formerly hosting ''Springwatch'' and being a devoted birdwatcher and environmentalist; at the beginning of "The End", he starts shooting at songbirds out of the window. In "Animals", he mows down pigeons with an Uzi.)

* WeirdAlEffect (most notably the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydXtCpYimN8 "Beans Boy"]] ads)