The BEST episodes of The Goodies season 9
Every episode of The Goodies season 9, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Goodies season 9!
Put simply, The Goodies was a live-action version of a typical Warner Bros cartoon, replete with speeded-up footage, film trickery and violent slapstick. The characters bore the same names as the players and were caricature exaggerations of their real selves, hence Tim was the respectable establishment figure, an effete man who grew into a manic royalist; Graeme was the scatty, back-room boffin, the inventor of all manner of weird devices; and Bill was an aggressive, earthy, hairy individual who eventually tended towards environmentalism, socialism and feminism. Each week the three climbed aboard and promptly fell off their customised bicycle for three (the 'Trandem') before remounting to pedal off to their task.
#1 - Animals are People Too AKA Animals AKA Pets
Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/1982
Graeme's pet shop has a special new line - people dressed up as animals, but they also suffer from being dumped so Tim sets up a protection society, while Graeme cruelly puts the strays to work.
#2 - Robot AKA Automation
Season 9 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/1982
Due to dire financial conditions, Bill is fired and replaced with a baby robot; however Tim and Graeme need help with raising the robot and hire a strange bearded Swedish nanny to look after it.
#3 - Big Foot AKA In Search of Bigfoot AKA In Search Of ... Arthur C. Clarke
Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/1982
The Goodies set off to the Canadian Rockies in search of the mythical Arthur C Clarke, but find all sorts of other weird creatures including the legendary Bigfoot.
#4 - Holiday AKA The Holidays
Season 9 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/6/1982
A supposedly relaxing holiday in the seaside village of Dunsquabblin turns very stressful when the Goodies are trapped inside for 17 days due to heavy rain and snow.
#5 - Change of Life
Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/1982
The Goodies are preparing to close their business due to old age until the threat of the robot taking over forces them to undertake the Standard Test to see if they are still capable of being Goodies.
#6 - Snow White 2 AKA Pantomime
Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/27/1981
The Goodies are kicked out of the Seven Dwarves for being too tall and are lost and unemployed until they attempt to enter the castle controlled by the princesses.
#7 - Football Crazy
Season 9 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/1982
Bill the soccer hooligan is in fine form as Tim becomes Chief of Police in a bid to stamp out such boorish conduct, with football then becoming so boring that its fans flock to the ballet instead.