Slapstick Festival 2024's newly released schedule includes "The Thinking Woman's Guide to The Goodies" with Samira Ahmed & Graeme Garden.  Graeme also presents "Lloyd Hamilton: The Comedians' Comedian". 

The full festival schedule can be found at https://slapstick.org.uk/

It's I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again... Again!... Again!

Good to see this back. Should be a terrific evening!

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All the best

Andrew

Is ChinBeardBooks website still in operation?
(where we get Goodies current and future 'novellas' from?)

If I go to  https://www.chinbeardbooks.com I get the following message
If you're seeing this page, the website has been removed from webs.com

Tried via it's IP address [50.28.52.26] and get same message at http://50.28.52.26/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi

I am guessing they are still in business?, but for a number of weeks now cannot connect to a working webpage.

I don't have any twitter or bookface accounts to see if there are any updates/messages at the following sites:

https://twitter.com/ChinbeardBooks
https://www.facebook.com/chinbeardbooks/

For fans in the US and the UK, 2018's "An Audience with The Goodies" is available for rental or purchase from Amazon Prime Video.  Here is the description from Amazon's website:

The Goodies - An Audience With The Goodies
In 1970, The Goodies unleashed their legendary blend of surreal storylines, strikingly topical satire, slapstick and lunacy, making household names of creators, writers and performers Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor. An Audience with The Goodies reunites Tim, Bill and Graeme on stage for a very special one-night-only event, recorded in June 2018 at the Leicester Square Theatre.
https://www.amazon.com/Goodies-Audience-Bill-Oddie/dp/B0B77M195C/

https://filmstories.co.uk/news/niche-british-film-and-tv-company-network-dvd-reportedly-goes-into-liquidation/

Network, who released the Goodies DVD box set, are no more.

This may not be up on YT long, enjoy it while you can.

Parts of this make for uncomfortable viewing today, but his appearance, while unpleasant, is unfortunately inescapable and the one who has posted it has done his best to remove much of his appearance in this performance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaePhfP9i0A

Just letting goodies fans know that there is an online art exhibition dedicated to the Goodies.  You can view Goodies pictures at The Goodies Art Show here https://www.facebook.com/TheGoodiesArtShow

The Goodies Rule - OK! Fan Club is pleased to present an interview with Kenton Hall, author of Chinbeard Books' second Goodies novella, "The Goodies: Pods and Monsters" (available for pre-order now from https://www.chinbeardbooks.com/apps/webstore/products/show/8264419).

1. How did you become involved in writing the novella?
I’ve worked on a number of projects for Chinbeard Books, and Barnaby (Chief Beard) knew I was an aficionado of all things comedy. I was honoured to help out with a couple of jokes and some editing on the first book “Avengers Dissemble” so I was thrilled to get a chance to tackle one of my own.

2. Were you a fan of The Goodies work (their TV or radio shows) prior to becoming involved in this project?
I’m Canadian, but I’ve always been obsessed with comedy, particularly British sketch comedy. I grew up on cassettes of I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again. I deep dove into Python, Goodies and pretty much everything connected to that era. To paraphrase Ringo Starr, they look large in my legend.

3. Have you met any of The Goodies?
I haven’t yet had the pleasure, although Graeme does have input on the books, which is astonishing enough. Knowing Graeme, Bill and Tim’s wife Christine support the books makes the experience much more exciting. I would love to meet Graeme and Bill though, just putting that out into the universe.

4. Was it intimidating to try to write a book in the Goodies' style?
Trying to live up to the quality is certainly nerve-wracking. But they had such an influence on my own style, it’s about making it recognisably The Goodies while also making it my own. With comedy you can only write what you think is funny and hope other people will feel the same.

5. How nervous are you about the fans' reaction to your work?
Well, I AM a fan, so that’s the only preliminary test I can run. Obviously, you want fans to like it, you want any reader to like it, but you can’t have that in your head when you’re writing. You have to go with your gut.

6. What other projects have you worked on that we might know?
Well, there’s the comic memoir, Bisection about living and parenting with bipolar disorder. That’s my most personal book and I’m confident it has more jokes per page than any other book about mental health. I also co-wrote Getting Better: The Fight for the NHS for Audible, starring Rhod Gilbert. And I wrote and directed the film “A Dozen Summers” on Netflix. There’s a lot of other stuff and some very exciting things in the works. I’d recommend buying the Goodies book first and then one of mine.

We are saddened to share the news that Jim Franklin, who directed many Goodies episodes, passed away in August 2021 after a long illness.  In a 2020 interview in honor of "The Goodies" 50th ​‌anniversary, Graeme Garden said, "Jim was a brilliant film editor, with a real feel for comedy. He cut the film sequences in the first series, then became director for the second series onward. He was meticulous in his preparation and drew detailed storyboards, which ensured that all the gags worked as intended, and also saved an awful lot of time and money. We admired him greatly and were very fond of him."  The Radio Times article (https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/comedy/goodies-50th-anniversary-graeme-garden-interview/ ) goes on to say "Franklin and his amazing outdoor sequences had a lot to do with The Goodies' success at Montreux television festival, winning the Silver Rose in 1972 for the legendary Kitten Kong episode, and again in 1975 for the homage-packed story, The Movies."

Our thanks to Henri Phillipps and Ben Rohde for finding this article about Jim's passing: https://euroweeklynews.com/2021/09/24/james-jim-lyford-franklin-october-18-1934-august-11-2021/

Hello to all on the forums,

Myself (Henri Phillipps) and Ben Rohde are looking for digitised off air recordings of any episodes.

Particuarly ones of the telerecordings of Come Dancing, Commonwealth Games, and Caught In The Act/Playgirl Club, along with Invasion of the Moon Creatures, Culture for the Masses, Music Lovers, and all other series 1 & 2 episodes.

This is so we can compare them to the Complete BBC Collection.

We'd preferably like DVD recordings (straight DVD recordings mind, not VHS recordings that were later transferred to DVD), but again, anything is good.

If you can help us, it would be greatly appreciated.