Cecily (Goodies episode)

Infobox The Goodies episode
name = Cecily


number = 6
airdate = 13 December, 1970
(Sunday — 10 p.m.)
director = Jim Franklin
producer = John Howard Davies
guests = Ann Way as

""Cecily's Aunt"
Robert Bernal as

""Cecily's Uncle"
Jill Riddick as ""Cecily"
Lena Ellis as ""..."
series = 1

Cecily is an episode of the British comedy television series "The Goodies".

This episode is also known as ""Servants".

Plot

The Goodies are asked to take care of Cecily while her Uncle and Aunt (whom she lives with) are away for a day and night. It seems to be easy money for the Goodies, so they agree. Tim is to be Cecily's nanny, Bill is to be the cook, and Graeme is to be the gardener.

The Goodies ride their trandem to the house and meet Cecily's mysterious Aunt and Uncle, as well as Cecily.

Cecily appears to be everything a nanny could wish for — gentle and sweet. Cecily tells her new nanny (Tim) that she is not allowed to love her nannies and that her Uncle and Aunt immediately get rid of any nannies whom she shows affection to. Cecily immediately follows her comment by telling her new nanny that she loves 'her' — and Tim begins to feel very uneasy. Bill struggles in the kitchen, trying to turn frozen pastry slices into a pie for Cecily's meal — and Graeme's efforts with growing plants in the garden work to such an extent that the garden 'takes over' the house.

The Goodies spend a wakeful and terrified night in the house, and they find that things are not all they seem to be.

Goodies ad

The intermission sketch is an ad for "Razz" washing powder, in which Graeme plays the interviewer and Tim plays the role of the "old lady" — Tim's "old lady" character in the sketch was also featured in Marty Feldman's sketch comedy "Marty" about 1968, a short time before "The Goodies" commenced. When this ad was played in the radio series "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", Graeme played the role of the interviewer (as he does in the episode "Cecily") — and Bill played the role of the "old lady" who is too stupid to know a good thing when she sees it.

References

* "The Complete Goodies" — Robert Ross, B T Batsford, London, 2000
* "The Goodies Rule OK" — Robert Ross, Carlton Books Ltd, Sydney, 2006
* "From Fringe to Flying Circus" — 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980'" — Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980
* "The Goodies Episode Summaries" — Brett Allender
* "The Goodies — Fact File" — Matthew K. Sharp

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