Charity Bounce

"Charity Bounce"
The Goodies episode
Episode no.	Series 2 Episode 19 (of 74)
Produced by
Starring	Tim Brooke-Taylor Graeme Garden Bill Oddie
Original air date	7 January 1972 (Friday — 10.10 p.m.)
Guest stars
Freddie Jones as "Mr. Sparklipegs" Jonathan Cecil as "Arthur Minion" Gilly McIvor as "Miss Simpkin"
Series 2 episodes
1 October 1971 – 14 January 1972 Scotland Commonwealth Games Pollution The Lost Tribe The Music Lovers Culture for the Masses Kitten Kong Come Dancing Farm Fresh Food Women's Lib Gender Education Charity Bounce The Baddies
List of The Goodies episodes

Charity Bounce is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies— a BAFTA-nominated series.^[1][2]

This episode is also known as "London to Brighton".

As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.

Plot

The Goodies want to raise money for charity, by walking from London to Brighton. They approach Mr. Sparklipegs of Sparklipegs Toothpaste, to sponsor them. He convinces them to bounce on Space hoppers, instead, wearing giant-size toothpaste tubes to advertise his toothpaste. The Goodies reach Brighton — and keep on bouncing.

The Goodies bounce around the world and the miserly Mr. Sparklipegs, thinking of the huge amount of money he will have to pay them for the miles they had covered, tries to back out from paying them. When Mr. Sparklipegs reluctantly relents and is about to pay the Goodies, he is delighted when it is pointed out to him, by Arthur Minion, that he actually owns the charity the Goodies wish to donate the money to, and that he will not have to spend any money after all.

References

1. ^ Official BAFTA website — "The Goodies" — BAFTA award nomination
2. ^ Information is given, by the BBC, about the BAFTA-nomination on the back of the "The GOODIES ... At Last ... Back for More, Again!" DVD cover.

• "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

External links

• Charity Bounce at the Internet Movie Database