The End (Goodies episode)

Infobox The Goodies episode
name = The End


number = 46
airdate = 5 May, 1975
(Monday — 9 p.m.)
director =
producer =
guests = Corbet Woodall as himself
"the Newsreader"
Sheila Steafel (voice)

as the "Queen"
Barbara Mitchell as "..."
Julian Chagrin as "..."
John Peel as "..."
The Fred Tomlinson Singers as "..."
series = 5

The End was an episode of the British comedy television series "The Goodies".

This episode is also known as ""Encased in Concrete".

Prologue

During the episode:
* Tim Brooke-Taylor also appears as 'Future Tim'
* Graeme Garden also appears as 'Future Graeme'
* Bill Oddie also appears as 'Future Bill'

Plot

The Goodies's office accidentally gets completely covered in concrete. The intention is to save them, but gradually all their utility services are discontinued, including the telephone, which is disconnected because they are not able to leave the office to pay their account. Then, later, when the nation is in the grip of poverty, the BBC cuts back their services by 100%, and the ending of television broadcasts means that the Goodies are cut off entirely from the outside world.

When they are almost out of food, Tim and Graeme decide that Bill should 'provide' for them. Bill, who is totally unaware of the plans against him, comes up with a solution of cooking and eating the furniture. This means that he is not eaten and his life is saved.

The years pass, and the Goodies grow old, and they begin suffering from hallucinations. While Tim and Graeme show their ages, Bill never seems to change — he seems to be forever young.

A rescue team finally arrives to rescue the Goodies — space suited Goodies from the future. However, there is a cave-in, trapping the new Goodies where they experience similar difficulties.

Quotes

Quote 1 ::* Tim: "I'm a teapot!"

Quote 2 ::*Tim and Graeme in conversation (as very old gentlemen):::* Tim: "Goodness! I've almost forgotten what an umbrella looks like.":::* Graeme: "You know, I've almost forgotten what a woman looks like.":::* Tim: "Women, yes — and umbrellas. Hey!":::* Graeme: Many's the evening you'd dance the night away with an attractive young umbrella.":::* Tim: "And, if it rained on your way home, you'd pop up your woman.":::* Graeme: "They'd keep you dry all night!":::* Tim: "I used to have a big black woman with a cane handle ...."

Notes

* The office is decorated with posters of David Essex and David Cassidy, both of which grow beards as the episode progresses.
* Tim and Graeme's elderly selves are based on Teddy and Freddy, professorial characters from the duo's Broaden Your Mind series (and revived on the 2007 UK stage tour, "The Goodies Still Rule OK").
* Bill remarks that "under this lot (his beard and moustache) I look a bit like Liza Minnelli". Those curious to know what Bill actually looks like without his facial hair should investigate the 1977 episode "Earthanasia".

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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