Dodonuts

"Dodonuts"
The Goodies episode
Episode no.	Series 7 Episode 59 (of 76)
Produced by
Starring	Tim Brooke-Taylor Graeme Garden Bill Oddie
Original air date	8 November 1977 (Tuesday — 9 p.m.)
Guest stars
Percy Edwards as the (voice) of the Dodo Barney Carroll as a Hunter Rocky Newby as a 'Hunter Eddie Davis as a Hunter Ernie Goodyear as a Hunter Bill Gosling as the Club Butler Jimmy Mac as ... James Muir as ...
Series 7 episodes
1 November – 22 December 1977 Alternative Roots Dodonuts Scoutrageous Punky Business Royal Command Earthanasia
List of The Goodies episodes

Dodonuts is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies — a BAFTA-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.^[1][2][3]

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

Plot

Bill is upset when he discovers that Tim and Graeme have become obsessive hunters. Tim and Graeme belong to the Endangered Species Club. They are especially interested in hunting endangered species because the small numbers make them hard to find.

On the other hand, Tim and Graeme consider that common species animals and birds are too abundant and therefore far too easy to hunt.

Later, Graeme finds a Dodo (the last one in existence) in a pet shop, and brings it home to Bill, who then has to keep the bird safe from the other two.

When Bill teaches the Dodo how to fly (for the Dodo's own protection), the method of flight is rather unusual for a bird.

Quote

• Tim (asking Graeme about the price of the Dodo): "Was it going cheap?"
• Graeme: "No, it was going ERRRRKKKK!!!"

References

1. ^ Light Entertainment Production nomination — official BAFTA website
2. ^ Best Light Entertainment Programme nomination — official BAFTA website
3. ^ 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

• Dodonuts at the Internet Movie Database