Change of Life (Goodies episode)

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The Goodies episode
"Change of Life"
Episode №	72
Airdate	30 January 1982 (Saturday — 6.45 p.m.)
Director
Producer
Guest star(s)	David Rappaport as the (voice) of the Robot
Series IX December 27, 1981 – February 13, 1982
Snow White 2 Robot Football Crazy Big Foot Change of Life Holiday Animals Are People Too
List of The Goodies episodes

Change of Life is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

1 Plot
2 Spoofs and imitations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Plot

It is Bill's 40th birthday, and Tim and Graeme intend to celebrate it in grand style. Bill doesn't want to do so. Attempts at regaining their former youthful vigour fail miserably and the Goodies' business is set to be taken over by a tyrannical robot - but who will win the Goodies Standard Test?

[edit] Spoofs and imitations

The "Glasgow messia Fu Manchu" look, briefly modelled by Tim, is a reference to Billy Connolly.
Tim's other impersonations include Denis Healey and Barbara Cartland, as well as a 'cuddly toy' in reference to The Generation Game.
The grannies drag the Goodies to the cinema to see The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a film refused a British certificate by the BBFC until 1999, but which was widely released to cinemas anyway after local town and city councils (including the Greater London Council) awarded it an X-certificate (the equivalent to today's 18 certificate).
The 'Goodies Standard Test' references several other episodes of The Goodies, including Kitten Kong, The Goodies and the Beanstalk, Kung Fu Kapers and The Goodies – Almost Live.
The final shot was originally intended to have been the Not the Nine O'Clock News team cycling into the BBC headquarters on a four-seater bike.

[edit] 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