Frankenfido

"Frankenfido"
The Goodies episode
Episode no. Series 5
Episode 41 (of 76)
Produced by
Starring Tim Brooke-Taylor
Graeme Garden
Bill Oddie
Original air date 10 March 1975
(Monday — 9 p.m.)
Guest stars
Magnus Magnusson as
Magnus Magnesium
Series 5 episodes
List of The Goodies episodes

Frankenfido 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.

Contents

Plot

When Graeme gives Tim and Bill a special 'designer-dog' that they can enter the dog as a new breed in the Crufts Dog Show, they think that their dog is the only unusual dog there is.

Then they find that Graeme has been making all kinds of weird dogs for other people as well.

Some of Graeme's weird dogs, which he has bred for other people, include: a flying dog (a cross between a dog and a parrot) – a chair dog (a cross between a dog and a chair) – a stove dog (a cross between a dog and a stove) – and others.

One of Graeme's weirdest inventions is "Frankenfido", a six-legged monster, which is made out of a lot of 'spare parts' — the teeth being those of Donny Osmond.

Bill turns up dressed as a black and white dog called "Cuddly Scamp Hairylegs of Cricklewood", which proves to be a quick-thinking 'dog' when tested on "Mastermind".

Cuddly Scamp's meeting with "Frankenfido" has surprising results.

Quote

Quote 1

Quote 2

  • Tim: "Who knows what he went through! All alone with that nasty great dog!"
  • Graeme: "Bitch!"
  • Tim: "Well!"

Spoofs and cultural references

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.

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