It Might as Well Be String

"It Might as Well Be String"
The Goodies episode
Episode no. Series 6
Episode 55 (of 76)
Produced by
StarringTim Brooke-Taylor
Graeme Garden
Bill Oddie
Original air date 19 October 1976
(Tuesday — 9.10 p.m.)
Guest actors

Raymond Baxter as (himself)

("Television presenter for Tomorrow's World")

Marcelle Samett as the

"Girl in the String advertisement"

Valerie Leon as

"the Karate Girl"

"It Might as Well Be String" is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.

Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.

Plot

The Goodies have become Advertising Men and Graeme reads from a blackboard with the letters 'A', 'B', 'C' and 'D' written on it, and showing what is written about each letter — from 'D' to 'A'):

Tim ('TBT') tells the others: "From today 'BO', 'GG' — save time — call you 'BOGG'."

Tim is horrified at the lies they tell about the products they advertise. He wants them to advertise string, because he is of the opinion that string is pure.

Later, Tim watches his favourite television programme Tomorrow's World, and is again horrified — this time because string is a failure as a product. Then he discovers that some mysterious men are making a lot of money by keeping a stockpile of string, so that the world is dependent on them. When he attempts to discuss the situation with Graeme and Bill, he finds that they have gone, and left replicas of themselves to fool him. Tim also learns that Graeme and Bill are the men behind the scheme. Tim is furious and intends to put Graeme's and Bill's string empire out of business. However, along the way he runs into many obstacles — including Bill and Graeme, themselves.

Song written by Bill Oddie

Cultural references

DVD and VHS releases

This episode has been released on DVD.

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