The Goodies - Wild Thing

[Wolfington]

I can remember when they first showed this (Christmas 1975) we couldn't watch it because there was no signal...dunno if it was industrial action or a problem with the transmitter. Had to watch something on BBC2 instead (I'd love to know what that was, I was in a right sulk at missing the Goodies) Any road, they repeated it early in the year after Christmas and I actually got to watch it. This scene has stayed in my head ever since...especially Graeme's ace hat.

[flyingfisbeefilms]

Gotta love You Tube!

[WarsawPact1]

They were trying to create the perfect pop group by using the best bits of everyone else's act: Tim - Elton John's Glasses Bay City Rollers' trousers Bill - Roy Wood's hair Gary Glitter's chest hair Rod Stewart's trousers Graeme - The Rubettes' cap Bee Gees shirt? Not sure about the rest - though I do recall they kept Donny Osmond's diamond-studded teeth in a box

[inkimuff]

@WarsawPact1 Alvin Stardust's glove was another one. Graeme is wearing it.

[MyCouplesRockHard]

Those police are scary! LOL!

[Thefreestalla]

53thousand policemen just fainted

[mad4mater]

I wouldn't compare Goodies to Python or Python to Goodies. They are both good in their own ways....

[wildplus]

Does anyone know who played the drums and guitar on this? The Goodies themselves didn't, I guess. Can't find any info on the Mighty Google ;)

[stashyjon]

@wildplus Guitars - Alan Parker, Joe Moretti & Bernie Holland. Drums - Tony Carr & Billy Rantim (source - the 'The New Goodies LP' sleeve Notes.)

[alonmerlin]

look in 2:52 the police man are smoking up some stuff hehe

[choopyguz]

I grew up watching this as well, and I used two own two albums and I am annoyed as I now don't know where they are. BLOODY AMAZING SHIT for its time

[spencies18]

Fantastic!! Enjoying a JimiHendrix special on ABC Extra digital radio this weekend, and it reminded me of this hilariously wonderful version by the Goodies!

[spencies18]

Fantastic!! Enjoying a JimiHendrix special on digital radio this weekend, and it reminded me of this hilariously wonderful version by the Goodies!

[MissEgasMoniz]

Hmmmmm.....not as funny as I remember. Oh well!

[WhiteRabbitm8te]

lmao at all the police men

[floppetylove]

IVE JUST FOUND THIS ON ITUNES! IM SO HAPPY! and c a l m...

[akaDracoMafoy1]

I love this song, it comes on my iPod every time I go to the W section (half the tracks skip-I know.) and I always smile. :D

it does look like Michael Palin.

[floppetylove]

the policeman @ 1:02 - michael palin?

i think im imagining it...

5* (at least!)

[Goodyfan17]

Go Goodies!!!!! You Rule OK!!!!!!!!

[tjfaust]

Forgotten this episode. My fav Goodies song!

[luzyfalluzy]

OMG. This has got to be the most understated comedy ever. This is magnificent.

[powertrust71]

well done,minted gold my good man...

[MicheleMuir]

The Goodies ROCK!!!!!!!!!!

[leigh557]

Fantastic cover & comedy vid, it brought back gr8 memories of '75 - made me LoL! Thanks 4 posting

[ACDCMADEINSCOTLAND]

I can play this on guitar but this is better

[retrorteretro]

BEST, much better than troggs

[rabsmiff]

the GOODS have done a teriffic satire here on the mindless, meaningless bollocks that was UK ROCK in the mid-70s. Even today, there are millions of real-life suckers who act like the braindead idiots who make up the rock-concert audience depicted here. Why punters are so easily led and impressed [as so skilfully satirized here] is a weak human condition that deserves the merciless ribbing so brilliantly represented in this sterling GOODS clip.

[rabsmiff]

never mind the ANARCHY in GRUNDYS' studio from the PISTOLS in DEC 1976......this DEC 1975 goodies anarchy absolutely nails the true spirit of ROCK REBELLION.

[Andyrt35]

The Goodies sing it alot better

its Like John Farnham when he sings The Beatles song Help I like his version of it kinda slower version :D

[JimmyVespaRulesOK]

For 'Tom' read 'a bald fucking twit from some nondescript Buckinghamshire town who runs a shitty pub and cries his eyes out whilst typing meaningless bollocks on the internet'.

[Ragnemalm]

Fantastic! I just realized why. Rock concerts is such a weird thing by itself, so to make fun of it you must really go over the top... and they did. And still, without the policemen it wouldn't work!

[HEV29]

The Goodies were always good at films. Very like The Beatles on the Roof though. And shomething...

[Finbarbarfin]

Always thought this to be the definitive version. Seriously.

[Malcos68]

Before The Goodies I didn't even know Wild Thing have ever been released. It was also re-recorded by Reg Presley and Susy Quatro ... but I can never get this version out of my head. What was Wild Think anyway? "It's big, it's black, it's furry and I be afraid of it" [Ronnie Barker]

[Concreteowl]

This is pretty much the same as the orgy scene in Derek Jarman's Jubilee, only more erotic.

[Malcos68]

I never realised that Wild Thing had been performed before and this totally eclipsed it

[ergomarshall]

It's been over 30 years since i've seen this and I can't believe this still exists, it's made my day. Thanks go to whoever preserved it for posterity, it's brilliant and takes me back to my happy childhood. The Goodies deserved more recognition than they got, and were far better than Python. As for their version of Wild Thing, it's comes a close second behind the Jimi Hendrix renditions!

[SimonCoweI]

@ergomarshall You are insane. INSANE.

[withnail555]

@ergomarshall "Far better than Python"? Have you lost your mind? They were a trillion light years behind Monty Pyhton.

[megalonia01]

@withnail555 The Goodies had far larger audiences than Monty Python during their heyday, they had to create coherent plots that lasted a half hour episode unlike Python which did sketch comedy which is far easier, their output as a collective was far greater than Python overall, they were also the fifth biggest grossing pop act in Britain in 1975. The Goodies were great in their own right and lose nothing in comparison to Python.

[Bleeter]

@ergomarshall Tough call, Hendrix or Goodies. Both are perfect, in their own way. Neither could have done the other's.

[goodiesrule]

i agree best version ever, and if it's not to much trouble could someone, put the whole ep up, i haven't seen it yet

[Vamphetamine]

Best version ever IMO

[goodiesrule]

i got this song stuck in my head but that is a good thing

[siwedgewood]

Does this episode still exist in its entirety?

[TriviaFreak]

Why is it so significant that these Goodies are singing 'WILD THING' to a bunch of fangirl-ish 'bobbies'?

[AndyJK45]

You need to see the whole episode to get the context.The role reversal bit was the nub of it though.

[SKaVeN9798]

I saw this as a kid & never forgot it. I still rate it as one of the funniest things I have ever seen in my entire life!

[Vamphetamine]

ditto

[DJSteady]

I love the goodies.

can someone tell me which episode this is from.

[Shambolic67]

@DJSteady This is from The Goodies Rule OK.

It's now on DVD.

[missmae1980]

The Goodies are absolute gold!! They are crackalaking the good old times. hahahahaha

[HEV29]

Erm, I put this song on and my cat ran off...I've signed the petition (my keyboRD

[naganokumas]

Anytime, anyplace, anywhere, anyhow, anyone, anything. I'm yours.

[crazymusicchick]

lol

goodies rule

[drillbitch]

Awesome fun!

[HEV29]

THE GOODIES ARE JUST THE BEST EVER!!!

Thank God for youtube or I'd have 1 CD & 2 DVD's and that would be IT...

Tim, Gray and Bill are just the BEST EVER. Been on Aussie TV for 30 years and the BBC - well, they're in a bit of a pickle aren't they..?

[7677890]

BRING BACK THE GOODIES! SIGN THE PETITION AT w-w-w [dot] petitiononline [dot] com [slash] goodies3 [slash] petition [dot] h-t-m-l

What has youtube got against URLs?

[satsqueen90percent]

What wonderful clean comedy with no smut or dirty jokes. The Goodies were one thousand times funnier than Monty Pythons and havent dated one bit. It is a shame they wont make any more programmes it would be just fantastic to see little Bill, Glorious Graham and Sexy Tim on tv one more time. Maybe they could do a Grandad Goodies or something and give us all a good clean laugh without any filth or drugs jokes.

[fatpizzaman]

The Goodies was not meant to be a kid's show in spite of the sanitised comedy.

[fatpizzaman]

Have a listen to their 1976 album "Nothing To Do With Us". That will break you heart.

[luacwick99]

the goodies 4 eva!!

[ichthyosaur001]

That shot of Graeme at 2:16 is just priceless.

[ProgFrock]

Gggrrrrrrrrrr!!!! :-)

[lise2006]

I've decided I really do have a crush on the young Bill.He's small,a little paunchy,but he's just so cute.

[Greenday678912345]

Agreed <33333

[HCShannon]

Ranks right up there with Sam Kension's late 80s/ Jessica Hahn verison!

[farmer1lass]

policemen??!! i love it!!

[steveasat2]

Bill looks Wizzard in Roy Wood's shaggy pants, LOL!

[curlygene]

Yes!!! At last! I have been searching for this for years, and now my life has meaning. And yes, I am a sad, sad individual, but I don't care!

[Steerpike07]

I've waited thirty-one years to see this again! Saw this when it was first broadcast. We laughed like seven hyenas turned inside out and covered with chicken feathers! Thanks YouTube! Thanks ivorykisses!

[lise2006]

Hey,steerpike!I laughed like 7 hyenas at your comment!What a great image of you enjoying this all those yrs ago.Proof people who love the Goodies have superior comedic/intellectual abilities.Thanks for the great comment-I'm moved!Completely moved!

[TheLateBobTodd]

I saw Tim and Graeme perform 'Wild Thing' on their UK tour - Graeme rocks on the ukelele!

[leela145]

I saw them too on the UK tour , they rocked and I got a t-shirt!

[fatpizzaman]

This is hilarious! I wish that it was a worldwide No.1 hit. They deserved to have one.

[gusvenables]

I'm sorry if I'm blaspheming, but who needs Jimi Hendrix when you've got THIS version?!? Thanks for posting. Those three guys are brilliant all-round entertainers!