Big Foot (The Goodies)
| "Big Foot" | |
|---|---|
| The Goodies episode | |
| Episode no. | Series 9 Episode 4 |
| Original air date | 23 January 1982 |
| Guest appearance | |
| Charlie Stafford as the Spider Man | |
"Big Foot" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.
The episode is also known as "Bigfoot", "In Search of Bigfoot", "Arthur C. Clarke" and "In Search of Arthur C. Clarke".[citation needed]
This episode was made by LWT for ITV, and was written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.
Plot
[edit]Tim and Bill watch "Part 97" of their favourite show The Mysterious World Of Arthur C. Clarke. A voiceover then informs them that the show has been cancelled due to the non-existence of Arthur C. Clarke. Graeme is seen by the audience to be hiding a wig and nearly letting slip to the others that he is in fact Arthur C. Clarke, fired by the LWT when his disguise was discovered. And furthermore the trio fearfully discovered large footpaints that thought to belong to the mysterious Bigfoot, but later that night Bill and Greame surprisingly finds out the footpaints turns out that they were made by Tim's gigantic dodgy foot which was swells up to an enormous size after running around the steep mountains. Tim has become a laughing stock of the rockies as he flees into hiding with his foolish-looking foot exposes, As the time goes by Tim turns into a wild man becomes real proud of his own big foot. Meanwhile Bill and Greame hunts down Big Foot, in the end the duo chases Tim around the big hillside causing they own feet to grow into huge size.
Cultural references
[edit]- Arthur C. Clarke
- Stonehenge
- Loch Ness Monster
- Bigfoot
- Yeti
- UFO
- Patterson–Gimlin film
- The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams
- Plesiosaur
DVD and VHS releases
[edit]This episode has been released on both DVD and VHS.
References
[edit]- "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
[edit]- "Big Foot" at IMDb