"Animals" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.
| "Animals" | |
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| The Goodies episode | |
| Episode no. | Series 8 Episode 5 |
| Original air dates | 11 February 1980 (Monday — 8.10 p.m.) |
| Guest appearances | |
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This episode is also known as "Animal Liberation" and "Animal Lib" and also "Watership Down".[citation needed]
Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.
Plot
editTim has been collecting various animals to take part in showbiz. However, his agency is not a commercial success due to his soppy kindness and pathetic ways of training animals and Bill is crazed by hunger for meat which he has not eaten while feeding the animals as Tim neglected him by forcing Bill to do all the work for him. Graeme arrives to collect lions for the circus but Tim has no big cats or bears for cruel taming. Tim tried to get everyone's attention on the street with a dog and a Street organ but they take no notice of them. So, Tim gives up trying to get the animals into the act, But he discovered that Bill and Graeme came up other ideas and put the animals to work in energy-saving domestic duties. Tim is horrified at what they have done, so he decides to support an "Animal Discrimination Act": Animals are granted equal rights with humans and it is now illegal for humans to exploit animals.
This includes a ban on eating animals, which enrages carnivorous Bill, who decides to "speak out" for vegetables in the "Rabid Frost Programme", where he ends up eating the leader of the Animal Revolutionary Party and making animals angry for seeing the true meaning of human nature. In the end, the humans have to disguise themselves as rabbits to escape from the fury of the animals.
Cultural references
editReferences
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
- "TV Heaven" — Jim Sangster & Paul Condon, HarperCollinsPublishers, London, 2005