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	"'''Punky Business'''" is an episode of the [[United Kingdom\|British]] [[comedy]] television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)\|The Goodies]]''.		"'''Punky Business'''" is an episode of the [[United Kingdom\|British]] [[comedy]] television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)\|The Goodies]]''.

	This episode is also known as "'''''Punkerella'''''" and as "'''''Rock Goodies'''''".~~{{Citation needed\|date=September 2019}}~~		This episode is also known as "'''''Punkerella'''''" and as "'''''Rock Goodies'''''".

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

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{{Infobox television episode
| series = [[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]
| image =
| caption =
| series_no = 7
| episode = 4
| director = [[Bob Spiers]]
| writer =
| producer = [[Jim Franklin (director)|Jim Franklin]]
| production =
| airdate = 29 November 1977 <br />(Tuesday — 9 p.m.)
| length =
| guests =
* [[Jane Asher]] as Caroline Kook
* [[Frank Thornton]] as the Master of Ceremonies
* [[Michael Barratt (television presenter)|Michael Barratt]] as himself
* [[Patrick Moore]] as himself
* [[Ronnie Brody]]
* [[Roland MacLeod]]
* [[Vicki Michelle]] as the Nurse
* [[Selina Ingram]]
* [[James Muir]]
* [[Norman Bacon]]
* [[Barney Carroll]]
* [[Eddie Davis (actor)|Eddie Davis]]
* [[Ernie Goodyear]] as a Policeman
| prev = [[Scoutrageous]]
| next = [[Royal Command]]
| episode_list = List of The Goodies episodes
}}
"'''Punky Business'''" is an episode of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy]] television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]''.

This episode is also known as "'''''Punkerella'''''" and as "'''''Rock Goodies'''''".{{Citation needed|date=September 2019}}

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

==Plot==
The Goodies have become a rock band called "The Little Laddies", and sing 'Shiny Shoes' and 'on the road', where they are booed and ignored by the general public. However, they are picked up off the street by policemen, who put them to work. Soon tiring of performing for the police, the Goodies discover that punk is the latest [[Fads and trends|fad]]. Bill and Graeme decide to go punk — but Tim prefers to keep his neat and tidy image and his shiny shoes.

A Punk news announcer says, "Right here's the *bleep* news. In the festival of Light Rally, Lord Longford made a *bleep* statement of the moral decline of this *honk honk* country. In support of this, Mary *honk* Whitehouse called for less *cuckoo* and *bleep*. What a pair of *pop*. Mr Tim Brooke *cuckoo* today stated a protest on behalf of the League of Shiny Shoe Wearers."

A punk interviewer ('Bill Grumpy') interviews Tim about his niceness, saying: "Mr Brooke-Taylor, let's face it, you are ''nice''." to which Tim replied: "Yes." The punk interviewer then asked: "Would you be nice, here, now?" to which Tim replied: "Yes, I would." Surprised, the
Punk interviewer asked: "You mean it honestly wouldn't bother you to be nice in front of millions of people?" to which Tim replied: "No."
The punk interviewer then said: "Well, go ahead then." "Well," said Tim, "it's very, very, very kind of you to have invited me on the programme." The punk interviewer then said with heavy sarcasm: "Oh, very clever!" Tim said enthusiastically: "And I'd like to come on again, please." The punk interviewer, losing patience, says: "You sick little *bleep*!" and attacks Tim.

Tim takes the beautiful Caroline Kook out to dinner, but he can't understand what has happened to the restaurant — at lunchtime, that day, it had been an ordinary restaurant — now, at dinnertime, it had changed into a [[Punk subculture|punk]] restaurant called "''[[Trattoria]] Punk''". He is so disgusted at what is offered on the restaurant's menu that he can't even say the names out loud (except for [[ratatouille]], which the restaurateur (Graeme) says is off because they've run out of rats). Tim and Caroline finally chooses [[spaghetti]], thinking that this would not be as bad as the rest. However Graeme makes the meal a messy and memorable one for Tim — memorable, that is, for all the wrong reasons.

Tim complains to Caroline Kook about the change to the restaurant, but she starts lecturing him about punk and her job. Caroline has been served with dignity by Graeme, instead of the rough-handed treatment with food which Graeme has meted out to Tim — so she lacks sympathy for what had happened to Tim. Caroline Kook mentions to Tim that there is to be a Trendsetters Ball. Graeme, who is listening to what she says, looks interested in what he is hearing.

People attending the ball try to outdo each other in punkiness, including Bill (who sings a punk song). Tim wants to go to the ball, but he is told that he looks too nice. Upset, Tim sweeps the Goodies office with a broom and asks a mouse for his opinion. The mouse's response upsets Tim even more and he loses his temper, saying, "You think I'm the uglist person in the world? Cheeky, bloody mouse!"

Graeme arrives and turns Tim into Punkerella by operating on him. When Tim awakens, following the operation, he can't see where the change has been made — until Graeme tells Tim that he has taken Tim's leg off — following which Tim immediately falls over. Graeme warns Tim that the clip on his leg is not secure and should not be trusted to hold past [[midnight]], so his leg might fall off. Graeme then puts a pumpkin, with rats and lizards hanging from it, over Tim's head, and Tim attends the ball.

In his disguise, Tim is an instant success. When he quickly leaves at midnight, during the ball, his [[amputated]] leg falls off and Tim leaves it behind on the stairs. And so the hunt is on to find the pumpkin-headed [[Wiktionary:weirdo|weirdo]] with one leg — with Caroline Kook vowing to marry him when he is found.

After a lengthy search, and after many imposters who deliberately sawed their legs off, the Coroner arrives at the Goodies place. Graeme is about to reveal the owner of the leg in Tim's favour when Bill bursts in dressed as a one-legged pirate who claims the leg is his. After a pathetic attempt to get the leg on him (and his Parrot), Bill grudgingly calls in Tim to try the leg on. To Bill's amazement, as he had no knowledge Tim's leg was missing, it fits.

As promised, Tim wins the hand of Caroline Kook (the left hand and arm to be exact). Graeme wins the top half and the right hand whilst the lower half goes to Bill. And so the Little Laddies live happily ever after.

==Cultural references==
* [[Punk subculture]]
* [[Cinderella]]
* [[Caroline Coon]] — a British artist and journalist who became involved with the punk scene.
* [[Rock Follies]] — a TV show about a fictional female rock band called the "Little Ladies", which the Goodies parody by calling themselves the "Little Laddies"
* [[Bill Grundy]] — the television presenter who goaded the Sex Pistols into swearing on television in the early evening, effectively ending his tenure with the show and, subsequently, ending the show itself.

==DVD and VHS releases==
{{Main|The Goodies videography}}
This episode has been released on DVD.

==References==
<references/>
* "''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==
* {{IMDb title|id=0591021|title=Rock Goodies}}
: ("''Punky Business''" is listed under an alternative title at IMDb)

{{The Goodies episodes}}

[[Category:The Goodies (series 7) episodes]]
[[Category:1977 British television episodes]]

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