A Collection of Goodies (Special Tax Edition)

"**A Collection of Goodies (Special Tax Edition)**"
"A Collection of Goodies (Special Tax Edition)"
The Goodies episode
Episode no.	Episode special
Directed by	Jim Franklin
Original air date	24 September 1972
Episode chronology
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"A Collection of Goodies (Special Tax Edition)" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. The episode was written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.^[1]

Plot

The Goodies attempt to save money by inventing claims on a Tax Evasion Form.^[2] The episode then sees Graeme's computer recalling the claims from the form. Once the claim has gone through, the Goodies perform to make money, but make nothing and then discover that they have been in the queue to the local unemployment office.^[3]

Notes

The special used new linking material to accompany a compilation of footage from five of The Goodies segments from Engelbert with the Young Generation from early 1972.^[4]

DVD and VHS releases

Extracts of the episode including the gymnasium sketch surfaced DVD special features by the BBC.^{[citation needed]} To date, this is the only episode to have never aired on free-to-air TV in Australia, and remains reasonably rare.^[5] The episode was released on DVD for the first time in full along with all the other Goodies episodes in 2018.^[6]

References

^ "A Collection of Goodies Special Tax Edition (1972)". BFI. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
^ Brooke-Taylor, Tim; Garden, Graeme; Oddie, Bill (24 September 1972), A Collection of Goodies: Special Tax Edition, retrieved 10 April 2017
^ "The Official Goodies Rule – OK! Fan Club Website – Articles/Guides". goodiesruleok.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ Brooke-Taylor, Tim; Garden, Graeme; Oddie, Bill (24 September 1972), A Collection of Goodies: Special Tax Edition, retrieved 10 April 2017
^ "The Official Goodies Rule – OK! Fan Club Website – Articles/Guides". goodiesruleok.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^ Guide, British Comedy. "The Goodies – A Binge of Goodies DVD – British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

External links

"A Collection of Goodies" at IMDb

[1] "A Collection of Goodies Special Tax Edition (1972)". BFI. Retrieved 10 April 2017.

[2] Brooke-Taylor, Tim; Garden, Graeme; Oddie, Bill (24 September 1972), A Collection of Goodies: Special Tax Edition, retrieved 10 April 2017

[3] "The Official Goodies Rule – OK! Fan Club Website – Articles/Guides". goodiesruleok.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[4] Brooke-Taylor, Tim; Garden, Graeme; Oddie, Bill (24 September 1972), A Collection of Goodies: Special Tax Edition, retrieved 10 April 2017

[5] "The Official Goodies Rule – OK! Fan Club Website – Articles/Guides". goodiesruleok.com. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

[6] Guide, British Comedy. "The Goodies – A Binge of Goodies DVD – British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

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v t e The Goodies episodes
Series 1	"Tower of London" "Snooze" "Give Police a Chance" "Caught in the Act" "The Greenies" "Cecily" "Radio Goodies"
Series 2	"Scotland" "Commonwealth Games" "Pollution" "The Lost Tribe" "The Music Lovers" "Culture for the Masses" "Kitten Kong" "Come Dancing" "Farm Fresh Food" "Women's Lib" "Gender Education" "Charity Bounce" "The Baddies"
Specials	"Kitten Kong: Montreux '72 Edition" "A Collection of Goodies – Special Tax Edition"
Series 3	"The New Office" "Hunting Pink" "Winter Olympics" "That Old Black Magic" "For Those in Peril on the Sea" "Way Outward Bound" "Superstar"
Series 4	"Camelot" "Invasion of the Moon Creatures" "Hospital for Hire" "The Goodies and the Beanstalk" "The Stone Age" "Goodies in the Nick" "The Race"
Series 5	"The Movies" "Clown Virus" "Chubbie Chumps" "Wacky Wales" "Frankenfido" "Scatty Safari" "Kung Fu Kapers" "Lighthouse Keeping Loonies" "Rome Antics" "Fleet Street Goodies" "South Africa" "Bunfight at the O.K. Tea Rooms" "The End" "The Goodies Rule – O.K.?"
Series 6	"Lips, or Almighty Cod" "Hype Pressure" "Daylight Robbery on the Orient Express" "Black and White Beauty" "It Might as Well Be String" "2001 & A Bit" "The Goodies – Almost Live"
Series 7	"Alternative Roots" "Dodonuts" "Scoutrageous" "Punky Business" "Royal Command" "Earthanasia"
Series 8	"Goodies and Politics" "Saturday Night Grease" "A Kick in the Arts" "U-Friend or UFO?" "Animals" "War Babies"
Series 9	"Snow White 2" "Robot" "Football Crazy" "Big Foot" "Change of Life" "Holiday" "Animals Are People Too"

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