Peas be with ewe
Mal
Saturday, 26 September 2026
Wednesday, 23 September 2026
The Goodies
With the recent passing of the brilliant Bill Oddie (Bloddie), so many happy, positive, absurd memories of The Goodies come flooding back. Perfectly suited to my sense of humour.
In Australia, their show was repeated on TV every weekday early evening for 20+ years. Every Aussie child in the 70's and 80's watched and knew The Goodies devotedly.
My three children (now adults) still adore The Goodies! Oh YES!!!
I cannot name just one positive, hilarious, absurd moment.
"Bellamy!" 😄
OK, the personal story...
I would have been about 16, c. 1980, when the episode "Animals" aired. Everybody at school watched The Goodies. I mean everybody. This episode would air at about 6pm on a weeknight.
The next morning, on the bus to school, the call of "Bellamy!" echoed up and down the bus, for the entire 20 minutes!
It was unspoken, but everyone. on. that. bus. knew exactly what it meant. We'd all seen it. Popular kids, poor kids, dork kids etc. Everyone... Men. Dressed as rabbits, trying to hide from rogue animals... of course [laffs]
https://youtu.be/Tz524KEe-kg
(The episode parodies nature documentaries and presenters—including David Bellamy—while exploring themes of animal rights and the economy running on animal power.)
Twas a truly classic childhood memory. A community event. Brilliant.
cf. from 2:14 to 3:00
I loved to make reference, while I was presenting on the radio, to "And now... 'A Walk in the Black Forest'..."
I still have their books too.
Peas be with ewe
Mal
Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Asparagus
I know nobody will read this, but sometimes when I'm bored and tired, I get myself wrapped up in my frilly pink satin tutu, and luminescent ballet tights and put a giant golden horn on my head, thickly lather day-glo sparkles all over myself, and slide around the soapy wet kitchen floor pretending I'm a magical unicorn, singing Italian Opera tastelessly in Biblical Greek.
😸🤭😺😀😃😄😁😆😂😜
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Peas be with ewe
Mal
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