Big Foot (The Goodies)

"**Big Foot**"
"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
Episode chronology
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"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

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.

Cultural references

DVD and VHS releases

This episode has been released on both DVD and VHS.

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

"Big Foot" at IMDb

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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"