The Goodies (TV Series) Goodies in the Nick (1974) User Reviews

Goodies in the Nick

[Prismark10 · 7/10 · 12 September 2023]

It is law and order, The Goodies style. The Police Sergeant (Jack Douglas) needs to improve his crime clear up rates.

The Goodies are hired to commit crimes but then decide they do not want to get caught. It is better to rob a bank and then keep the loot.

However the police try to arrest them and put them on trial. Not before Tim becomes The Goodiefather.

There is a lot of cheeky humour and some gags aimed for the older audience. They mock the Godfather and do their gangster walk which I found amusing.

The mock adverts were funny as well. It all leads to Bill acting as a trial judge. Law and order can be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

Do not feed the crinimals

[ingemar-4 · 10/10 · 12 June 2009]

An incompetent policeman (Jack Douglas) needs to improve his statistics, and asks The Goodies to commit crimes so he can arrest them. The Goodies are a bit too good at crime, and the police a bit too bad at arresting them. Eventually, The Goodies end up in jail, escape, and manage to turn the final trial against the policeman.

The episode is one of The Goodies very best. The plot is hilarious from the start to end. It features two very good slapstick sequences, a very funny bank robbery, Tim as "Goodiefather", and Bill taking over as judge in a trial that turns into a auction. And on top of it, it has the "Longbow cider" mock ad, and the excellent "Run" song in the second slapstick sequence.

I most seriously can't find anything to complain about. Well, that should be the somewhat dull humor in the identification scene, it could have been better, but it is OK, just the weakest part of an excellent episode.