From the mid-60s through to the early 2000s (when she finally popped her clogs), puritanical Christian TV campaigner Mary Whitehouse made life a misery for those who didn't share her ultra-conservative views about sex and violence in the media. When she wrote to The Goodies congratulating them on their 'wholesome' family show, they responded by writing this episode, which mercilessly parodies Mary and her meddling ways. Even if the show hadn't been all that funny, I would have loved it for its sheer subversiveness, but as it happens, it's bloody hilarious.
Beryl Reid, as Mrs Desiree Carthorse, a thinly-veiled parody of Whitehouse, is absolutely brilliant, mercilessly mocking every aspect of the irate old woman; all three Goodies masquerading as mustachioed right-wing politician Sir Reginald Wheelbarrow is delightfully absurd; and Bill Oddie going berserk as a result of too much exposure to sex and violence is just plain silly. Even better than all of that is The Goodies' frightfully reserved sex education film 'How To Make Babies By Doing Dirty Things' which they make in accordance to Mrs Carthorse's strange belief's on what is decent, the naughtiest moment being when a man and woman in love, covered from head to foot in sheets, hold hands with each other (the result being the miracle of birth!)—hilarious!!!
Beryl Reid, as Mrs Desiree Carthorse, a thinly-veiled parody of Whitehouse, is absolutely brilliant, mercilessly mocking every aspect of the irate old woman; all three Goodies masquerading as mustachioed right-wing politician Sir Reginald Wheelbarrow is delightfully absurd; and Bill Oddie going berserk as a result of too much exposure to sex and violence is just plain silly. Even better than all of that is The Goodies' frightfully reserved sex education film 'How To Make Babies By Doing Dirty Things' which they make in accordance to Mrs Carthorse's strange belief's on what is decent, the naughtiest moment being when a man and woman in love, covered from head to foot in sheets, hold hands with each other (the result being the miracle of birth!)—hilarious!!!