"The Goodies" The New Office (TV Episode 1973) Poster

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(1973)

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The New Office
Prismark109 March 2023
Taking into account of runaway inflation, rising price of petrol and property. There is some social commentary in this episode of The Goodies.

There is also a reference to lazy grasping builders and vampiric estate agents.

The Goodies new office is not yet ready, it has only been six months so far to refurbish it. The builder (Joe Melia) walks out with his lads as the Goodies will not pay a deposit in advance. As well as the remainder of the money.

They go to an estate agent to buy a new property but the price of property is escalating. The estate agent (Joe Melia) rips of The Goodies by selling them a very small parcel of land for 100k.

Graeme decides to build their on office, it is a mobile one. It can be pulled by a bike.

The opener of the third series has some very good visual gags as the trio try to construct. The best being the bulldozers going on a rampage like animals or should I say dinosaurs.
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10/10
"There's Nobody Driving Those Things!"
ShadeGrenade22 November 2006
Warning: Spoilers
Frustrated at the lack of progress on the redecoration of their office, The Goodies search for new premises. Disguised as poor people ( Bill is made up to look like a baby ), they visit an estate agent, whose house prices rise with each passing second. After being conned out of their life savings, they decide to build a disused railway station...

Cracking episode which launched 'The Goodies' third series. Joe Melia, who plays a double role as the builder and the estate agent, will forever be remembered as 'Mr.Prosser' from the television version of 'The Hitch-Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy. His sexy secretary, Miss Lushboosie, is played by Julie Desmond - 'the girl with the biggest tits' in the famous Monty Python 'Summarise Proust' sketch.

Two fantastic film sequences - the Goodies building their new offices ( Bill uses a pneumatic drill as a pogo stick at one point ) and the stunning finale in which our heroes are menaced by sentient bulldozers - make this a real treat for comedy fans.
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