Lips, or Almighty Cod

Last updated

"Lips, or Almighty Cod"
The Goodies episode
Episode no.Series 6
Episode 1
Original air date21 September 1976 (1976-09-21)
Guest appearance
Episode chronology
← Previous
"The Goodies Rule – O.K.?"		Next →
"Hype Pressure"
List of episodes

"Lips, or Almighty Cod" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies .

Contents

It was written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.

Plot

Tim is fishing in the lake for Graeme's fish farm when a trawler arrives. Tim waves a welcome to the crew, and is not aware that the crew are unfriendly. When Tim returns to the fish farm, he informs Graeme and Bill about the crew and they found that the ship's crew are Eskimos, who have arrived in Britain to extend their limits of cod fishing.

To get rid of the intruders, Graeme, Bill and Tim throw cod at the fishermen — they run out of cod, but the Eskimos are delighted with their bumper-sized 'catch' from the Goodies' hands leaving the trio to their foolish mistakes.

To restock their cod supplies at the fish farm, Tim, Bill and Graeme travel to Iceland, where they pretend to be visiting members of the MCC. After catching a single cod, they return home to Cricklewood, where Graeme proceeds to raise the cod as a pet. The cod ends up being an enormous one.

The Eskimos still fishing in Britain and the Goodies try to think of a way to discourage them. But, Tim and Bill's attempts to scare them away are not 100% effective and Graeme tries to find a way to annoy fish in order to scare the Eskimos off with an angry fish but to no avail. After Graeme discovers that a recording of Max Bygraves singing "Tulips from Amsterdam" makes the goldfish lash about with anger, he experiments with the giant cod. The experiment works and the giant cod then accidentally swallows the gramophone and the record, which Graeme has thrown into the water. After arming the cod with an enormous set of false teeth, Graeme lets the cod escape from the fish farm, so that the cod can scare off the Eskimo fishermen, but the cod chases after Tim and Bill instead.

In its frenzy to get rid of the voice singing inside it, the cod accidentally bumps into the wharf, leading to a truly explosive situation.

Cultural references

Related Research Articles

<i>The Goodies</i> (TV series) British TV comedy series (1970–1980)

The Goodies is a British television comedy series shown in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by the BBC, initially on BBC2 but soon repeated on BBC1, from 1970 to 1980. One seven-episode series was made for ITV company LWT and shown in 1981–82.

"Clown Virus" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"U-Friend or UFO?" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"The Goodies and the Beanstalk" is a special episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.

"The Movies" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"Lighthouse Keeping Loonies" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kitten Kong</span> 7th episode of the 2nd series of The Goodies

"Kitten Kong" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies, written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.

"The Goodies Rule – O.K.?" is a special episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"Black and White Beauty" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"Chubbie Chumps" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"Royal Command" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"War Babies" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"Hype Pressure" is an episode of the award-winning British comedy television series The Goodies.

"It Might as Well Be String" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"The End" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"Dodonuts" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"Earthanasia" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. It was written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie.

"Robot" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"Change of Life" is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

"Animals Are People Too" is the last ever episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies. This episode, which was made by LWT for ITV, was written by Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. It marked the last regular on-screen appearance of Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie.

References

    This page is based on this Wikipedia article
    Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
    Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.