Chubbie Chumps
Encyclopedia
Chubbie Chumps is an episode of the British
comedy
television series The Goodies
— a BAFTA
-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.
This episode is also known as "Radio 2" as well as "The Beauty Contest" and as "Housewives".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
. Tim has also taken to listening to a radio show which, it turns out, is also listened to by a lot of housewives
(all of whom have also become obese), and this leads the group (Tim included) to a health club, where they slim down again.
Later, there are further instructions to the housewives which make them fat again (Tim wants to also join in, but is prevented from doing so by Bill).
This time, the person who is giving the 'instructions' to the housewives making them eat, turns out to be Graeme, who has his own reasons for wanting the housewives to be fat.
United Kingdom
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comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
television series The Goodies
The Goodies (TV series)
The Goodies is a British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by BBC 2 from 1970 until 1980 — and was then broadcast by the ITV company LWT for a year, between 1981 to 1982.The show was...
— a BAFTA
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is a charity in the United Kingdom that hosts annual awards shows for excellence in film, television, television craft, video games and forms of animation.-Introduction:...
-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.
This episode is also known as "Radio 2" as well as "The Beauty Contest" and as "Housewives".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Plot
Graeme and Bill return from a fishing trip to discover that Tim has become obese through eating huge amounts of lardLard
Lard is pig fat in both its rendered and unrendered forms. Lard was commonly used in many cuisines as a cooking fat or shortening, or as a spread similar to butter. Its use in contemporary cuisine has diminished because of health concerns posed by its saturated-fat content and its often negative...
. Tim has also taken to listening to a radio show which, it turns out, is also listened to by a lot of housewives
Homemaker
Homemaking is a mainly American term for the management of a home, otherwise known as housework, housekeeping or household management...
(all of whom have also become obese), and this leads the group (Tim included) to a health club, where they slim down again.
Later, there are further instructions to the housewives which make them fat again (Tim wants to also join in, but is prevented from doing so by Bill).
This time, the person who is giving the 'instructions' to the housewives making them eat, turns out to be Graeme, who has his own reasons for wanting the housewives to be fat.
Spoofs and cultural references
- Beauty contestBeauty contestA beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...
- Health clubHealth clubA health club is a place which houses exercise equipment for the purpose of physical exercise.-Main workout area:...
- The Benny Hill ShowThe Benny Hill ShowThe Benny Hill Show is a British comedy television show starring Benny Hill.There were various incarnations of the show between 1951 and 1991, and it aired in over 140 countries. The show is generally sketch-based with heavy use of slapstick, mime, parody and double-entendre...
— where the ending music and chase of the Benny Hill Show is used as the ending music and chase for the episode.
External links
- ("Chubbie Chumps" is listed under an alternative title at IMDb)