Dodonuts is an episode of the British

United Kingdom

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 comedy

Comedy

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 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

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-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.

As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.

Plot

Bill is upset when he discovers that Tim and Graeme have become obsessive hunter

Hunting

Hunting is the practice of pursuing any living thing, usually wildlife, for food, recreation, or trade. In present-day use, the term refers to lawful hunting, as distinguished from poaching, which is the killing, trapping or capture of the hunted species contrary to applicable law...

s. Tim and Graeme belong to the Endangered Species

Endangered species

An endangered species is a population of organisms which is at risk of becoming extinct because it is either few in numbers, or threatened by changing environmental or predation parameters...

 Club. They are especially interested in hunting endangered species because the small numbers make them hard to find.

On the other hand, Tim and Graeme consider that common species

Common species

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 animals and birds are too abundant and therefore far too easy to hunt.

Later, Graeme finds a Dodo

Dodo

The dodo was a flightless bird endemic to the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Related to pigeons and doves, it stood about a meter tall, weighing about , living on fruit, and nesting on the ground....

 (the last one in existence) in a pet shop, and brings it home to Bill, who then has to keep the bird safe from the other two.

When Bill teaches the Dodo how to fly

Fly

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 (for the Dodo's own protection), the method of flight

Flight

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is rather unusual for a bird.

Quote

• Tim (asking Graeme about the price of the Dodo): "Was it going cheap?"
• Graeme: "No, it was going ERRRRKKKK!!!"