Hype Pressure (Goodies episode)
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Hype Pressure 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 "The Rock and Roll Revival".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
However, Tim then hits on the idea of the 50s/rock and roll revival — when Bill points out that that's already been done, he brings back the rock and roll revival revival and the country is plunged into a ridiculous obsession with everything 1950s. After an appearance on another of Tim's hideous shows, with Tim as director Mike Mansfield, Bill and Graeme decide that Tim's scheme has gone too far, especially when he tries to bring back World War II
.
After Tim "cue's" in various foes, Kitten Kong
and the Giant Dougal make brief cameo appearances, as do the special effects team working the strings, Bill and Graeme cue a "Party Political Broadcast" starring Margaret Thatcher
, which beats Tim into submission.
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
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-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.
This episode is also known as "The Rock and Roll Revival".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Plot
Tim is the presenter and producer of "New Faeces", a TV talent show. Having run out of awful acts to humiliate, he overhears Bill and Graeme in the Goodies' office trying to write a new single and ending up trying to perform like folk singers. He invites the pair onto the show, but their dreadful performance actually goes down well with the audience and the judges, leaving a furious Tim out of a job.However, Tim then hits on the idea of the 50s/rock and roll revival — when Bill points out that that's already been done, he brings back the rock and roll revival revival and the country is plunged into a ridiculous obsession with everything 1950s. After an appearance on another of Tim's hideous shows, with Tim as director Mike Mansfield, Bill and Graeme decide that Tim's scheme has gone too far, especially when he tries to bring back World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
After Tim "cue's" in various foes, Kitten Kong
Kitten Kong
"Kitten Kong" is the first BAFTA nominated episode for Best Light Entertainment Programme of the British comedy television series The Goodies.As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.-Award:...
and the Giant Dougal make brief cameo appearances, as do the special effects team working the strings, Bill and Graeme cue a "Party Political Broadcast" starring Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990...
, which beats Tim into submission.
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