Well, I just watched this again in a rerun homage to the 70's. I have to say, that, apart from costumes, this has aged rather more gracefully than many other comedies of the era, such as Blazing Saddles.
The humour isn't particularly clever, or witty. It's just fast and furious. As a result, few gags are overdone (are you listening Mr Brooks?) and the pace is quite frenetic at times.
The main thing which distinguishes the humour of the Goodies from virtually any other show or movie, is the insanity of it. Only the Airplane movies came anywhere near it for irrationality and craziness, and even then, they are only a pale shadow compared to what the Goodies were capable of.
The most startling thing about the Goodies were the songs. Most of the shows, including this film episode, had some sort of song, usually accompanied by the most dire of effects and animations. Yet despite the hideous awfulness of it all, it still makes you smile in a way that the capering antics of, say, the Wayans Bros. never will.
To say much about the Beanstalk episode would be to ruin it for those that haven't yet seen it, so I'll stay quiet about specifics. Suffice to say you'll have no trouble spotting the many references to other films thrown in for comic measure.
In short, the Goodies was madcap fun that we will never see again - not because it isn't considered funny anymore - but because nobody can do it anywhere like as effortlessly as the Goodies did.
Enjoy!
The humour isn't particularly clever, or witty. It's just fast and furious. As a result, few gags are overdone (are you listening Mr Brooks?) and the pace is quite frenetic at times.
The main thing which distinguishes the humour of the Goodies from virtually any other show or movie, is the insanity of it. Only the Airplane movies came anywhere near it for irrationality and craziness, and even then, they are only a pale shadow compared to what the Goodies were capable of.
The most startling thing about the Goodies were the songs. Most of the shows, including this film episode, had some sort of song, usually accompanied by the most dire of effects and animations. Yet despite the hideous awfulness of it all, it still makes you smile in a way that the capering antics of, say, the Wayans Bros. never will.
To say much about the Beanstalk episode would be to ruin it for those that haven't yet seen it, so I'll stay quiet about specifics. Suffice to say you'll have no trouble spotting the many references to other films thrown in for comic measure.
In short, the Goodies was madcap fun that we will never see again - not because it isn't considered funny anymore - but because nobody can do it anywhere like as effortlessly as the Goodies did.
Enjoy!