Gender Education (Goodies episode)

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The Goodies episode
"Gender Education"
Episode №	18
Airdate	31 December 1971 (Friday — 9.35 p.m.)
Director	Jim Franklin
Producer	John Howard Davies
Guest star(s)	Beryl Reid as "Mrs. Desiree Carthorse" Richard Wattis as the "TV Show Host" Alex Macintosh as "..." John Lawrence as "..." Jim Collier as "..." Valerie Stanton as "..." Tony West as "..."
Series II October 1, 1971 – January 14, 1972
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List of The Goodies episodes

Gender Education is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

This episode is also known as "Sex and Violence".

1 Plot
2 Quotes
3 Spoofs and imitations
4 Notes
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Plot

Mrs. Desiree Carthorse (an obvious parody of Mary Whitehouse) asks the Goodies to make a sex education film for her. However, she thinks that S-E-X is a sin and does not want the word to be mentioned during the film. The Goodies respond with an absurdly coy film that could not possibly offend anyone, but the use of the word 'gender' in the opening credits disgusts her to such an extent that she refuses to watch the rest of the film.

The Goodies are then asked to make violent films for the BBC; Tim and Graeme are horrified about this and refuse the request, but Bill decides to do so and releases a string of violent films, including a very violent version of Cinderella, called Sinderella.

Bill, who has become obsessed with violence, goes on the rampage and wreaks havoc, resulting in an explosive situation for Mrs Carthorse's mortal enemies, the BBC...

[edit] Quotes

Quote 1

Bill: "It is Mrs. Carthorse, isn't it?"
Mrs. Desiree Carthorse: "Yes."
Bill: "What does your husband do?"
Mrs. Desiree Carthorse: "He keeps his distance!"

Quote 2

Graeme:"There is a difference between men and ladies. Do you know what it is? Yes. Men are better at football."

[edit] Spoofs and imitations

[edit] Notes

The Goodies wrote this episode with the sole intention of annoying Mary Whitehouse, who had written to the BBC to praise the team's wholesome family-orientated humour, clearly overlooking the fact that the first episode contained, in Bill Oddie's words, "drug references, tits and a royal scandal". Despite the episode's relatively extreme content, Whitehouse did not complain to the BBC about the Goodies until the Saturday Night Grease episode aired in 1980.

The special effects sequence of Broadcasting House being blown up was reportedly screened at BBC functions and parties, where it attracted huge cheers. Bill Oddie, speaking to Robert Ross in the book The Goodies Rule OK, said "everyone who's worked there has wanted to blow the place up at some stage — and we did it!"

[edit] References

"The Complete Goodies" — Robert Ross, B T Batsford, London, 2000
"The Goodies Rule OK" — Robert Ross, Carlton Books Ltd, Sydney, 2006
"From Fringe to Flying Circus — 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980'" — Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980
"The Goodies Episode Summaries" — Brett Allender
"The Goodies — Fact File" — Matthew K. Sharp