"The Goodies" A Kick in the Arts (TV Episode 1980) Poster

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(1980)

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A Kick in the Arts
Prismark101 December 2022
1980 was the year of the Moscow Olympics but The Goodies would not have known at the time of the boycott from some of the western nations. (Apparently the USA were upset that the Soviets invaded Afghanistan instead of them!)

Tim Brooke-Taylor decide to bring back pride for Great Britain after being humiliated by Bill and Graeme's cheating in some games.

Last minute changes to the Olympic format means that only Great Britain remains as the competitor. With Graeme betting all his money for Britain to lose. He forms the Rest of the World team with Bill.

More zany fun. This might have been the last series for the BBC. I found it funny, hapless Tim always falls for Bill and Graeme's gamesmanship.

It is funny silliness with a relay race composing of British authors and poets. Graeme and Bill stood no chance.
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4/10
The kick misses the mark
ingemar-46 October 2018
Warning: Spoilers
In their last BBC season, it was pretty clear that the boys were losing their steam, with few high points (the first half of Politics being a notable exception). In "A kick in the arts", the episode is packed with gags, but they rarely feel truly funny.

The funniest part is probably when Bill humiliates TIm in multiple games with various ways of cheating. Another relatively strong scene is Bill building a brick wall higher while Tim tries to pole vault over it.

Amusing tidbit: We can easily spot one scene reprising an escape scene from "Goodies in the nick".

The alternative sports are amusing but rarely laugh-out-loud funny. The best IMHO is heavyweight poetry, where the gag fully integrates the two components, and the long jump scene over the author's whole production.

So, there are gags everywhere, possibilities to be amused. It may work if you are in the right mindset but to me it felt like one of the weaker episodes.
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