I thought it might be the Political Correctness police preventing Everett from resurfacing, and was going to try an accuse them of homophobia to hoist them by their own petard.
I'll come up with more crazy plans.
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Quote: Sir Geoffrey Loftus @ September 18 2007, 3:26 AM BSTI refuse to buy the best ofs as they're just a tease. Or am I going to have to resort to downlaoding them or something?
Sir Geoffrey, do you have The Goodies Tasty Box - the 16 officially released BBC episodes on DVD? It's on sale now at JB HiFi - reduced from $75 to $49 - still somewhat expensive for just 4 discs, but worth getting, as it doesn't look like any complete (BBC) series are going to be issued any time soon, what with Network having apparently lost its Goodies licensing deal from the BBC.
Have you not thought of why Network may have lost their licence? 
Quote: Aaron @ August 3 2009, 10:47 AM BSTHave you not thought of why Network may have lost their licence?
Heard David Baddiel mention that they have never repeated or bought the Mary Whitehouse Experience out on DVD but has decided not to complain too much in case he started sounded like Bill Oddie.
Quote: Aaron @ August 3 2009, 10:47 AM BSTHave you not thought of why Network may have lost their licence?
Because the BBC are now bringing them out in a box set! 
Quote: Bad dog @ August 3 2009, 12:24 PM BSTBecause the BBC are now bringing them out in a box set!
*awards Bad dog a gold star*
Quote: Bad dog @ August 3 2009, 12:24 PM BSTBecause the BBC are now bringing them out in a box set!
'Now' means when? The BBC still loves The Goodies. This from the BBC website: There were more real problems, however. In particular some scenes saw various Goodies blacking up or putting on "comedy" black accents. While these things could (just) pass as innocent attempts at humour in the early 70s they feel very out of place all these years later.
I'd say we shouldn't hold our breath. It's the BBC we're talking about here!
Quote: Kenneth @ August 4 2009, 2:10 AM BST'Now' means when? The BBC still loves The Goodies. This from the BBC website: There were more real problems, however. In particular some scenes saw various Goodies blacking up or putting on "comedy" black accents. While these things could (just) pass as innocent attempts at humour in the early 70s they feel very out of place all these years later.
Firstly, that review is totally irrelevant as it's not the BBC who release DVDs anyway.
Secondly, things like that haven't stopped numerous other shows from any channel being released on DVD.
Thirdly, I would speculate that the BBC itself more loathes than loves The Goodies.
Sadly still not a complete box set, but...
http://www.networkdvd.net/product_info.php?cPath=90&products_id=1260
Quote: Aaron @ October 13 2010, 8:53 PM BSTSadly still not a complete box set, but...
http://www.networkdvd.net/product_info.php?cPath=90&products_id=1260
Good, because The Goodies Rule OK book by Robert Ross is not very detailed or well written.
A better buy is 'The Complete Goodies', also by Ross, published in 2000, Kenneth: this has a hyper-detailed synopsis of all BBC/LWT episodes, as well as much connected team member offshoot endeavours within this book.....very helpful and informative for those who don't have the bulk of the episodes.
I haven't seen the Andrew Pixley 'Superchaps 3' book yet, but he's a reputable historian and dedicated Goodies fan, so chances are this should be a stimulating, in-depth read.
Regarding the unreleased-onto-DVD episodes, there's still loads of gems sitting in the archives. I watched 'Rome Antics', 'Chubbie Chumps' and 'Clown Virus' this week, and they're corking episodes, definitely on par with anything put out onto disc yet: other worthwhile entries like 'The Race' (which has one of the best Goodies endings ever), 'Hype Pressure', 'The Baddies', 'Scatty Safari', or 'Dodonuts' are all good quality episodes that deserve DVD treatment.
In fact, the remaing 45 or so unreleased episodes could be put out if Network chose the selections with care. There are a few relatively-substandard episodes; but even these lesser efforts contain some comedy class, if of less consistency: 'Charity Bounce', A Kick in the Arts' and 'Goodies and Politics' (the latter of which seemed a bit laboured to me on a recent viewing) and true, by the final eighth BBC series, the overall quality was slipping a tad, but even then there were still good episodes like 'Animals' (the 'Watership Down' satire), and the final BBC episode 'War Babies' was refreshingly very different and non-formulaic.
I had the foresight to compile my own home-made Goodies archive before the plug was pulled on availability of all episodes, and I am the proud owner of all the episodes, all but 4 of which are decent quality, if only fit for viewing on a small YouTube-like screen: but it's definitely much better than nothing, and the source of much belly-laughs, until the official DVD releases become available, if ever! The recent BBC repeats got respectable figures (on par with some freshly-minted shows, if that accounts for anything) so hopefully we're on course for more DVD releases without having to wait up to three years between issue as happened last time around.
The recent batch of BBC episodes on DVD has a good choice of programmes, but it appears to have been rush-released, as no extras of any kind were forthcoming, as in the previous three sets. I am grateful for the new DVD release, however, as it's the full-length shows that count.
The alert Goodies watcher can also discover upgraded versions of the few relatively poor-resolution episodes, and recent quality upgrades have included 'Superstar' and 'Caught in the Act' which can finally be seen in pinsharp glory, even if the latter is still in b/w only.
The blurry-but-watchable episodes are: Hospital for Hire, Frankenfido, Cunning Stunts and A Kick in the Arts. If anyone has knowledge of the whereabouts of clear copies of these episodes, please PM yours truly!
Quote: Aaron @ March 17 2009, 9:08 PM GMTI can't comment on the specific Beatles case (although it sounds unlikely), but a lot of work has been done in the past few years on music rights. It's not really any different now than organising royalties for the writers and performers.
Sure enough, Goodies Rule - OK? was on the DVD set released in late 2010 and the audio of the Beatles singing She Loves You has been replaced by some nondescript pap tune because of "contractual reasons".
Quote: Rico El Vista @ January 13 2011, 9:32 AM GMTI haven't seen the Andrew Pixley 'Superchaps 3' book yet, but he's a reputable historian and dedicated GOODIES fan, so chances are this should be a stimulating, in-depth read.
Pixley wrote very lengthy sleeve notes - actually a 36-page booklet - for the last Goodies DVD release. Although obviously a labour of love that's brimming with detail (some fascinating, some tiresomely extraneous), Pixley's narrative is not very enthralling. Something along the lines of The Doctor Who Discontinuity Guide would have been a lot more fun to read. All the lists of every bit of music used and the names of every actor from every episode could perhaps have been put at the back in some appendices. His book doesn't seem to have been released in Australia yet.
Quote: Rico El Vista @ January 13 2011, 9:32 AM GMTThe blurry-but-watchable episodes are: Hospital for Hire, Frankenfido, Cunning Stunts and A Kick in the Arts. If anyone has knowledge of the whereabouts of clear copies of these episodes, please PM yours truly!
I have fairly clean versions of those four.
Quote: Rico El Vista @ January 13 2011, 9:32 AM GMTI had the foresight to compile my own home-made Goodies archive before the plug was pulled on availability of all episodes
Oh? Where have they been previously available? (Or are you referring to non-legal sources?)