|
 |
Interesting
Facts about this episode
- Henry and sidekick (played by Norman Mitchell) were
asked back to play the same roles in The Goodies Series 3.
- When all the muscians are rescued, Bill persuades
Tim that Cilla Black should really be left behind, luckily Cilla
escapes and shows no hard feelings as she had Henry co-star with in
1975 for one of her "Cilla's Comedy Six" shows.
- As in many episodes of The Goodies, Rolf Harris is
mentioned.
Neat Places to Visit
|
| Henry as
MJ Coggleton of 17 Acacia Villa......"you don't get me that
easy" |
The Goodies Series 2 Episode 5. Henry plays
a villain, who because he was a failed record producer, decides to kidnap
all the musicians in the world, forcing all live music establishments to
open as discotheques. The theory behind the madness being that if he has
possession all the recording artists and all the venues are now
discotheques, he will eventually have a monopoly on the supply of all
recording acts for the discos. Considering this was first aired in 1971,
the parallels with today are quite scary.
Anyway, The Goodies are captured by
"The Music Master" (as Henry is known), after posing as a rock
band. The Goodies eventually escape, leading to a grand final scene, where
The Goodies and "The Music Master" fight it off in one last
great battle ala "Big Country", complete with violinists firing
their bows at our poor Henry. The scale has to be seen to be
believed.....tremendous.
 |
 |
 |
| The
lads take aim with a Mk3 Tuba Light artillery set up. |
"Ah
Ha!" but your no match for the Mk4 Mobile Field Pipe Organ |
"Take
that!" |
 |
 |
 |
| ...but
wait, the armed violinists of the 1st Royal Fusiliers have
arrived... |
Henry
looks worried |
....and
so he should |
 |
 |
 |
| Watch
out Henry...those bows are coming from all directions... later
video footage did indeed support the three violin assassination
theory, causing a triangle of fire |
..if
you look closely at frame 227 you can see evidence that there was
a third violinst behind the Grassy Knoll... |
The
Goodies win the day, The Music Master is defeated. |
|