The Goodies: Kung Fu Kapers AKA Ecky Thump

Air Date

Monday March 24, 1975

Production Code

98447

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• Guest Cast

  • Richard Pescud Unknown
  • Michael Barratt Nationwide Presenter
  • William F. Sully Unknown

• Stars

  • Bill Oddie Bill
  • Tim Brooke-Taylor Tim
  • Graeme Garden Graeme

• Directors

  • Jim Franklin Director

• Musics

  • Michael Gibbs Music
  • Bill Oddie Music

• Writers

  • Tim Brooke-Taylor Writer
  • Bill Oddie Writer
  • Graeme Garden Writer
Episode Cast and Crew Details »

• When Graeme flops onto the beanbag after the fight with Bill, there is a message on the board behind him which says 'It's Still Gibbon Time', referring to the song 'Funky Gibbon'. [edit]
• While watching this episode during its original airing, a 50 year old man named Alex Mitchell could not stop laughing for 25 minutes and then died from the strain it put on his heart. This is probably the most well-known incident of someone actually dying from laughing. [edit]

• Available on "The Goodies ... At Last" Region 0 DVD (Network 7952171) and "The Goodies - 8 Delicious Episodes" Region 4 DVD (BBC/Village Roadshow) both released 2003. [edit]

• (Tim and Graeme are teaching themselves Kung Fu from a book)
  Graeme: Right, you stand there.
  Tim: You’re not gonna hurt me are you?
  Graeme: Slightly.
  Tim: (crying) I don’t wanna be hurt.
  Graeme: Now Tim, Tim, there is an old Chinese proverb; The King of Kung Fu… doesn’t cry a lot. [edit]
• (coming in and finding Tim out cold on the ground)
  Bill: Oh, hello… what’s the matter with him, then?
  Graeme: I killed him.
  Bill: Oh you are careless, y-you really are, honestly! What’s for dinner, Graeme?
  Graeme: We were doing Kung Fu…
  Bill: I’m not eating that! [edit]
• Bill: Oh that Kung Fu, load of rubbish, doesn’t work that.
  Tim: (wakes up) What happened?
  Bill: There you see, that proves it doesn’t it. You said he was dead! Like Chinese food that is… half an hour later you have to kill him again. [edit]

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