The Goodies Logo 'Clown Virus'

by Tim Brooke-Taylor,
Bill Oddie
and Graeme Garden
The Goodies

The Goodies are summoned to an American Guided Missile Base by Major Charles M. Cheeseburger, who wants them to dispose of a giant canister of “harmless Tomato Soup". After their attempts to dump the soup into the sea fail dismally, Tim, Graeme and Bill decide to drink it instead – but then Graeme gets the inspired idea of selling the revolting soup to motorway service stations across the country. However, the Goodies soon discover that the soup is actually a secret U.S. germ warfare weapon that turns anyone who drinks it into a clown; and with Tim, Graeme, Bill and the entire British population now transformed into ridiculous-looking buffoons, the country is now wide open for an invasion by Major Cheeseburger and his troops…

Bill Oddie (Bill), Tim Brooke-Taylor (Tim), Graeme Garden (Graeme), John Bluthal (Major Charles M. Cheeseburger), Corbet Woodall (Newsreader), Peter Dyneley and Ramsay Williams

Produced and Directed by Jim Franklin
Music by Bill Oddie and Michael Gibbs


TX (BBC 2):
17th February 1974

Notes:
*Featuring Tim, Bill and Graeme