The Goodies "Funky Gibbon"

[@Widgeonify]

My dad is always singing this song and he's 50 now. I never knew it was a real song.

[@jelly7864]

I can relate

[@davegill7614]

Sadly I bought the record back in the day :-)

[@stevenhighams4190]

It was a great time to be a kid!

[@onlythebiggesthitsoneleano8461]

They copied it from your Dad. They owe him.

[@paulstreesofwalthamabbey2007]

😂me too ! I’m 49 !! My sons saying,.what are you on about dad 🤣

[@deanfox5401]

These are quite clearly the three most stylish men that ever lived

[@alanstrom2221]

In the 70's when this was first released, our family went into hysterics, rolling on the lounge room floor.

[@astroboirap]

You absolute losers

[@astroboirap]

losers

[@RadagonTheRed]

I can’t decide if that tells us more about the 70s or your family.

[@thomasduffmcgready-zb3yt]

We're no losers because we understand clean family comedy. Back in the early 1970s there was world wide vast amounts of family's with Children who loved and still do the Goodies. The Goodies was right out of a Comc Book with such madness craziness ridiculous outrageous brilliant fantastic entertainment of outburst fits of laughter that had many family's rolling on the floor with laughter. So the whole wide world of vast amounts of fans of this Classic TV series to you are all losers . No we just have the real true knowledge understanding of what family comedy entertainment comic book madness is about and very funny. Again we're not the losers. Remember what you say about one family it makes all of us the same. If you think we're losers then you need to do some research on The Goodies. And be a Goodie not a Baddie .

[@Malkmusianful]

Bill Oddie: ah yes this is my pop breakthrough Tim Brooke-Taylor: looks fun Graeme Garden: somebody please murder me on stage

[@neilmclaughlin2347]

“Let your wrist go limp like a bent baboon”. Brilliant!

[@IAmTheShadowStar]

Thanks Ellis for bringing this to my attention

[@K75-d5n]

Fellow WPE lover!

[@neilcarroll4579]

"Let your wrist go limp like a bent baboon" when I was a kid in the 80s we sang this at the school disco!

[@martinlee5604]

From left to right: Bill Oddie (b. 1941), Graeme Garden (b. 1943), Tim Brooke-Taylor (1940 - 2020).

[@kqs2674]

“Does your wrist go limp like a bent baboon?”…..whaaaaaat? Ha ha, this song is such a product of its time.

[@expatmoose]

Watching this in 2024,,,,,, I’m guessing many would see this as racism now but oh my growing up it was so so funny (must admit, still funny)😂😂😂

[@mariocondello2282]

Had this played at my wedding reception.

[@Luke-mongeater]

In my local pub we used to play a game called the “Who game”. You had to get someone to say “Who”, for example “he’s just called you an idiot?” “Who?”. Then half the pub would burst into “WHO WHO WHO THE FUNKY GIBBON” lol.

[@richardupton6266]

"tie a yellow gibbon round the old oak tree".

[@TheAnniewalker]

You're truly evil

[@TonySmith-vn8vq]

🤣😅😂

[@annoldham3018]

Bill has great rhythm. Tim dances like your dad. Graeme just doesn't dance. 😂🥰

[@themoviedealers]

The Goodies are like a mutant combination of two of my favorite pop culture groups, Monty Python and The Monkees.

[@albertmccarthy7232]

The goodies worked with Monty python at Cambridge and John Cleese appeared in an episode of their show

[@Dbreakz1]

One of the few songs you could never get away with singing at a Football Match 🤣

[@deanhartland9633]

00⁰

[@bp6329]

yeah, if you was a right mug.

[@mollyjbrooke]

The Goodies were, are, and will always be comedy genius. It's that simple.

[@Deedee-du9tt]

Your sense of humour must be incredibly bad

[@stevenhighams4190]

I love them!

[@michaelellams9105]

I loved the goodies Bill Oddie doing the Ecky-Thump is gold the group were just hilarious.

[@bigjimcrinkler7193]

Anyone that laughs at this is under 6 yrs old

[@mattadders9819]

Oh do one … if you don’t like it the there’s plenty choice on KZbin for you like yoghurt knitting perhaps?

[@brianmorecombe2726]

God them bloody flares used to get caught on the chain of my Raleigh Chopper bike when i used to cycle down to church.

[@Bryce_C.]

So this is where the Minions stole their outfits

[@TheMischievousbull]

I'm a non-70s kid and I like this, better than today's music.

[@TheKrilicious]

WPE sent me!

[@59garymajor]

Me too Gabby would like this

[@daveweatherillable]

And me 😂

[@jamiefoyers2800]

Easily entertained back in the days of "The Goodies" but you have to admire them just getting up and singing with no dancers, dry ice or lightshows. They had enough talent between them to carry the performance. Nice appearance by the "Bay City Rollers" as well....my mum says I was a fan of theirs but thankfully I have no memory of THAT. "Goodies" were crazy but compulsive viewing at the time.

[@aevoguitars2576]

i loved this song, my mum and dad bought me this single when i was about eight.. i played it every day.. probably annoyed mum an dad but there you go

[@GodlessScummer]

How much more is Bill Oddie into this performance than the other two.

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

Graham once said something along the lines of “Bill always wanted to be a rock star…and Tim was just fearless…but I always felt like a dad at his daughter’s disco!”

[@salvagemonster3612]

Man does time fly! These three used to make us kids laugh

[@ev0643]

I am only 16 and remember watching the goodies when I was a little kid and laughing at stuff like kitten Kong and the puppets and this is just like the cherry on the cake it absolutely amazing

[@blackie75]

I loved Graham when I was a kid. I always wanted his schemes to succeed, so he could take over the world lol.

[@thethirdman225]

Yeah, Graeme was the resident megalomaniac. He was certainly my favourite Goodie. Now “A Walk in the Black Forrest.”

[@stevenhighams4190]

Graeme was my hero too.

[@oomanagarcha]

Growing up my mum used to sing this around the house all the time, for such a long period I didnt know it was a real song~

[@tangomike-tf4ux]

My ringtone!!!! This ruled when i was a kid!! Ta for posting :-)

[@DanielVance]

I have a couple of people in mind for which this will become their new ringtone.

[@JellicleKat]

I think Bill was enjoying that just a little too much, Tim was just goin’ for it and poor Graham looked like he’d rather be anywhere but there LOL. Anyway thank you for posting this, I’d never seen it before.

[@realitycheck6359]

That's what made Bill the star of the show

[@Niftified]

Which is ironic as Graham had the best arms for it, being as long as they are.

[@iamthepiemaster]

LOL I watched the video and was about to post the exact same thing

[@steviefyre]

I just messaged my sister and asked her if she remembers a song we used to sing as kids that was about a funky chicken. She linked this to me, I was not disappointed

[@theking-nz1ut]

I remember this song coming out? I was only a kid and I loved the goodies. 👍👍👍

[@garyproffitt5941]

Very talented with "The Goodies". Pure Comedy with the British trio including Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden and bird watching with the binocular intelligent Bill Oddie.

[@douglasfreeman3229]

1978 or thereabouts: I got pissed off when a school coach driver said he didn't see the point of the Goodies. I boarded the coach with some street-wise girls, who were a few years older than me, and he asked "Did anyone see the Goodies last night?". I enthusiastically said "Yes!" and he said "I don't see the point of them." I was about 8 or 9 and felt personally injured! What a swine, and in front of those awesome punk girls!

[@drewgriffithsfm]

Imagine the outrage if this came out today 😆😆😆😆

[@astroboirap]

Why you pleb

[@Sundae_Times]

What you talking about, oddball?

[@pattomuso]

I miss the Goodies!

[@chocsal]

Got the 12-DVD set yet?

[@alisonxbbex1997]

LOL im probs the youngest person on hear to have heard of the goodies. BUZZZZIIIIIIINN. they are actually legend.

[@mickaparrish]

great stuff, how much do they NOT want to be there 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@flappospammo]

VASTLY underrated

[@streathamsoprano8025]

You can tell that Graeme didn't want to sing this song...

[@prissy499]

OMG.....I completely forgot about these guys. What a blast from the past !

[@RonnieGorotto]

Bill Oddie had crazy rhythm.

[@OldManDave1960]

The 70s were a great time to be a kid and teenager. This was 47 years ago and everything gets dated. The whole point of nostalgia is remembering all the great times we had then.

[@shadowhunter6061]

I will be showing my 4 yr grandson the song and dance movements. The Goodies rule

[@DwainDwight]

awesome, one of the all time great TV shows.

[@philodactyl]

The Goodies helped me at the end of my childhood. I love them even though I wasn't a 70s kid :L

[@jessgibbon]

The pain of my surname being Gibbon..

[@kamronhoolock7955]

+Jess Gibbon I share your pain. I'm glad this isn't popular now. My dad got bullied because of this. Still, great song!

[@jessgibbon]

+Cameron “Gibbster” Gibbon yeah me too! Ruined my life a little bit but still a great song haha!

[@skunkhead2007]

+Jess Gibbon yeah gibo yer right

[@daveparsons3907]

+Jess Gibbon TRY BEING CALLED "PARSONS".....PARSONS' NOSE...CHICKEN'S BUTT......came up with an answer which i've gifted my daughter......"Wheyyy....PARSONS' NOSE..WHEYY!!"...... ....HORSE'S ASS!!! Worked a treat for me....and now works for her. Look on the brightside all of you GIBBONS......at least you are not named Titmarsh...whoahhh..that girl Ruth SUFFERED. STICKS AND STONES and BROKEN BONES FOR THOSE WHO CALL ME PARSONS NOSE..

[@daveparsons3907]

Truth is Emily, when folk actually GROW UP, they tend to call you by your first name...out of pure respect. My name is Parsons...i've had "Parsnip(a vegetable), Jarsons(maybe they mis-heard or were deaf), that became shortened over time to Jarse, somehow turned into "Jarsey", then Parse......so many changes along the way...one or two called me "Parson's nose"(meaning: CHICKEN'S ARSE...most of them got bored with that.....by the way, just for the record, i grew up with a Neil Gibbons(NG..Nice Guy)...most folk called him "Gibber"(see how names evolve ove the centuries)...i just called him Neil as soon as we met...and we rode motorbikes together...nice dude...worth looking on it this way...the song could easily have ended up as "THE FUNKY PARSONS"...which would have been.....erm, interesting. Jess Gibbon sounds like a cool name to me..look on the bright side...you could be named after a CHICKEN'S ARSE, like me, eh...think i'd rather be a Gibbon than a Chicken's arsehole...and i'll finish off by dedicating this comment to "all of the ARSEHOLES who called me...an arsehole(Parson's nose)"...i've taught my daughter to say "HORSE'S ASS to anyone who calls her "chicken's butt"...and she's used it...and it works according to her...EVERY TIME. RESPECT TO ANYBODY CALLED GIBBON OUT THERE.

[@kelleeking5340]

Is this how the wiggles got there idea for the shirts from all different colours .ha ha love ❤ 😍 💖 ❣ 💕 this fun fun fun now let's gibbon time .

[@WayneGibbon]

This song made my school life a misery!

[@kamronhoolock7955]

+Wayne Gibbon My dad's too!

[@jessgibbon]

I can relate...

[@eamongibbon59]

Where did we go so wrong?

[@michaelsandford1015]

Wayne Gibbon boo hoo

[@simonmoore2380]

At least you were there to show them how

[@spiritofbeautyd1071]

I LOVE THE GOODIES Anyone here in 2018?? Or am I the only one lol

[@ElvarMasson]

Yes. I am "here" (whatever that means) in 2034

[@audreyhall3108]

I'm here in 2018

[@MegaFrankie1970]

I'm a robot from the future

[@dwaindibbley1965]

Showing my Daughter The Goodies!

[@harold5337]

I'm here, love the Goodies. Got the boxset for Christmas.

[@dragonwolf3215]

They were great in their day. Wish we could see repeats.

[@youllneverwalkalone1565]

Excellent and funny

[@oceanroad1584]

This came back to me today we kids had great fun signing this.there was a guy in our class called john given so the song got changed to the funky given.we sang it at him regularly. He was not impressed😂😂😂

[@MichaelPalinFan2008]

Well............I've seen Bill Oddie in a new light now. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

[@selmaunsley6683]

Seriously underrated genius

[@LaDracul]

This is sure as hell better than "Disco Duck"...

[@bp6329]

no it is not, that's where you're wrong.

[@LaDracul]

@@bp6329 You LIKE Rick Dees?!

[@bp6329]

@@LaDracul yes, and so do you.

[@randal_gibbons]

They're playing my song.

[@caspercasper896]

The uk top 20music charts of 22 Saturday 29 March 1975

[@Nobody-to5fu]

Got them playing this at me funeral

[@Hellberch1]

shame these guys have NEVER been repeated on UK TV

[@hamradiofun5527]

I've got the single with sick man blues B side...

[@TheBundychick82]

Sorry guys this would be my favourite goodies song the funky gibbon. Who wouldn't like to say oh oh oh the funky gibbon I love It I'm from Australia

[@klandersen42]

I remember the song. Didn't know it was by The Goodies. Thought it was some obscure one-hit wonder band.

[@traceyculyer5811]

WHERE HAVE ALL THE COMEDY SONGS GONE? i miss them

[@peterpiers5601]

It's amazing how much this aged. If you don't have the necessary background this is pretty crappy. But if you know The Goodies, ISIRTA, ISIHAC, Monty Python, Do Not Adjust your Set, and At Last the 1948 Show... it's a whole generation, a group of comedians, that made a serious mark on the world. If you have watched these, and can see this in context, you see how brilliant it is.

[@themoviedealers]

Isn't that second one a town in Wales?

[@Isochest]

Albania?

[@robaronin]

That's a very long-winded excuse for not admitting this hasn't aged well. Python? Still holds up. This, however, does not......

[@melgrant7404]

@@robaronin it does

[@uoyevolisp]

The guy with the beard went on to form ABBA. …. The other 2 are running a bar in Sheffield.

[@tomsdottir]

God: I've got hair just like Bill Oddie.

[@victorhernandez8723]

The funkiest British comedy trio you'll ever see!

[@gavinthorburn5385]

This song is funkiest song i can think of,the use of clavanet piano organ is amazing

[@Huck77721]

omg soooooooo funny!!

[@lilsprugga]

Ooh, that was the Bay City Roller!

[@skymoon174]

I've always had a thing for Tim Brook- Taylor.

[@matcole1975]

Never missed a episode as a kid.

[@mindslaw4961]

It's incredible to see footage from before entertainment was invented

[@liamf7838]

Funny as still 😂

[@dylanmcburnie7749]

Old TV is weird and scary. These days it's just scary.

[@KRhetor]

Isaac Asimov gets down and funky!

[@SophieStudios999]

My sister loves the Goodies, they're classic man XD

[@Sundae_Times]

I often seek out oldies but goodies - but here we have an Oddie but Goodie 🤭

[@jamieb8504]

I miss the goodies

[@Gostellow]

Blimey! Ant and Dec were at it, even in the seventies!

[@angelfirepunk1]

that was funky gibbon by the Goodies to show that we are not adverse to a little bit of an-aar-key...

[@georgegard.aka.currymonste1498]

Bloody hell was that the bay city rollers?

[@nicolesushixd9505]

The 3 dislikes are the gibbons who disagree with this song

[@alankazukbishi351]

3 Dislikes fuck

[@thanksyoueel1076]

i had this on my DS

[@rachaelmelville172]

My dad used to make me watch theses on dvd I actually think I might be the yougest person here who knows them

[@jeandupont3835]

Very good!

[@lynnm4664]

Absolutely agree there should be more smashing guys like them. National treasures. Love these brilliant guys. Keep well guys. Love you forever

[@fuckingleaveit]

Best. Observation. Ever. You win.

[@fumarate1]

watched em back in 1980

[@wookiedog]

Yessssssss. funky gibbon. love it

[@Berzdex]

Goody goody yum yum!

[@knittedgandhi4956]

There was a creepy man lived at 38? down my street, called "Jack Fee", who bought a 'Yoga Mat" in about 1976 and got my mum and the woman next door to use it to 'work out'. He always wore a pink bow-tie and always smiled. He used to give us chocolate, (i.e. Kit Kats and Wagon Wheels), and he worked as a caretaker at the local 'college', (then it was where all the losers who couldn't get a job went.... and now it's a University!!!... Oh, how times change and how a bit of re-branding makes all the difference to the youff of the day!) ... ANYWAY...I LOVED watching the Goodies... and Jack Fee @ No 38 bought me the Goodies album for 35p (Brand Spanking New!!). It was my first Album!! :D He bought my elder sister (12 yrs old) an album called "Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers dancing Cheek to Cheek"... and after that moment I wasn't allowed into his house whist he "taught her how to waltz". He fell asleep under a sunlamp in about 1977 and died a few years later. Anyway... My point is: I LOVED Bill Oddie... I wanted to be him. However, now I think he is funless tosser. He looks angry in this video and looks as if he knows it's all a ruse and a charade and that he resents "fun". Now, nearing my death and being "Unplugged and Woken" as to the realities of Humanity, I realise that I and Bill (as per my wishes) are probably "ONE"... and thus my banal resentment of having to look as if I am "funny" in order to be popular inevitably grate and lead to disinterest. Tim was funny (& still is)...Graham was funny (& still is)... Bill's disinterest, whilst appearing to be funny, made me who I am today, (...or did it?). Either way... The Goodies ("Der Der Der der Da Da") had a huge influence on me growing up. One day my eldest sister will be dug up from under Jack Fee's patio... and then I can sell my tale and spend it all on Kit-Kats and Wagon Wheels and buy my own Yoga Mat. p.s. Jack made my mum buy a packet of Rothmans and smoke some on her sun lounger.... but she was sick.

[@mikebenjamin9215]

It's like an episode of a 70's-based sit com starring Noddy Holder. Maybe the Goodies make an appearance, Graeme could be played by Richard Ayaode. Bill looks a lot more interested in the TOTP version so I suspect he did it on purpose here to screw up some of the watching kiddies. There is hope and salvation yet!

[@willsuttie3683]

Please tell me more stories.

[@johneggmuldoon3176]

That is without question the most intriguing comment I have ever read on KZbin.

[@siasti]

The Moody Blues thought they had penned a classic with Nights in White Satin but then along came The Goodies!

[@PMA65537]

Knights in ... ??

[@tonylayfield7662]

Verry amazing love moo moo xxxxxxxxxxx

[@MrTaylorTexas]

Now I know why my wife's mother smashed this record into pieces when she was a child.

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Great CLAVINET part!!!

[@amyclarke41]

Excellent

[@endlesspizza6960]

Bill Oddie was like John Travolta here

[@MrJoel9679]

Guess this is where flight of the concords got their inspiration.