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A Kick in the Arts (Goodies episode)

A Kick in the Arts is an episode of the popular British comedy television series The Goodies.

This episode is also known as "Summer Olympics".

Plot

Britain's athletes have no money and are starving. Tim tries to help and ends up becoming an athlete too. To survive, the athletes turn to crime, and Tim even steals the Queens's tiara as she drives by waving to spectators. Eventually, Tim and other athletes are locked up in prison for their crimes.

Meanwhile, Graeme pretends to be Australian sports entrepreneur "Frank Thwacker", and imports athletes from all around the world, to make up his own Olympics team — with the intention of giving the team to Tim as a gift.

Because all of the athletes have disappeared, and not knowing what Graeme is up to, Tim changes the direction of Summer Olympics competition from sports, alone, to that of a mixture of sports with poetry and literature, so that Britain will have more of a chance to win. With the changed rules, being a good athlete is no longer enough to guarantee a win in any of the competitions in the Olympic Games, and actors become the new Olympic champions.

Spoofs and imitations

• Kerry Packer
• Summer Olympics
• J. B. Priestley

References

• "The Complete Goodies" — Robert Ross, B T Batsford, London, 2000
• "The Goodies Rule OK" — Robert Ross, Carlton Books Ltd, Sydney, 2006
• "From Fringe to Flying Circus — 'Celebrating a Unique Generation of Comedy 1960-1980'" — Roger Wilmut, Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1980
• "The Goodies Episode Summaries" — Brett Allender
• "The Goodies — Fact File" — Matthew K. Sharp
• "TV Heaven" — Jim Sangster & Paul Condon, HarperCollinsPublishers, London, 2005

External links

• A Kick in the Arts at the Internet Movie Database