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In early 2005
The Goodies launced their first ever live stage show at The Big Laugh Comedy Festival in Sydney,
Australia. The
Festival teamed with Playbill Merchandising to produce a line of merchandise to be sold in conjunction with the tour. Each product bore the notice "Licensed by BBC Worldwide and The Big Laugh
Comedy Festival Sydney. Reproduced with the permission of Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie."
(All items are shown below.)
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| hang tag for Goodies tour merchandise |
The initial line of tour merchandise included t-shirts, caps, pins, magnets, and keychains which made use of the Goodies logo as well as
publicity photos of the Goodies on their trandem, sitting on a park bench, and striking a Funky Gibbon pose. These items,
as well as the two Australian Goodies DVDs available at that time (The Goodies - 8 Delicious Episodes & The
Goodies - A Tasty Second Helping), were sold at the show venues, at ABC Shops nationwide, and via Playbill Merchandising's
website. Tour programs were available at the shows and from Playbill's website.
In
addition to the items from Playbill, a company named Annabel Trends produced four licensed Goodies items - two different aprons, an oven mit, and a pot holder. These also made use of the bench and Funky Gibbon
images. The Annabel Trends merchandise was sold at the ABC Shops, although it did not become available until towards the end
of the tour.
When The Goodies returned to Australia in November 2005 for their second tour several pieces of merchandise were
added to the Playbill line. These consisted of a coffee mug and two additional t-shirts. A second version of the tour program was produced for this run of the show.
Goodies
tour merchandise on sale in ABC Shops, Australia (March 2005)
In 2006-2007 The
Goodies show was taken to the UK. A subset of the Australian merchandise was available at the shows - two of the t-shirts plus the baseball cap. Once again, the tour program was revised for the latest run of the tour. Also available
at the shows were the two UK Goodies DVDs available at that time (The Goodies At Last! & The Goodies - At
Last A Second Helping).
Following
are images of and additional details about the tour merchandise. Since the DVDs were not produced exclusively for the tours
they are not included here but can be found in the Videos & DVDs section of this site.
T-SHIRTS & CAP (Australia & the UK)
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| red t-shirt |
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| khaki t-shirt |
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| baseball cap |
The red & khaki t-shirts were part of the initial line of Goodies tour merchandise. They were available
for both Australian tours, as was the navy blue Goodies cap.
Added for the second tour were the ladies black tee and the two-sided yellow shirt. The yellow shirt's design
was inspired by the line of t-shirts available from The Goodies Rule - OK! Fan Club (the fan club was the official website for the tours).
The merchandise line for the UK leg of the Goodies tour included the khaki & yellow t-shirts and the cap.
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| ladies black tee |
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| yellow t-shirt front |
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| yellow t-shirt back |
COFFEE MUG (Australia only)
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| coffee mug front |
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| coffee mug back |
The Goodies mug became available in Australia starting with the second tour. It was sold at the shows, in the ABC
Shops, and from Playbill Merchandising's website.
The mug was blue with gold lettering. One side had a large "G" in the Goodies font, inside of which was written the name
of the tour ("Still Alive on Stage"). The other side had The Goodies logo and the phrase "Goody Goody yum yum!"
PINS, MAGNETS, & KEYCHAINS (Australia only)
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| trandem pin |
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| Goodies logo pin |
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| Funky Gibbon pin |
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| Funky Gibbon magnet |
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| Goodie Goodie Yum Yum magnet |
The line of Goodies merchandise available for both Australian tours included
3 pins, 2 magnets, and 2 keychains. These were sold at the shows, in the ABC Shops, and from Playbill Merchandising's
website.
The pins were metal with tie tack fasteners. The designs were The Goodies
on their trandem, The Goodies logo, and The Goodies striking a Funky Gibbon pose.
One of the magnets was metal and also used the Funky Gibbon photo design.
The second magnet was plastic and bore the phrase "Goodie Goodie Yum Yum".
Both keychains were metal. The first had "The Goodies" logo on the front and
the words "Anything, Anytime" on the back. The second keychain used the bench photo seen on the cover of the first Goodies
DVD.
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| Goodies logo key ring |
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| bench key ring |
APRONS, OVEN MIT, & POT HOLDER (Australia only)
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| bench design apron |
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| Funky Gibbon design apron |
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| oven mit |
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| pot holder |
In addition to the line produced by Playbill Merchandising, Annabel Trends produced officially licensed
Goodies merchandise. The four items in their line arrived in the ABC Shops towards the end of the first Australian tour.
Annabel Trend's Goodies line consisted of 2 aprons, an oven mitt, and a pot holder; their black &
white images sported green highlights. The first design, used for one of the aprons plus the pot holder, had the
bench design and the words "Anything Anytime Anywhere". The second design used the Funky Gibbon image and the phrase
"Goodie Goodie Yum Yum".
PROGRAMS (Australia & The UK)
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| Program from 1st Australian tour |
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| Programme from 2nd Australian tour |
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| Program from UK tour |
Three different versions of the tour programme were produced,
although most of the primary content remained the same. This
included letters
to the fans from The Goodies and Big Laugh Comedy Festival Director John Pinder, photos, and excerpts from the book The Goodies File. Both
Australian versions also included new bits of comedy in the form of letters supposedly exchanged between the Goodies and Australian
Customs concerning importing the trandem into the country.
The differences between the first and second Australian program included alterations
to the cover (to reflect Bill's virtual, instead of in person, appearance), the addition of local advertisements, and updated
production credits.
The UK version saw similar changes (an updated cover & credits, plus the removal
of the Australian advertisements). In addition, the formerly plain back cover now showed artwork used for 4 pins &
stickers distributed at the stage show's UK premiere (a month-long run at the 2006 Edinburgh Fringe Festival). For the
UK edition, Graeme also re-wrote the mock letters so that, instead of them being an exchange with Australian
Customs, the letters now argued the case for the Goodies bringing the trandem back to its home country.
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