The Stone Age (Goodies episode)
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The Stone Age is an episode of the British
comedy
television series The Goodies
— a BAFTA
-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.
This episode is also known as "Archaeologists" and as "Tyrannosaurus Rex" and also as "Pot-Holing" and "Let's Go Pot-Holing".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Bill and Tim decide to rescue him, but Tim confesses he is not going down. Bill goes in the hole alone but, when he goes down the hole, he pulls Tim down too.
They both fall to the bottom, where they find Graeme has turned a tunnel into the Goodies' own tunnel. They find a Tyrannosaurus Rex with its mouth open and look into the mouth, when it suddenly closes on them.
They discover they cannot get back out the dinosaur's mouth, so decide to travel through the creature till they reach its stomach. They are stuck there for a long time, until Graeme comes up with an idea — they will shout through the Tyrannosaurus Rex. So Bill shouts for help, but ends up waking the creature. When the creature's mouth opens, they all run out and climb back up the hole to their office. Graeme states he wishes he could have a better examination of the creature, when it smashes through the floor and tips the office over.
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television series The Goodies
The Goodies (TV series)
The Goodies is a British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by BBC 2 from 1970 until 1980 — and was then broadcast by the ITV company LWT for a year, between 1981 to 1982.The show was...
— a BAFTA
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.
This episode is also known as "Archaeologists" and as "Tyrannosaurus Rex" and also as "Pot-Holing" and "Let's Go Pot-Holing".
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
Plot
It's the weekend and the Goodies are happy about this, but whilst Graeme reads, Bill's and Tim's hobbies are getting on each others nerves, so they decide to do neither and tell Graeme that they are bored. Graeme is no longer happy because they disturbed him. He then explains the book he is reading is about the prehistoric age. Then, while explaining, Graeme thinks there are prehistoric fossils under the office and falls down a deep hole.Bill and Tim decide to rescue him, but Tim confesses he is not going down. Bill goes in the hole alone but, when he goes down the hole, he pulls Tim down too.
They both fall to the bottom, where they find Graeme has turned a tunnel into the Goodies' own tunnel. They find a Tyrannosaurus Rex with its mouth open and look into the mouth, when it suddenly closes on them.
They discover they cannot get back out the dinosaur's mouth, so decide to travel through the creature till they reach its stomach. They are stuck there for a long time, until Graeme comes up with an idea — they will shout through the Tyrannosaurus Rex. So Bill shouts for help, but ends up waking the creature. When the creature's mouth opens, they all run out and climb back up the hole to their office. Graeme states he wishes he could have a better examination of the creature, when it smashes through the floor and tips the office over.