Rhubarb (1969 film) three principals, who would pretend to try to sound like a larger group by repeating "rhubarb" very quickly but clearly, with outbreaks of "Custard!" for good measure. Sykes was a close collaborator and friend of the Goons. He remade the piece in 1980 for Thames Television, as "Rhubarb Rhubarb". A Police Inspector and a vicar play a round of golf. The Police Inspector has a Constable help him to cheat by removing his golf ball from awkward situations, and the vicar ultimately requests divine intervention. Allmovie wrote, "sight gags and pantomime dominate this engaging 37 minute feature." Rhubarb (1969 film)
Eric Sykes These included a remake of the 1960s episode "Sykes and a Stranger", guest-starring Peter Sellers as the stranger, Tommy Grando, in what was to be Sellers’s final TV part. During the 1970s, Sykes and Jimmy Edwards took part in a performance of "Big Bad Mouse" entertaining Rhodesian troops for Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia. In 1973, Sykes had a small role as a police sergeant in the Douglas Hickox thriller "Theatre of Blood". In 1977, Sykes wrote and starred in another television special, "Eric Sykes Shows a Few of Our Favourite Things". He also wrote the script for