The Goodies and the Beanstalk The Goodies and the Beanstalk "The Goodies and the Beanstalk" is a special episode of the award-winning British comedy television series "The Goodies" Written by The Goodies, with songs and music by Bill Oddie. Homeless and penniless, the Goodies have no food and are sleeping on park benches. Graeme and Tim decide to sell their trandem, but Bill is devastated. Bill takes the trandem, which he has named "Buttercup", to the market the next morning, but all he receives is a tin of baked beans. Tim empties the contents of the tin onto Bill's head, but Graeme decides to plant
Monty Python which at that time also included the future "Goodies" (Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie, and Graeme Garden), and Jonathan Lynn (co-writer of "Yes Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister"). During Idle's presidency of the club, feminist writer Germaine Greer and broadcaster Clive James were members. Recordings of Footlights' revues (called "Smokers") at Pembroke College include sketches and performances by Cleese and Idle, which, along with tapes of Idle's performances in some of the drama society's theatrical productions, are kept in the archives of the Pembroke Players. The six Python members appeared in or wrote these shows before "Flying Circus": The BBC’s satirical