The Goodies are hired by a maniacally racist South African tourist agent to make an advertisement encouraging Britons to come to South Africa. However, the tourist agent is unhappy with what they have done, since they showed black people in South Africa having a good time. Tim points out that South Africa has many black people, but the tourist agent retorts that they are not having a good time. The enraged agent forces the Goodies to emigrate to South Africa.
The influx of tourist boats the Goodies' advertisement brings allows the black people an opportunity to get away from South Africa, leading to apartheid segregation disintegrating. To keep the economy going, apartheid is replaced by the new segregation of apartheight (apart-height). Tim and Graeme are tall enough not to be affected — but Bill is not quite tall enough. Bill, and the South African jockeys, are now treated as the second class citizens of South Africa, and are put under curfew. Bill is also forced to work for Tim and Graeme, who both take full advantage of Bill's newly disadvantaged position and treat him like a slave. Bill takes charge of the situation, and he and the jockeys rebel and eventually win out against their 'masters'.
The Goodies return to the UK, however since they have been gone the society appears to have changed to a reverse form of apartheid, with the Goodies being given bags to carry by black people and the queen appearing to be black. The Goodies shrug at this and begin putting on blackface.
south, africa, goodies, other, uses, south, africa, disambiguation, south, africa, episode, british, comedy, television, series, goodies, south, africa, goodies, episodeepisode, series, episode, 11original, date21, april, 1975, 1975, guest, appearancesphilip, . For other uses see South Africa disambiguation South Africa is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies South Africa The Goodies episodeEpisode no Series 5 Episode 11Original air date21 April 1975 1975 04 21 Guest appearancesPhilip Madoc as Tourist Agent Customs Officer Skip Martin as the New President of South Africa Oscar James as Enoch Powell Albert Wilkinson as Prime MinisterEpisode chronology Previous Fleet Street Goodies Next Bunfight at the O K Tea Rooms List of episodes This episode is also known as Apartheight and as A South African Adventure citation needed Written by The Goodies with songs and music by Bill Oddie Contents 1 Plot 2 Cultural references 3 DVD and VHS releases 4 References 5 Bibliography 6 External linksPlot editThe Goodies are hired by a maniacally racist South African tourist agent to make an advertisement encouraging Britons to come to South Africa However the tourist agent is unhappy with what they have done since they showed black people in South Africa having a good time Tim points out that South Africa has many black people but the tourist agent retorts that they are not having a good time The enraged agent forces the Goodies to emigrate to South Africa The influx of tourist boats the Goodies advertisement brings allows the black people an opportunity to get away from South Africa leading to apartheid segregation disintegrating To keep the economy going apartheid is replaced by the new segregation of apartheight apart height Tim and Graeme are tall enough not to be affected but Bill is not quite tall enough Bill and the South African jockeys are now treated as the second class citizens of South Africa and are put under curfew Bill is also forced to work for Tim and Graeme who both take full advantage of Bill s newly disadvantaged position and treat him like a slave Bill takes charge of the situation and he and the jockeys rebel and eventually win out against their masters The Goodies return to the UK however since they have been gone the society appears to have changed to a reverse form of apartheid with the Goodies being given bags to carry by black people and the queen appearing to be black The Goodies shrug at this and begin putting on blackface Cultural references editThe Black and White Minstrel Show Song of the SouthDVD and VHS releases editMain article The Goodies videography This episode has been released on DVD References editBibliography edit 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 amp Paul Condon HarperCollinsPublishers London 2005External links edit South Africa at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South Africa The Goodies amp oldid 1217394626, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
