S4.E5

The Stone Age

Name: The Stone Age
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1973-12-29
Rating: 7
Cast: Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie

Episode aired Dec 29, 1973

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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Comedy

The goodies fall through a hole in their floor and find a T-Rex below.The goodies fall through a hole in their floor and find a T-Rex below.The goodies fall through a hole in their floor and find a T-Rex below.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

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At one point Bill says his suction boots are stuck to the floor, and tries to pull one of his feet loose with no success. A split second later, when Bill and Tim get into a disagreement on who is going down the hole first, Bill shuffles his feet nervously and forgets to mime they are stuck, visibly lifting one of them. Right after, he mimes he has to "tug" on them to get them loose so he can walk to the hole.

Quotes
[the boys manipulate T-Rex's voicebox to amplify their call for help:]
Bill: Right, here we go. Help, please help us! We are trapped - repeat, trapped! - inside a prehistoric monster. Billions and billions of years old. Miles below ground. If you can't send help, at least send us a good ventriloquist.

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6/10

The Stone Age

Graeme falls down a hole and goes straight into the stone age. A cavern full of rare dinosaur bones.

It is left to Bill and Tim to mount a rescue mission which takes some weeks to implement.

When they arrive, they reckon someone got here before them. A half eaten sandwich is the clue.

Still they end up in the belly of a dinosaur but it might not be quiet dead.

This is very much a studio bound affair with just the three of the Goodies. It feels like a cheapo episode but there is some inventive stuff.

It is mainly Bill using bones as musical instruments. Then Bill and Tim have an imaginary football match between Derby and Chelsea.

As for the fake adverts. It seems The Goodies wanted to get rid of Rolf Harris long before his eventual exposure.