Final incarnation of the comedy trio’s three-seater to be sold in October
A three-seater bicycle, the trademark vehicle that launched many much-loved Goodies comedy sketches in the 1970s and 80s, could be yours next month when it goes under the auctioneer’s hammer in Surrey.
The comedy trio – Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden – were once mainstays of television light entertainment, specialising in an anarchic brand of humour inspired by Monty Python, with an added narrative spin. Episodes started with footage of the three pedalling away together on their elongated bike, or “trandem”, and some of the best-remembered comic sequences included Kitten Kong’s destruction of the Post Office Tower and the episode Bun Fight at the O.K. Tea Rooms.
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