Smith and Goody

Smith & Goody
Format	Comedy
Created by	Mel Smith Bob Goody
Starring	Mel Smith Bob Goody Peter Brewis
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer(s)	Thames Television
Running time	30 minutes per episode
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Picture format	4:3
Original run	23 September 1980 – 30 December 1980

Smith and Goody was a children's sketch show on ITV shown for one series in 1980. It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television. It starred, and was written by Mel Smith (at the time, part of the Not The Nine O'Clock News show on BBC2) and Bob Goody, with music provided by Peter Brewis. As well as being a comedy, the series had tried to advocate literature. It was set in a flat in which books, newspapers and magazines were in abundance and the sketches were designed to encourage young people to enjoy reading.

Smith and Goody, one short and the other very tall, made for the stereotypical double-act partnership, and had worked together since meeting at drama school, putting together a joint production at the 1977 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Theme Tune

The opening credits began with cartoon renditions of the presenters engaged in a friendly exchange:
Mel: Whatcha Bob
Bob: Whatcha Mel
Mel: Whatcha been up to?
Bob: Can't you tell?
Bob: I've been taking a look at a book
Bob: Thumbing my way through the text
Bob: I've been worming my way through a paperback a day
Bob: and I'll tell you all about it if you're in-ter-es-ted
The chorus went something like:
"Good books, bad books and never been had books
"good books, bad books and sad books
There's a book about about a plane that disappeared without a trace,
book about a man who came from outer space
Mel: Tell you what, Bob. What's next?

External links

• Comedy Guide - Smith And Goody at bbc.co.uk
• Smith & Goody at the Internet Movie Database