Daylight Robbery of the Orient Express

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The Goodies episode
"Daylight Robbery of the Orient Express"
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Episode №	51
Airdate	5 October, 1976
Director
Guest star(s)	Erik Chitty as "..."
Series VI September 21 – November 2, 1976
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Daylight Robbery of the Orient Express is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies.

1 Prologue
2 Plot
3 Quotes
4 Spoofs and imitations
5 Trivia
6 External link

[edit] Prologue

During the episode:

Tim Brooke-Taylor also appears as 'Mime Tim'
Graeme Garden also appears as 'Mime Graeme'
Bill Oddie also appears as 'Mime Bill'

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The Goodies are running their own holiday service. The Detectives Club book their annual holiday on the 'Detectives Mystery Tour', and several famous detectives arrive to go on the mystery train.

The Mystery Train is at the station and, after the detectives are aboard, Bill runs up and down the platform with a life-sized model cow on wheels to represent a cow that is being passed, and antlers on his head to represent a deer that is being passed — to make the detectives feel that the train is moving (which it isn't). On the train, Graeme is the narrator for the 'journey', while Tim dresses up in clothing suitable for the country the train is supposed to be going through.

Then mysterious things start to happen: the train takes off down the track, with Bill running after it — and the world's great detectives begin to disappear.

The train keeps moving on — not always on rail. It is discovered that a group of badly behaved mimes are behind the mysterious events, and that they had stolen the train as part of an attempt to win the legendary "Gold Bore" at the French "Le Boring" competition.

[edit] Quotes

Bill: "Ten little **s, sitting down to dine,

Someone cut their cufflinks off,

Now, there's only nine."

Bill (later):

"Nine little **s, sitting there in state,

Someone lit the touchpaper,

Now, there's only eight."

[edit] Spoofs and imitations

[edit] Trivia

The episode pays tribute to French mime, Marcel Marceau, when the Goodies dress and act as mimes. The Goodies, who are all excellent mimes, and who also do all of the dangerous stunts, themselves, look exactly like Marcel Marceau during the "La Boring" segment.