Bill Oddie

[Albert the Frog]

programme on at the moment on bbc2 with bill oddie-nature guy-visiting various sites in florida looking at wildlife etc-watch for the rerun it's really good (surprisingly) programme is called bill oddie back in the usa

[chris c]

I've just been watching it!

Loved his swim with the manatee. Don't really know why they're so appealing, but they are!

[ShirleyD]

Yes I loved the manatee too

[andrewandcarole]

Would have loved to see this - shame I missed it!

Carole

[orlandodaze]

Im sorry I missed this programme , did I imagine it or was Bill oddie a member of a group,band or some such musical gathering at an earlier stage ? maybe its some one else .

[wilfy]

i did like the bit where he's doing some piece to camera from a Jacksonville campus, and then switching to a shot of the US192 as it goes past the top of Poinciana Blvd and then back to Jacksonville. [msnsmile2]

[blott]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by orlandodaze
Im sorry I missed this programme , did I imagine it or was Bill oddie a member of a group,band or some such musical gathering at an earlier stage ? maybe its some one else .[/quote]Bill Oddie was a 'Goodie' in a previous life, along with the likes of Michael Palin, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor.

He was a songwriter before that though and there were also Goodies' recordings such as "Father Christmas Do Not Touch Me"/"The In-Betweenies", "Do The Funky Gibbon", and "Black Pudding Bertha", which were hit singles in 1974-5. The Funky Gibbon was on Top of the Pops. He plays the drums and saxophone.

He's also a writer and has written quite a few comedy series. And was the 'voice' of B & Q adverts in 2006.

A multi-talented person!

[mistert]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote: Bill Oddie was a 'Goodie' in a previous life, along with the likes of <span style="color:red">Michael Palin</span id="red">, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor.

A multi-talented person!
[/quote]

9/10 Blott - Michael Palin (along with Graeme Garden - and others) was a founder member of Monty Python - but was not a member of the Goodies.

[orlandodaze]

Thanks for the info Blott the Funky Gibbon brings me back to 21st parties back in the 70s.