Bill Oddie

A bit nutty but I liked him. RIP💐

Sad news. The Goodies passed me by but I enjoyed his wildlife programmes.
RIP

RIP

Oh how sad. I loved him in The Goodies and his bird watching programmes. He had a very pleasant, calm voice.
RIP

Aw, I loved the Goodies, they were so silly but so clever, and he was always excellent on the wildlife programmes.

We seem to be losing a lot of celebs lately, Penelope, Bonnie, Sam, Anthony Head, and of course poor Anne W but that was not a natural death. I've probably left loads out but those first came to mind.

I really liked Bill Oddie. Partly because when I wrote to several well known people for a donation to a charity walk I was doing (this was years ago) he was the only one who responded kindly and sent me £5 and a supportive letter.
And I loved his enthusiasm and cheerful chatter for birds.

I always liked him too, apparently he had a lonely childhood and being interested in birds gave him a hobby.
Goodies were funny in a surreal way, just seeing the three of them on the cycle made me laugh.

That shows he was a kind man Henetha😃

Sad. Of course I am sad at BO’s death, but The Goodies were not benign, IMO.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3AphnJLbE&ra=m

Very sad to hear about the death of Bill Oddie, a decent human being who suffered greatly with his mental health. RIP Bill.

RIP Bill

So sad, he will be missed

Doodledog

Sad. Of course I am sad at BO’s death, but The Goodies were not benign, IMO.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3AphnJLbE&ra=m

Someone in the comments to that Youtube was saying that it was a dig at Jimmy Saville. That sounds rather like something The Goodies would do - not openly if there was nothing known against JS at that time except vague rumours. If his name had been broadcast, Jimmy Fixit Saville would have fixed them for libel.

Someone else referred to another ditty being around which was the same but actually had Jimmy Saville instead of Santa Claus. That one may have briefly existed but no-one recorded it?

The song and tune were based on a Music Hall one well known in my day and often sung in student and rugby pubs. "Oh! Sir Jasper do not touch me", each verse having the line shortened by a word until it was just Oh! (tune, "They were only playing Leapfrog" aka "Glory, glory, Halleluyah")

In the image that accompanies the recording, they are all pointing at a blownup photo of Dougal, the dog with the long silky blond hair from the Magic Roundabout. Dougal reminds me of someone . . .

I am sorry to hear about Bill Oddie dying. I thought he was quirky and kind and had a passion for nature.

Made me very sad. RIP.

That’s very sad . I loved the Goodies when I was a child .

They are just playing "funky gibbon" on Beeb news and sensitive to his childhood.

Always enjoyed watching The Goodies. They were a bit like the lighter version of Monty Python, which was also great.

Doodledog

Sad. Of course I am sad at BO’s death, but The Goodies were not benign, IMO.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=hC3AphnJLbE&ra=m

Oh they were! Wicked, maybe but never cruel.

RIP Bill

Oh no. I was only talking about him the other day. The latest Folk on Foot podcast features a musician, author and poet who wrote a beautiful poem about starlings and I mentioned that Bill Oddie was the first person to point out that starling murmurations were the greatest spectacle in nature.

A very talented man, I liked The Goodies as well.
An unfortunate comment NanKate.
RIP Bill Oddie.

MollyNew

Very sad to hear about the death of Bill Oddie, a decent human being who suffered greatly with his mental health. RIP Bill.

One of the first people to talk openly about mental health, too.