Editing The Goodies (section)

==Career before ''The Goodies''==
Brooke-Taylor, Garden and Oddie were cast members of the 1960s [[BBC]] radio comedy show ''[[I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again]]'', which also featured [[John Cleese]], [[David Hatch]] and [[Jo Kendall]], and lasted until 1973.  ''I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again'' resulted from the 1963 [[Footlights|Cambridge University Footlights Club]] revue ''A Clump of Plinths''. After having its title changed to ''[[Cambridge Footlights Revue|Cambridge Circus]]'', the revue went on to play in the [[West End theatre|West End]] in London, England, followed by a tour of New Zealand, then on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] in New York City (including an appearance on the ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show|Ed Sullivan Show]]'').

They also took part in various TV shows with other people, including Brooke-Taylor in ''[[At Last the 1948 Show]]'' (with Cleese, Chapman and [[Marty Feldman]]). Brooke-Taylor also took part in ''[[Marty (TV series)|Marty]]'' (with [[Marty Feldman]], [[John Junkin]] and [[Roland MacLeod]]). In 1968 Brooke-Taylor appeared with Cleese, [[Michael Palin]] and [[Graham Chapman]] in ''[[How to irritate people|How to Irritate People]]''. Garden and Oddie took part in ''[[Twice a Fortnight]]'' (with Michael Palin, Terry Jones and [[Jonathan Lynn]]), before Brooke-Taylor, Garden, and Oddie worked on the late-1960s TV show ''[[Broaden Your Mind]]'' (of which only about ten minutes survives).