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==Cultural influence== ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'' was started when [[Julian Barratt]] asked [[Noel Fielding]] if he wanted to make a modern-day Goodies.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hattenstone|first=Simon|title=Noel Fielding: rocking a new look|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/feb/01/noel-fielding-interview|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=1 February 2013|location=London|date=1 February 2013}}</ref> The official Goodies fan club's (Goodies Rule-OK!) [[newsletter]] is called the ''Clarion & Globe''. It was named after the newspaper in The Goodies' episode "[[Fleet Street Goodies]]" (a.k.a. "Cunning Stunts").<ref>{{cite web|title=The Goodies Rule - OK! fanclub newsletter|url=http://www.goodiesruleok.com/news.php?cod=1124|website=Goodiesruleok.com|access-date=6 February 2014}}</ref> During the 1970s, ''[[Cor!!]]'' comic, released by [[Fleetway]] publications, had a ''Goodies'' comics strip. When the comic later merged with ''[[Buster (comic)|Buster]]'', the ''Goodies'' did not move across, although the TV show was still running.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kay|first=Linda|title=GOODIES 'COR!!' COMICS SYNOPSES|url=http://www.goodiesruleok.com/articles.php?id=138|website=Goodiesruleok.com|access-date=6 February 2014}}</ref> Australian rock band [[Spiderbait]] released a 1993 album and EP which contained a rocked-up fast cover version of the Goodies song "Run".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spiderbait.com.au/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130720060507/http://www.spiderbait.com.au/releases/index.asp?album=run|url-status=dead|title=Spiderbait Fansite|archive-date=20 July 2013|website=Spiderbait.com.au|access-date=8 September 2021}}</ref> Australian theatre company Shaolin Punk produced a short play titled "A Record or an OBE", written by Melbourne comedian and actor Ben McKenzie, and featuring Tim and Graeme as characters. Set in 1975, the two remaining Goodies struggle to carry on after Bill leaves the group to pursue a music career. The play premiered in the 2007 [[Melbourne Fringe Festival]], where it was highly commended in the Comedy category. Later seasons were also performed for the [[Adelaide Fringe Festival|Adelaide Fringe]] and [[Melbourne International Comedy Festival]] in 2008.<ref name="shaolinpunk">{{cite web |url=http://shaolinpunk.net/a-record-or-an-obe/ |title=Shaolin Punk >> A Record or an OBE|website=Shaolinpunk.net |date=31 October 2007 |access-date=14 March 2013|first=Ben |last=McKenzie }}</ref> U.S. rock band [[The White Stripes]] named their 6th album ''[[Icky Thump]]'' in reference to The Goodies sketch "The Battle of Ecky Thump". The name was changed from "Ecky Thump" to "Icky Thump" to make the title more palatable to an American teenage audience.<ref name="Jools Holland">{{cite web |title=Interview with Jack White |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FsuLU_8gAU |url-status=dead |work=[[Later with Jools Holland]] |access-date=1 June 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630061701/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FsuLU_8gAU |archive-date=30 June 2014}}</ref>
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