ShowbizSketchy historyColin Freeman|Evening Standard11 April 2012Oddie, Brooke-Taylor and Garden met at Cambridge University, where they worked with Monty Python stars John Cleese and Eric Idle The Goodies' fictional address was "No fixed abode, Cricklewood" - causing endless fan-mail problems for the Royal Mail The giant kitten sketch was originally written by Oddie for Ronnie Barker, who never used it The show had five Top 10 songs, including The Funky Gibbon and The In Betweenies Steven Spielberg contacted them to make a Goodies film but it never went ahead The show is a cult hit in Australia, where regular Goodies conventions are held Their trademark three-seater bicycle was the first ever made The Goodies was chosen for the name because it sounded like The Monkees, who also combined both TV and pop careers MORE ABOUTJohn CleeseMonty PythonUniversity Of Cambridge