Goodness Gracious Me posts

Chak de!

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

An hour ago, NASA twittered that its scientists saw chunks of white ice sublimate to gas over the last four days. May I be the first to say, Chak de! Here’s the classic Goodness Gracious Me clip. Yes, it’s about aliens.

As Diana Krall sings,
Fly me to the moonLet me play among the starsLet me see […]

The ‘Goodness Gracious Me’ theme

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren recorded a novelty song for The Millionairess called ‘Goodness Gracious Me.’ The song was cut from the movie but became a hit single. Oddly, Sellers’ accent seems better here than in The Party.
A modern-day couple acts out the song:

‘Punjabi Girl’

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

Check out Goodness Gracious Me’s cute takeoff on ‘Barbie Girl’:

These two got married in real life.

Jingle Balle

Monday, December 25th, 2006

Sadhu and Santa in Allahabad (via ToI)

The cast of Goodness Gracious Me would like to remind you that Santa Claus is from Jalandhar:

‘Delhi Tubbies’

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

The Teletubbies explain the Kashmir conflict with a little help from the Goodness Gracious Me gang.

Bhangraman

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

For every style of music, a superhero: Goodness Gracious Me sends Bhangraman to the rescue.

Cheese, Gromit

Saturday, October 21st, 2006

Goodness Gracious Me did a takeoff on Monty Python’s classic ‘Cheese Shop,’ setting it in a matchmaking emporium. That makes it a parody of a satire, as over-the-top as a Punjabi wedding.

‘A Punjabi accountant is the single most popular bride in the world!’

‘Goodness Gracious Me’: All class

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Goodness Gracious Me shows one of the key differences between the stereotypes of British Asians vs. West Coast desi Americans: socioeconomic class.
Related posts: Superman: also Indian, ‘Goodness Gracious Me’ clips (updated), Camping while brown, The British are coming: ‘Goodness Gracious Me’ takes over Williamsburg

Superman: also Indian

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Janbo and Goodness Gracious Me remind us that Superman is actually Indian

The Bombay office of visual effects house Rhythm & Hues created the cape in Superman Returns, revived Marlon Brando as Jor-El and composited the centaurs in Narnia:

The cape was a problem… “It had a lot of wrinkles in most of the shots,” recalls […]

‘Goodness Gracious Me’ clips (updated)

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Have some delicious Goodness Gracious Me (via Popagandhi):