Boney M had achieved considerable success on the UK singles chart, with nine Top 10 hits between 1976-1979, including two No.1s, and a tenth track just outside the Top 10.
However, their December 1979 track "I'm Born Again" stalled at No.35, and the single performed here, "My Friend Jack", only reached No.57. Despite the single becoming a flop, during the same month they were No.1 on the UK albums chart.
However, their December 1979 track "I'm Born Again" stalled at No.35, and the single performed here, "My Friend Jack", only reached No.57. Despite the single becoming a flop, during the same month they were No.1 on the UK albums chart.
Sixth in the TV charts with 16.65 million viewers.
One of the duo's more risqué gags occurs when Syd claims the man in the moon will see them flying past in a rocket and say "UFO".
"Don't care what he says," claims Eddie, "we're stayin'."
"Don't care what he says," claims Eddie, "we're stayin'."
The appearance of Foxy Feeling on this edition is somewhat at odds with the "family friendly" ethos of the show, even considering the 7:55pm timeslot. Their dance act opens with a wall covered in banners reading: "Sex Centre", "Adult Films" and "Striptease", before opening out into the troupe dancing in stockings and suspenders around a telephone box, and among signs reading "non stop strip" and "erotic films".
Eddie does a routine about Terry Wogan thinking Syd is a "Blankety Blank". The duo had been seen on the quiz just five months previously in Episode #2.2 (1979).