Not merely The Goon Show - the long-running surreal comedy which made stars of Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan - but also programmes about or featuring them.
Brilliant! There’s no denying Spike Milligan was a genius. Sometimes the title alone (Insurance, the White Man’s Burden) is enough to make you laugh. I strongly recommend The Scarlet Capsule, a lovely pastiche of Quatermas and the Pit.
‘This is the terror-stricken service of the BBC. Today at approximately this afternoon, a discovery was made on the site of the Notting Hill Gate site of the government’s new dig-up-the-roads-plan-for-congesting-traffic scheme. Workmen in the absence of a strike settled for work as an alternative. It was during this brief lull in high-powered inertia that Morris Onions, a scaffolder’s knee-wrencher, stumbled across something he’d found. Ding-dong-billy-bong! I would like it known that though I read this stuff, I don’t write it. Ftang!’
Bridge on the River Wye is a comedy album produced by George Martin is loosely based on an old Goon Show and features Sellers and Milligan, along with not only Dudley Moore but also Peter Cook. Goon Again is a special produced by Dirk Maggs in which some early scripts are resurrected and performed by a team of actors including Harry Secombe's son Andrew.
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Brilliant! There’s no denying Spike Milligan was a genius. Sometimes the title alone (Insurance, the White Man’s Burden) is enough to make you laugh. I strongly recommend The Scarlet Capsule, a lovely pastiche of Quatermas and the Pit.
‘This is the terror-stricken service of the BBC. Today at approximately this afternoon, a discovery was made on the site of the Notting Hill Gate site of the government’s new dig-up-the-roads-plan-for-congesting-traffic scheme. Workmen in the absence of a strike settled for work as an alternative. It was during this brief lull in high-powered inertia that Morris Onions, a scaffolder’s knee-wrencher, stumbled across something he’d found. Ding-dong-billy-bong! I would like it known that though I read this stuff, I don’t write it. Ftang!’
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The Goon Show The Great Bank Robbery 10-06-10.mp3
The Goon Show The Macreekie Rising of '74 27-05-10.mp3
The Goon Show - Tales of Men's Shirts.mp3
The Goon Show - The Missing Boa Constrictor.mp3
The Goon Show - The Raid of the International Christmas Pudding.mp3
The Goon Show - The Scarlet Capsule.mp3
The Goon Show - The Tay Bridge Disaster.mp3
Spike Milligan & Peter Sellers - He's Innocent of Watergate .mp3
Michael Parkinson Meets The Goons.mp3
Goon Again is a special produced by Dirk Maggs in which some early scripts are resurrected and performed by a team of actors including Harry Secombe's son Andrew.
Bridge on the River Wye.MP3
Goon Again.mp3
The Goons - How To Win An Election (or Not Lose by Much).mp3