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Grytpype: Listen to this nine o'clock type news. Greenslade: American archaeologists digging at Stonehenge have discovered the skeleton...
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The Seagoon Memoirs
Chronicling a 21st century idiot's obsession with a 1950s radio comedy masterpiece.
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On 28 May 1951, four young men took to the airwaves on the BBC's Home Service to launch their unique brand of comedy on an unsuspecting world.
In the mid-1990s, an even younger idiot was introduced to recordings of their broadcasts - and there began a strange obsession crossing decades and generations.
The Seagoon Memoirs is an attempt to channel this obsession into something creative, chronicle the show's history, development and legacy, and in some small way contribute to preserving this masterpiece of British radio comedy.
Listen to me waffle on about the Goons on the excellent Goon Pod here. Alternatively, listen to more interesting people on other episodes of Goon Pod, including Jane Milligan, Al Murray, Dirk Maggs, and the cast of 'Spike!', the new Milligan/Goon-themed play by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman.
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Oh In Colour
For the first Goon Show episode of 1954 – and the 14th of the fourth series – the Goons went ‘Ten Thousand Fathoms Down in a Wardrobe’....
Spike’s poetry
English schoolchildren for generations were expected to learn certain “classic” poems and be able to recite them from memory. This was...
Spike's memoirs
Bloodnok: Waiter! One brandy, and pronto! Spriggs: One brandy and pronto coming up! Greenslade: Those were the last words said at peace....
Recommended viewing, part… err… 4?
I’ve lost count of how many of these I’ve done already. Here are a few short clips featuring various Goons for your entertainment. First...
Milligan and mental health
The fifth episode of the third series was broadcast on 9 December 1952, and saw the Goons embark on ‘The Expedition for Toothpaste’. The...
Puckoon
Episode 24 of the second series of the Goon Show was piped into listeners’ ears on 8 July 1952. Page 22 of the Radio Times has the proof....
Spike Milligan: Man of Letters
We’re nearing the end of series two, with episode 23 broadcast on 1 July 1952 at 9:30pm on the Home Service. Turn to page 22 of this...
Recommended viewing: A Loose Canon
Episode 20 of the second series was the first to feature Angela Morley (then known as Wally Stott) conducting the orchestra, according to...
Shut up, Eccles!
In the beginning God created the Heaven and Earth and darkness was upon the face of the deep; this was due to a malfunction at Lots Road...
Spike Milligna, the well-known typing error
Episode 10 of the first series was broadcast on 2 August 1951 on the Home Service, the show having been shifted from Mondays to...
Happy birthday Spike!
It's Spike Milligan's 103rd birthday today. A happy birthday and custard. Here's a nice article by Michael Palin written for the Radio...
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