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	The Goon Show - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Goon Show was a popular and influential British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1951 to 1960 on the BBC Home Service.
		The show was enormously popular in Britain in its heyday; tickets for the recording sessions at the BBC's Aeolian Hall studio in London were constantly over-subscribed and the various character voices and catchphrases from the show quickly became part of the vernacular.
		In 1972, the Goons reunited to perform The Last Goon Show of All for radio and television, before an invited audience that didn't, however, include long-time fan HRH The Prince of Wales (who was out of the country on duty with the Royal Navy at the time).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Goon_Show (5516 words)

	The Goon Show - A Quick Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Spike Milligan's revolutionary radio show ran on the BBC from 1951 to 1960: a unique combination of memorable characters and daft plots, surreality and twisted logic, establishment bashing, satire and parody, music hall gags, catchphrases and random silliness.
		Each show centres around a core of characters, although the exact details of each character vary according to the episode's plot.
		The show has influenced writers and performers from Monty Python onwards, and while it may have dated in terms of some of its themes, references, and its 'political correctness', it still works due to the sheer infectious joy of three entertainers at the height of their powers making themselves and an audience cry with laughter...
	www.goonshowguide.co.uk (289 words)

	THE GOON SHOW @ Gulliver.cc!
		THE GOON SHOW -- that strange weekly half-hour in which the BBC appeared to have taken leave of its senses -- gave the impression of featuring a large cast, but in fact most roles were played by the same three talented fellas:
		The Goons came along at the end of the Golden Age of Radio, but like the other shows of the previous three decades, they told their story in three parts, punctuated with musical interludes.
		In fact, when The Goon Show began, Harry Secombe was the famous one, and cohort Peter Sellers was the rising star.
	www.gulliver.cc /radio/goons.htm (945 words)

	The Goons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Goon Show was a highly original, surreal, very British radio comedy which was first broadcast in May 1951.
		The Goon Show starred Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe with Michael Bentine also starring in the first two series (until July 1952).
		As well as the Goon Show, the Quartet was featured in another BBC radio show, Mr Ray and Mr Ros (Mr Ros was bandleader Edmundo Ros.) He later formed the Ray Ellington Big Band.
	www.menziesera.com /people/goons.shtml (634 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The Goon Show - A206399
		There are Goons fans spread far and wide over the globe due to repeat plays of the shows on the BBC's World Service and the availability of the series on record.
		The show finished in 1960, at which point Milligan was so burned out by writing and performing the shows that he had to be hospitalised, but there was a one-off reunion in 1972 to celebrate the BBC's 50th anniversary.
		This show, entitled The Last Goon Show of All was widely touted to herald the return of the lunacy, but with the untimely death of Peter Sellers in 1980 this myth was finally laid to rest.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A206399 (1616 words)

	U.S. Goon Show Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Goon Show Preservation Society, and how to join
		The Goons for beginners -- a quick look at the Goons and the characters they played.
		The great Goon Show reissues from BBC, and where to find them
	www.goon.org (108 words)

	Robert Dickson's Goon Show MP3 Page
		Under the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, copyright in the script does not expire until 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the author, or the last of joint authors, dies.
		Therefore, although the copyright in the sound recordings of some episodes of the Goon Show may now have expired, nevertheless the copyright in the underlying works still continues.
		The BBC owns the copyright and trade marks relating to The Goon Show, and does not give permission for downloads or.wav files to be posted on the web.
	www.alphalink.com.au /~robertd/GoonShowmp3.html (799 words)

	The Goon Show Depository, an exhaustive information resource on BBC Radio's The Goon Show
		The Goon Show was the first real "Alternative Humour".
		The Goon Show was a revelation to all the latent eccentrics who populated the UK.
		Goon Show humour bridged political persuasion, the British class system.
	www.thegoonshow.co.uk (327 words)

	Uppers \| The Goon Show - surrealist cartoons in sound
		Spike's fellow Goons were the late Harry Secombe, probably better known as a tenor singer who hosted religious TV programmes on sundays, but in fact an immensely funny man, who like Spike was Knighted by The Queen in his later years; and Peter Sellers, known worldwide as a comedy actor in Hollywood films.
		After the radio show was ended by Spike as he wanted to finish the show while still on top there were a few one-off broadcasts - some filmed for television - and a TV puppet show for children in 1963-The Telegoons, voiced by the three Goons.
		I was as hooked as no doubt he was in the late 1950s when the Goons were at their height and in the early 1960s when The Telegoons were shown and the radio shows were repeated and released on record.
	www.uppers.org /showArticle.asp?article=532 (3679 words)

	The Last Goon Show of All (1972)
		In 1972 the BBC celebrated its 50th anniversary and brought the Goons back for one last radio show, which was also recorded on video for television broadcast.
		The radio shows were inspired lunacy which paved the way for generations of British comedy performers, and each of the Goons went on to successful careers afterwards, not always the case with comedy troupes.
		The show was recorded in front of a live and appreciative audience (including a couple of Royals).
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ReviewID=5793&SID=2&PID=777899 (810 words)

	U.S. Archives - The Goon Characters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Grytpype-Thynne is a crook and con man, and the basic plot of most shows revolves around the efforts of him and his henchman, Count Moriarty, to swindle Neddie Seagoon.
		He is the playmate of Eccles, and most shows contain an extended scene with just him and Eccles.
		When not doing the Goon Show, he was in fact a news announcer at BBC.
	goon.org /usgoons/charctrs.htm (640 words)

	History
		he Goons were popular long before tape recorders were commonplace, so it is not surprising that the most celebrated Goon Show skit of all proceeds at a leisurely pace.
		Whatever the source of The Goon Show’s appeal, at its peak of popularity in the mid 1950s, it captured the hearts, minds, and funny bones of a significant proportion of the UK radio audience.
		The large photograph shows Royalty backstage at the Camden, after the special Goon Show performed for the BBC's 50th anniversary (1972).
	www.telegoons.org /history_0_intro.htm (805 words)

	The Goon Show
		The pub was a popular meeting place for actors, comics and writers in the early post-war years, with landlord and scriptwriter Jimmy Grafton serving up advice and encouragement along with the beer.
		The Goons first went on air at the BBC as The Crazy People on 28 May 1951.
		It wasn't until the second series in January 1952 that the BBC agreed to changing the name of the show to The Goon Show.
	www.whirligig-tv.co.uk /radio/goonshow.htm (313 words)

	Motherfucking Masterpieces: The Goon Show
		But when "The Goon Show" went off the air people raised such a fuss that if you had said "This is a bit much!" you would have been.
		In America "The Goon Show" is mostly known as the show that made Peter Sellers famous.
		As a professional comedy writer Spike Milligan found this especially offensive and performed an experiment on "The Goon Show" to demonstrate the ease with which an audience could be manipulated into responding to the repetition of just such a meaningless phrase.
	www.acidlogic.com /mm_goon_show.htm (1659 words)

	The Goon Show - 55 scripts
		All these scripts were, of course, originally written by Spike Milligan (with the occasional co-writer) to be performed by The Goons, and as it has been pointed out, they are rather documentations of what is actually heard in the shows, including ad libs, gaffes, and what have you, than mere reproductions of the original scripts.
		Being a Goon fan is a bit like being a trainspotter: no-one at work understands a Lurgi quip, let alone a desperate "yuckabuckoo" during a stressful meeting.
		In case you've stumbled upon this page and don't have a clue what this "Goon" stuff is about: It's a radio show broadcast by the BBC in the 50's, and, more importantly, it's just about the funniest stuff there is, without which e.g.
	www.hexmaster.com /goonscripts (350 words)

	Goon Show page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Goons were a group of english (and welsh) comics who performed due to a lack of food.
		A few series in, Bentine left, leaving three goons (in a fountain) and the programme was renamed 'The Goon Show.' The show featured many characters, who are listed below, along with some of their catchphrases.
		The goon show was much more than silly voices and catchphrases, with anarchic humour, and a deep logic behind many of the things that went on.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /members/graeme.chambers/goon.htm (309 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Goon Show Classics: The Reason Why/The Treasure in the Tower/The Plasticine Man/The Silent Bugler. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Amazon.co.uk: The Goon Show Classics: The Reason Why/The Treasure in the Tower/The Plasticine Man/The Silent Bugler.
		This is a classic example of the Goons doing what has made them the greatest comedy program in Britain's radio history.
		'The Treasure in the Tower' is an example of the goons' hilarious ingenuity through flitting between 1600 and 1957 (the year of the recording) with side-splitting results.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0563552921 (696 words)

	GOON SHOW Information page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The comedy in the Goon Show has inspired comedians on both sides of the Atlantic.
		It is safe to say, that without the Goons, the comedy world would never have seen the likes of Monty Python.
		For general Goon Show information and street Address, E- mail me a I will be more than happy to answer any and all questions about the Goon Show.
	goons.adamwaltemire.com (262 words)

	BBC Shop - The Goon Show
		From 1952 to 1960 the Goons ruled the airwaves, the most celebrated and influential clowns of the history of radio.
		The Goon Show 1: Moriarty Where Are You?
		The Goons dominated the humour of the 1950s with a crazy quartet of cult comedy classics....
	www.bbcshop.com /icat/39 (287 words)

	Goon Show Listings
		At LP the show’s producer edited the recording for airplay a few days later (this version is abbreviated Orig here, so as not to be confused with commercial LP disc releases).
		This is the series that has been played on many National Public Radio stations in the U.S., although confusion was caused when TS sent 20 shows from the TSO series to NPR labeled “Pick of the Goons” using numbers that would later be reused for their TS Reissue series.
		The TSR shows evidently were reedits of the original recordings, since in many cases lines are present that had been cut from the original TS release.
	www.spidersweb.freeserve.co.uk /goons/goonlist.htm (2601 words)

	ABC Shop - The Goon Show - Volume 22 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A wide selection of colourful characters populate the Goon Shows.
		The Goon Show - Vol 14: Needle Nardle Noo!
		The Goon Show - Vol 17: The Silent Bugler
	shop.abc.net.au /browse/product.asp?productid=237058 (408 words)

	{ e y e } Sports: Hockey: Reduced to a Goon Show (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		It's not that Americans dislike hockey's violence—in fact, it may be one of the few aspects of the game which most of them understand.
		The Goon Show helps point out one of the NHL's worst marketing asumptions: fighting brings interest to the game.
		Sure it's a tittilating aspect of the game, but it's also gets tiresome very quickly and leaves the viewer—who has probably now determined hockey to be a game about goons on skates—hungry for something of more substance.
	www.kavinay.com /sports/2005/06/hockey_reduced_to_a_goon_show.php (365 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Goon Show Classics: You Can't Get the Wood You Know! (Previously Volume 10) (BBC Radio Collection) ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Goon Show Classics: The Reason Why/The Treasure in the Tower/The Plasticine Man/The Silent Bugler.
		The Goon Show was revolutionary in its day and laid the foundations for comedy greats like Monty Python to aspire to.
		The Goons are at the height of their powers in these episodes, one of which, "The White Neddie Trade" is noteable for not having been written by Milligan.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0563381221 (742 words)

	The Goon Show - MP3 LTD UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Goon Show Vol 5 'And There's More Where That Came From' (BBC audio tape) ISBN 0563389265 ST Four digitally remastered "Goon Show" . More...
		From 1952 to 1960 the goons ruled the waves, the most celebrated and influential clowns in the history of radio. More...
		In October 1972 the Goons reassembled to perform an hour-long show to mark the BBC's 50th anniversary. The show is included on these cassettes, together with the 1991 broadcast which celebrated the 40th anniversary of "The Goon Show", and interviews and other material.
	www.talkingbooks.org /acatalog/Audio_Catalogue_The_Goon_Show__1996.html (965 words)

	eBay - goon show, Records, Audiobooks items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Goon Show Classics BBC radio 4 show audio book NEW 1994
		THE GOONS The Last Goon Show Of All DVD NEW Region4 PAL
		Goon Show Classics 4 episodes on double cassette
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=goon+show&newu=1&krd=1 (436 words)

	The Goon Show Site - Free Goons Downloads
		The latest official Goon Show CD (volume 23) released by the BBC in November now has 40% off.
		Goon Shows repeats are broadcast around the world.
		Due to popular demand, one of the most famous sketches by the Goons.
	www.thegoonshow.net /downloads.asp (176 words)

	The Goon Show Site - Goons Downloads, Pictures, Cast, Characters and Info
		The Goon Show was a British radio show that started in 1951 and ran until 1960.
		Last month a Tributes section was added containing various tributes made by some well known fans to The Goons and the humour of Spike Milligan.
		Disclaimer: This site has been created as a tribute to The Goons and as a resource for Goon Show fans.
	www.thegoonshow.net (252 words)

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