The episodes included music interludes by The Stargazers ... The show was notable for the use of sound effects. When The Goon Show started, most sound effects had to played live on gramophone records, ...

The Goon Show had a loose formula to it ... The task of writing all of these dense episodes basically by himself took quite a toll on his psyche and resulted in a number of mental breakdowns ...

Marking 100 years since the birth of Spike Milligan, Radio 4 Extra continues its broadcast of five episodes of The Goon Show not heard since their original broadcast on the BBC Home Service.

The Goon Show burst on to the airwaves in 1951 and ... Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe by re-enacting one of three chosen episodes, namely Tales of Men’s Shirts, The Phantom Head Shaver of ...

Spike Milligan, 83, the last surviving member and chief writer of the pioneering and abundantly absurdist British sketch comedy program "The Goon Show," whose cast included Peter Sellers ...

We had to go to his estate to ask for permission to use them.” The Goon Show ran from 1951 to 1960 with 238 episodes of 30 minutes. The scripts mixed ludicrous plots with surreal humour ...

May 28 marks the 70th anniversary of the influential British radio comedy program “The Goon Show,” which inspired fans from the Monty Python group to John Lennon. The Jewish content of The ...

Crazy People, later The Goon Show The first Crazy People episode included many features that became typical of the Goons, such as ridiculous sound effects and extravagantly named characters.

Driven by the (literally) manic energy of Milligan's scripts and a shared sense of humour, The Goon Show was unlike anything ... with most of its 200-plus episodes written by Milligan (often ...

As part of the BBC 100 - Lost Gems collection, a classic episode has been located, previously unheard on 4 Extra, in its original, broadcast form. The Goon Show has been a staple British radio ...

Radio sitcom / sketch show BBC Home Service 1951 - 1960 231 episodes (10 series) A small, fat, affable but idiotic Welshman, Neddie is always looking for a way to make money and to be either famous or ...