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{{Infobox Goon Show episode
| title = Harry Performs a Lion Act
| series = [[The Goon Show]]
| image =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| series_no = 2
| episode = 22
| writer =
*[[Spike Milligan]]
*[[Larry Stephens]]
| editor = [[Jimmy Grafton]]
| producer = [[Dennis Main Wilson]]
| music =
*[[Stanley Black]] and The BBC Dance Orchestra
*[[Harry Secombe]] and [[Peter Sellers]] sing [[Jimmy Grafton]]'s parody of ''[[Largo al factotum]]''
*Max Geldray:
*''[[Saint Louis Blues (song)|Saint Louis Blues]]''
*Ellington Quartet:
*''[[A-Tisket, A-Tasket]]''
*''[[Oh, Lady Be Good!]]''
| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO]] 9955
| recording_date = {{Start date|1952|06|22|df=y}}
| airdate = {{Start date|1952|06|24|df=y}}
| length =
| guests =
| prev = [[Show 38]]
| next = [[Show 40]]
| season_article = [[The Goon Show series 2]]
| CD_volume = [[The Goon Show CDs|—]]
| Compendium = [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13|-]]
}}

The series 2 shows didn't have 'official' episode names ''per se'', but for ease of reference using the show number and ''Handsome Harry'' sketch name is to differentiate them.

The show had now changed its name from ''Crazy People'' to "'''''[[The Goon Show]], featuring those crazy people…'''''"

'''''Show 39''''' (aka ''Harry Performs a Lion Act'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-second show in the second series.

The show recording session was on Sunday, {{Date|1952-06-22}} at 9pm and was recorded at [[Paris Theatre|The Paris Cinema]], [[Regent Street|12 Lower Regent Street]], Central London.

The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday, {{Date|1952-06-24}} at 9.30pm (except Scotland and Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.8m.

The show's repeat was broadcast the following Thursday at 7.30pm, {{Date|1952-06-26}} on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to an audience of 4.0 million listeners.

==Sketches==
*[[Harry Secombe|Harry]] tells [[Andrew Timothy|Andrew]] how the [[The Honourable|Hon]]. Terence Blatt arranged for him to perform a [[Lion taming|lion act]] at Fuzzo Bentino’s [[Circus|circus]].
*Recent [[Hydrocarbon exploration|oil discoveries]] at Hifa Yalava Sands in [[Africa]] involve the great maths scientist [[Osric Pureheart|Captain Osric Pureheart]] and Dr Henry Crun of the Royal Society of Minerologists.
*Michael Bentine and [[Raymond Glendenning|Glendenning]] report on the sporting events of the week.
*A Brief Survey of the [[Christmas and holiday season|Holiday Season]] considers leisure opportunities on the [[Europe|Continent]] and in [[Scotland]].

==Music==
*[[Harry Secombe]] and [[Peter Sellers]] sing [[Jimmy Grafton]]'s parody of ''[[Largo al factotum]]'' {{small|([[Gioachino Rossini])}}.
*[[Max Geldray]] played ''[[Saint Louis Blues (song)|Saint Louis Blues]]'' {{small|([[W. C. Handy|WC Handy]])}}.
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] ({{small|pays tribute to [[Ella Fitzgerald]] with}}) ''[[A-Tisket, A-Tasket]]'' {{small|([[Ella Fitzgerald]]/[[Van Alexander|Al Feldman]])}} and ''[[Oh, Lady Be Good!]]'' {{small|([[George Gershwin]]/[[Ira Gershwin]])}}.

==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO 9955]]. (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).
<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol13|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2017 |page=28|type=Booklet 1 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=9781785298776}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Larry Stephens]]
[[Category:Goon Shows edited by Jimmy Grafton]]

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