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{{Infobox Goon Show episode
| title = Harry Plays a Young Man
| series = [[The Goon Show]]
| image =
| image_alt =
| caption =
| series_no = 2
| episode = 24
| presenter = [[Andrew Timothy]]
| writer =
*[[Spike Milligan]]
*[[Larry Stephens]]
| editor = [[Jimmy Grafton]]
| producer = [[Dennis Main Wilson]]
| music =
*[[Stanley Black]] and The BBC Dance Orchestra
*Max Geldray:
*''[[Ol' Man River|Old Man River]]''
*Ellington Quartet:
*''[[Don't Dilly Dally on the Way|My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)]]''
*Incidental music:
*[[Angela Morley|Wally Stott]]
| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO]] 11378
| recording_date = {{Start date|1952|06|29|df=y}}
| airdate = {{Start date|1952|07|08|df=y}}
| length =
| guests =
| prev = [[Show 40]]
| next = [[Show 42]]
| 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 41''''' (aka ''Harry Plays a Young Man'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-fourth show in the second series.

The show recording session was on Sunday, {{Date|1952-06-29}} at 4.15pm and was recorded at [[Paris Theatre|The Paris Cinema]], [[Regent Street|12 Lower Regent Street]], Central London. Due to Ray Ellington's schedule he, and his Quartet, had to attend another recording session later on that same Sunday at 8.45pm (SLO 11378a) for inclusion in their spot in [[Show 42]].

The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday, {{Date|1952-07-08}} at 9.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.2m.

The show's repeat was broadcast the following Thursday at 7.30pm, {{Date|1952-07-10}} on the [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to an audience of 3.6 million listeners.

==Sketches==
*Handsome [[Harry Secombe]] tells [[Andrew Timothy|Andrew]] about an [[Audition|audition]] arranged for him by the [[The Honourable|Hon]]. Terence Blatt which required [[Prosthetic makeup|make-up]] to allow him to play a young man.
*Captain [[Osric Pureheart]] is called before the [[General Medical Council|English Medical Board]] when he needs to find a cure for [[The Goon Show#Lurgi|Lurgi]].
*[[Ivanhoe]] by Sir [[Walter Scott]] features Sir Cedric Bloodnok, his long lost son Wilfred of Ivanhoe and a serf called Filthmuck.

==Music==
*The Goons sing [[Jimmy Grafton]]'s parody of [[Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee|Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor’s Life for Me)]] {{small|([[Leigh Harline]]/[[Ned Washington]])/[[Oliver Wallace]])}}.;
*[[Max Geldray]] played ''[[Donkey Serenade]]'' {{small|([[Rudolf Friml]]/[[Herbert Stothart]])}}.
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] ({{small|pays tribute to [[Fats Waller]] with}}) ''[[Ain't Misbehavin']]'' {{small|([[Fats Waller]]/[[Harry Brooks]]/[[Andy Razaf]])}} and ''It's a Sin to Tell a Lie'' {{small|(Billy Mayhew)}}.

==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO 11378]]. (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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