The Egg of the Great Auk - Revision history

Kurt at 13:06, 22 July 2024

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	\| producer = [[Peter Eton]]		\| producer = [[Peter Eton]]
	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music =
			*Orchestra Conductor:
			*[[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray:		*Geldray:
	*''[[Embraceable You]]''		*''[[Embraceable You]]''

Kurt at 13:02, 22 July 2024

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	\| producer = [[Peter Eton]]		\| producer = [[Peter Eton]]
	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[Embraceable You]]''		*Geldray:
	*Ellington: ''Stop, Relax, Think''		*''[[Embraceable You]]''
			*Ellington:
			*''Stop, Relax, Think''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SOX\|SOX]] 82948		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SOX\|SOX]] 82948
	\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1952\|11\|16\|df=y}}		\| recording_date = {{Start date\|1952\|11\|16\|df=y}}

Kurt at 00:32, 5 March 2023

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	\| producer = [[Peter Eton]]		\| producer = [[Peter Eton]]
	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[~~w:Embraceable You\|~~Embraceable You]]''		*Geldray: ''[[Embraceable You]]''
	*Ellington: ''Stop, Relax, Think''		*Ellington: ''Stop, Relax, Think''
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	''The Egg of the Great Auk'' (aka Show 44) is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the second show in the second series. The show was recorded at 9.30pm on Sunday {{date\|16 ~~November 1952~~}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		''The Egg of the Great Auk'' (aka Show 44) is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the second show in the second series. The show was recorded at 9.30pm on Sunday {{date\|1952-11-16}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|18 ~~November 1952~~}} at 9.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.8m. Its first repeat on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] at 4.30pm on Sunday {{date\|23 ~~November 1952~~}} increased the peak listernship to 4.7m. As of {{date}} no ~~known~~ copies of this show are known to exist.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|1952-11-18}} at 9.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.8m. Its first repeat on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] at 4.30pm on Sunday {{date\|1952-11-23}} increased the peak listernship to 4.7m. As of {{date}} no copies of this show are known to exist.

	== Sketches ==		== Sketches ==
	* Handsome Harry Secombe undergoes plastic surgery from Rissoldo Sellers to hide from the police who want to arrest him for stealing rubber bands from the BBC;		* Handsome Harry Secombe undergoes plastic surgery from Rissoldo Sellers to hide from the police who want to arrest him for stealing rubber bands from the BBC;
	* Adapted from the Classics: ''The Egg of the Great Auk'' in which ornithologist [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Henry Crun]] hires [[Major Bloodnok]] to set off on a quest to find a Great Auk.		* Adapted from the Classics: ''The Egg of the Great Auk'' in which ornithologist [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister\|Henry Crun]] hires [[Major Bloodnok]] to set off on a quest to find a [[Great auk\|Great Auk]].

	==Music==		==Music==
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[~~w:Embraceable You\|~~Embraceable You]]'' {{small\|([[~~w:George Gershwin\|~~George Gershwin]] (music), [[~~w:Ira Gershwin\|~~Ira Gershwin]] (lyrics))}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Embraceable You]]'' {{small\|([[George Gershwin]] (music), [[Ira Gershwin]] (lyrics))}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Stop, Relax, Think'' {{small\|([[~~w:Duke Ellington\|~~Duke Ellington]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Stop, Relax, Think'' {{small\|([[Duke Ellington]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==

Kurt: /* top */clean up, replaced: Light Programme → Light Programme, Home Service → Home Service

2023-01-22T01:03:09Z

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	''The Egg of the Great Auk'' (aka Show 44) is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the second show in the second series. The show was recorded at 9.30pm on Sunday {{date\|16 November 1952}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.		''The Egg of the Great Auk'' (aka Show 44) is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the second show in the second series. The show was recorded at 9.30pm on Sunday {{date\|16 November 1952}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)\|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street\|New Bond Street]], London.

	The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|18 November 1952}} at 9.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.8m. Its first repeat on the [[w:BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] at 4.30pm on Sunday {{date\|23 November 1952}} increased the peak listernship to 4.7m. As of {{date}} no known copies of this show are known to exist.		The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service\|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date\|18 November 1952}} at 9.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.8m. Its first repeat on the [[BBC Light Programme\|Light Programme]] at 4.30pm on Sunday {{date\|23 November 1952}} increased the peak listernship to 4.7m. As of {{date}} no known copies of this show are known to exist.

	== Sketches ==		== Sketches ==

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References

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Kurt at 15:55, 3 October 2022

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	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[Embraceable You]]''		*Geldray: ''[[w:Embraceable You\|Embraceable You]]''
	*Ellington: ''Stop, Relax, Think''		*Ellington: ''Stop, Relax, Think''
	\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SOX\|SOX]] 82948		\| production = [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SOX\|SOX]] 82948
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	==Music==		==Music==
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Embraceable You]]'' {{small\|([[w:George Gershwin\|George Gershwin]] (music), [[w:Ira Gershwin\|Ira Gershwin]] (lyrics))}}		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Embraceable You\|Embraceable You]]'' {{small\|([[w:George Gershwin\|George Gershwin]] (music), [[w:Ira Gershwin\|Ira Gershwin]] (lyrics))}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Stop, Relax, Think'' {{small\|([[w:Duke Ellington\|Duke Ellington]])}}		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Stop, Relax, Think'' {{small\|([[w:Duke Ellington\|Duke Ellington]])}}

Kurt at 03:17, 30 September 2022

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	==Music==		==Music==
	*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Embraceable You]]'' ([[w:George Gershwin\|George Gershwin]] (music), [[w:Ira Gershwin\|Ira Gershwin]] (lyrics))		*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Embraceable You]]'' {{small\|([[w:George Gershwin\|George Gershwin]] (music), [[w:Ira Gershwin\|Ira Gershwin]] (lyrics))}}
	*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Stop, Relax, Think'' ([[w:Duke Ellington\|Duke Ellington]])		*[[Ray Ellington\|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Stop, Relax, Think'' {{small\|([[w:Duke Ellington\|Duke Ellington]])}}

	==Technical==		==Technical==

Kurt at 02:57, 12 September 2022

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Kurt at 02:56, 12 September 2022

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			\| presenter = [[Andrew Timothy]]
	\| producer = [[Peter Eton]]		\| producer = [[Peter Eton]]
	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]

Kurt at 00:41, 12 September 2022

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	\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]		\| music = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
	*Geldray: ''[[Embraceable You]]''		*Geldray: ''[[Embraceable You]]''
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	[[Category:Goon Shows produced by ~~Dennis Main Wilson~~]]		[[Category:Goon Shows produced by Peter Eton]]
	[[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Larry Stephens]]		[[Category:Goon Shows co-written by Larry Stephens]]
	[[Category:Goon Shows edited by Jimmy Grafton]]		[[Category:Goon Shows edited by Jimmy Grafton]]