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	;[[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]]'s catchphrases		;[[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]]'s catchphrases
	*Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, instead of offering cigarettes to smoke, gave strange items such as gorillas, brass instruments, and pictures of [[Queen Victoria]]. Neddie Seagoon would often decline: "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I'm trying to give them up." Later in the show this might be followed with "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I've just put one out."		*Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, instead of offering cigarettes to smoke, gave strange items such as gorillas, brass instruments, and pictures of [[Queen Victoria]]. Neddie Seagoon would often decline: "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I'm trying to give them up." Later in the show this might be followed with "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I've just put one out."
	*"You silly twisted boy, you!" In the fifth series, Grytpype-Thynne says this to Neddie Seagoon on a regular basis in regard to his silly behaviour. In ''[[The White Box of Great Bardfield (Transcript)\|The White Box of Great Bardfield]]'', a running gag during the show is Seagoon's attempts to win a reward of ten shillings after being chained up by Ray Ellington in the first scene; he has complete confidence in his ability to escape: after all, he is the son of Houdini!! Grytpype-Thynne says the phrase after witnessing Neddie's long and agonising contortions. Ellington himself gets to say this quote in ''[[The End (Transcript)\|The End (Confessions of a Secret Senna-Pod Drinker)]]'', and Grytpype also lets Greenslade say it (with permission) in "[~~http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e23_the_six_ingots_of_leadenhall_street~~ The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]". It is also heard in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/china.html China Story]", following Ned Seagoon's admission that he is the British ambassador, and in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/whistle.html The Whistling Spy Enigma]", after Neddie arrives at [[MI5]], giving a long list of patriotic and foolhardy deeds he is willing to do for his country.		*"You silly twisted boy, you!" In the fifth series, Grytpype-Thynne says this to Neddie Seagoon on a regular basis in regard to his silly behaviour. In ''[[The White Box of Great Bardfield (Transcript)\|The White Box of Great Bardfield]]'', a running gag during the show is Seagoon's attempts to win a reward of ten shillings after being chained up by Ray Ellington in the first scene; he has complete confidence in his ability to escape: after all, he is the son of Houdini!! Grytpype-Thynne says the phrase after witnessing Neddie's long and agonising contortions. Ellington himself gets to say this quote in ''[[The End (Transcript)\|The End (Confessions of a Secret Senna-Pod Drinker)]]'', and Grytpype also lets Greenslade say it (with permission) in ''[[The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street (Transcription)\|The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]]''. It is also heard in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/china.html China Story]", following Ned Seagoon's admission that he is the British ambassador, and in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/whistle.html The Whistling Spy Enigma]", after Neddie arrives at [[MI5]], giving a long list of patriotic and foolhardy deeds he is willing to do for his country.

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Catchphrases

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	;[[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]]'s catchphrases		;[[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]]'s catchphrases
	*Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, instead of offering cigarettes to smoke, gave strange items such as gorillas, brass instruments, and pictures of [[Queen Victoria]]. Neddie Seagoon would often decline: "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I'm trying to give them up." Later in the show this might be followed with "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I've just put one out."		*Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, instead of offering cigarettes to smoke, gave strange items such as gorillas, brass instruments, and pictures of [[Queen Victoria]]. Neddie Seagoon would often decline: "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I'm trying to give them up." Later in the show this might be followed with "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I've just put one out."
	*"You silly twisted boy, you!" In the fifth series, Grytpype-Thynne says this to Neddie Seagoon on a regular basis in regard to his silly behaviour. In ''[[The White Box of Great Bardfield (Transcript)]]'', a running gag during the show is Seagoon's attempts to win a reward of ten shillings after being chained up by Ray Ellington in the first scene; he has complete confidence in his ability to escape: after all, he is the son of Houdini!! Grytpype-Thynne says the phrase after witnessing Neddie's long and agonising contortions. Ellington himself gets to say this quote in ''[[The End (Transcript)\|The End (Confessions of a Secret Senna-Pod Drinker)]]'', and Grytpype also lets Greenslade say it (with permission) in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e23_the_six_ingots_of_leadenhall_street The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]". It is also heard in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/china.html China Story]", following Ned Seagoon's admission that he is the British ambassador, and in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/whistle.html The Whistling Spy Enigma]", after Neddie arrives at [[MI5]], giving a long list of patriotic and foolhardy deeds he is willing to do for his country.		*"You silly twisted boy, you!" In the fifth series, Grytpype-Thynne says this to Neddie Seagoon on a regular basis in regard to his silly behaviour. In ''[[The White Box of Great Bardfield (Transcript)\|The White Box of Great Bardfield]]'', a running gag during the show is Seagoon's attempts to win a reward of ten shillings after being chained up by Ray Ellington in the first scene; he has complete confidence in his ability to escape: after all, he is the son of Houdini!! Grytpype-Thynne says the phrase after witnessing Neddie's long and agonising contortions. Ellington himself gets to say this quote in ''[[The End (Transcript)\|The End (Confessions of a Secret Senna-Pod Drinker)]]'', and Grytpype also lets Greenslade say it (with permission) in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e23_the_six_ingots_of_leadenhall_street The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]". It is also heard in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/china.html China Story]", following Ned Seagoon's admission that he is the British ambassador, and in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/whistle.html The Whistling Spy Enigma]", after Neddie arrives at [[MI5]], giving a long list of patriotic and foolhardy deeds he is willing to do for his country.

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Catchphrases

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	;[[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]]'s catchphrases		;[[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]]'s catchphrases
	*Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, instead of offering cigarettes to smoke, gave strange items such as gorillas, brass instruments, and pictures of [[Queen Victoria]]. Neddie Seagoon would often decline: "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I'm trying to give them up." Later in the show this might be followed with "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I've just put one out."		*Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, instead of offering cigarettes to smoke, gave strange items such as gorillas, brass instruments, and pictures of [[Queen Victoria]]. Neddie Seagoon would often decline: "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I'm trying to give them up." Later in the show this might be followed with "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I've just put one out."
	*"You silly twisted boy, you!" In the fifth series, Grytpype-Thynne says this to Neddie Seagoon on a regular basis in regard to his silly behaviour. In "[~~https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/white_box.html~~ The White Box of Great Bardfield]", a running gag during the show is Seagoon's attempts to win a reward of ten shillings after being chained up by Ray Ellington in the first scene; he has complete confidence in his ability to escape: after all, he is the son of Houdini!! Grytpype-Thynne says the phrase after witnessing Neddie's long and agonising contortions. Ellington himself gets to say this quote in ''[[The End (Transcript)\|The End (Confessions of a Secret Senna-Pod Drinker)]]'', and Grytpype also lets Greenslade say it (with permission) in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e23_the_six_ingots_of_leadenhall_street The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]". It is also heard in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/china.html China Story]", following Ned Seagoon's admission that he is the British ambassador, and in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/whistle.html The Whistling Spy Enigma]", after Neddie arrives at [[MI5]], giving a long list of patriotic and foolhardy deeds he is willing to do for his country.		*"You silly twisted boy, you!" In the fifth series, Grytpype-Thynne says this to Neddie Seagoon on a regular basis in regard to his silly behaviour. In ''[[The White Box of Great Bardfield (Transcript)]]'', a running gag during the show is Seagoon's attempts to win a reward of ten shillings after being chained up by Ray Ellington in the first scene; he has complete confidence in his ability to escape: after all, he is the son of Houdini!! Grytpype-Thynne says the phrase after witnessing Neddie's long and agonising contortions. Ellington himself gets to say this quote in ''[[The End (Transcript)\|The End (Confessions of a Secret Senna-Pod Drinker)]]'', and Grytpype also lets Greenslade say it (with permission) in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e23_the_six_ingots_of_leadenhall_street The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]". It is also heard in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/china.html China Story]", following Ned Seagoon's admission that he is the British ambassador, and in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/whistle.html The Whistling Spy Enigma]", after Neddie arrives at [[MI5]], giving a long list of patriotic and foolhardy deeds he is willing to do for his country.

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Catchphrases

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	*Bluebottle reads his own stage directions out loud (though he might argue that they would otherwise be lost in a radio programme format). ("Enter Bluebottle wearing doublet made out of mum's old drawers"; "Enter Bluebottle, waits for audience applause... not a sausage"; or "Strikes heroic pose, but trousers fall down and ruin effect"). He also says his inner thoughts out loud, preceded by the stage-direction "Thinks...".		*Bluebottle reads his own stage directions out loud (though he might argue that they would otherwise be lost in a radio programme format). ("Enter Bluebottle wearing doublet made out of mum's old drawers"; "Enter Bluebottle, waits for audience applause... not a sausage"; or "Strikes heroic pose, but trousers fall down and ruin effect"). He also says his inner thoughts out loud, preceded by the stage-direction "Thinks...".
	*Bluebottle would say, "I don't like this game!", especially when he was about to be, or had just been "deaded".		*Bluebottle would say, "I don't like this game!", especially when he was about to be, or had just been "deaded".
	*Bluebottle says "You rotten swine, you!" when something bad happens to him like being "deaded". At one point in the episode "[~~https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/pier.html~~ The Sinking of Westminster Pier]", he complained that he was always being "deaded", and that Eccles never was. This was followed by an explosion and a call of "You rotten swine, Bluebottle!" from Eccles.		*Bluebottle says "You rotten swine, you!" when something bad happens to him like being "deaded". At one point in the episode ''[[The Sinking of Westminster Pier (Transcript)\|The Sinking of Westminster Pier]]'', he complained that he was always being "deaded", and that Eccles never was. This was followed by an explosion and a call of "You rotten swine, Bluebottle!" from Eccles.
	*Other Bluebottle catchphrases include: "I heard you call me, My Capitaine!<!-- not a typo -->", which was usually addressed to Seagoon.		*Other Bluebottle catchphrases include: "I heard you call me, My Capitaine!<!-- not a typo -->", which was usually addressed to Seagoon.
	*Variations of "Ooh! [[Liquorice (confectionery)\|Liquorice]]! I must be careful of how many of them I eat!"		*Variations of "Ooh! [[Liquorice (confectionery)\|Liquorice]]! I must be careful of how many of them I eat!"

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	*Miss Minnie Bannister used many opportunities to say "We'll all be murdered in our beds!" or something along similar lines; after being swallowed by a tiger: "We'll all be murdered in our tigers!", or in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s06e08_shangri_la_again Shangri-La Again]": "We'll all be murdered in our monasteries!"		*Miss Minnie Bannister used many opportunities to say "We'll all be murdered in our beds!" or something along similar lines; after being swallowed by a tiger: "We'll all be murdered in our tigers!", or in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s06e08_shangri_la_again Shangri-La Again]": "We'll all be murdered in our monasteries!"
	**In ''The End (Confessions Of A Secret Sennapod Drinker)'', Minnie gives a legitimate reason for her catchphrase - as [[Jack the Ripper]] was never caught, she believes he's waiting until the outcry about his murders have died down..."And ''then'' we'll all be murdered in our beds!"		**In ''The End (Confessions Of A Secret Sennapod Drinker)'', Minnie gives a legitimate reason for her catchphrase - as [[Jack the Ripper]] was never caught, she believes he's waiting until the outcry about his murders have died down..."And ''then'' we'll all be murdered in our beds!"
	* In the fifth series, Eccles would often state, "It's good to be alive!" at the most inopportune moments. In ''[[Nineteen-Eighty-Five (Transcript)\|1985]'' (a parody of the [[George Orwell]] [[novel]] ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''), Eccles modified this catchphrase as "It's good to be alive...in 1985!"		* In the fifth series, Eccles would often state, "It's good to be alive!" at the most inopportune moments. In ''[[Nineteen-Eighty-Five (Transcript)\|1985]]'' (a parody of the [[George Orwell]] [[novel]] ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''), Eccles modified this catchphrase as "It's good to be alive...in 1985!"
	* Henry Crun would often start mumbling "you can't get the wood, you know" when asked to do any sort of job, even though the job (such as the building of a "waterproof gas stove" in ''[[The Siege of Fort Night (VG)\|The Siege of Fort Night]]'') would never require any wood. Sometimes he would also complain about "a shortage of shortages".		* Henry Crun would often start mumbling "you can't get the wood, you know" when asked to do any sort of job, even though the job (such as the building of a "waterproof gas stove" in ''[[The Siege of Fort Night (VG)\|The Siege of Fort Night]]'') would never require any wood. Sometimes he would also complain about "a shortage of shortages".
	* Announcer [[Wallace Greenslade]] would often end episodes with the line, "It's all in the mind, you know". This catchphrase would later be taken up by [[The Beatles]] in their 1968 movie, ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)\|Yellow Submarine]]''.		* Announcer [[Wallace Greenslade]] would often end episodes with the line, "It's all in the mind, you know". This catchphrase would later be taken up by [[The Beatles]] in their 1968 movie, ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)\|Yellow Submarine]]''.

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	*Miss Minnie Bannister used many opportunities to say "We'll all be murdered in our beds!" or something along similar lines; after being swallowed by a tiger: "We'll all be murdered in our tigers!", or in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s06e08_shangri_la_again Shangri-La Again]": "We'll all be murdered in our monasteries!"		*Miss Minnie Bannister used many opportunities to say "We'll all be murdered in our beds!" or something along similar lines; after being swallowed by a tiger: "We'll all be murdered in our tigers!", or in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s06e08_shangri_la_again Shangri-La Again]": "We'll all be murdered in our monasteries!"
	**In ''The End (Confessions Of A Secret Sennapod Drinker)'', Minnie gives a legitimate reason for her catchphrase - as [[Jack the Ripper]] was never caught, she believes he's waiting until the outcry about his murders have died down..."And ''then'' we'll all be murdered in our beds!"		**In ''The End (Confessions Of A Secret Sennapod Drinker)'', Minnie gives a legitimate reason for her catchphrase - as [[Jack the Ripper]] was never caught, she believes he's waiting until the outcry about his murders have died down..."And ''then'' we'll all be murdered in our beds!"
	* In the fifth series, Eccles would often state, "It's good to be alive!" at the most inopportune moments. In "[~~https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/1985.html~~ 1985]" (a parody of the [[George Orwell]] [[novel]] ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''), Eccles modified this catchphrase as "It's good to be alive...in 1985!"		* In the fifth series, Eccles would often state, "It's good to be alive!" at the most inopportune moments. In ''[[Nineteen-Eighty-Five (Transcript)\|1985]'' (a parody of the [[George Orwell]] [[novel]] ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''), Eccles modified this catchphrase as "It's good to be alive...in 1985!"
	* Henry Crun would often start mumbling "you can't get the wood, you know" when asked to do any sort of job, even though the job (such as the building of a "waterproof gas stove" in ''[[The Siege of Fort Night (VG)\|The Siege of Fort Night]]'') would never require any wood. Sometimes he would also complain about "a shortage of shortages".		* Henry Crun would often start mumbling "you can't get the wood, you know" when asked to do any sort of job, even though the job (such as the building of a "waterproof gas stove" in ''[[The Siege of Fort Night (VG)\|The Siege of Fort Night]]'') would never require any wood. Sometimes he would also complain about "a shortage of shortages".
	* Announcer [[Wallace Greenslade]] would often end episodes with the line, "It's all in the mind, you know". This catchphrase would later be taken up by [[The Beatles]] in their 1968 movie, ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)\|Yellow Submarine]]''.		* Announcer [[Wallace Greenslade]] would often end episodes with the line, "It's all in the mind, you know". This catchphrase would later be taken up by [[The Beatles]] in their 1968 movie, ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)\|Yellow Submarine]]''.

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Catchphrases

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	;[[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]]'s catchphrases		;[[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]]'s catchphrases
	*Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, instead of offering cigarettes to smoke, gave strange items such as gorillas, brass instruments, and pictures of [[Queen Victoria]]. Neddie Seagoon would often decline: "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I'm trying to give them up." Later in the show this might be followed with "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I've just put one out."		*Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, instead of offering cigarettes to smoke, gave strange items such as gorillas, brass instruments, and pictures of [[Queen Victoria]]. Neddie Seagoon would often decline: "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I'm trying to give them up." Later in the show this might be followed with "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I've just put one out."
	*"You silly twisted boy, you!" In the fifth series, Grytpype-Thynne says this to Neddie Seagoon on a regular basis in regard to his silly behaviour. In "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/white_box.html The White Box of Great Bardfield]", a running gag during the show is Seagoon's attempts to win a reward of ten shillings after being chained up by Ray Ellington in the first scene; he has complete confidence in his ability to escape: after all, he is the son of Houdini!! Grytpype-Thynne says the phrase after witnessing Neddie's long and agonising contortions. Ellington himself gets to say this quote in "[~~http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e26_confessions_of_a_sennapod_drinker~~ The End (Confessions of a Secret Senna-Pod Drinker)]", and Grytpype also lets Greenslade say it (with permission) in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e23_the_six_ingots_of_leadenhall_street The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]". It is also heard in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/china.html China Story]", following Ned Seagoon's admission that he is the British ambassador, and in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/whistle.html The Whistling Spy Enigma]", after Neddie arrives at [[MI5]], giving a long list of patriotic and foolhardy deeds he is willing to do for his country.		*"You silly twisted boy, you!" In the fifth series, Grytpype-Thynne says this to Neddie Seagoon on a regular basis in regard to his silly behaviour. In "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/white_box.html The White Box of Great Bardfield]", a running gag during the show is Seagoon's attempts to win a reward of ten shillings after being chained up by Ray Ellington in the first scene; he has complete confidence in his ability to escape: after all, he is the son of Houdini!! Grytpype-Thynne says the phrase after witnessing Neddie's long and agonising contortions. Ellington himself gets to say this quote in ''[[The End (Transcript)\|The End (Confessions of a Secret Senna-Pod Drinker)]]'', and Grytpype also lets Greenslade say it (with permission) in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e23_the_six_ingots_of_leadenhall_street The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]". It is also heard in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/china.html China Story]", following Ned Seagoon's admission that he is the British ambassador, and in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/whistle.html The Whistling Spy Enigma]", after Neddie arrives at [[MI5]], giving a long list of patriotic and foolhardy deeds he is willing to do for his country.

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	*Little Jim's only line in most episodes is simply to say "He's fallen in the wah-taa!", in a childish voice. It is often commented by the characters, usually Grytpype-Thynne, that they do not know what they would do without him, once even extending to Bloodnok actually attempting to do the catchphrase for him when Jim himself had been thrown into the water. On the BBC Radio show ''Dad Made Me Laugh'' Peter Sellers' son [[Michael Sellers (actor)\|Michael]] revealed he was the source of the phrase, when as a small child he used it to talk about people jumping into their swimming pool.		*Little Jim's only line in most episodes is simply to say "He's fallen in the wah-taa!", in a childish voice. It is often commented by the characters, usually Grytpype-Thynne, that they do not know what they would do without him, once even extending to Bloodnok actually attempting to do the catchphrase for him when Jim himself had been thrown into the water. On the BBC Radio show ''Dad Made Me Laugh'' Peter Sellers' son [[Michael Sellers (actor)\|Michael]] revealed he was the source of the phrase, when as a small child he used it to talk about people jumping into their swimming pool.
	*Miss Minnie Bannister used many opportunities to say "We'll all be murdered in our beds!" or something along similar lines; after being swallowed by a tiger: "We'll all be murdered in our tigers!", or in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s06e08_shangri_la_again Shangri-La Again]": "We'll all be murdered in our monasteries!"		*Miss Minnie Bannister used many opportunities to say "We'll all be murdered in our beds!" or something along similar lines; after being swallowed by a tiger: "We'll all be murdered in our tigers!", or in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s06e08_shangri_la_again Shangri-La Again]": "We'll all be murdered in our monasteries!"
	**In "The End (Confessions Of A Secret Sennapod Drinker)", Minnie gives a legitimate reason for her catchphrase - as [[Jack the Ripper]] was never caught, she believes he's waiting until the outcry about his murders have died down..."And ''then'' we'll all be murdered in our beds!"		**In ''The End (Confessions Of A Secret Sennapod Drinker)'', Minnie gives a legitimate reason for her catchphrase - as [[Jack the Ripper]] was never caught, she believes he's waiting until the outcry about his murders have died down..."And ''then'' we'll all be murdered in our beds!"
	* In the fifth series, Eccles would often state, "It's good to be alive!" at the most inopportune moments. In "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/1985.html 1985]" (a parody of the [[George Orwell]] [[novel]] ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''), Eccles modified this catchphrase as "It's good to be alive...in 1985!"		* In the fifth series, Eccles would often state, "It's good to be alive!" at the most inopportune moments. In "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/1985.html 1985]" (a parody of the [[George Orwell]] [[novel]] ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''), Eccles modified this catchphrase as "It's good to be alive...in 1985!"
	* Henry Crun would often start mumbling "you can't get the wood, you know" when asked to do any sort of job, even though the job (such as the building of a "waterproof gas stove" in ''[[The Siege of Fort Night (VG)\|The Siege of Fort Night]]'') would never require any wood. Sometimes he would also complain about "a shortage of shortages".		* Henry Crun would often start mumbling "you can't get the wood, you know" when asked to do any sort of job, even though the job (such as the building of a "waterproof gas stove" in ''[[The Siege of Fort Night (VG)\|The Siege of Fort Night]]'') would never require any wood. Sometimes he would also complain about "a shortage of shortages".

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	;[[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]]'s catchphrases		;[[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne\|Grytpype-Thynne]]'s catchphrases
	*Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, instead of offering cigarettes to smoke, gave strange items such as gorillas, brass instruments, and pictures of [[Queen Victoria]]. Neddie Seagoon would often decline: "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I'm trying to give them up." Later in the show this might be followed with "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I've just put one out."		*Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, instead of offering cigarettes to smoke, gave strange items such as gorillas, brass instruments, and pictures of [[Queen Victoria]]. Neddie Seagoon would often decline: "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I'm trying to give them up." Later in the show this might be followed with "Have a Gorilla?" "No thanks, I've just put one out."
	*"You silly twisted boy, you!" In the fifth series, Grytpype-Thynne says this to Neddie Seagoon on a regular basis in regard to his silly behaviour. In "[~~http~~://www.thegoonshow.~~net~~/~~scripts_show~~.~~asp?title=s05e25_the_white_box_of_great_bardfield~~ The White Box of Great Bardfield]", a running gag during the show is Seagoon's attempts to win a reward of ten shillings after being chained up by Ray Ellington in the first scene; he has complete confidence in his ability to escape: after all, he is the son of Houdini!! Grytpype-Thynne says the phrase after witnessing Neddie's long and agonising contortions. Ellington himself gets to say this quote in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e26_confessions_of_a_sennapod_drinker The End (Confessions of a Secret Senna-Pod Drinker)]", and Grytpype also lets Greenslade say it (with permission) in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e23_the_six_ingots_of_leadenhall_street The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]". It is also heard in "[~~http~~://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/~~index~~.html China Story]", following Ned Seagoon's admission that he is the British ambassador, and in "[~~http~~://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/~~index~~.html The Whistling Spy Enigma]", after Neddie arrives at [[MI5]], giving a long list of patriotic and foolhardy deeds he is willing to do for his country.		*"You silly twisted boy, you!" In the fifth series, Grytpype-Thynne says this to Neddie Seagoon on a regular basis in regard to his silly behaviour. In "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/white_box.html The White Box of Great Bardfield]", a running gag during the show is Seagoon's attempts to win a reward of ten shillings after being chained up by Ray Ellington in the first scene; he has complete confidence in his ability to escape: after all, he is the son of Houdini!! Grytpype-Thynne says the phrase after witnessing Neddie's long and agonising contortions. Ellington himself gets to say this quote in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e26_confessions_of_a_sennapod_drinker The End (Confessions of a Secret Senna-Pod Drinker)]", and Grytpype also lets Greenslade say it (with permission) in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e23_the_six_ingots_of_leadenhall_street The Six Ingots of Leadenhall Street]". It is also heard in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/china.html China Story]", following Ned Seagoon's admission that he is the British ambassador, and in "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/whistle.html The Whistling Spy Enigma]", after Neddie arrives at [[MI5]], giving a long list of patriotic and foolhardy deeds he is willing to do for his country.

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	*Miss Minnie Bannister used many opportunities to say "We'll all be murdered in our beds!" or something along similar lines; after being swallowed by a tiger: "We'll all be murdered in our tigers!", or in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s06e08_shangri_la_again Shangri-La Again]": "We'll all be murdered in our monasteries!"		*Miss Minnie Bannister used many opportunities to say "We'll all be murdered in our beds!" or something along similar lines; after being swallowed by a tiger: "We'll all be murdered in our tigers!", or in "[http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s06e08_shangri_la_again Shangri-La Again]": "We'll all be murdered in our monasteries!"
	**In "The End (Confessions Of A Secret Sennapod Drinker)", Minnie gives a legitimate reason for her catchphrase - as [[Jack the Ripper]] was never caught, she believes he's waiting until the outcry about his murders have died down..."And ''then'' we'll all be murdered in our beds!"		**In "The End (Confessions Of A Secret Sennapod Drinker)", Minnie gives a legitimate reason for her catchphrase - as [[Jack the Ripper]] was never caught, she believes he's waiting until the outcry about his murders have died down..."And ''then'' we'll all be murdered in our beds!"
	* In the fifth series, Eccles would often state, "It's good to be alive!" at the most inopportune moments. In "[~~http~~://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/~~index~~.html 1985]" (a parody of the [[George Orwell]] [[novel]] ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''), Eccles modified this catchphrase as "It's good to be alive...in 1985!"		* In the fifth series, Eccles would often state, "It's good to be alive!" at the most inopportune moments. In "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/1985.html 1985]" (a parody of the [[George Orwell]] [[novel]] ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''), Eccles modified this catchphrase as "It's good to be alive...in 1985!"
	* Henry Crun would often start mumbling "you can't get the wood, you know" when asked to do any sort of job, even though the job (such as the building of a "waterproof gas stove" in ''[[The Siege of Fort Night (VG)\|The Siege of Fort Night]]'') would never require any wood. Sometimes he would also complain about "a shortage of shortages".		* Henry Crun would often start mumbling "you can't get the wood, you know" when asked to do any sort of job, even though the job (such as the building of a "waterproof gas stove" in ''[[The Siege of Fort Night (VG)\|The Siege of Fort Night]]'') would never require any wood. Sometimes he would also complain about "a shortage of shortages".
	* Announcer [[Wallace Greenslade]] would often end episodes with the line, "It's all in the mind, you know". This catchphrase would later be taken up by [[The Beatles]] in their 1968 movie, ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)\|Yellow Submarine]]''.		* Announcer [[Wallace Greenslade]] would often end episodes with the line, "It's all in the mind, you know". This catchphrase would later be taken up by [[The Beatles]] in their 1968 movie, ''[[Yellow Submarine (film)\|Yellow Submarine]]''.

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Catchphrases

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	*Bluebottle reads his own stage directions out loud (though he might argue that they would otherwise be lost in a radio programme format). ("Enter Bluebottle wearing doublet made out of mum's old drawers"; "Enter Bluebottle, waits for audience applause... not a sausage"; or "Strikes heroic pose, but trousers fall down and ruin effect"). He also says his inner thoughts out loud, preceded by the stage-direction "Thinks...".		*Bluebottle reads his own stage directions out loud (though he might argue that they would otherwise be lost in a radio programme format). ("Enter Bluebottle wearing doublet made out of mum's old drawers"; "Enter Bluebottle, waits for audience applause... not a sausage"; or "Strikes heroic pose, but trousers fall down and ruin effect"). He also says his inner thoughts out loud, preceded by the stage-direction "Thinks...".
	*Bluebottle would say, "I don't like this game!", especially when he was about to be, or had just been "deaded".		*Bluebottle would say, "I don't like this game!", especially when he was about to be, or had just been "deaded".
	*Bluebottle says "You rotten swine, you!" when something bad happens to him like being "deaded". At one point in the episode "[~~http~~://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/~~index~~.html The Sinking of Westminster Pier]", he complained that he was always being "deaded", and that Eccles never was. This was followed by an explosion and a call of "You rotten swine, Bluebottle!" from Eccles.		*Bluebottle says "You rotten swine, you!" when something bad happens to him like being "deaded". At one point in the episode "[https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/scripts/pier.html The Sinking of Westminster Pier]", he complained that he was always being "deaded", and that Eccles never was. This was followed by an explosion and a call of "You rotten swine, Bluebottle!" from Eccles.
	*Other Bluebottle catchphrases include: "I heard you call me, My Capitaine!<!-- not a typo -->", which was usually addressed to Seagoon.		*Other Bluebottle catchphrases include: "I heard you call me, My Capitaine!<!-- not a typo -->", which was usually addressed to Seagoon.
	*Variations of "Ooh! [[Liquorice (confectionery)\|Liquorice]]! I must be careful of how many of them I eat!"		*Variations of "Ooh! [[Liquorice (confectionery)\|Liquorice]]! I must be careful of how many of them I eat!"

Kurt at 00:54, 12 September 2024

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