The Goon Show series 8 - Revision history

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	The last recording before Christmas comprised ''[[The Plasticine Man]]'' on Sunday 22; again, this edition caused editing problems for Roy and meant that the whole of the number by the Ray Ellington Quartet was removed from the show. Described as a 'Christmas Edition' in the Radio Times, the billing for this broadcast was embellished by a cartoon depicting Peter as a turkey, Harry as a pudding and Spike as a jolly Santa. However, the [[Sunday Graphic\|Sunday Graphic]] painted a very different picture of Spike in its edition of 22 December; it revealed that Spike had just spent three days lying in a dark room at home, totally incommunicado and with his doctor commenting, ’''Overwork. Overwork. Complete rest now, or something worse later.''’ He also seemed bitter towards Peter Sellers, noting 'He has changed a great deal. Now everything he does is part of his war against the human race.'		The last recording before Christmas comprised ''[[The Plasticine Man]]'' on Sunday 22; again, this edition caused editing problems for Roy and meant that the whole of the number by the Ray Ellington Quartet was removed from the show. Described as a 'Christmas Edition' in the Radio Times, the billing for this broadcast was embellished by a cartoon depicting Peter as a turkey, Harry as a pudding and Spike as a jolly Santa. However, the [[Sunday Graphic\|Sunday Graphic]] painted a very different picture of Spike in its edition of 22 December; it revealed that Spike had just spent three days lying in a dark room at home, totally incommunicado and with his doctor commenting, ’''Overwork. Overwork. Complete rest now, or something worse later.''’ He also seemed bitter towards Peter Sellers, noting 'He has changed a great deal. Now everything he does is part of his war against the human race.'

	Harry taped a Christmas greeting for hospital patients on Monday 23 December, and this was broadcast on Boxing Day on the Northern Home Service show Record Recovery. 'Those friends of Royalty, the Goons' then recorded ''[[African Incident]]'' - and a remake of ''[[The Ink Shortage (VG)\|The Ink Shortage]]'' - on Sunday 29 December, with actress [[~~Cecile~~ Chevreau]] appearing at short notice in the new episode, taking on the scripted role of 'Native Girl' intended for Peter. Spike's script was in fact the spoof of ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' which had been previously rejected for production as a 'non-audience' show. The closing theme music changed again for one week to the march [[Alte Kameraden]] (Old Comrades) written in 1889 by [[Carl Teike\|Carl Teike]]. However, over Christmas [[Roy Speer]] had been taken very ill and taping had in fact been supervised by [[Tom Ronald]], a senior BBC variety and comedy producer but – alas – one with little empathy for the Goonish sense of humour. The plan was that Tom would now remain as producer on the series for the rest of its run, even although he was due to take over as the producer on ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''. ‘''Tom Ronald will be in charge as producer, but for reasons of expediency we are leaving the administration with Doreen'' [Davies]'', Roy's secretary, as a natural course,''’ explained Jim Davidson to Spike on 3 January 1958 as he noted that the Corporation did not yet know the severity of Roy's illness, ‘''I know I can depend upon your goodwill and co-operation.''’		Harry taped a Christmas greeting for hospital patients on Monday 23 December, and this was broadcast on Boxing Day on the Northern Home Service show Record Recovery. 'Those friends of Royalty, the Goons' then recorded ''[[African Incident]]'' - and a remake of ''[[The Ink Shortage (VG)\|The Ink Shortage]]'' - on Sunday 29 December, with actress [[Cécile Chevreau]] appearing at short notice in the new episode, taking on the scripted role of 'Native Girl' intended for Peter. Spike's script was in fact the spoof of ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' which had been previously rejected for production as a 'non-audience' show. The closing theme music changed again for one week to the march [[Alte Kameraden]] (Old Comrades) written in 1889 by [[Carl Teike\|Carl Teike]]. However, over Christmas [[Roy Speer]] had been taken very ill and taping had in fact been supervised by [[Tom Ronald]], a senior BBC variety and comedy producer but – alas – one with little empathy for the Goonish sense of humour. The plan was that Tom would now remain as producer on the series for the rest of its run, even although he was due to take over as the producer on ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''. ‘''Tom Ronald will be in charge as producer, but for reasons of expediency we are leaving the administration with Doreen'' [Davies]'', Roy's secretary, as a natural course,''’ explained Jim Davidson to Spike on 3 January 1958 as he noted that the Corporation did not yet know the severity of Roy's illness, ‘''I know I can depend upon your goodwill and co-operation.''’

	Thursday 2 January saw the cinema releases of both ''[[Davy (film)\|Davy]]'' starring Harry Secombe and ''[[The Naked Truth (1957 film)\|The Naked Truth]]'' showcasing Peter Sellers' versatility with character voices. Meanwhile, Doreen M. Davies started to hold the fort; her first missive to Larry and Spike was to inform them that Peter Sellers had been given a ‘rest day’ on 26 January which meant that two recordings would have to be made for the Home Service on 19 January. Because of this, Larry and Spike were now splitting their efforts and writing separately. Spike's reply to Doreen was frosty: ‘''It does not overcome the difficulty about which I spoke to you on the telephone … You told me that Miss Lipscombe'' [of Variety Booking] ''had told you I had been informed of the necessity to write the extra script for this week. This is absolute rubbish. If she means informed by Peter Sellers, this is also rubbish … If this is considered a business agreement by the BBC, I concede their system needs a drastic overhaul. The Corporation made a colossal cock-up of the Transcriptions, and seem perfectly willing to go on doing so.''’		Thursday 2 January saw the cinema releases of both ''[[Davy (film)\|Davy]]'' starring Harry Secombe and ''[[The Naked Truth (1957 film)\|The Naked Truth]]'' showcasing Peter Sellers' versatility with character voices. Meanwhile, Doreen M. Davies started to hold the fort; her first missive to Larry and Spike was to inform them that Peter Sellers had been given a ‘rest day’ on 26 January which meant that two recordings would have to be made for the Home Service on 19 January. Because of this, Larry and Spike were now splitting their efforts and writing separately. Spike's reply to Doreen was frosty: ‘''It does not overcome the difficulty about which I spoke to you on the telephone … You told me that Miss Lipscombe'' [of Variety Booking] ''had told you I had been informed of the necessity to write the extra script for this week. This is absolute rubbish. If she means informed by Peter Sellers, this is also rubbish … If this is considered a business agreement by the BBC, I concede their system needs a drastic overhaul. The Corporation made a colossal cock-up of the Transcriptions, and seem perfectly willing to go on doing so.''’

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	''The Goon Show'', '''series eight''' was a series of 26 shows aired between {{Date\|1957-09-30}} and {{Date\|1958-03-24}}.		''The Goon Show'', '''series eight''' was a series of 26 shows aired between {{Date\|1957-09-30}} and {{Date\|1958-03-24}}.

	Due to various reasons this series had four writers and three different producers. In addition to [[Spike Milligan]], the writers were [[Larry Stephens]], [[John Antrobus]] and [[Maurice Wiltshire]]. The producers were Charles Chilton, Roy Speer and Tom Ronald.		Due to various reasons this series had four writers and three different producers. In addition to [[Spike Milligan]], the writers were [[Larry Stephens]], [[John Antrobus]] and [[Maurice Wiltshire]]. The producers were [[Charles Chilton]], [[Roy Speer]] and [[Tom Ronald]].

	The shows were all broadcast on Mondays, with the shows' recordings made the previous Sunday.		The shows were all broadcast on Mondays, with the shows' recordings made the previous Sunday.

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	===Sigs and playouts===		===Sigs and playouts===
	For the first four shows, the signature tune is Ray Ellington's ''Lucky Strike'', but the fifth show introduces ''[[w:Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead\|Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead]]'', a [[w:Harold Arlen\|Harold Arlen]] number from the film ''[[w:The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)\|The Wizard of Oz]]''. These tunes, with their solo opportunities for some of the crack session men in the band, including E.O. Pogson (reeds), [[George Chisholm (musician)\|George Chisholm]] (trombone) Judd Proctor (guitar) and [[Dick Katz]] (piano), were frequently long enough to run the programme to length on its own. [[w:Crazy Rhythm\|Crazy Rhythm]] appears as playout in the third show. The [[African Incident\|fourteenth show]] introduces another tune which would endure to the end of the Goon Shows run, the march [[Alte Kameraden\|Old Comrades]] (Alte Kameraden), written around the turn of the century by [[w:Carl Teike\|Karl Teike]]. Where the original signature tune and/or playout exist, they have been used. Where passages are missing or obscured by announcements or technical faults, complete versions have been reconstructed using the available material.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol7\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=11\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4458-9133-0}}</ref>		For the first four shows, the signature tune is Ray Ellington's ''Lucky Strike'', but the fifth show introduces ''[[w:Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead\|Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead]]'', a [[w:Harold Arlen\|Harold Arlen]] number from the film ''[[w:The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)\|The Wizard of Oz]]''. These tunes, with their solo opportunities for some of the crack session men in the band, including E.O. Pogson (reeds), [[George Chisholm (musician)\|George Chisholm]] (trombone) Judd Proctor (guitar) and [[Dick Katz]] (piano), were frequently long enough to run the programme to length on its own. [[w:Crazy Rhythm\|Crazy Rhythm]] appears as playout in the third show. The [[African Incident\|fourteenth show]] introduces another tune which would endure to the end of the Goon Shows run, the march [[Alte Kameraden\|Old Comrades]] (Alte Kameraden), written around the turn of the century by [[w:Carl Teike\|Karl Teike]]. Where the original signature tune and/or playout exist, they have been used. Where passages are missing or obscured by announcements or technical faults, complete versions have been reconstructed using the available material.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes \|title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol7\|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7]] \|first=Ted \|last=Kendall \| author-link=Ted Kendall \|date=2012 \|page=11\|type=Booklet 2 \|publisher=BBC Worldwide\|ISBN=978-1-4458-9133-0}}</ref>

			==References==
			{{Reflist}}

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	The last recording before Christmas comprised ''[[The Plasticine Man]]'' on Sunday 22; again, this edition caused editing problems for Roy and meant that the whole of the number by the Ray Ellington Quartet was removed from the show. Described as a 'Christmas Edition' in the Radio Times, the billing for this broadcast was embellished by a cartoon depicting Peter as a turkey, Harry as a pudding and Spike as a jolly Santa. However, the [[Sunday Graphic\|Sunday Graphic]] painted a very different picture of Spike in its edition of 22 December; it revealed that Spike had just spent three days lying in a dark room at home, totally incommunicado and with his doctor commenting, ’''Overwork. Overwork. Complete rest now, or something worse later.''’ He also seemed bitter towards Peter Sellers, noting 'He has changed a great deal. Now everything he does is part of his war against the human race.'		The last recording before Christmas comprised ''[[The Plasticine Man]]'' on Sunday 22; again, this edition caused editing problems for Roy and meant that the whole of the number by the Ray Ellington Quartet was removed from the show. Described as a 'Christmas Edition' in the Radio Times, the billing for this broadcast was embellished by a cartoon depicting Peter as a turkey, Harry as a pudding and Spike as a jolly Santa. However, the [[Sunday Graphic\|Sunday Graphic]] painted a very different picture of Spike in its edition of 22 December; it revealed that Spike had just spent three days lying in a dark room at home, totally incommunicado and with his doctor commenting, ’''Overwork. Overwork. Complete rest now, or something worse later.''’ He also seemed bitter towards Peter Sellers, noting 'He has changed a great deal. Now everything he does is part of his war against the human race.'

	Harry taped a Christmas greeting for hospital patients on Monday 23 December, and this was broadcast on Boxing Day on the Northern Home Service show Record Recovery. 'Those friends of Royalty, the Goons' then recorded ''[[African Incident]]'' - and a remake of ''[[The Ink Shortage (VG)\|The Ink Shortage]]'' - on Sunday 29 December, with actress [[~~Cecile~~ Chevreau]] appearing at short notice in the new episode, taking on the scripted role of 'Native Girl' intended for Peter. Spike's script was in fact the spoof of ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' which had been previously rejected for production as a 'non-audience' show. The closing theme music changed again for one week to the march [[Alte Kameraden]] (Old Comrades) written in 1889 by [[Carl Teike\|Carl Teike]]. However, over Christmas [[Roy Speer]] had been taken very ill and taping had in fact been supervised by [[Tom Ronald]], a senior BBC variety and comedy producer but – alas – one with little empathy for the Goonish sense of humour. The plan was that Tom would now remain as producer on the series for the rest of its run, even although he was due to take over as the producer on ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''. ‘''Tom Ronald will be in charge as producer, but for reasons of expediency we are leaving the administration with Doreen'' [Davies]'', Roy's secretary, as a natural course,''’ explained Jim Davidson to Spike on 3 January 1958 as he noted that the Corporation did not yet know the severity of Roy's illness, ‘''I know I can depend upon your goodwill and co-operation.''’		Harry taped a Christmas greeting for hospital patients on Monday 23 December, and this was broadcast on Boxing Day on the Northern Home Service show Record Recovery. 'Those friends of Royalty, the Goons' then recorded ''[[African Incident]]'' - and a remake of ''[[The Ink Shortage (VG)\|The Ink Shortage]]'' - on Sunday 29 December, with actress [[Cécile Chevreau]] appearing at short notice in the new episode, taking on the scripted role of 'Native Girl' intended for Peter. Spike's script was in fact the spoof of ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' which had been previously rejected for production as a 'non-audience' show. The closing theme music changed again for one week to the march [[Alte Kameraden]] (Old Comrades) written in 1889 by [[Carl Teike\|Carl Teike]]. However, over Christmas [[Roy Speer]] had been taken very ill and taping had in fact been supervised by [[Tom Ronald]], a senior BBC variety and comedy producer but – alas – one with little empathy for the Goonish sense of humour. The plan was that Tom would now remain as producer on the series for the rest of its run, even although he was due to take over as the producer on ''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]''. ‘''Tom Ronald will be in charge as producer, but for reasons of expediency we are leaving the administration with Doreen'' [Davies]'', Roy's secretary, as a natural course,''’ explained Jim Davidson to Spike on 3 January 1958 as he noted that the Corporation did not yet know the severity of Roy's illness, ‘''I know I can depend upon your goodwill and co-operation.''’

	Thursday 2 January saw the cinema releases of both ''[[Davy (film)\|Davy]]'' starring Harry Secombe and ''[[The Naked Truth (1957 film)\|The Naked Truth]]'' showcasing Peter Sellers' versatility with character voices. Meanwhile, Doreen M. Davies started to hold the fort; her first missive to Larry and Spike was to inform them that Peter Sellers had been given a ‘rest day’ on 26 January which meant that two recordings would have to be made for the Home Service on 19 January. Because of this, Larry and Spike were now splitting their efforts and writing separately. Spike's reply to Doreen was frosty: ‘''It does not overcome the difficulty about which I spoke to you on the telephone … You told me that Miss Lipscombe'' [of Variety Booking] ''had told you I had been informed of the necessity to write the extra script for this week. This is absolute rubbish. If she means informed by Peter Sellers, this is also rubbish … If this is considered a business agreement by the BBC, I concede their system needs a drastic overhaul. The Corporation made a colossal cock-up of the Transcriptions, and seem perfectly willing to go on doing so.''’		Thursday 2 January saw the cinema releases of both ''[[Davy (film)\|Davy]]'' starring Harry Secombe and ''[[The Naked Truth (1957 film)\|The Naked Truth]]'' showcasing Peter Sellers' versatility with character voices. Meanwhile, Doreen M. Davies started to hold the fort; her first missive to Larry and Spike was to inform them that Peter Sellers had been given a ‘rest day’ on 26 January which meant that two recordings would have to be made for the Home Service on 19 January. Because of this, Larry and Spike were now splitting their efforts and writing separately. Spike's reply to Doreen was frosty: ‘''It does not overcome the difficulty about which I spoke to you on the telephone … You told me that Miss Lipscombe'' [of Variety Booking] ''had told you I had been informed of the necessity to write the extra script for this week. This is absolute rubbish. If she means informed by Peter Sellers, this is also rubbish … If this is considered a business agreement by the BBC, I concede their system needs a drastic overhaul. The Corporation made a colossal cock-up of the Transcriptions, and seem perfectly willing to go on doing so.''’