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''Show 18'' (aka ''Adventures of Handsome Harry Secombe'') is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the first show in the second series. The show was recorded at 7.45pm on Sunday {{date|20 January 1952}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street|New Bond Street]], London.  
''The Search for the Bearded Vulture'' (aka Show 58) is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the sixteenth show in the third series. The show was recorded at 9.30pm on Sunday {{date|22 February 1953}} The recording took place at [[Aeolian Hall (London)|Aeolian I]], 135–137 [[w:Bond Street|New Bond Street]], London. Only an eight minute excerpt of the show currently (as of {{Date}}) exists.


The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date|22 January 1952}} at 9.30pm (except Wales and the West). It reached a peak listenership of 1.8m.
The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date|24 February 1953}} at 9.30pm (except Wales and the West). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m. Its first repeat on the Light Programme at 1.45pm on Sunday {{date|1 March 1953}} increased the peak listernship to 6.2m.


== Sketches ==
== Sketches ==
*''Handsome Harry Secombe (pursues Lo Hing Ding)'': Handsome Harry is tasked to help Inspector Thud find a kidnapper.
*''Handsome Harry Secombe'': Moriarty tells Handsome Harry Secombe to buy a special expanding ladder from builders merchant Clanger Sellers so that he can burgle the home of Sir Whatchett Crump.
*''Triumphs of Engineering'': Captain Pureheart builds the [[w:Suez Canal|Suez Canal]] but then explains how he doesn't want his canal filled with water.
*''The Search for the Bearded Vulture'': In which Lord Hanjunk the Second and his Uncle Crun set off to [[w:Java|Java]] following a [[w:British Ornithologists' Club|British Ornithological Society]] sighting of the rare bearded [[w:Vulture|vulture]].
*''Broadcasting in 1999'': The crew look into the future to see what has happened to various popular shows.
*''Major Bloodnok's Quest for the Abominable Snowman'': The Major gets out of jail and gets to take charge of the new weather stations on [[w:Mount Everest|Mount Everest]].


==Music==
==Music==
*[[Harry Secombe]] sings ''[[w:Władysław Daniłowski|Longing for You]]''.
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[All God's Chillun Got Rhythm]]'' ([[w:Walter Jurmann|Walter Jurmann]] / [[w:Gus Kahn|Gus Kahn]] / [[w:Bronisław Kaper|Bronisław Kaper]])
*[[The Stargazers (vocal ensemble)|The Stargazers]] sing [[w:Cy Coben|I Never Was Loved by Anyone Else]]
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Shine (1910 song)|Shine]]'' ([[w:Cecil Mack|Cecil Mack]] / [[w:Lew Brown|Lew Brown]] / [[w:Ford Dabney|Ford Dabney]])
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Three Little Words (song)|Three Little Words]]''
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Boum!|Boum!]]''


==Technical==
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO 1768]] (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).  
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#SLO|SLO 22973]] (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).  


One of two shows copied, in the 1970s, from paper tape held by [[Spike Milligan]]. This is obviously recorded through a [[w:microphone|microphone]], as a woman's voice can be heard protesting that she has "''pressed the button''". This may have been Anne Hayes, then Mrs Sellers, as it was known that Sellers' possessed a [[w:Soundmirror|Soundmirror]] tape recorder that used paper tape. Buzzy hum and distortion are rife here… <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=27|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=9781785298776}}</ref>
This extract does not make for comfortable listening, but is all we have of [[Graham Stark]] in a ''Goon Show''. The domestic recording was made on a '[[w:Wire recording|wire machine]]', and these were notorius for distortion, and, especially, [[w:Wow and flutter measurement|speed instability]]. The Ellington numberr was recorded, but the [[w:Wow (recording)|wow]] is so excruciating that Ted had to omit it. Other speed variations have been smoothed out as far as current technology allows.<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=27|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=9781785298776}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 21:43, 10 September 2022

"The Search for the Bearded Vulture"
The Goon Show episode
Episode no.Series 03
Episode 16 (excerpt
Written by
Presented byAndrew Timothy
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Editing byJimmy Grafton
Production codeSLO 22973
Original air date22 February 1953 (1953-02-22)
Running time8 mins 21 secs
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The Search for the Bearded Vulture (aka Show 58) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the sixteenth show in the third series. The show was recorded at 9.30pm on Sunday 22 February 1953 The recording took place at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London. Only an eight minute excerpt of the show currently (as of 25 December 2024) exists.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 24 February 1953 at 9.30pm (except Wales and the West). It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m. Its first repeat on the Light Programme at 1.45pm on Sunday 1 March 1953 increased the peak listernship to 6.2m.

Sketches

  • Handsome Harry Secombe: Moriarty tells Handsome Harry Secombe to buy a special expanding ladder from builders merchant Clanger Sellers so that he can burgle the home of Sir Whatchett Crump.
  • The Search for the Bearded Vulture: In which Lord Hanjunk the Second and his Uncle Crun set off to Java following a British Ornithological Society sighting of the rare bearded vulture.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on SLO 22973 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House).

This extract does not make for comfortable listening, but is all we have of Graham Stark in a Goon Show. The domestic recording was made on a 'wire machine', and these were notorius for distortion, and, especially, speed instability. The Ellington numberr was recorded, but the wow is so excruciating that Ted had to omit it. Other speed variations have been smoothed out as far as current technology allows.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 27. ISBN 9781785298776.