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Revision as of 14:13, 24 September 2022
| "The Ghastly Experiments of Dr Hans Eidelburger" | |
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| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 4 Episode: 3 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Andrew Timothy |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 35740 |
| First broadcast | 16 October 1953 |
| Running time | 24:28 |
The Ghastly Experiments of Dr Hans Eidelburger (aka Everest Conquered) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the third show in the fourth series. The show was recorded at 9pm at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Friday 16 October 1953 at 9.30pm (except [[w:Northern Ireland| and Scotland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.9m. The show was then repeated on the Light Programme on Saturday 17 October 1953 at 10.30pm receiveing a listenership of 0.8m.
Sketches
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- The Adventures of Handsome Harry Secombe: Chapter One: The Ghastly Experiments of Dr Hans Eidelburger sees Secombe sent to Dr Eidelburger where he becomes Experiment 267 in attempts to get a man to take the weight of a steamroller on his face.
- The Mount Everest Project: A recount of how, in 1897, Lord Hairy Seagoon declared that Mount Everest should be brought to England to make it the tallest country in the world, using the expertise of Mr Crun and Major Bloodnok.
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays You're Driving Me Crazy (Walter Donaldson)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Look at That Girl (Bob Merrill)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 35740 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). The source of the restored version appearing on Compendium Vol 13 was an acetate disc created from a domestic recording that was recorded using a microphone which picked up comments from one or more of the Goons.[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-7852-9877-6.
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