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==Music==
==Music==
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[For Me and My Gal (song)|For Me and My Gal]]'' ([[w:George W. Meyer|George W. Meyer]] / [[w:Edgar Leslie|Edgar Leslie]] / [[w:E. Ray Goetz|E. Ray Goetz]])
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[For Me and My Gal (song)|For Me and My Gal]]'' {{small|([[w:George W. Meyer|George W. Meyer]] / [[w:Edgar Leslie|Edgar Leslie]] / [[w:E. Ray Goetz|E. Ray Goetz]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' ([[w:Fats Waller|Fats Waller]] / [[w:Harry Brooks (composer)|Harry Brooks]] / [[w:Andy Razaf|Andy Razaf]]) and [[w:It's a Sin to Tell a Lie|It's a Sin to Tell a Lie]] (Billy Mayhew)
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' {{small|([[w:Fats Waller|Fats Waller]] / [[w:Harry Brooks (composer)|Harry Brooks]] / [[w:Andy Razaf|Andy Razaf]])}} and [[w:It's a Sin to Tell a Lie|It's a Sin to Tell a Lie]] {{small|(Billy Mayhew)}}


==Technical==
==Technical==

Revision as of 13:45, 26 September 2022

"The Mystery of the Monkey's Paw"
The Goon Show episode
Episode no.Series 3
Episode 17
Written by
Presented byAndrew Timothy
Produced byPeter Eton
Music
Editing byJimmy Grafton
Production codeSLO 23540
Original air date1 March 1953 (1953-03-01)
Running time29 mins 51 secs
Guest appearance
Dick Emery
Episode Order
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The Mystery of the Monkey's Paw (aka Show 59) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventeenth 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.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 3 March 1953 at 9.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 2.6m. Its first repeat on the Light Programme at 1.45pm on Sunday 8 March 1953 increased the peak listernship to 5.5m.

Sketches

  • Tthe Monkey's Paw: In which Moriarty has forged French currency which he needs Harry to take to France by yacht from Dover.
  • The Quest for Brigadier Winchmold: A recounting of the expedition of 1940 in which Mr Crun and his nephew Lord Hanjunk search for the missing Brigadier Fernos Winchmold in M'Gaga territory at the heart of the Brazilian jungle.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on SLO 23540 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House).

The quality of this recording, except for a three-minute head clog, is remarkably good in the context, although some 'boxiness' indicates that it was recorded through a microphone. [1]

References

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