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'''''The Seagoon Memoirs''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventh show in the ninth series.
SHOW 160 (7/8):Persona/ Narrative (CD4,Track I)
Pre-recording: Sunday 18 November 1956, 5pm,The Camden Theatre. DLO 16600.
Recording: Sunday 18 November 1956, 9pm, The Camden Theatre.TLC 16600.
First Home Service Broadcasr: Thursday 22 November 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million.
Repear: Monday 26 November 1956, 8pm, 3.6 million [Light Programme]; Sunday 14 August 1983, 12
noon [Radio 4 in Smash of the Day]
Transcription SeNice Synopsis: Being an account of the adventures of Captain Neddie Seagoon RN, drawn
from the log of HMS Resolute dated 1662.A ship, identified as Dutch by the clogs it is wearing, threatens to
sabotage the British fleet. The Admiralty entrusts the destruction of the foe to Captain Seagoon. Despite
the machinations of the spies, Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne, warning beacons are lit on the coast to alert
HMS Resolute.A fierce engagement between the two shiAs ensues, but as the outcome is fortunately in the
hands of Able Seaman Bluebottle, the result of the battle, is of course, never in doubt. Or is it!
Music Max Geldray plays This Can't 8e
Two pre-recording sessions took place:
*Wednesday {{Date|1959-01-28}}, 4.15pm/5.15pm. [[Aeolian Hall (London)|Aeolian Hall]] Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 76382, TLO 77924)
*Saturday {{Date|1959-02-01}}, 5.45pm, [[Paris Theatre|The Paris Cinema]] (DLO 76513/A)
The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday {{Date|1958-12-14}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).
The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the next day at 8.30pm on Monday {{Date|1958-12-15}}, its ratings were 1.1 million.
The show was repeated:
*Wednesday 9.31pm, {{Date|1958-12-17}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1964-03-06}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] in ''Vintage Goons'', to 0.5 million listeners.
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1965-08-20}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] in ''Let's Laugh Again'', to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment).
== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
'To open the scene, take a knife and cut along the dotted line. Inside you will find the [[w:Great North Road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]] in an icy blizzard.' This is how Spike Milligan describes the setting for the start of the latest unexpurgated edition of Seagoon's memoirs. Listeners can, in fact, buy a copy (in a plain sealed envelope) at any local Second Class Slipper Bath.
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:I Kiss Your Hand, Madame|I Kiss Your Little Hand, Madame]]'' {{small|([[w:Ralph Erwin|Ralph Erwin]] (music) / [[w:Fritz Rotter|Fritz Rotter]] (lyrics))}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:The Late, Late Show (album)|The Late Late Show]]'' {{small|(Murray Berlin (music) / [[w:Roy Alfred|Roy Alfred]] (lyrics))}}
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 72138]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).
The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 10]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2011 |page=13|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1408-427286}}</ref>
7/8 - Penonal Narrative
Originally recorded on TLO 16600. This tape no longer exists, and this issue has been compiled from the
POTG master tape, the TGS disc and a domestic tape recording of the original transmission.
==References==
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Revision as of 07:45, 1 December 2022

"Personal Narrative"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: 8
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPat Dixon
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 52769
First broadcast22 November 1956 (1956-11-22)
Running time30:18
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The Seagoon Memoirs is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventh show in the ninth series.

SHOW 160 (7/8):Persona/ Narrative (CD4,Track I) Pre-recording: Sunday 18 November 1956, 5pm,The Camden Theatre. DLO 16600. Recording: Sunday 18 November 1956, 9pm, The Camden Theatre.TLC 16600. First Home Service Broadcasr: Thursday 22 November 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million. Repear: Monday 26 November 1956, 8pm, 3.6 million [Light Programme]; Sunday 14 August 1983, 12 noon [Radio 4 in Smash of the Day] Transcription SeNice Synopsis: Being an account of the adventures of Captain Neddie Seagoon RN, drawn from the log of HMS Resolute dated 1662.A ship, identified as Dutch by the clogs it is wearing, threatens to sabotage the British fleet. The Admiralty entrusts the destruction of the foe to Captain Seagoon. Despite the machinations of the spies, Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne, warning beacons are lit on the coast to alert HMS Resolute.A fierce engagement between the two shiAs ensues, but as the outcome is fortunately in the hands of Able Seaman Bluebottle, the result of the battle, is of course, never in doubt. Or is it! Music Max Geldray plays This Can't 8e

Two pre-recording sessions took place:

  • Wednesday 28 January 1959, 4.15pm/5.15pm. Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 76382, TLO 77924)
  • Saturday 1 February 1959, 5.45pm, The Paris Cinema (DLO 76513/A)

The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday 14 December 1958, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).

The first Home Service broadcast was the next day at 8.30pm on Monday 15 December 1958, its ratings were 1.1 million.

The show was repeated:

  • Wednesday 9.31pm, 17 December 1958, on the Light Programme to 2.3 million listeners.
  • Friday 9.30pm, 6 March 1964 on the Home Service in Vintage Goons, to 0.5 million listeners.
  • Friday 9.30pm, 20 August 1965 on the Home Service in Let's Laugh Again, to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment).

Transcription Service Synopsis

'To open the scene, take a knife and cut along the dotted line. Inside you will find the Great North Road in an icy blizzard.' This is how Spike Milligan describes the setting for the start of the latest unexpurgated edition of Seagoon's memoirs. Listeners can, in fact, buy a copy (in a plain sealed envelope) at any local Second Class Slipper Bath.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 72138 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 10 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.[1] 7/8 - Penonal Narrative Originally recorded on TLO 16600. This tape no longer exists, and this issue has been compiled from the POTG master tape, the TGS disc and a domestic tape recording of the original transmission.

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2011). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-427286.