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*Geldray: ''[[The High and the Mighty (1954 song)|The High and the Mighty]]''
*Geldray: ''[[w:Ain't Misbehavin'|Ain't Misbehavin']]''
*Ellington: ''[[Mr. Sandman]]'' / ''[[I Ain't Got Nobody]]''
*Ellington: ''[[w:Singing the Blues|Singing the Blues]]''
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'''''The Seagoon Memoirs''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventh show in the ninth series.  
'''''The Telephone''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the eleventh show in the seventh series.  


SHOW 163 (7/11):TheTelephone (CD 5,Track 11)
SHOW 163 (7/11):TheTelephone (CD 5,Track 11)
Pre-recording: Sunday 9 December 1956, I. I 5pm,Aeolian I. DLO 19660 (In the Mood played on piano by
Pre-recording:  
Peter Sellers).
Sunday 9 December 1956, 1.15pm, Aeolian I. DLO 19660 (In the Mood played on piano by Peter Sellers).
 
Recording: Sunday 9 December I 956, 9pm,Aeolian I. TLO 17963.
Recording: Sunday 9 December I 956, 9pm,Aeolian I. TLO 17963.
First Home Service Broadcast: Thursday 13 December 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.9 million.
First Home Service Broadcast: Thursday 13 December 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.9 million.
Repeat Monday 17 December 1956, 8pm, 4.1 million [Light Programme].
Repeat Monday 17 December 1956, 8pm, 4.1 million [Light Programme].
BBC Audiobooks' Synopsis: In this 'daring sex drama', a sensual, pleasure-loving devil wants a phone: Henry
 
Albert Sebastopol Queen Victoria Crun. The job of installing it falls to Neddie, who arrives at Crun's house
BBC Audiobooks' Synopsis:  
only to find out that he's moved to 17a Africa. And odd numbers are on the other side of the continent.
In this 'daring sex drama', a sensual, pleasure-loving devil wants a phone: Henry Albert Sebastopol Queen Victoria Crun. The job of installing it falls to Neddie, who arrives at Crun's house only to find out that he's moved to 17a Africa. And odd numbers are on the other side of the continent.
At least,Seagoon will have two suntanned veterans of the safari to escort him - Bluebottle and Eccles ...
At least, Seagoon will have two suntanned veterans of the safari to escort him - Bluebottle and Eccles …
Music: Max Geldray plays Ain't Misbehavin' (Harr y Brooks/Fats Waller/Andy Razaf);The Ray Ellington
 
Quartet plays Singing the Blues (Melvin Endsley).


Two pre-recording sessions took place:
Two pre-recording sessions took place:
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*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).
*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 ==
== BBC Audiobooks' 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.
In this 'daring sex drama', a sensual, pleasure-loving devil wants a phone: [[Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister|Henry Albert Sebastopol Queen Victoria Crun]]. The job of installing it falls to [[Neddie Seagoon|Neddie]], who arrives at Crun's house only to find out that he's moved to 17a Africa. And odd numbers are on the other side of the continent. At least, Seagoon will have two suntanned veterans of the [[w:Safari|safari]] to escort him - [[Bluebottle]] and [[Eccles]] …


==Music==
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*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))}}
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Ain't Misbehavin'|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' {{small|([[w:Harry Brooks (composer)|Harry Brooks]] / [[w:Fats Waller|Fats Waller]] / [[w:Andy Razal|Andy Razal]])}}
*[[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))}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Singing the Blues|Singing the Blues]]'' {{small|([[w:Melvin Endsley|Melvin Endsley]])}}


==Technical==
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 72138]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 17963]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]). This tape no longer exists, and the master tape of the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] issue was destroyed in 1963. The recording of the show appearing on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5|Compendium 5]] needed to be compiled from the TGS disc and a domestic recording of the original transmission.<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>
 
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 /1 I - The Telephone
==Note==
Originally recorded on TLO 17963.This tape no longer exists, and the master tape of the TGS issue was
In this show Sellers developed a new character using the voice adopted by [[Kenneth Connor]] for the role of Sidney Mincing in [[Ray's a Laugh]].
destroyed in 1963.This issue has therefore been compiled from the TGS disc and a domestic recording of
the original transmission.


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 18:03, 2 December 2022


"The Telephone"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: 11
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPat Dixon
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 52769
First broadcast29 March 1954 (1954-03-29)
Running time30:29
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The Telephone is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the eleventh show in the seventh series.

SHOW 163 (7/11):TheTelephone (CD 5,Track 11) Pre-recording: Sunday 9 December 1956, 1.15pm, Aeolian I. DLO 19660 (In the Mood played on piano by Peter Sellers).

Recording: Sunday 9 December I 956, 9pm,Aeolian I. TLO 17963.

First Home Service Broadcast: Thursday 13 December 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.9 million.

Repeat Monday 17 December 1956, 8pm, 4.1 million [Light Programme].

BBC Audiobooks' Synopsis: In this 'daring sex drama', a sensual, pleasure-loving devil wants a phone: Henry Albert Sebastopol Queen Victoria Crun. The job of installing it falls to Neddie, who arrives at Crun's house only to find out that he's moved to 17a Africa. And odd numbers are on the other side of the continent. At least, Seagoon will have two suntanned veterans of the safari to escort him - Bluebottle and Eccles …


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).

BBC Audiobooks' Synopsis

In this 'daring sex drama', a sensual, pleasure-loving devil wants a phone: Henry Albert Sebastopol Queen Victoria Crun. The job of installing it falls to Neddie, who arrives at Crun's house only to find out that he's moved to 17a Africa. And odd numbers are on the other side of the continent. At least, Seagoon will have two suntanned veterans of the safari to escort him - Bluebottle and Eccles …

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 17963 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This tape no longer exists, and the master tape of the TGS issue was destroyed in 1963. The recording of the show appearing on Compendium 5 needed to be compiled from the TGS disc and a domestic recording of the original transmission.[1]

Note

In this show Sellers developed a new character using the voice adopted by Kenneth Connor for the role of Sidney Mincing in Ray's a Laugh.

References

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