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*Ellington: ''[[w:Top Hat, White Tie and Tails|Top Hat, White Tie and Tails]]''
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SHOW 8/11: The Stolen Postman (CD 5,Track 11)
Pre-recording:
Sunday 8 December 1957, 5pm. Camden.TLO 43427A.


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Recording:
Sunday 8 December 1957, 9.15pm, Camden. TLO 43427.
 
First Home Service Broadcast:
Monday 9 December 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.5 million.
 
Repeat: Thursday 12 Decembe1· 1957, 9pm, 2.6 million [Light Programme)
 
Transcription Service Synopsis:
The birthday celebrations of the Sultan of Dhurtistan have regretfully to be postponed as no volunteer victim is available for his annual exploding ceremony. Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne however. as usual, discover in postman Neddie Seagoon a perfect 'charley'. How he eventually reaches the Sultan's harem boxed up in a crate, and what happens there, is unfolded in this episode of the Goon Show.
 
Music:
Max Geldray plays There'll Never Be Another You (Al Jacobs/Pete1· Tinturin):
The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (Irving Berlin).
 
'''''The Stolen Postman''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the eleventh show in the eighth series.
 
A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date|1957-02-17}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 25010). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 22507).
 
The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date|1957-01-03}}, its ratings were 2.6 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 ==
The birthday celebrations of the Sultan of Dhurtistan have regretfully to be postponed as no volunteer victim is available for his annual exploding ceremony. [[Count Jim Moriarty|Moriarty]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne|Grytpype-Thynne]] however. as usual, discover in postman [[Neddie Seagoon]] a perfect ‘charley’. How he eventually reaches the Sultan's harem boxed up in a crate, and what happens there, is unfolded in this episode of the Goon Show.
 
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:There Will Never Be Another You|There'll Never Be Another You]]'' {{small|([[w:Harry Warren|Harry Warren]] / [[w:Mack Gordon|Mack Gordon]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Top Hat, White Tie and Tails|Top Hat, White Tie and Tails]]'' {{small|([[w:Irving Berlin|Irving Berlin]])}}
 
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 43427]] (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#Vol6|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] 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#Vol7|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2012 |page=10|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4458-9133-0}}</ref>
8/11 - The Stolen Postman.Originally recorded on TLO 43427.This tape no longer exists,and this issue
has therefore been compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and a domestic recording of the
original transmission.
 
==Show Notes==
Spike then did not take a credit on the The Stolen Postman although sharing a credit on the script, the broadcast was attributed solely to Larry Stephens.
 
==References==
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Revision as of 21:13, 6 December 2022

"The Stolen Postman"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 8
Episode: 11
Written byLarry Stephens
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byRoy Speer
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 43427
First broadcast9 December 1957 (1957-12-09)
Running time30:51
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SHOW 8/11: The Stolen Postman (CD 5,Track 11) Pre-recording: Sunday 8 December 1957, 5pm. Camden.TLO 43427A.

Recording: Sunday 8 December 1957, 9.15pm, Camden. TLO 43427.

First Home Service Broadcast: Monday 9 December 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.5 million.

Repeat: Thursday 12 Decembe1· 1957, 9pm, 2.6 million [Light Programme)

Transcription Service Synopsis: The birthday celebrations of the Sultan of Dhurtistan have regretfully to be postponed as no volunteer victim is available for his annual exploding ceremony. Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne however. as usual, discover in postman Neddie Seagoon a perfect 'charley'. How he eventually reaches the Sultan's harem boxed up in a crate, and what happens there, is unfolded in this episode of the Goon Show.

Music: Max Geldray plays There'll Never Be Another You (Al Jacobs/Pete1· Tinturin): The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Top Hat, White Tie and Tails (Irving Berlin).

The Stolen Postman is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the eleventh show in the eighth series.

A pre-recording session took place Sunday 17 February 1957, 5pm. at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (DLO 25010). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 22507).

The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 3 January 1957, its ratings were 2.6 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

The birthday celebrations of the Sultan of Dhurtistan have regretfully to be postponed as no volunteer victim is available for his annual exploding ceremony. Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne however. as usual, discover in postman Neddie Seagoon a perfect ‘charley’. How he eventually reaches the Sultan's harem boxed up in a crate, and what happens there, is unfolded in this episode of the Goon Show.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 43427 (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 6 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.[1] 8/11 - The Stolen Postman.Originally recorded on TLO 43427.This tape no longer exists,and this issue has therefore been compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission.

Show Notes

Spike then did not take a credit on the The Stolen Postman although sharing a credit on the script, the broadcast was attributed solely to Larry Stephens.

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2012). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 7 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-4458-9133-0.
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