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'''''The Seagoon Memoirs''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventh show in the ninth series. At the time Spike was struggling to write scripts due to the deterioration of his mental health. Larry Stephens and Maurice Wiltshire were asked by John Browell to help Spike out. They did so, and wrote the script for this show.


Three pre-recording sessions took place at three locations:
*Wednesday {{Date|1958-12-10}}, 4.15pm. [[Aeolian Hall (London)|Aeolian Hall]] Studio 2 (DLO 71859)
*Saturday {{Date|1958-12-13}}, 4.15pm, [[Paris Theatre|The Paris]] (DW 71274)
*Sunday {{Date|1958-12-14}}, 4pm, The Camden Theatre (DLO 72138/A)


The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday {{Date|1958-12-14}}, at [[KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).
The first [[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 [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1964-03-06}} on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] in ''Vintage Goons'', to 0.5 million listeners.
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1965-08-20}} on the [[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 [[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 ''[[I Kiss Your Hand, Madame|I Kiss Your Little Hand, Madame]]'' {{small|([[Ralph Erwin]] (music) / [[Fritz Rotter]] (lyrics))}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[The Late, Late Show (album)|The Late Late Show]]'' {{small|(Murray Berlin (music) / [[Roy Alfred]] (lyrics))}}
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|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 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#Vol10|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 10]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2015 |page=13|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=9781785290312}}</ref>
==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:59, 3 March 2023

"The Seagoon Memoirs"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 9
Episode: 7
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byJohn Browell
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 72138
First broadcast15 December 1958 (1958-12-15)
Running time30:03
Episode Order
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The Goon Show series 9
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The Seagoon Memoirs is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventh show in the ninth series. At the time Spike was struggling to write scripts due to the deterioration of his mental health. Larry Stephens and Maurice Wiltshire were asked by John Browell to help Spike out. They did so, and wrote the script for this show.

Three pre-recording sessions took place at three locations:

  • Wednesday 10 December 1958, 4.15pm. Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (DLO 71859)
  • Saturday 13 December 1958, 4.15pm, The Paris (DW 71274)
  • Sunday 14 December 1958, 4pm, The Camden Theatre (DLO 72138/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]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2015). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 10 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 9781785290312.
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