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'''''The Seagoon Memoirs''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventh show in the ninth series.  
'''''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.


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


Recording: Sunday 14 December 1958, 8pm, The Camden Theatre. TLO 72138.
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).
First Home Service Broadcast: Monday 15 December 1958, 8.30pm. Ratings: I.I million.


Repeats: Wednesday 17 December 1958, 9.31pm, 2.3 million, RI: 67 [Light Programme];
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.
Friday 6 March 1964, 9.30pm, 0.5 million. RI: 69 [Home Service in Vintage Goons];
Friday 20 August 1965, 9.30pm, 0.2 million [Home Service in Let's Laugh Again; broadcast affected by fault on reproduction equipment].


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).


The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{Date|1960-01-06}}. The recording took place at the [[w:KOKO (music venue)|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.
== 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.
The first British public broadcast was on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date|20 September 1955}} at 8.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.3m.
 
The show's first repeat was the following Wednesday at 9.31pm, {{Date|1958-11-26}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]]. It was listened to by 3.0 million.
 
== Transcription Service Remake Synopsis ==
From [[w:ancient Egypt|ancient Egypt]] , land of [[Wikt:monolithic|monolithic]] {{sic}} [[w:pyramid|pyramid]]s and [[w:Karnak|Karnak]]'s fallen temples, comes this gripping story of the discovery of a long-dead Egyptian priest's toomb. It all started one day in 1889 in the British Museum and it finished… but hear for yourselves the strange unfolding of this tale.


==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:Walter Donaldson|Walter Donaldson]])}}
*[[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 ''[[w:The Late, Late Show (album)|The Late Late Show]]'' {{small|([[w:Walter Donaldson|Walter Donaldson]] (music) / [[w:Gus Kahn|Gus Kahn]] (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==
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 72138]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).<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>
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==
==References==

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
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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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