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Revision as of 23:17, 6 July 2024
| "Show 9" | |
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| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 1 Episode: 9 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Andrew Timothy |
| Produced by | Dennis Main Wilson |
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| Recording Number | SLO 92468 |
| First broadcast | 23 July 1951 |
The first series shows didn't have episode names per se, but for ease of reference using the show number is to differentiate them.
At this point in time, the show was called Crazy People.
Show 9 is an episode from The Goon Show (Crazy People). It is the ninth show in the first series. The show was recorded at 6.45pm on Sunday 22 July 1951 The recording took place at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Monday 23 July 1951 at 6.30pm (in London, Midlands, Northern, Northern Ireland and Scotland only). It reached a peak listenership of 0.7m. The show didn't have a repeat schedule yet.
The show starred Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, the Stargazers, Max Geldray, the Ray Ellington Quartet with Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra. The show was produced by Dennis Main Wilson and was announced by an uncredited Andrew Timothy.
Sketches
- Herschel & Jones: Sees Jones recalling how he joined the cavalry during the war.
- Summertime Activities.
- Episode 3 of Phillip String continues String’s escapades in The Sun Never Sets.
- Splutmuscle the Private Investigator': Follows a case with Special Investigator Ernie 'Hawkeye' Splutmuscle.
- Journey into Space: A report on Captain Osric Pureheart’s space mission in Journey to the Unknown: Destination Goon!.
Music
- The Stargazers sang Button Up Your Overcoat (Ray Henderson/BG DeSylva/Lew Brown)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet played Everybody Wants to go to Heaven (Timmy Rogers/Albert Fields/Tom Delaney)
- Max Geldray played Jealousy (Jacob Gade)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet and the Stargazers performed Get Out and Get Under (Maurice Abrahams/Grant Clarke/Edgar Leslie)
Technical
Originally recorded on SLO 92262 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 27. ISBN 9781785298776.
