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==Music==
==Music==
*[[The Stargazers (vocal ensemble)|The Stargazers]] sing [[Kerry Dance]] {{small|([[James Lynam Molloy]])}}
*[[The Stargazers (vocal ensemble)|The Stargazers]] sang [[Kerry Dance]] {{small|([[James Lynam Molloy]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Dry Bones]]'' {{small|([[Will Osborne]]/[[Dick Rogers]])}} and ''[[Beware, Brother Beware]]'' {{small|([[Morry Lasco]]/[[Fleecie Moore]]/[[Richard Adams]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] played ''[[Dry Bones]]'' {{small|([[Will Osborne]]/[[Dick Rogers]])}} and ''[[Beware, Brother Beware]]'' {{small|([[Morry Lasco]]/[[Fleecie Moore]]/[[Richard Adams]])}}
*The Ray Ellington Quartet and the Stargazers perform [[Five Guys Named Moe]] {{small|([[Larry Wynn]]/[[Jerry Bresler]])}}
*The Ray Ellington Quartet and the Stargazers performed [[Five Guys Named Moe]] {{small|([[Larry Wynn]]/[[Jerry Bresler]])}}
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[My Blue Heaven]]'' {{small|([[Walter Donaldson]])}}
*[[Max Geldray]] played ''[[My Blue Heaven]]'' {{small|([[Walter Donaldson]])}}


==Technical==
==Technical==
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Latest revision as of 10:39, 7 July 2024


"Show 4"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 1
Episode: 4
Written by
AnnouncerAndrew Timothy
Produced byDennis Main Wilson
Music
Recording
Number
SLO 90366
First broadcast18 June 1951 (1951-06-18)
Episode Order
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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 4 is an episode from The Goon Show (Crazy People). It is the fourth show in the first series. The show was recorded at 6.45pm on Sunday 17 June 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 18 June 1951 at 7.45pm (in London, Northern and Northern Ireland only). It reached a peak listenership of 0.4m. 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

  • Herschell & Jones: Jones goes to prison.
  • Slimming: A Survey of the People.
  • Honeymoon Memories with Splutmuscle and his wife Sib.
  • Parliament in Session: Looks at the British way of life.
  • The Conquest of Everest an Adventure Unlimited tale of Sir Harold Porridge.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on SLO 90366 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 27. ISBN 9781785298776.