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*Marie Benson and the Stargazers performed ''I Don’t Want a World'' {{small|([[Johnny Lange]]/[[Hy Heath]])}}
*Marie Benson and the Stargazers performed ''I Don’t Want a World'' {{small|([[Johnny Lange]]/[[Hy Heath]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] played ''That’s My Girl'' {{small|(Joe McKiernan/[[Harry D. Kerr]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] played ''That’s My Girl'' {{small|(Joe McKiernan/[[Harry D. Kerr]])}}
==Show Trivia==
*Max Geldray had undergone an operation during the previous week and was still in hospital recovering on Sunday {{Date|1951-09-16}} when the final show of the run was recorded in his absence with Marie Benson of the Stargazers performing an extra number.


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Latest revision as of 18:32, 10 July 2024

"Show 17"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 1
Episode: 17
Written by
AnnouncerAndrew Timothy
Produced byDennis Main Wilson
Music
Recording
Number
SLO 95143
First broadcast20 September 1951 (1951-09-20)
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 17 is an episode from The Goon Show (Crazy People). It is the seventeenth show in the first series.

The show was recorded at 8pm on Sunday 16 September 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 Thursday 20 September 1951 at 8pm (in London, Northern and Scotland only). It reached a peak listenership of 1.8m. The show then had its repeat on the Home Service at 9.30am on Saturday morning 22 September 1951 which achieved a peak listenership of 0.4m.

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

  • Secombe sings Pagliacci and tells Sellers about his musical career.
  • Story of the Airliner: Investigates Captain Osric Pureheart and his Brabagoon (from Show 5);
  • Holidays (from Show 5);
  • Bloodnok the Peacemaker!: Finds the Major in Africa at the end of the Zulu wars.

Music

Show Trivia

  • Max Geldray had undergone an operation during the previous week and was still in hospital recovering on Sunday 16 September 1951 when the final show of the run was recorded in his absence with Marie Benson of the Stargazers performing an extra number.

Technical

Originally recorded on SLO 95143 (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.