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"**Napoleon's Piano**"
"Napoleon's Piano"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.	Series: 6; Episode: 4
Written by	Spike Milligan
Announcer	Wallace Greenslade
Produced by	Peter Eton
Music	Orchestra: Wally Stott; Geldray: Ain't Misbehavin'; Ellington: Bloodshot Eyes;
Recording; Number	TLO 88253
First broadcast	11 October 1955
Running time	29:11
Episode Order
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Latest revision as of 16:46, 27 February 2023

Napoleon's Piano^{[nb 1]} is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the fourth show in the sixth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday 9 Octber 1955. The recording took place at the Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday 4 October 1955 at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.4m.

Repeats
Day	Date	Time	Ratings	Station	Show
Saturday	15 October 1955	7.30pm	2.3m	Light Programme
Sunday	6 July 1980	12.27pm	0.4m	Radio 4	in Smash of the Day as The Story of Napleon's Piano
Friday	31 May 1991	7.02pm	0.4m	Radio 2	in Spike's Pick of the Goons
Thursday	29 August 1991	12.25pm		Radio 2	in Spike's Pick of the Goons
Thursday	23 December 1993	11.30pm		Radio 2	in Spike's Pick of the Goons replacing Today in Parliament

Transcription Service Synopsis

Answering an advertisement to move a piano from one room to another for the large sum of ₤5, young Neddie Seagoon finds that he has been tricked. It is not, as Neddie at first thinks, 'money for old rope', but a much more cunning job that those arch-criminals Brigadier Grytpype-Thynne and Count Fred Moriarty have in mind. They want him to bring Napoleon's Piano, now in the Paris Louvre, over to England – for a quick resale…

Music

The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
Max Geldray plays Ain't Misbehavin' (Harry Brooks / Fats Waller / Andy Razaf)
The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Bloodshot Eyes (Hank Penny / Ruth Hall)

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 88253 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

This tape survived in TS, and was used to produce the POTG issue; the cuts were not kept. The show included on Compendium Vol 3 was compiled from the TLO, the TGS master tape (salvaged in 1962 after being slated for destruction) and a domestic tape recording.^[2]

Notes

^ The script and the Programme Index entry are wrongly titled The Sale of Manhattan^[1]

References

^ Wilmut, Roger (1976). The Goon Show Companion. Robson Books. p. 125. ISBN 0860518361.
^ Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4084-1044-8.

[2] The script and the Programme Index entry are wrongly titled The Sale of Manhattan^[1]

[1] Wilmut, Roger (1976). The Goon Show Companion. Robson Books. p. 125. ISBN 0860518361.

[3] Kendall, Ted (2009). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-4084-1044-8.

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+| music          = *Orchestra: [[Wally Stott]]
-*Ellington: ''[[w:Bloodshot Eyes (song)|Bloodshot Eyes]]''
+*Geldray: ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]''
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+'''''Napoleon's Piano'''''{{refn|group=nb|The script and the Programme Index entry are wrongly titled ''The Sale of Manhattan''<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilmut |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Wilmut |date=1976 |title=[[The Goon Show Companion]] |publisher= Robson Books |page=125 |isbn=0860518361}}</ref>}} is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the fourth show in the sixth series. The show was recorded at 9pm on Sunday {{date|9 Octber 1955}}. The recording took place at the [[KOKO (music venue)|Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London.
+The first British public broadcast was on the [[BBC Home Service|Home Service]] on Tuesday {{date|4 October 1955}} at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 3.4m.
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+ Repeats
+|-
+! Day !! Date !! Time !! Ratings !! Station !! Show
+|-
+| Saturday
+|style=text-align:center;| {{date|15 October 1955}}
+|style=text-align:center;| 7.30pm
+|style=text-align:center;| 2.3m
+|| [[BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]]
+||
+|-
+| Sunday
+|style=text-align:center;| {{Date|6 July 1980}}
+|style=text-align:center;| 12.27pm
+|style=text-align:center;| 0.4m
+|| [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]]
+|| in ''Smash of the Day''<br>as ''The Story of Napleon's Piano''
+|-
+| Friday
+|style=text-align:center;| {{Date|31 May 1991}}
+|style=text-align:center;| 7.02pm
+|style=text-align:center;| 0.4m
+|| [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]]
+||in ''Spike's Pick of the Goons''
+|-
+| Thursday
+|style=text-align:center;| {{Date|29 August 1991}}
+|style=text-align:center;| 12.25pm
+|style=text-align:center;|
+|| [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]]
+|| in ''Spike's Pick of the Goons''
+|-
+| Thursday
+|style=text-align:center;| {{Date|23 December 1993}}
+|style=text-align:center;| 11.30pm
+|style=text-align:center;|
+|| [[BBC Radio 2|Radio 2]]
+|| in ''Spike's Pick of the Goons''<br>replacing ''Today in Parliament''
+|-
+|}
+== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
+Answering an advertisement to move a piano from one room to another for the large sum of ₤5, young Neddie Seagoon finds that he has been tricked. It is not, as Neddie at first thinks, 'money for old rope', but a much more cunning job that those arch-criminals [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne|Brigadier Grytpype-Thynne]] and [[Count Jim Moriarty|Count Fred Moriarty]] have in mind. They want him to bring [[Napoleon]]'s Piano, now in the [[Paris]] [[Louvre]], over to England – for a quick resale…
+==Music==
+*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
+*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[Ain't Misbehavin' (song)|Ain't Misbehavin']]'' {{small|([[Harry Brooks (composer)|Harry Brooks]] / [[Fats Waller]]  / [[Andy Razaf]])}}
+*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[Bloodshot Eyes (song)|Bloodshot Eyes]]'' {{small|([[Hank Penny]] / Ruth Hall)}}
+==Technical==
+Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 88253]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[Broadcasting House]]).
+This tape survived in [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]], and was used to produce the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] issue; the cuts were not kept. The show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol3|Compendium Vol 3]] was compiled from the TLO, the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] master tape (salvaged in 1962 after being slated for destruction) and a domestic tape recording.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol3|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 3]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2009 |page=12|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-4084-1044-8}}</ref>
+==Notes==
+{{reflist|group=nb}}
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+{{Goons}}
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-[[Category:Empty Goon Show episodes]]
 [[Category:Ted Kendall restored Goon Show episodes]]
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+[[Category:Goon Shows announced by Wallace Greenslade]]

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