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First Home Service Broadcast:
Thursday 31 January 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 1.5 million. RI: 68.
Repeats:
Monday 4 February 1957, 8pm, 3.4 million [Light Programme];
Sunday 28 August 1983, 12.00 noon [Radio 4 in Smash of the Day]
Transcription Service Synopsis:
It is 1853. The poet, Neddie Seagoon, in search of romance, cries for the moon. Blood tests show that the moon, which is owned by Count Moriarty, is French. He is forced to sell it by public auction. Neddie outbids all his opponents and the moon is his. But is it the genuine moon! We doubt very much whether this programme will tell you.
Music:
Max Geldray plays Tenderly (Walter Lloyd Gross/Jack Lawrence);
The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Is This The Way? (Ray Ellington).
'''''The Moon Show''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the eighteenth show in the seventh series.  
'''''The Moon Show''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the eighteenth show in the seventh series.  


A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date|1957-01-27}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 21793/A). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday at The Camden at 9pm (TLO 21793).
A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date|1957-01-27}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 21793/A). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday at The Camden at 9pm (TLO 21793).


 
The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date|1957-01-31}}, its ratings were 1.5 million.
The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday {{Date|1958-12-14}}, at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).
 
The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date|1957-01-03}}, its ratings were 2.6 million.


The show was repeated:
The show was repeated:
*Wednesday 9.31pm, {{Date|1958-12-17}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 2.3 million listeners.
*Monday 8pm, {{Date|1957-02-04}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 3.4 million listeners.
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1964-03-06}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] in ''Vintage Goons'', to 0.5 million listeners.  
*Sunday 12.00 noon, {{Date|1983-08-28}} on [[w:BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] in ''Smash of the Day''.  
*Friday 9.30pm, {{Date|1965-08-20}} on the [[w: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).


== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
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==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:Ralph Erwin|Ralph Erwin]] (music) / [[w:Fritz Rotter|Fritz Rotter]] (lyrics))}}
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Tenderly|Tenderly]]'' {{small|([[w:Walter Gross (musician)|Walter Lloyd Gross]] / [[w:Jack Lawrence (songwriter)|Jack Lawrence]])}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:The Late, Late Show (album)|The Late Late Show]]'' {{small|(Murray Berlin (music) / [[w:Roy Alfred|Roy Alfred]] (lyrics))}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''Is This the Way'' {{small|(Ray Ellington)}}


==Technical==
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 72138]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 21793]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]). This tape no longer exists and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] master tape and domestic recording of the original transmission.<ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2012 |page=13|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1408-468548}}</ref>


The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] 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#Vol6|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2012 |page=13|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1408-468548}}</ref>
Originally recorded on TLO 21793.This tape no longer exists.and this issue has
been compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 23:47, 3 December 2022

"The Moon Show"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: 18
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPat Dixon
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 21793
First broadcast31 January 1957 (1957-01-31)
Running time30:39
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The Moon Show is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the eighteenth show in the seventh series.

A pre-recording session took place Sunday 27 January 1957, 5pm. at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (DLO 21793/A). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday at The Camden at 9pm (TLO 21793).

The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 31 January 1957, its ratings were 1.5 million.

The show was repeated:

  • Monday 8pm, 4 February 1957, on the Light Programme to 3.4 million listeners.
  • Sunday 12.00 noon, 28 August 1983 on Radio 4 in Smash of the Day.

Transcription Service Synopsis

A French moon (photo from eBay)

It is 1853. The poet, Neddie Seagoon, in search of romance, cries for the moon. Blood tests show that the moon, which is owned by Count Moriarty, is French. He is forced to sell it by public auction. Neddie outbids all his opponents and the moon is his. But is it the genuine moon! We doubt very much whether this programme will tell you.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 21793 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This tape no longer exists and the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and domestic recording of the original transmission.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2012). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-468548.