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SHOW 161 (7/9): The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons (aka The Case of the Fake Neddie
SeagoonsJ (CD4,Track 11)
Pre-recording: Sunday 25 November 1956, 5pm, The Camden Theatre. DLO I 6989.
Recording: Sunday 25 November 1956, 9pm, The Camden Theatre.TLC 16989.
First Home Service Broadcast: Thursday 29 November 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million. RI: 66.
Repeat Monday 3 December 1956, 8pm, 3.6 million [Light Programme]; Sunday 25 July 1982, 12 noon
[Radio 4 in Smash of the Doy].
Transcription Service Synopsis: As everyone knows, there is only one genuine signed original Neddie
Seagoon. In their search for the genuine article, Grytpype-Thynne, Moriarty and Neddie Seagoon are
concerned with an adventure in a dustbin, a noisy episode with sixty-eight pianos and a visit to a picture
restorer's workshop. Finally Eccles is thrown into a bath of turpentine and is washed away, revealing the
original Neddie Seagoon by Elder the Breugel. Unfortunately a second seemingly genuine Seagoon is
discovered and the problem is, which is the fake?
Music Max Geld ray plays Boo-Dah (Billy Strayhorn); The Ray Ellington Quartet plays It's All Right with Me
(Cole Porter).


'''''The Seagoon Memoirs''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the seventh show in the ninth series.


Two pre-recording sessions took place:
*Wednesday {{Date|1959-01-28}}, 4.15pm/5.15pm. [[Aeolian Hall (London)|Aeolian Hall]] Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 76382, TLO 77924)
*Saturday {{Date|1959-02-01}}, 5.45pm, [[Paris Theatre|The Paris Cinema]] (DLO 76513/A)


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 next day at 8.30pm on Monday {{Date|1958-12-15}}, its ratings were 1.1 million.
The show was repeated:
*Wednesday 9.31pm, {{Date|1958-12-17}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 2.3 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.
*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 ==
'To open the scene, take a knife and cut along the dotted line. Inside you will find the [[w:Great North Road (Great Britain)|Great North Road]] in an icy blizzard.' This is how Spike Milligan describes the setting for the start of the latest unexpurgated edition of Seagoon's memoirs. Listeners can, in fact, buy a copy (in a plain sealed envelope) at any local Second Class Slipper Bath.
==Music==
*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))}}
*[[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))}}
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 72138]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).
The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol10|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 10]] 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#Vol5|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2011 |page=13|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1408-427286}}</ref>
7/8 - Penonal Narrative
Originally recorded on TLO 16600. This tape no longer exists, and this issue has been compiled from the
POTG master tape, the TGS disc and a domestic tape recording of the original transmission.
==References==
{{reflist}}
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Revision as of 07:46, 1 December 2022

"The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: 9
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPat Dixon
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 16986
First broadcast29 November 1956 (1956-11-29)
Running time31:54
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SHOW 161 (7/9): The Mystery of the Fake Neddie Seagoons (aka The Case of the Fake Neddie SeagoonsJ (CD4,Track 11) Pre-recording: Sunday 25 November 1956, 5pm, The Camden Theatre. DLO I 6989. Recording: Sunday 25 November 1956, 9pm, The Camden Theatre.TLC 16989. First Home Service Broadcast: Thursday 29 November 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million. RI: 66. Repeat Monday 3 December 1956, 8pm, 3.6 million [Light Programme]; Sunday 25 July 1982, 12 noon [Radio 4 in Smash of the Doy]. Transcription Service Synopsis: As everyone knows, there is only one genuine signed original Neddie Seagoon. In their search for the genuine article, Grytpype-Thynne, Moriarty and Neddie Seagoon are concerned with an adventure in a dustbin, a noisy episode with sixty-eight pianos and a visit to a picture restorer's workshop. Finally Eccles is thrown into a bath of turpentine and is washed away, revealing the original Neddie Seagoon by Elder the Breugel. Unfortunately a second seemingly genuine Seagoon is discovered and the problem is, which is the fake? Music Max Geld ray plays Boo-Dah (Billy Strayhorn); The Ray Ellington Quartet plays It's All Right with Me (Cole Porter).

The Seagoon Memoirs is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the seventh show in the ninth series.

Two pre-recording sessions took place:

  • Wednesday 28 January 1959, 4.15pm/5.15pm. Aeolian Hall Studio 2 (TLO & C/DLO 76382, TLO 77924)
  • Saturday 1 February 1959, 5.45pm, The Paris Cinema (DLO 76513/A)

The recording for transmission was created at 8pm on Sunday 14 December 1958, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (TLO 72138).

The first Home Service broadcast was the next day at 8.30pm on Monday 15 December 1958, its ratings were 1.1 million.

The show was repeated:

  • Wednesday 9.31pm, 17 December 1958, on the Light Programme to 2.3 million listeners.
  • Friday 9.30pm, 6 March 1964 on the Home Service in Vintage Goons, to 0.5 million listeners.
  • Friday 9.30pm, 20 August 1965 on the 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

'To open the scene, take a knife and cut along the dotted line. Inside you will find the Great North Road in an icy blizzard.' This is how Spike Milligan describes the setting for the start of the latest unexpurgated edition of Seagoon's memoirs. Listeners can, in fact, buy a copy (in a plain sealed envelope) at any local Second Class Slipper Bath.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 72138 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

The TLO 72138 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 10 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and domestic recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.[1]

7/8 - Penonal Narrative Originally recorded on TLO 16600. This tape no longer exists, and this issue has been compiled from the POTG master tape, the TGS disc and a domestic tape recording of the original transmission.

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2011). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-427286.
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