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


SHOW 164 (7/12): The Flea (CD6, Track I J
Pre-recording:  
Pre-recording: Sunday 16 December 1956, 5.30pm, The Camden Theatre. DLO 19692/A.
Sunday 16 December 1956, 5.30pm, The Camden Theatre. DLO 19692/A.
Recording: Sunday 16 December 1956, 9pm, The Camden Theatre. TLO I 873 I .
 
First Home Service Broadcast Thursday 20 December 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million. Rf: 67.
Recording:  
Repeat Monday 24 December 1956, 8pm, 3.4 million [Light Programme];Thursday 2 May 1957, 9.55pm, 0.8
Sunday 16 December 1956, 9pm, The Camden Theatre. TLO I 873 I .
million [Home Service (except Scotland)]
 
Transcription Service Synopsis: It is 1665.An international situation has arisen because Count Jim Moriarty of
First Home Service Broadcast  
the French Court has been bitten by an English flea. Mr Harry Seagoon Pepys finds time between writing
Thursday 20 December 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million. Rf: 67.
entries in his diary to identify the so-called 'English' flea as French.This, of course, would restore the
 
broken international relations.As usual, Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne are deeply involved in the plot and
Repeat  
they succeed in their avowed purpose - the downfall of Neddie Seagoon Pepys.
Monday 24 December 1956, 8pm, 3.4 million [Light Programme];Thursday 2 May 1957, 9.55pm, 0.8 million [Home Service (except Scotland)]
Music: Max Geldray plays Oh, Lady Be Good! (George Gershwin);The Ray Ellington Quartet plays You Do
Something to Me (Cole Porter).




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== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
== 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.
[[File:Flea Scanning Electron Micrograph False Color.jpg|thumb|right|A French [[w:Flea|flea]]]]
It is 1665. An international situation has arisen because [[Count Jim Moriarty]] of the French Court has been bitten by an English [[w:Flea|flea]]. Mr Harry Seagoon Pepys finds time between writing entries in his diary to identify the so-called 'English' flea as French. This, of course, would restore the broken international relations. As usual, [[Count Jim Moriarty|Moriarty]] and [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne|Grytpype-Thynne]] are deeply involved in the plot and they succeed in their avowed purpose – the downfall of Neddie Seagoon Pepys.  


==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:Oh, Lady Be Good!|Oh, Lady Be Good!]]'' {{small|([[w:George Gershwin|George Gershwin]] (music) / [[w:Ira Gershwin|Ira Gershwin]] (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))}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:You Do Something to Me (Cole Porter song)|You Do Something to Me]]'' {{small|([[w:Cole Porter|Cole Porter]])}}


==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 18731]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]). This master tape no longer exists, and the show found on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol5|Compendium 5]] was compiled from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc, the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission.<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>
 
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>
 
7/12 - The Flea
Originally recorded on TLO I 873 I. This tape no longer exists, and this issue was compiled from the TGS
disc, the POTG master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission.


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 21:40, 2 December 2022

"The Flea"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: 12
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPat Dixon
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 18731
First broadcast20 December 1956 (1956-12-20)
Running time29:49
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The Flea is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the twelfth show in the seventh series.

Pre-recording: Sunday 16 December 1956, 5.30pm, The Camden Theatre. DLO 19692/A.

Recording: Sunday 16 December 1956, 9pm, The Camden Theatre. TLO I 873 I .

First Home Service Broadcast Thursday 20 December 1956, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million. Rf: 67.

Repeat Monday 24 December 1956, 8pm, 3.4 million [Light Programme];Thursday 2 May 1957, 9.55pm, 0.8 million [Home Service (except Scotland)]


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

A French flea

It is 1665. An international situation has arisen because Count Jim Moriarty of the French Court has been bitten by an English flea. Mr Harry Seagoon Pepys finds time between writing entries in his diary to identify the so-called 'English' flea as French. This, of course, would restore the broken international relations. As usual, Moriarty and Grytpype-Thynne are deeply involved in the plot and they succeed in their avowed purpose – the downfall of Neddie Seagoon Pepys.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 18731 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). This master tape no longer exists, and the show found on Compendium 5 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and a domestic recording of the original transmission.[1]

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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