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'''''The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the ninteenth show in the seventh series. The show contains the skit that is arguably the best known of the [[Eccles]] and [[Bluebottle]] conversations, ‘''What time is it, Eccles?''’.


A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date|1957-02-03}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 23090/B). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 23090).


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The first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date|1957-01-07}}, its ratings were 2.3 million.
 
The show was repeated:
*Monday 8pm, {{Date|1957-02-11}}, on the [[w:BBC Light Programme|Light Programme]] to 4.1 million listeners.
*Sunday 12.00 noon, {{Date|1964-03-06}} on [[w:Radio 4|Radio 4]] in ''Smash of the Day''.
 
== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
Who is the dreaded Punch-up-the-Conker! The whole of England is in a grip of terror as the unknown assailant strikes again and again. The police seem powerless and yet something must be done. Exactly how it is done is unfolded in this thrilling tale of mystery and suspense.
 
==Music==
*The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by [[Wally Stott]]
*[[Max Geldray]] plays ''[[w:Can't We Be Friends?|Can't We Be Friends?]]'' {{small|([[w:James Warburg|Paul James]] (lyrics) / [[w:Kay Swift|Kay Swift]] (music))}}
*[[Ray Ellington|The Ray Ellington Quartet]] plays ''[[w:Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)|The Banana Boat Song]]'' {{small|(Traditional, Arrangement by [[w:Erik Darling|Erik Darling]] / [[w:Bob Carey|Bob Carey]] / [[w:Alan Arkin|Alan Arkin]])}}
 
==Technical==
Originally recorded on [[The Goon Show recording numbers#TLO|TLO 23090]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]).
 
This tape survived in [[BBC Transcription Services|TS]], but cuts made for the [[Pick of the Goons|POTG]] issue were not kept, and these have been restored from the [[Original Issues - The Goon Show|TGS]] disc (which, remarkably, contains material not transmitted domestically) and a 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>
 
An unedited fragment of the notorious ‘''What time is it, Eccles?''’ scene is included in the bonus material on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol6|Compendium 6]], indicating that Milligan was not above upbraiding his audience ...
 
==References==
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Revision as of 11:53, 4 December 2022

"The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: 19
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPat Dixon
Music
Recording
Number		TLO 23090
First broadcast7 February 1957 (1957-02-07)
Running time30:00
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The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the ninteenth show in the seventh series. The show contains the skit that is arguably the best known of the Eccles and Bluebottle conversations, ‘What time is it, Eccles?’.

A pre-recording session took place Sunday 3 February 1957, 5pm. at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (DLO 23090/B). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 23090).

The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 7 January 1957, its ratings were 2.3 million.

The show was repeated:

  • Monday 8pm, 11 February 1957, on the Light Programme to 4.1 million listeners.
  • Sunday 12.00 noon, 6 March 1964 on Radio 4 in Smash of the Day.

Transcription Service Synopsis

Who is the dreaded Punch-up-the-Conker! The whole of England is in a grip of terror as the unknown assailant strikes again and again. The police seem powerless and yet something must be done. Exactly how it is done is unfolded in this thrilling tale of mystery and suspense.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 23090 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).

This tape survived in TS, but cuts made for the POTG issue were not kept, and these have been restored from the TGS disc (which, remarkably, contains material not transmitted domestically) and a domestic recording of the original transmission.[1]

An unedited fragment of the notorious ‘What time is it, Eccles?’ scene is included in the bonus material on Compendium 6, indicating that Milligan was not above upbraiding his audience ...

References

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