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SHOW 7/22: Insurance - The White Man's Burden (CD4, Track I)
Pre-Recording:
Sunday 24 February 1957, 5pm, Camden. DLO 25168 (Hearts and Flowers).
Recording:
Sunday 24 February 1957, 9pm, Camden. TLO 23565.
First Home Service Broadcast:
Thursday 28 February 1957, 8.30pm. Ratings: 2.3 million. RI: 64.
Repeats:
Monday 4 March 1957, 8pm, 3.4 million [Light Programme]:
Friday 7 February 1964, 9.30pm, 0.4 million, RI: 7 1 [Home Service (except Scotland} in Vintage Goons]:
Sunday 11 September 1983, 12.00 noon [Radio 4 in Smash of the Day]
Transcription Service Synopsis:
Who but Grytpype-Thynne and Moriarty could persuade Neddie Seagoon to insure the English Channel against the risk of fire! They are on to a good thing you would say. But you would be wrong, for the Channel does catch fire. You will hear how this amazing phenomenon occurs in this programme.


'''''Insurance, the White Man's Burden''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the seventh series.  
'''''Insurance, the White Man's Burden''''' is an episode from [[The Goon Show]]. It is the twenty-first show in the seventh series.  


A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date|1957-02-17}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 25010). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 22507).
A pre-recording session took place Sunday {{Date|1957-02-24}}, 5pm. at [[w:KOKO (music venue)|The Camden Theatre]], Camden Town, London (DLO 25168 ([[w:Hearts and Flowers|Hearts and Flowers]])). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 23565).


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 first [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm {{Date|1957-02-28}}, its ratings were 2.3 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|1957-03-04}}, 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.  
*Monday 9.30pm, {{Date|1964-02-07}} on the [[w:BBC Home Service|Home Service]] (except Scotland} in ''Vintage Goons'', to 0.4 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).
*Monday 12.00 noon, {{Date|1983-09-11}} on [[w:BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] in ''Smash of the Day''.


== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
== Transcription Service Synopsis ==
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==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 23565]] (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at [[w:Broadcasting House|Broadcasting House]]). The TLO 23565 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on [[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol12|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 12]] 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 1964 repeat.<ref><ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=[[The Goon Show Compendiums#Vol12|The Goon Show Compendium Vol 12]] |first=Ted |last=Kendall | author-link=Ted Kendall |date=2018 |page=18|type=Booklet 2 |publisher=BBC Worldwide|ISBN=978-1-7852-9449-5}}</ref></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 23565. This tape no longer exists, and this issue was compiled from the POTG master tape, the TGS disc and a domestic recording of the 1964 repeat.


==Show Notes==
==Show Notes==

Revision as of 14:51, 4 December 2022

"Insurance, the White Man's Burden"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: 7
Episode: 21
Written by
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byPat Dixon
Music
Recording
Number
TLO 23565
First broadcast28 February 1957 (1957-02-28)
Running time29:46
Episode Order
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Insurance, the White Man's Burden is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the twenty-first show in the seventh series.

A pre-recording session took place Sunday 24 February 1957, 5pm. at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London (DLO 25168 (Hearts and Flowers)). The recording for transmission was created later that same Sunday, also at The Camden, at 9pm (TLO 23565).

The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 28 February 1957, its ratings were 2.3 million.

The show was repeated:

  • Monday 8pm, 4 March 1957, on the Light Programme to 3.4 million listeners.
  • Monday 9.30pm, 7 February 1964 on the Home Service (except Scotland} in Vintage Goons, to 0.4 million listeners.
  • Monday 12.00 noon, 11 September 1983 on Radio 4 in Smash of the Day.

Transcription Service Synopsis

The English Channel after the fire had been put out.

Who but Grytpype-Thynne and Moriarty could persuade Neddie Seagoon to insure the English Channel against the risk of fire! They are on to a good thing you would say. But you would be wrong, for the Channel does catch fire. You will hear how this amazing phenomenon occurs in this programme.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on TLO 23565 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House). The TLO 23565 master tape no longer exists, and the version of the show included on The Goon Show Compendium Vol 12 was compiled from the TGS disc, the POTG master tape and a domestic recording of the 1964 repeat.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag</ref>

Show Notes

This show featured announcer Wallace Greenslade singing Bill Haley's 1956 hit See You Later, Alligator.

References