The Moon Show
| "The Moon Show" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 7 Episode: 18 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Pat Dixon |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 21793 |
| First broadcast | 31 January 1957 |
| Running time | 30:39 |
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
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
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays Tenderly (Walter Lloyd Gross / Jack Lawrence)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Is This the Way (Ray Ellington)
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]
Show Notes
Spike appeared on The Eamonn Andrews Show on BBC TV on Saturday 26 January, and the following day joined the others to record The Moon Show, complete with references to the recently released adventure film Zarak which featured Anita Ekberg (one apparently sensuous poster of whom had been banned a fortnight earlier); by now, the audience were enthusiastically responding to the appearance of Little Jim.
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2012). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-468548.
