Show 6
| "Show 6" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 1 Episode: 6 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Andrew Timothy |
| Produced by | Dennis Main Wilson |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | SLO 91295 |
| First broadcast | 2 July 1951 |
The first series shows didn't have episode names per se, but for ease of reference using the show number is to differentiate them.
At this point in time the show was called Crazy People.
Show 6 is an episode from The Goon Show (Crazy People). It is the sixth show in the first series. The show was recorded at 6.45pm on Sunday 1 July 1951 The recording took place at Aeolian I, 135–137 New Bond Street, London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Monday 2 July 1951 at 7.45pm (in London, Northern and Northern Ireland only). It reached a peak listenership of 0.4m. The show didn't have a repeat schedule yet.
The show starred Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Michael Bentine, Spike Milligan, the Stargazers, Max Geldray, the Ray Ellington Quartet with Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra. The show was produced by Dennis Main Wilson and was announced by an uncredited Andrew Timothy.
Sketches
- Further adventures of Herschel recounts how Jones’ mother took him to a psychiatrist.
- The Story of Civilization.
- Splutmuscle – the Boxer’ meets 'Kid' Splutmuscle.
- Operations of MI6
- African Adventures', an Adventure Unlimited tale of Sir Harold Porridge meeting the Yakkabakka tribe in The Ivory Hunters!
Music
- The Stargazers sang Christopher Columbus (The World Ain’t Big Enough For Me) (Terry Gilkyson)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet played Beware, Brother Beware (Morry Lasco/Fleecie Moore/Richard Adams)
- Max Geldray and the Ray Ellington Quartet played Max’s Blues (Max Geldray)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet and the Stargazers performed Row, Row, Row (Jimmie V Monaco/William Jerome)
Technical
Originally recorded on SLO 90366 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House).[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 27. ISBN 9781785298776.
