What's My Line?
| "What's My Line?" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 7 Episode: 10 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Peter Eton |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 17361 |
| First broadcast | 5 December 1956 |
| Running time | 30:29 |
| Guest appearance | |
| John Snagge (uncredited) | |
What's My Line? is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the tenth show in the seventh series.
A pre-recording (DLO 17361 & DLO 17361/A) session took place on Sunday 2 December 1956, 12.45pm/4pm. The recording (TLO 17361) for transmission was created the same Sunday at 9pm, at The Camden Theatre, Camden Town, London .
The first Home Service broadcast was the following Wednesday, 5 December 1956 at 9.15pm, its ratings were 1.9 million. Its normal Thursday spot was taken up with a broadcast of Puccini's opera La bohème from the Royal Opera House, so What's My Line? was bumped to the preceding Wednesday.
The show was repeated:
- Monday 8pm, 10 December 1956, on the Light Programme to 3.4 million listeners.
- Saturday 1.02pm, 23 May 1992 on the Radio 2 in Comedy Hour:the Radio 2 Comedy Season'.
BBC Audiobooks' Synopsis
Great span of nukes! It's What's My Line? meets The Goon Show … Mr 'Eddie Neecroon' reveals his gift for melody and 'The Famous' Eccles plays the telephone in 'E' flat. However, Major Bloodnok is missing and needs the number of a good tailor because he's in a phone box. Naked. In Alaska. Now that's some long distance call. Fortunately, Eccles and Neddie are hot on the Major's trail. The Major's mime starts in India, in 1883, and outnumbered by naughty tribesman. Bloodnok teaches them a lesson and Bluebottle blows his bugle (and does himself an injury). But will Eccles ever play the telephone again?
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays C-Jam Blues (Duke Ellington)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays Roll 'Em Pete (Pete Johnson / Joe Turner)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 17361 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).
This tape no longer exists, and the master tape of the TGS issue was destroyed in 1963. The version of the show found on Compendium 5 had to be compiled from the TGS disc and a domestic recording of the original transmission.[1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2011). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 5 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-427286.
