Insurance, the White Man's Burden
| "Insurance, the White Man's Burden" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 7 Episode: 21 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Wallace Greenslade |
| Produced by | Pat Dixon |
| Music |
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| Recording Number | TLO 23565 |
| First broadcast | 28 February 1957 |
| Running time | 29:46 |
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.
A pre-recording session took place Sunday 17 February 1957, 5pm. at 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).
The first Home Service broadcast was the following Thursday at 8.30pm 3 January 1957, its ratings were 2.6 million.
The show was repeated:
- Wednesday 9.31pm, 17 December 1958, on the Light Programme to 2.3 million listeners.
- Friday 9.30pm, 6 March 1964 on the Home Service in Vintage Goons, to 0.5 million listeners.
- Friday 9.30pm, 20 August 1965 on the Home Service in Let's Laugh Again, to 0.2 million listeners (the broadcast was affected by a fault on the reproduction equipment).
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.
Music
- The BBC Radio Orchestra was conducted by Wally Stott
- Max Geldray plays I Like to Recognize the Tune (Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart)
- The Ray Ellington Quartet plays I Reckon It's Love (Ray Ellington / Dick Katz / Rubin)
Technical
Originally recorded on TLO 72138 (15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Broadcasting House).
The TLO 72138 master 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 recordings of both the original transmission and the 1964 repeat.[1]
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
This show featured announcer Wallace Greenslade singing Bill Haley's 1956 hit See You Later, Alligator.
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2012). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 6 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 13. ISBN 978-1408-468548.
