Show 12

"Show 12"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.	Series: 1 Episode: 12
Written by	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens Jimmy Grafton
Announcer	Andrew Timothy
Produced by	Leslie Bridgmont
Music	Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra The Stargazers: Hiawatha’s Mittens Geldray: Old Man River Ellington: Little Girl
Recording Number	SLO 93368
First broadcast	16 August 1951 (1951-08-16)

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 12 is an episode from The Goon Show (Crazy People). It is the twelfth show in the first series.

The show was recorded at 8.15pm on Sunday 12 August 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 Thursday 16 August 1951 at 8pm (in London only). It reached a peak listenership of 0.4m. The show then had its repeat on the Home Service at 9.30am on Saturday morning 18 August 1951 which achieved a peak listenership of 0.4m.

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 Leslie Bridgmont (due to Dennis Main Wilson being on leave) and was announced by an uncredited Andrew Timothy.

Sketches

• Jones tells Hershel about his time in the Boer War.
• Captain Osric Pureheart discusses his Bentine Lurgi-Driven Truck.
• Sir Harold Porridge searches for a missing professor in The Quest for Cloot Wilmington.

Music

• The Stargazers sang Hiawatha’s Mittens (Dwight Latham/Moe Jaffe)
• Max Geldray played Old Man River (Jerome Kern)
• The Ray Ellington Quartet played Little Girl (Madeline Hyde/Francis Henry)

Technical

Originally recorded on SLO 93368 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House).