Show 16

"Show 16"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.	Series: 1 Episode: 16
Written by	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens Jimmy Grafton
Announcer	Andrew Timothy
Produced by	Dennis Main Wilson
Music	Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra The Stargazers: Truckin’ Geldray: My Blue Heaven Ellington: Teddy Bears' Picnic
Recording Number	SBU 71149
First broadcast	6 September 1951 (1951-09-06)

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

The show was recorded at 8.15pm on Sunday 2 September 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 6 September 1951 at 8pm (in London, Midlands, Northern and Northern Ireland only). It reached a peak listenership of 1.1m. The show then had its repeat on the Home Service at 9.30am on Saturday morning 8 September 1951 which achieved a peak listenership of 0.4m and then again on Tuesday 11 September 1951 at 7.30pm, playing to an audience of 5.1 million on the Light Programme.

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, now back from annual leave, and was announced by an uncredited Andrew Timothy.

Sketches

• Secombe tells Sellers about the catchphrase ‘More coal, Larry’ and being sent to Calais in connection with the Derby.
• The Goonitania! tells the story of Captain Osric Pureheart’s latest design.
• The Quest for the Ring-Tailed Yakkabakaka!: A recounting of another adventure of Major Bloodnok going off to hunt a rare bird in the Amazon for Mrs Wilmington.

Music

• The Stargazers sang Truckin’ (Rube Bloom/Ted Koehler)
• Max Geldray played My Blue Heaven (Walter Donaldson)
• The Ray Ellington Quartet played Teddy Bears' Picnic (John W Bratton/Jimmy Kennedy)

Technical

Originally recorded on SBU 71149 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Bush House).