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: Mademoiselle de Paris Geldray: Max’s Blues Ellington: Come on-a My House
Recording Number	SLO 94892
First broadcast	13 September 1951 (1951-09-13)

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 9 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 13 September 1951 at 8pm (in London, Midlands, Northern and Northern Ireland only). It reached a peak listenership of 1.8m. The show then had its repeat on the Home Service at 9.30am on Saturday morning 15 September 1951 which achieved a peak listenership of 0.4m and then again on Tuesday 18 September 1951 at 7.30pm, playing to an audience of 4 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, and was announced by an uncredited Andrew Timothy.

Sketches

• The Loves of Harold Secombe! recounts how Harry’s mother told him to marry Hydia Harbinger.
• The Salvaging of the Goonitania! tells the tale of Captain Osric Pureheart’s recovery of his last creation;
• Sound Effects: Which punctuate a court case (from Show 3);
• Bloodnok of Borgoona: Finds the Major facing advances by the Borgoonese army.

Music

• The Stargazers sang Mademoiselle de Paris (Paul Durand/Henri Contet/Mitchell Parish)
• Max Geldray played Max’s Blues (Max Geldray)
• The Ray Ellington Quartet played Come On-a My House (Ross Bagdasarian/William Saroyan)

Technical

Originally recorded on SLO 94892 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House).