Show 41
| "Harry Plays a Young Man" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 2 Episode: 24 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Andrew Timothy |
| Produced by | Dennis Main Wilson |
| Music |
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| Editing by | Jimmy Grafton |
| Recording Number | SLO 11378 |
| First broadcast | 8 July 1952 |
The series 2 shows didn't have 'official' episode names per se, but for ease of reference using the show number and Handsome Harry sketch name is to differentiate them.
The show had now changed its name from Crazy People to "The Goon Show, featuring those crazy people…"
Show 41 (aka Harry Plays a Young Man) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the twenty-fourth show in the second series.
The show recording session was on Sunday, 29 June 1952 at 4.15pm and was recorded at The Paris Cinema, 12 Lower Regent Street, Central London. Due to Ray Ellington's schedule he, and his Quartet, had to attend another recording session later on that same Sunday at 8.45pm (SLO 11378a) for inclusion in their spot in Show 42.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday, 8 July 1952 at 9.30pm (except Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 2.2m.
The show's repeat was broadcast the following Thursday at 7.30pm, 10 July 1952 on the Light Programme to an audience of 3.6 million listeners.
Sketches
- Handsome Harry Secombe tells Andrew about an audition arranged for him by the Hon. Terence Blatt which required make-up to allow him to play a young man.
- Captain Osric Pureheart is called before the English Medical Board when he needs to find a cure for Lurgi.
- Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott features Sir Cedric Bloodnok, his long lost son Wilfred of Ivanhoe and a serf called Filthmuck.
Music
- The Goons sing Jimmy Grafton's parody of Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee (An Actor’s Life for Me) (Leigh Harline/Ned Washington)/Oliver Wallace).;
- Max Geldray played Donkey Serenade (Rudolf Friml/Herbert Stothart).
- The Ray Ellington Quartet (pays tribute to Fats Waller with) Ain't Misbehavin' (Fats Waller/Harry Brooks/Andy Razaf) and It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (Billy Mayhew).
Technical
Originally recorded on SLO 11378. (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at Broadcasting House). [1]
References
- ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 13 (Booklet 1). BBC Worldwide. p. 28. ISBN 9781785298776.
