Show 13

"Show 13"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.	Series: 1 Episode: 13
Written by	Spike Milligan Larry Stephens Jimmy Grafton
Announcer	Andrew Timothy
Produced by	Leslie Bridgmont
Music	Stanley Black and the Dance Orchestra The Stargazers: Somebody Loves Me Geldray: The Loveliest Night of the Year Ellington: Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends
Recording Number	SOX 61088
First broadcast	23 August 1951 (1951-08-23)

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

The show was recorded at 8.15pm on Sunday 19 August 1951 (on the same tape as Show 11, SOX 61088) 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 23 August 1951 at 8pm (in London and Midlands only). It reached a peak listenership of 0.7m. 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 and then again on Tuesday 28 August 1951 at 7.30pm, playing to an audience of 5.8 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 Leslie Bridgmont (due to Dennis Main Wilson being on leave) and was announced by an uncredited Andrew Timothy.

Sketches

• Jones explains how he is a Harley Street brain specialist;
• A Survey of Britain: Looked at The Housing Problem;
• Roger Fudgeknuckle and Jack Islott report from the holiday resort of Clushboot-on-Sea;
• The Story of Colonel Slocombe!: Finds the Colonel and his cavalry terrorised by the tribes at Skunk Hollow.

Music

• The Stargazers sang Somebody Loves Me (George Gershwin/Ballard MacDonald/BG DeSylva)
• Max Geldray played The Loveliest Night of the Year (Juventino Rosas, adapted by Irving Aaronson)
• The Ray Ellington Quartet played Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends (Bob Carter/Mack Gordon/Louis Jordan)

Technical

Originally recorded on SOX 61088 (33⅓ rpm, coarse-groove 16" disk recorded at 200 Oxford St., London).