Show 39
| "Harry Performs a Lion Act" | |
|---|---|
| The Goon Show episode | |
| Episode: no. | Series: 2 Episode: 22 |
| Written by | |
| Announcer | Andrew Timothy |
| Produced by | Dennis Main Wilson |
| Music |
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| Editing by | Jimmy Grafton |
| Recording Number | SLO 9955 |
| First broadcast | 24 June 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 39 (aka Harry Performs a Lion Act) is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the twenty-second show in the second series.
The show recording session was on Sunday, 22 June 1952 at 9pm and was recorded at The Paris Cinema, 12 Lower Regent Street, Central London.
The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Tuesday, 24 June 1952 at 9.30pm (except Scotland and Northern Ireland). It reached a peak listenership of 1.8m.
The show's repeat was broadcast the following Thursday at 7.30pm, 26 June 1952 on the Light Programme to an audience of 4.0 million listeners.
Sketches
- Harry tells Andrew how the Hon. Terence Blatt arranged for him to perform a lion act at Fuzzo Bentino’s circus.
- Recent oil discoveries at Hifa Yalava Sands in Africa involve the great maths scientist Captain Osric Pureheart and Dr Henry Crun of the Royal Society of Minerologists.
- Michael Bentine and Glendenning report on the sporting events of the week.
- A Brief Survey of the Holiday Season considers leisure opportunities on the Continent and in Scotland.
Music
- Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers sing Jimmy Grafton's parody of Largo al factotum {{small|([[Gioachino Rossini])}}.
- Max Geldray played Saint Louis Blues (WC Handy).
- The Ray Ellington Quartet (pays tribute to Ella Fitzgerald with) A-Tisket, A-Tasket (Ella Fitzgerald/Al Feldman) and Oh, Lady Be Good! (George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin).
Technical
Originally recorded on SLO 9955. (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.
