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The Goon Show is a British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme. The first series, broadcast from 28 May to 20 September 1951, was titled Crazy People; subsequent series had the title The Goon Show .
The song gave its name to the 2008 stage show Ying Tong: A Walk With the Goons. The Muppets also did a cover version of the "Ying Tong Song" in season 5, episode 20 of The Muppet Show. Jon Anderson, former lead singer for the progressive rock group Yes, recorded a short version, released in 2005 on his State of Independence EP.
Chinstrap fitted into the Goon Show framework surprisingly well, demonstrating the debt the Goons owed to ITMA. Dick Emery – stood in for Secombe as "Emery-type Seagoon" in Spon , [ 31 ] and replaced Milligan in a few others, alternating with Graham Stark .
Volume 14 (2018) includes all of the remaining Series 4 episodes, including those from the 2010 set. The special episodes "Archie in Goonland" (1954) (a crossover with Educating Archie) and "The Missing Christmas Parcel – Post Early for Christmas" (1955) (a 15-minute insert in Children's Hour) are also believed lost.
Max van Gelder (12 February 1916 – 2 October 2004), professionally known as Max Geldray, was a Dutch jazz harmonica player. Best known for providing musical interludes for the BBC radio comedy programme The Goon Show, he was also credited as being the first harmonica player to embrace the jazz style. Geldray was born in the Netherlands and ...
Ray Ellington. Henry Pitts Brown (17 March 1916 – 27 February 1985), [2] known professionally as Ray Ellington, was an English singer, drummer and bandleader. He is best known for his appearances on The Goon Show from 1951 to 1960. The Ray Ellington Quartet had a regular musical segment on the show, and Ellington also had a small speaking ...
Often in reference to one of the many dangers facing him in Goon Show episodes: "Harm can come to a young lad like that!". This latter quote can also be found in two of the many Songs released by the Goons, the "Bluebottle Blues", and the Goons' own recording of "Unchained Melody".
Michael Bentine. Michael Bentine, CBE (born Michael James Bentin; 26 January 1922 [1] – 26 November 1996) [2] was a British comedian, comic actor and founding member of the Goons. His father was a Peruvian Briton. [3]