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In what promises to be regliar-type feature featured in IoF© Features Dept. T.V.'s Mr. T from popular cable show Mr. T Pities You! chooses swell comedy-type album from his Yurt O'Yoks™!
For series premiere, Mr. T offers legacy recordings by U.K. Of England radio rascals The Goons! Tell us about it, Mr. T!
"It is well-known that The Goons kept the flag of the English Empire waving through two World Wars before me and the Rat Patrol liberated the world from the evil menace of, uh, whatever we was fighting against! Imagine them poor Limeys - I pity them! - huddled around a bowl of gas ointment in their underground bus shelters and keeping their spirits up by listening to The Goons on th' crystal set! Yes, the wacky, way-out humor of John, Paul, George and Ringo Goon certainly kept that plucky little country going until Uncle Sam and Mr. T arrived, locked n' loaded with gum n' democracy!"
Today's loaddown is twenty shows, presented in original black-and-white radio aspect, playable on any Bakelite™ steam wireless!
The alert U.S. listener will discern direct inspiration for th' Firesign Theatre (and the Pythons). Writer/performer Spike Milligan was a great and troubled genius, with Peter Sellers at his considerable best. Impossible to overrate the positive effect these guys had on popular culture.
ReplyDeleteLeave a favorite quote (anybody, any time) in the comments for your entry ticket to th' Yurt o' Yoks!
They're in... EVERYBODY'S eggs.
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He's no fun - he fell right over!
ReplyDeleteAlbatross!!!
ReplyDeleteOpen your wallet and repeat after me.... "Help Yourself"
ReplyDeleteI have all these on one MP3 CD, heard quite a few at the time, listened to the LPs (produced by George Martin) and still enjoy listening to repeats on R4Extra nowadays.
Co-writer (and often more than that) Larry Stephens gets airbrushed out of the histories.
There was a CD issue where some genius had the idea of splitting the shows into named "tracks". A nightmare to organise in digital. These are complete shows - if you have more, open your hard drive andrepeat after me ...
Deletehaven't played it in years. Will get it together real soon.
DeleteThe other thing I notice is when it's on the radio (check BBC Sounds) the musical interludes by Max Geldray - Belgian gobiron merchant - and Ray Ellington (Gladys) are brilliant. Didn't realise at the time.
I was introduced to the Goons by a colleague, when I lived in London.
ReplyDelete"You dirty rotten swines, you! You have deaded me."
I saw a clip of Harry Secombe beautifully singing an aria, while leaning against a mantle piece. When the song ended the camera zoomed out and Harry had no trousers on, the look on his face was priceless!
It's the Go-On Show!
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A funny man even after THE END Spike Milligan's grave bears the inscription: "I told you I was ill" ...in Irish Gaelic.
DeleteMy fave is 'I'm Walking Backwards For Christmas' presented here in the 78 rpm version for your lo-fi delectation
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJOEvt_goIc
When I sing along to 'The Ying Tong Song', as I am wont to do at the drop of mon chappeau, my children think that I am mad - am I?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33-fVsL5Kdc
This description (who has time to listen?!) reminds me of the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore "On BBC" I read about and downloaded a while back somewhere (again, have listened but it sure sounded great!). It's on my hard drive somewhere if someone has the time to listen to it (or like me, just likes having "good" things in the library) and hasn't stumbled across it yet. Seems like it would appeal to the same audience as this lovely addition to the library -- thanks Farq!
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DeleteHe's fallen in the water!
ReplyDeleteCioran wrote “Bach's music is the only argument proving the creation of the Universe cannot be regarded as a complete failure. Without Bach, God would be a complete second-rate figure.” He was wrong: it is the Goons that are this lone argument.
"Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city."
ReplyDelete-- George Burns
"I'm always happy when friends visit. Even happier when they leave, and delighted if they phone ahead to cancel." - Elson Quick
Delete"Hello dere!"
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"If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink"
ReplyDelete- Viv Stanshall
Elderly hotel staffer on finding George Best [UK soccer player - Ed.] in bed drunk with three naked blondes and money thrown all over the room:
Delete"Oh Mr. Best, where did it all go wrong?"
Score!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm still covered in battered pudding.
Hi--Most, if not all Goon Shows (plus other BBC radio comedy shows), are still available here:
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Cheers
BMinNZ
Great link - by far the best way to hear them.
Delete"Listen...can you hear footsteps approaching the door?"
ReplyDelete"No"
"Neither can I"
"Well we'd better start hearing them - whoever it is will be here in a minute"
And, on a freezing beach on England's South coast -
(Eccles, sighing with reproach)"Look at the reading on this thermometer, Neddie"
"120 degrees?? This thermometer has a temperature! We must get it to a doctor! (pause) Wait a minute...you took that thermometer out of a hot-water bottle!"
"Of course - I always keep it in there, otherwise it would drop below zero and we'd freeze to death"