Fascinating to see The Goons performing and all the supporting cast too - all now gone - as they would have done,. when I listened to them on a crackly radio in the 1950s.
My Norwegian mother never understood why we were laughing so hysterically at the Goon shows ! That was a special time !!! I hope you are all still making people laugh, wherever you are, dear sweet batty men !❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks for posting this clip. I can still recall lying in bed at night when I was only about 8 or 9 listening to The Goon Show on the radio in New Zealand, before black and white TV became available. Those original shows were hilarious and always welcomed. It was completely nuts and crazy good fun, in a typical British humour way. The format was unique and the three comedians each went on to have great solo careers. This video is for nostalgia, aimed at people like me. And I am very grateful to be able to see it and recall those wonderful days of growing up, when the world was a much different place. 👍😎🇳🇿✨🌹
Loved it! Brought back memories of listening on the CBC at noon, when I was twelve or so….a very long time ago! My Dad had English parents, so he loved that humour…the word play etc. marvellous.
Not one swear word, No Fs Cs Bs or toilets, Every so called comic at the Edinburgh festival should be chained in a room for a month and made to watch this on a loop.
I remember when I saw Peter Sellsrs on the Muppet zshow. He did a song my grandpa taught me when I was little ( cigarettes and whiskey). It was hilarious. I bet he would have been great on the Carol Burnett Show.
Are we sure he was never on Carol Burnett? It would be worth looking into it. I can only imagine what he would have gotten up to with Harvey Korman and Tim Conway.
I recall being excited and couldn't wait to watch this. It started and after about two minutes I, for some unknown reason, had a dizzy spell and passed out. My parents came to my aid and switched off the tv and I missed the whole performance ...until now. Thank you.
Actually i was thinking that, some things were meant to just listen to and have your imagination envision what is going on. Although, with Sellers and his visual slapstick comedy, you'd miss all of his exaggerated parody of a tympani player. That was hilarious. The whole group participating there do a lot of visual gags that one would miss just having audio version.
7, 8 years old, listening to the Goon Show on my crystal radio set in bed in Canada. I barely had a clue what they were talking about, and no idea how the whole thing was produced. Well, at least I have an idea now how it was produced.
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