The Goon Show Compendium Volume Six: Series 7 Part 2

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Immensely popular and hugely influential, the groundbreaking series The Goon Show changed the face of British comedy. Now, for the first time, this box set collection presents the episodes in chronological order as they were scheduled to be broadcast. This volume includes: Emperor of the Universe, Wings over Dagenham, The Rent Collectors, Shifting Sands, The Moon Show, The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker, Round the World in Eighty Days, Africa Ship Canal, Ill Met by Goonlight, The Missing Boa Constrictor, The Histories of Pliny the Elder, and the Special episode, The Reason Why. Also, there are some rare archive bonus items, including alternate sequences of The Goon Show and It’s That Man Again. Two illustrated booklets tell the story of the show’s development with reference to original archive paperwork, plus the history of the recordings themselves. Remastered using new material and the latest technology to give the best possible sound quality, these recordings will appeal to all collectors of The Goon Show.

6 CDs. 6 hrs 25 mins.

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Spike Milligan was perhaps best known as one of the Goons. He went on to become one of Britain's foremost comic writers and performers. His bestselling titles include Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, Puckoon, and Where have all the Bullets Gone? He died in 2002. Larry Stephens was a scriptwriter who wrote for several popular comedy shows in the 1950s, including The Tony Hancock Show and The Army Game. He is probably best known as co-writer of many Goon Show episodes, along with Spike Milligan. He died in 1959.

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"This set is a particularly good time for the series. The cast know their roles well, and the shows have a deft combination of surrealist humor, old vaudeville gags, and a wafer-thin plot to hang it all on. The set contains a few of the best known Goon Shows, including The Mysterious Punch-Up-The-Conker." —Sean Gaffney, suitablefortreatment.mangabookshelf.com
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