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More About This Title The Goon Show
English
More surreal clowning from one of the greatest comedy teams on radio. Goon but not forgotten! In these episodes, there's a monster on Mount Snowdon and Neddie Seagoon tries to capture it for a reward; a mustard and cress shortage causes havoc to British Railways; a statue of King James II is to be removed from Trafalgar Square; and Neddie plunders a sunken Spanish galleon. Contains: The Thing on the Mountain—Series 8, Episode 15 (6 January 1958); The Collapse of the British Railway Sandwich System (Transcription Service version, recorded 12 January 1958); The Great Statue Debate—Series 8, Episode 26 (24 March 1958); and The Silver Doubloons—Series 10, Episode 5 (21 January 1960).
2 CDs. 2 hrs.
English
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. Maurice Wiltshire was a screenwriter and script editor who wrote for many television programs including The Army Game and HMS Paradise. He co-wrote several episodes of The Goon Show, as well as adapting 26 of the radio scripts for two series of a 15-minute television puppet show called The Telegoons. John Antrobus is a playwright and scriptwriter whose screen credits include The Frankie Howerd Show, Idle on Parade, and That Was The Week That Was. With Spike Milligan, he co-wrote two Goon Show episodes—The Spon Plague and The Great Statue Debate—as well as a play, The Bed Sitting Room. He lives in Monaco.
