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The Goons Biography

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''The Goon Show'' was 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 between May and September 1951, was titled ''Crazy People''; all subsequent series had the title ''The Goon Show'', a title inspired, according to Spike Milligan, by a Popeye character. The show's chief creator and main writer was Spike Milligan. The scripts mixed ludicrous plots with surreal humour, puns, catchphrases and an array of bizarre sound effects. Some of the later episodes feature electronic effects devised by the then-fledgling BBC Radiophonic Workshop, many of which were reused by other shows for decades afterwards. Many elements of the show satirised contemporary life in Britain, parodying aspects of show business, commerce, industry, art, politics, diplomacy, the police, the military, education, class structure, literature and film. The show was released internationally through the BBC Transcription Services (TS). It was heard regularly from the 1950s in Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India and Canada, although these TS versions were frequently edited to avoid controversial subjects. NBC began broadcasting the programme on its radio network from the mid-1950s. The programme exercised a considerable influence on the subsequent development of British and American comedy and popular culture. It was cited as a major influence by the Beatles, Monty Python (especially Cleese, Chapman, Gilliam, Palin and Jones) and the American comedy team The Firesign Theatre.

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The Goons Albums

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Two Complete Classic Radio Shows Album 2010-05-24 itunes amazon
Bank Statement No. 349, Volume 26 Album 2009 itunes amazon
Ying Tong Songs Soundtrack 2008-02-11 itunes amazon
The Saga of the Internal Mountain,… Album 2008 itunes amazon
The Goon Show Compendium, Volume 1:… Compilation 2008 itunes amazon
Unchained Melodies: The Complete… Compilation 2007-06-02 itunes amazon
Volume 2 - Classic Goon Sketches Other 2001-01-01 itunes amazon
The Goon Show, Volume 9: What Time Is… Other 1997 itunes amazon
The World of the Goons Compilation 1991-01-22 itunes amazon
'Enter Bluebottle...' unknown   itunes amazon
Goon Show Classics 3 Other   itunes amazon
The Last Goon Show Of All Album   itunes amazon
Volume 15 - the Goons at Christmas Other   itunes amazon
Goon Show Classics 2 Other   itunes amazon
Goon Show Classics 10 Other   itunes amazon
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