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The Goons The
Story Norma Farnes, editor. Includes contributions from Spike Milligan, Sir Harry Secombe, Eric Sykes, Max Geldray, Ruxton Hayward, and Chris Smith. Maxine Ventham interviewed Max Geldray and Ruxton Hayward. 1997, hardback Virgin Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1852276797 |
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very readable account of The Goon Show, The Telegoons, and everything else in-between, and since. An eclectic selection of photographs. Scripts: The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea; The Mystery of The Marie Celeste-Solved!; The Last Goon Show of All. |
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The Goon Show
Companion: A History and Goonography Written and compiled by Roger Wilmut. With a personal memoir by Jimmy Grafton. 1976, hardback Robson Books Ltd. ISBN 0903895641 1992, paperback |
 Roger Wilmut, 1998 In addition to having written the ultimate Goon Show book and guide, Roger Wilmut is an aficionado of ancient British Music Hall recordings of the 78 RPM shellac variety. His web site gives EQ circuits for correct playback of more than five different brands of shellac record. Click here to visit Roger's home page. |
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The Goon Show
Companion: A History and Goonography Written and compiled by Roger Wilmut. With a personal memoir by Jimmy Grafton. 1977, paperback Sphere Books Ltd. ISBN 0722191820 |
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Times Guide to TV Comedy Written and compiled by Mark Lewisohn Foreword by Ronnie Barker 1998, paperback, 800 pp. |
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The
Goon Show Scripts Written and Selected by Spike Milligan. Drawings by Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, and Spike Milligan. Edited by Jeremy Robson & Elizabeth Rose. 1972, hardback The Woburn Press, London ISBN 0713000767 |
Scripts: The Dreaded Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea; The Phantom Head Shaver; The Affair of the Lone Banana; The Canal; Napoleon's Piano; Foiled by President Fred; The Mighty Wurlitzer; The Hastings Flyer; The House of Teeth. |
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More Goon Show Scripts Written and Selected by Spike Milligan. Drawings by Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, and Spike Milligan. Foreword by H.R.H. Prince of Wales. Coordinating Editor: Colin Webb. 1973, hardback The Woburn Press, London ISBN 0713000880 1973, paperback |
Scripts: The Battle of Spion Kop; Ned's Atomic Dustbin; The Spy, or Who is Pink Oboe; The Call of the West; The Scarlet Capsule; The Tay Bridge Disaster; The Gold Plate Robbery; The ?50 Cure. |
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The Lost Goon Shows Written by Spike Milligan. 1987, hardback Robson Books ISBN 0-86051-460-9 |
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collection of 'lost' Goon Shows, rewritten here and there by Spike to 'jolly them up a
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The Book of the Goons A new selection of Spike Milligan's Goon Show scripts. Includes the unexpurgated inter-Goonal Correspondence. Introduction by Peter Eton. Drawings by the Goons. Photographs by Snowdon. Editor: Elizabeth Rose. 1974, hardback Robson Books ISBN 0903895269 |
Scripts: The Terrible Revenge of Fred Fu-Manchu; The Great String Robberies; The Spon Plague; Tales of Men's Shirts; Robin's Post. |
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Spike Milligan:
A Celebration A tribute to Spike Milligan. Compiled by Roger Sawyer. Introduction by Norma Farnes. A selection from the best of Milligan, with "cringeworthy grovelling" from Eric Sykes, Sir Harry Secombe, Denis Norden, Richard Lester, Ronnie Scott, Terry Nation, John Bluthal, Jim Dale, Johnny Speight, Richard Ingrams, and Barry Humphries. 1995, hardback Virgin Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1 85227 561 8 |
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selection of Spike's scripts, sketches, poems, and more! Includes tributes from a long
list of personalities who have known and worked with Spike. Includes a unique set of
photographs. Goon Show Scripts: Other Scripts: |
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Goon For Lunch Written by Harry Secombe. 1975, hardback M. and J. Hobbs, in association with Michael Joseph Ltd. ISBN 0718112830 |
Chapter 19, Goon Away--Try Next Door, in addition to giving a first-hand description of the complex process of rehearsing and recording a typical Goon Show, also contains a personal account of the show's origins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Sellers:
The Mask Behind the Mask Written by Peter Evans. 1980, paperback Signet ISBN 0451097580 |
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in-depth profile of Peter Sellers' remarkable life, this book spans the early Windmill theater years, the BBC Goon Show years, and Peter's mega- successful career as a film actor. Includes sixteen pages of photographs. |
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Peter Sellers:
A Celebation A tribute to Peter Sellers. Written by Adrian Rigelsford. Foreword by Spike Milligan. An affectionate tribute to the career of Peter Sellers, with contributions from Graham Stark, Dennis Selinger, Maurice Denham, Mark Eden, Ray Boulting, Burt Kwouk, and Eric Sykes. 1997, hardback, 192 pp. Virgin Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1 85227 623 8 |
Fully illustrated with more photographs than pages (216), this book is worth the price of admission for its eye-appeal alone. The immensely entertaining text also makes the book a great read. Includes a detailed chronology. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Penny
Points to Paradise (Advance-PYL Productions. Distributed by Adelphi Films Ltd.) 1951, B&W, 77 mins. Penny Points
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Summary: A soccer pool winner (Harry Secombe) and his friend (Spike Milligan) find themselves plagued by fortune hunters, as well as two counterfeiters (Alfred Marks & Bill Kerr) who are eager to exchange their home-made bank notes for the real thing. This was the feature film debut for Sellers, Secombe, & Milligan, who received ?100 each for their efforts. Made in the tradition of the British knockabout comedy, Penny Points to Paradise also tips the hat at the silent movies of yore, with several scenes punctuated only by music and the occasional sound effect. Although not a Goon movie as such, here and there we may catch glimpses of a proto-Eccles and even a faint pre-echo of Major Bloodnok. Brighton's seaside setting is an ideal backdrop for a Keystone-like car chase, hypnotic suggestions from the mysterious Madame Moravia, and a costumed romp through Louis Tussauds' Waxworks. I highly recommend this film to all Goon fans, so if you get a chance to see it, don't pass it up!
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Down Among the
"Z" Men (E. J. Fancey Productions, 1952) B&W, 82 mins (LD) [Outside the UK it was also known as Stand Easy] [Previously released on videotape as The Goon Show Movie]
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Summary: Essentially an extended movie version of an episode of The Goon Show. An absent-minded professor misplaces a secret scientific formula and sets off a madcap chase between the professor, the military, and a couple of crooks for its recovery. Availability: |
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The Case of
the Mukkinese Battle Horn (Marlborough Pictures, 1955, 28 mins) (Kingsley-Union Films, 1956, 27 mins) B&W
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Summary: Filmed in the wonder of Schizo- phrenoScope, (the new Split Screen). A rare 9th-century Mukkinese Battle Horn is stolen from London's Metro- politan Museum. A team of Scotland Yard investigators traces the theft to a gang of Inter- national Mukkinese Horn smugglers. Widely considered to be the best Goon-type movie. Availability:
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The Running
Jumping & Standing Still Film (Peter Sellers Productions, 1959) Running time: 11 minutes. Shot in 16 mm B&W. Printed in sepia, 35 mm.
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The Films of
Richard Lester Written by Neil Sinyard. 1985, hardback Croom Helm Ltd., London. (Croom Helm Studies on Film, Television and the Media, General Editor: Dr Anthony Aldgate.) ISBN 0709933479 |
This out-of-print book discusses Lester's films, starting with his first, The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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British Broadcasting Written by Andrew Crisell. 1997 Routledge, London. ISBN 0-415-12802-1 (hardback) 0-415-12803-x (paperback) |
Andrew Crisell writes that two 1950s radio comedy shows outshine the rest. The first of these was the Goon Show, and the other was Hancock's Half Hour. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Story of the Goons Written by Alfred Draper. With John Austin & Harry Edgington 1976 Everest Books Ltd., London. ISBN 0905018-257 (paperback) |
An intimate account of the lives of the Goons, both on-air and off. Many rare photographs, including two of Bentine, and one of the Goons with the Telegoons puppets. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Monty Python
Speaks Written by David Morgan. 1999, paperback Avon Books, Inc. ISBN 0380804794 |
This excellent history of Monty Python, most of it in their own words, has the Pythons tipping their hat more than once to Spike Milligan and the Goons. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Sound of Goons (BBC Radio, 1983) A documentary about The Goon Show presented by Frank Muir. Air date: 1983-8-13 Length: 44:30
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Question: Why are the names of some of the Goon Show scripts
high-lighted in red?
Answer: If you haven't figured it out already, this is to point out the availability, in book form, of a few of the twenty six Goon Show scripts that were cut
down in size and reworked by Maurice Wiltshire into episodes of The Telegoons.
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