On this date in 1952 The Goon Show was first broadcast on BBC Radio. 10 facts about the Goons:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/01/22-january-goons.html

#TheGoons #Radio #BBC #BBCRadio #GoonShow

Bad Jelly the Witch - an all time favorite children’s story by the hilarious Spike Milligan of The Goons.

#story #funny #childrensbooks #writing #thegoons #england #spikemilligan #glitch

@Walrus @Nickiquote consecutive posts in my timeline featuring the Goons, whom I haven't thought about for oh maybe forty years? What's the chance of that!!!

#theGoons #HesFallenInTheWater

This item is from October 1952. In 1951, Diana Coupland featured in London Entertains, a quasi-documentary about London and the entertainment industry. The film featured the Festival of Britain, the Windmill Theatre and a public house, Graftons.

#SocialHistory #History #Entertainment #Films #Music #1950s #TheGoons

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1/?

It's tempting to think that #Baroque / #DerivativeWorks are a thing of the #21stCentury.

And then within hours of tripping over the whimsical illustrations by #ToveJansson for a 1962 Swedish translation of #TheHobbit you, or more precisely, I, find a 1968 #BBC radio play adaptation of The Hobbit that, I kid you not, seems to have #SpikeMilligan's #Moriarty character from #TheGoons playing #Gandolf, and the dwarves sounding more like cherubs.

Whamageddon Aversion Therapy Step #1
Play something properly Christmas-sy...
Like this.
[Unfortunately #TheGoons did not include the accompanying song in any of their Christmas shows...]

@therightarticle I hope he does the speech in the Bluebottle voice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXIwV7YUkF0

I've always been bitterly sorry that I'm unable to do any of #TheGoons voices. I think he should share his gifts with a wider audience.

Ying tong yiddle i po!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ying_Tong_Song

#TheGoons #Goons

@romanalanwrites
"It's all rather confusing really."
#TheGoons

Good afternoon.
I do hope your your Tong is sufficiently Yinged today? Not to mention your Iddle-I Po.

You're very welcome.

#YingTongSong #TheGoons #SpikeMilligan #PeterSellers
Tees from Sillytees http://bit.ly/3bmbkCE

[Spike] Milligan in Winter.

A de facto Christmas special of his "Q" series (although not "supposed to be" as such).

Original tx 24/12/1972 (forgot to post it on Christmas Eve!).

#OldBritishTelly
#SpikeMilligan
#TheGoons
#Q5
#BBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN9DR96mgY0

New post from Everything's swirling

Advent Calendar - 03 - Dixieland Band from Santa Claus Land

First dip into the 78s on the Internet Archive is this sweetie from Jimmy Dorsey and his band and featuring Pat O'Connor on the vocal.
#PopMusicAdventCalendar #PopMusic #AdventCalendar #Christmas #Xmas
#TheGoons #ImWalkingBackwardsForChristmas

https://www.grange85.co.uk/swirling/2022/12/03/advent-calendar-03/

New post on Everything's swirling

Advent Calendar - 02 - The Goons - I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas

I loved The Goons, I think my dad imposed them upon me - but had no problem with that. To be honest a lot of my early experience of them wasn't hearing them, but reading the scripts
#PopMusicAdventCalendar #PopMusic #AdventCalendar #Christmas #Xmas
#TheGoons #ImWalkingBackwardsForChristmas

https://www.grange85.co.uk/swirling/2022/12/02/advent-calendar-02/

Documentary opens up Spike Milligan’s ‘treasure trove’ of scripts and footage

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/01/documentary-opens-up-spike-milligans-treasure-trove-of-scripts-and-footage

#TheGoons #humour #documentaries

To Prove that I Love You
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Good night All.

What’s that ? Oh yes, Iddle-i Po to you too! #YingTongIddleIPo #TheGoons #spinemillington #spikemilligan #petersellers Tees from Sillytees https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265078822281

Great to see Spike the Play at the New Theatre in Cardiff last night - a funny biopic of the Goons and in particular the role Spike Milligan played and how he came up against the BBC. Great Q&A at the end too featuring Spike’a daughter, Jane Milligan, and Nick Newman who co-wrote the play with Ian Hislop.

#spiketheplay #spike #spikemilligan #comedy #bbc #thegoons #radio #play #theatre #cardiff #newtheatrecardiff