The finest Goon Show related podcast in our planetary system, Goon Pod, has reached the milestone of 200 episodes. Congratulations Tyler!
Show number 200 was a look at the 1991 Radio 2 documentary, At Last The Go On Show. Guests on the podcast included that programme’s producer Dirk Maggs and the man who pulled together the clips for it, Ted Kendall.
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Scradje – Goon Pod
Scradje is the penultimate show of Series 6 and a classic example of Grytpype-Thynne and Moriarty conspiring to fleece Neddie Seagoon, much as they did in Lurgi Strikes Britain. This time, the nation is suffering from a mysterious shortage of 'scradje', the substance that apparently prevents people's boots from exploding.There's the welcome return of John Snagge, who pops up as the Home Secretary, advising the British public to walk backwards holding gas stoves above their heads.Seagoon leads an expedition party to the North Pole in search of scradje and we get a number of references to Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier, plus a rather surprising amount of heat and pyramid activity for the Arctic. Eventually, Seagoon discovers that the whole business is a gigantic hoax, confronts the dastardly duo in Monte Carlo and secures their confession – before Bluebottle makes one final, rather unfortunate mistake.Meanwhile returning guest Brian Phillips brings his immense knowledge of fifties popular culture to discuss Alma Cogan, David Whitfield, Elvis Presley, Lee Lawrence and much besides. He and Tyler also revisit Footo, the Wonder Boot Exploder.Is Scradje a bona fide Goon Show classic or does it suffer from general cast weariness, not to mention Spike returning to the well? You be the judge!
