A Very Merry Christmas to everyone from the Goon Show Preservation Society.
If you’re looking to pass some time over the festive season, have a go at the quizzes which were set for this year’s annual meeting. There’s the Great Multiple Choice Quiz and the Peter Sellers Picture Quiz.
Also new to the website and worth a read is a transcript from a 1996 GSPS meeting known as An Evening Called Fred. John Browell talked about his days as producer of series 9 and 10, The Last Goon Show Of All, and later jobs with Spike and Peter. Brian Wiley remembered working with Peter, while John P Hamilton described the making of A Show Called Fred for TV and told a funny blooper story featuring Wallace Greenslade.
And, BBC Radio 4 Extra’s Tuesday Goon Show slot this week features the 1956 panto style episode Robin Hood, featuring Valentine Dyall and Dennis Price. This is a show which was recorded for overseas use and it wasn’t actually aired by the BBC until 1988. UK listeners can stream it here from Tuesday.
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