Features

A Kick up the Archives – The regular page of web links, as seen in our Newsletter.

GSPS Stories – Some archive articles about things that have happened over the 50 years of the society

The GSPS on YouTube – a collection of videos from the archive.

Goon Pod – the weekly podcast about all things connected with the Goons

Recommended Reading – books about The Goon Show

Other Websites – another links page, just to keep you web-browsing


About the Goon Show

The Goon Pod Top 20 Goon Shows – The favourites voted for by Goon Pod listeners.

The Case of the Missing Lug-Holes – delving into Goon Show history.

The Riddle of Who Wrote What – did Eric Sykes write some Goon Shows on his own?

Ouch! Harm Can Come to a Goon Show Like That – Censorship of the Goon Show?

Goon Shows of the Second Series

Wallace Greenslade – Appreciation


Interviews

Michael Palin – We spoke to the world travelling ex-Python about his love of the Goons in 2008.

The Alberts – who were musical comedy performers and friends of the Goons. Among other things, they appeared on A Show Called Fred. Albert and Tony Gray were interviewed in 2012 and 2013.

Ruxton Hayward – the man who inspired the voice of Bluebottle, interviewed on his 80th birthday in 2010.

Sir Harry Secombe – with Dennis Main Wilson and John Hamilton at Bournemouth in 1995.

Charlotte Mitchell – the actress who performed brilliantly in two episodes of the Goon Show

Roger Wilmut’s Writing Career by Roger Wilmut

Illustrating for Spike by Michael Terry


GSPS Stories

The Early Days of the GSPS – a couple of articles by Mike Coveney about the earliest days of the society.

A Weekend Called Fred – remembering the 1995 ‘Goonvention’ in Bournemouth. Competitive Batter Pudding Hurling anyone?

Spike Night in Rye… – the evening in 1998 some of our members went to dinner with Spike.

The 60th Anniversary of the Goon Show – The day was celebrated in style with a plaque unveiling and a re-enactment in 2011.