Originally published – February 2024
by Mark Cousins with extra bits (Ed)
The Goon Show
Comfort Blanket (Podcast), The Goon Show, with Mike Wozniak
at shows.acast.com/comfort-blanket
The Goon Show app! With copyrights? – at appadvice.com
Limited Edition print – at www.retrotogo.com
Norma Farnes’ signed copy of The Goon Show Scripts two books
at www.chiswickauctions.co.uk
Peter Sellers
A tenuous connection, but did you know that there was skiffle group called The Sons of Fred? – at www.tftw.org.uk
Dr Strangelove on stage in 2024!
at drstrangelove.com – at www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk –
at www.theguardian.com
Walking in the shoes of Peter Sellers courtesy of John Sealey, production manager of There’s A Girl In My Soup
How Peter Sellers encouraged George Harrison to get into the film industry
at faroutmagazine.co.uk
A brief animation
Who is John Sealey? – at uk.linkedin.com
You may have seen this before, but here’s Peter Sellers in Hawaii
Esther – Michael Sellers talking to Esther Rantzen about his father
Only Two Can Play – documentary
Interview with Graham Stark
Peter Sellers Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974): Alternate and deleted scenes
on YouTube
Inside The Party
The Pink Panther Story
A look back at the life of Miranda Quarry – at www.tatler.com
Spike Milligan
This is Your Life – 15-2-95 No… not the one with Peter Sellers, but the one he did later that includes Harry Secombe!
Spike on The Muppet Show – at muppet.fandom.com
and
Give Us A Clue with Spike and Kenneth Williams – Series 2 Ep 9 Christmas Edition
Give Us A Clue with Spike
Tomorrow’s World Christmas Quiz 1988 with Spike as Father Christmas
Barrymore with Spike (excerpt)
Carrott Confidential: Spike Milligan’s Army Agony Aunt
Parkinson One to One 1987
Parkinson 3rd April, 1982, with Jimmy Tarbuck and Billy Connolly, Sammy Cahn, Marian Montgomery, Kenneth Williams
The Late Late Show with Gaye Byrne
The Heart Of Show Business – 1966 Les Trios Charlies; The Goons! (If you’ve seen it before.. here it is again!)
An Evening with Spike Milligan
Rye Bonfire 1994 with Spike!
A collection of video clips of Spike – at www.gettyimages.ae
Sanjeev Bhaskar reads Spike Milligan’s letter home during WWII
The sixth instalment of Spike Milligan’s war memoirs: Goodbye Soldier
Written and spoken by Spike himself. Suddenly these are all on YouTube.
Spike Milligan and the Eurovision Fly in My Soup (HD). Brilliant – Katie Boyle does the scores!
Harry Secombe
The Harry Secombe Show, 1968 (excerpt)
Highway Christmas Eve, Durham Cathedral, 24th December 1979
That’s Life with Spike and Harry
This Is Your Life – Dickie Henderson with Harry Secombe (audio only)
A copy of the edition of Hancock’s Half Hour which features Harry Secombe AND Tony Hancock has recently been found! When Hancock went AWOL,
Secombe stepped in for three editions. This one features them both when Hancock returned. – at www.comedy.co.uk
These are the people who found it – www.radiocircle.org.uk
The Unforgettable
Song Of Norway – complete film
This is Your Life – Kiri Te Kanawa with Harry Secombe
This Is Your Life – Thora Hird with Harry Secombe
You’re Only Young Once, 1954 radio show with guest Harry Secombe (series 2 show 6) 10-6-54
Many tributes to Sir Harry – at www.gettyimages.ae
Cartoons of Harry – at bullyscomics.blogspot.com
Eartha Kitt and Harry Secombe at The Royal Variety Performance 1962. Poor Eartha Kitt – totally out of place singing Rose Marie
The Goon Show Preservation Society 