Originally published – September 2021
by Mark Cousins
But first some news…
André Maranne died on 12 April 2021 at the age of 94. Rather as Burt Kwouk had made a good career from playing stereotypical orientals, Maranne seemed to appear whenever a British film called for a stereotypical French man. This
culminated when he appeared as Sgt François Chevalier in six Pink Panther films
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The Goons
Secombe & Friends – ARTV 1966 Goon Reunion – Fully restored
Michael Bentine
Scotland Yard Ice Cream
Introduction – The Horse Show. It’s A Square World
Patricia O’Connor talks to Michael Bentine. From her TV series A Head of Our Times (see pic)
Peter Sellers
The Truth about Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers
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Sophia Loren & Peter Sellers Interview
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Interview with Steve Allen (clip) – 1964
Sellers drumming from the same show
The famous Parkinson interview – 1974
Peter Sellers Interview | Cinema Showcase (1978) Jim Whaley
Peter Sellers Interview 1978 Brian Linehan’s City Lights
Bobbie Wygant Interviews Peter Sellers for “Revenge of the Pink Panther” 1978
KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas 1978
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Peter Sellers- Interview (Being There/Pink Panther) broadcast on April 17th 1980.
Peter Sellers full interview with Gene Shalit on NBC’s Today Show (1980)
The Interviews: Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers Interview – Close Up (part 1 0f 2)
Notes From The War Room:
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Too pinko for Dan or How Slim Pickens replaced Peter Sellers as Major Kong in Dr Strangelove
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Here’s a nice slide show of more than 40 pictures of Peter Sellers
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A Skype interview with Film Director Peter Medak and Lab Mag publisher and BritWeek Chairman Nigel Daly OBE
Revenge Of The Pink Panther trailer
There Used to Be a Me: Peter Sellers: Comic Genius.
This new play stars Alfred Molina and a sample of it can be heard here.
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aukstudios.uk
comedy.co.uk
spitefulpuppet.com
An interesting interview with Alfred Molina on the subject
Some occurrences of Inspector Clouseau from Revenge of the Pink Panther
Blake Edwards on Peter Sellers
Call Me Daddy – Original British TV 1967 version of the play that became Hoffman – on Facebook
A while back we featured many of Sellers’ full-length movies. Here’s two that escaped!
The Dock Brief – complete film
The Millionairess – complete film
For those interested in Peter Sellers’ last wife, Lynne Frederick, here’s Lynne The English Rose (2019) a documentary that is naturally somewhat biased in her favour.
Trailer
Documentary
Harry Secombe
Harry Secombe talks to Michael Bentine on Songs Of Praise in 1996
Secombe’s Secret Diet – on Facebook
Did you know that Harry has his own theatre?
harrysyouththeatre.co.uk
Spike Milligan
Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes with Jonathan Ross
Spike reading Badjelly The Witch
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A Show Called Fred – 25 minutes of one
Spike biopic – put an hour by, it’s worth it. Lots of folk doing snippets, and lots of Spike clips. 2014. It’s called, Love, Light and Peace.
American comedian Scott White reviews Spike’s appearance on The Muppet Show.
Spike Milligan in Autumn 1972
Furious Spike Milligan says we are living in a dark age. 1970. It’s not a comedy thing.
For those of you who are Goons fans and don’t already know then you should write 18th September 2021 in your diary right now. The Goon Show Preservation Society has organised its annual knees-up, courtesy of Mother Brown. Covid and Boris Johnson notwithstanding, this festival of idiocy will take place at The Heath Robinson Museum at Pinner in North London
www.heathrobinsonmuseum.org
This will be a Covid free event, so please don’t bring any of your own!
Finally, if you’re not already tuned in, why not take a listen to Goonpod? It’s about more than just “The Goon Show”. Subjects covered so far include: The Great Bank Robbery, The Muppet Show, Peter & Sophia (LP, 1960), The Call Of The West, Dr Strangelove, Larry Stephens, Down Among the Z Men, The Man Who Never Was and I Was Monty’s Treble with the promise of lots more to come. It all happens here!
The Goon Show Preservation Society 