There’s a lot of Peter Sellers in this issue celebrating his centenary, but first…
THE GOON SHOW
Random link: Spike Milligan / Q Series / The Alberts / Bruce Lacey / Fairport Convention. An LP track (What We Did on our Holidays, 1969) a song about Bruce Lacey with noises in the background from some of his automata / robotic inventions – at www.songfacts.com
Our book! Yeah! Let’s see it again – thank you Ben Ohmart of our publishers, BearManor Media. What a nice thing to do!
Let’s sell more copies…
This Cultural Life – Pete Townsend says, at about 9:40 in, that he heard ‘the first attempts at rock and roll’ on The Goon Show’. ‘Ray Ellington was a big
fan of black rock music and he used to play rock songs on The Goon Show.’ An area not explored before by GSPS?…
On BBC Sounds
The Footage Detectives: Goon Show Special (requires creating a free account)
on TPTV Encore
PETER SELLERS
The Film Music of Stanley Black by the BBC Concert Orchestra from 2005 has a nice cover featuring Peter Sellers, from The Battle of The Sexes, and contains a
selection of music from the film score.
at www.chandos.net
Fool Britannia – They Only Fade Away
This limited edition of A Day at The Beach on Blu Ray came out in June, 2025. Peter Sellers plays the part of a barman.
on Amazon.co.uk
An interesting article analysing our Goon Show…why can’t people just enjoy it like in the old days? Mind out for naughty language.
OK, Boomer: The Goon Show – by Tobias Sturt
An Unlikely Style Icon… a brief resumé.
at masonandsons.com/blogs/
This one on eBay during July, from the collection of Silver Screen Mementos
Herewith… an introduction to the ‘lost films’ of Peter Sellers, sent to GSPS by: Paul Cotgrove, Festival Director, Southend-on-Sea Film Festival
Peter Sellers & Anthony Newley – Saturday Spectacular
Peter Sellers & Patricia Hayes – Sketch (1961)
Peter Sellers 1965 BBC ‘LATE NIGHT LINE-UP’ Interview
watch on YouTube
Peter Sellers in Rome photo – at marcellogeppetti.com
Blake Edwards on Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers was mad. The film critic Alexander Walker talks about the peculiar artistic relationship between Peter Sellers and Stanley Kubrick.
Best Sellers or Peter Sellers and Dr. Strangelove, taken from the Dr. Strangelove DVD.
Peter Sellers Late Late Show 1970
Peter Sellers: restaurant story – on Facebook
Eddie Murphy as Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther. Peter Sellers portrayed the bumbling detective in the original Pink Panther series. When
the actor passed away in 1980, the series was rebooted with Steve Martin as Inspector Clouseau in 2006, but the movie was poorly received. Nearly 20 years later, Eddie Murphy has confirmed he is due to take over for a new, version of the detective.
at uk.news.yahoo.com/
MICHAEL BENTINE
A fabulous cartoon film made for BP (British Petroleum) in 1960. The ‘made by’ list includes Bob Godfrey… didn’t he make some animations for ‘Fred’? Fab music by Frank Cordell and Script by Michael Bentine and Dick Lester. IMDb have Michael Bentine listed as ‘star’ of the film and also as ‘voice’. Recognition is best in the clip of ‘the professor and test pilot of early aeroplanes’. Put ten
minutes by to watch it and another ten minutes to watch it again.
At the BFI
The GSPS
GSPS – 60th Anniversary of the Goon Show – A film by Ann Perrin (next year is the 75th!)
Anne Perrin et al performance at the Egham Convention
GALTON + SIMPSON Scripts: the full Gary Brannan Galton & Simpson talk, including Richard Usher’s performance at York Festival of Ideas.
or just Richard Usher’s performance of ‘Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Two Raised Fingers’ from the above
Goon Pod discusses Galton and Simpson. Starring Gary Brandon and Richard Usher. – on Spotify
The York performance – BBC News
at www.bbc.co.uk/news
Elton John talks about why he bought that big bulk of Goon Show scripts all those years ago. And a few years later he let GSPS borrow them to have
them professionally digitised… for preservation and ‘in case’. I was sent this two years ago, but didn’t use it… don’t know why… sorry.
HARRY SECOMBE
Secombe Knocks ’em (1961): British Pathe
Harry Secombe – On With The Motley (Vesti La Giubba)
Harry Secombe visiting the troops in Cyprus
SPIKE MILLIGAN
Spike + Terry Thomas ad – on Facebook
13th January, 1973: Parkinson Series 2 Episode 28 Spike Milligan
Oh in Colour – two samples
on Facebook PLUS a second ad
The Goon Show Preservation Society 