Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01

Subject: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 22 May 01 - 11:32 AM

Goon Show fans (stand up, Roger--oh, you are standing up) will be delighted to know that next Tuesday, 29 May, is Goons Night on the Beeb: from 7 to 10.30 p.m. Radio 2 will be broadcasting ... oh, all kinds of Goon Show stuff--buy your own Radio Times!

Steve

P.S. There is a musical connection here, I just can't put my finger on it ...

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Lyndi-loo
Date: 22 May 01 - 11:35 AM

Terrific! My teenage son has only had a scratchy old recording to listen to up till now. THanks for letting us know (my religion does not allow me to buy the Radio Times)

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 22 May 01 - 11:36 AM

Niddle naddle noo. I'll have you know I'm 5'8" in my socks and 5' without (must wash those socks!). I shall fire up the steam radio and settle down with Bloodnok's curried eggs.(etc etc).Thanks Steve, expect the RT wil be on the mat when I get home.
Tara
RtS (silly twisted boy)

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 22 May 01 - 12:24 PM

Gosh, Roger, I'm 5'8" too--we must be wearing the same socks!

Steve

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Les from Hull
Date: 22 May 01 - 12:31 PM

It's hell in those socks, I tell you!

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Les from Hull
Date: 22 May 01 - 12:51 PM

Right, Moriarty - just slip this modern-type copy of the Radio Times into your cardboard and string scanner, will you? Now press certain butuons. Another 85p saved!

7.00-10.30 Goons Night

Introduction

7.10 Spike's Pick of the Goons Spike Milligan presents his favourite edition, The Fear of Wages, originally broadcast in March 1956 Starring Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan. With the Ray Ellington Quartet, Max Geldray and the Wally Stott Orchestra. The announcer is Wallace Greenslade.

7.40 Comedian's Goons Today's comics pick their favourite Goon Showclips. Including Harry Hill, Al Murray and Lee Hurst. Producers Steve Doherty and John Pidgeon.

8.00 At Last the Go On Show A revised edition of the programme celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Goons. Featuring Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine and Peter Sellers With Graham Stark, Eric Sykes, Dennis Main Wilson, Charles Chilton, John Browell, George Chisholm and Angela Morley. Producer Dirk Muggy (R)

9.00 Just before Goonrise Denis Norden looks back at comedy on the radio during the years following the Second World War and traces the early broadcasting careers of The Goons members. Producer Richard Edis

9.30 Goon Again: the 50th Anniversary Cardboard Replica Goon Show Ten years in preparation, this recording from March 2001 rescues some of Spike Milligan's best Goons scripts which would otherwise remain unperformed and unread. It also uses Angela Morley band arrangements and was recorded at an original Goon Showvenue. Starring Andrew Secombe, Jon Glover, Jeffrey Holland and Christopher Timothy.

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 22 May 01 - 12:54 PM

Damn, just realised it's a Tuesday, I'll be working till 9 (as I should be now!). I hope Herself will be home and tape it for me. Sapristi nurdles!
RtS

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: GUEST,Lanfranc at the orifice
Date: 22 May 01 - 01:01 PM

Oh, blessings upon you, Mr Parkes.

I am too mean and curmudgeonly to buy RT, so I keep missing things like this as my free listings thingies all print radio programs in a typeface too small for my deteriorating eyesight to encompass.

I shall be there, cassettes ready, to record the events for posteriors.

Thanks again, Steve.

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Peter T.
Date: 22 May 01 - 07:08 PM

BLUEBOTTLE: swims across Atlantic Ocean to England for wireless Goon Show, last ten miles hell!!
SEAGOON: They were over land.

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Liz the Squeak
Date: 22 May 01 - 07:40 PM

How do I find Radio 2?

Turn the knob on your side....

I haven't got a knob on my side....!!

YeeaaaaaaaHH You flicked my knee.... you dirty rotted swine!!

LTS - as if I wasn't batty enough!

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: GUEST,Eccles
Date: 22 May 01 - 09:05 PM

I jus wan to no how they get all dem dead people to come on the radio? An wen dey doo, how do they pay them?

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Den
Date: 22 May 01 - 10:39 PM

But your...your not dead Eccles, now hand me another strand of fume spagetti, ah delicious, delicious.

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: InOBU
Date: 22 May 01 - 10:47 PM

I would load my ball and chain and fire myself over, if I could find a cannon big enough... Larry

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: GUEST,Fred
Date: 22 May 01 - 10:59 PM

Will this be available on the 'net? And if so, 7PM in whose time zone? Greenwich, undoubtedly, I suppose.

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 23 May 01 - 12:40 AM

I should explain this to any Mudcatters who are looking at this and thinking "another wasted thread". On second thought, no I won't, the cat wants to go out. How do I know? He's put on his hat and coat. Why can't he just wear a knitted pullover like the dog?

Needle naddle Mcnoo

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: alison
Date: 23 May 01 - 02:34 AM

OK.... any of you nice kind people across the pond willing to tape and send it to Australia... please let me know, (I'll pay for cassettes and postage)... thanks

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 23 May 01 - 02:45 AM

Alison, you beat me to it. Would some kind-hearted or lunged or livered or kidneyed Brit soul tape the whole show for me? I'll pay all expenses, tapes, postage, fish and chips and curried eggs. Please/

Seamus

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: GUEST,Roger the skiffler
Date: 23 May 01 - 04:11 AM

Herself has promised me she'll record this for me next Tuesday evening. It'll take about 3 tapes. I don't have tape-to-tape dub capacity at the moment so I'm not the best person to do dupes. BUT
IF no-one else does it
IF she remembers/stays awake to turn the tapes over
IF I can get a friend to dupe for me (he doesn't share my musical taste and bravely did some tapes for me in the past despite this!)
I will do so.
THEN I'll tell those who don't already have my E-mail what it is (can't PM as I remain cookie-less GUEST here at work) and we'll work something out. Perhaps sending tapes to one person in Canada/US/Australia to take orders from the others?
I wouldn't want anything back, just send a bung to Mudcat instead.
RtS (keep up lad)

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 23 May 01 - 05:06 AM

Radio 2 is online guys...

So I expect this will be tooooo

www.bbc.co.uk/radio2

CHeers

SD

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 23 May 01 - 05:17 AM

Radio 2 ("cjampion of Folk music"!) is launching a new Folk site (see here). It says it's due to appear on May 23rd--hey, taht's today! It doesn't say what time; presumably it hasn't started yet. I'll start a new thread to anounce the news.

Steve

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: Scabby Douglas
Date: 23 May 01 - 05:19 AM

Yeah - I love that - "Champion of Folk Music" ! 1 hour per week. How generous of them...

Check out Radio Scotland's output.

www.bbc.co.uk/celticroots

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: alison
Date: 23 May 01 - 05:32 AM

I don't have the ability to tape off the computer.... I'm still keen to have it taped though if anyone is able to....

thanks

alison

Subject: RE: Goons Night on BBC Radio 2 29/5/01
From: GUEST,Fred
Date: 23 May 01 - 10:42 PM

Checking their website, it looks like it will not be on-line. However, I e-mailed a request for it, and asked them to post it here if it is possible. Let's hope for the best (and maybe pester them into doing it!)