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New! THE SALE OF MANHATTAN
With Tom Salinsky @tomsalinsky.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
The one where Seagoon is approached at the Athenæum Club by two chisellers, duped into believing he owns New York and paddles all the way there in a zinc bath tub to claim his birthright.
It doesn't go well.
With Tom Salinsky @tomsalinsky.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
The one where Seagoon is approached at the Athenæum Club by two chisellers, duped into believing he owns New York and paddles all the way there in a zinc bath tub to claim his birthright.
It doesn't go well.
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
New! THE SALE OF MANHATTAN
With Tom Salinsky @tomsalinsky.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
The one where Seagoon is approached at the Athenæum Club by two chisellers, duped into believing he owns New York and paddles all the way there in a zinc bath tub to claim his birthright.
It doesn't go well.
With Tom Salinsky @tomsalinsky.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
The one where Seagoon is approached at the Athenæum Club by two chisellers, duped into believing he owns New York and paddles all the way there in a zinc bath tub to claim his birthright.
It doesn't go well.
The Peter Sellers Centenary events are still going. There's a filmshow in Birmingham on 15th November.
goonshow.org/2025/11/04/s...
goonshow.org/2025/11/04/s...
November 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Peter Sellers Centenary events are still going. There's a filmshow in Birmingham on 15th November.
goonshow.org/2025/11/04/s...
goonshow.org/2025/11/04/s...
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New episode! THE POLICY
pod.link/1569929507
With Andy Bell @rhaglencymru.bsky.social
The Goon Show had several fixations - plagues and disease, World War Two, the decline of Empire - and, as with this week's episode, insurance policies.
Join us under a short, fat tent for The Indigestion Waltz!
pod.link/1569929507
With Andy Bell @rhaglencymru.bsky.social
The Goon Show had several fixations - plagues and disease, World War Two, the decline of Empire - and, as with this week's episode, insurance policies.
Join us under a short, fat tent for The Indigestion Waltz!
October 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
New episode! THE POLICY
pod.link/1569929507
With Andy Bell @rhaglencymru.bsky.social
The Goon Show had several fixations - plagues and disease, World War Two, the decline of Empire - and, as with this week's episode, insurance policies.
Join us under a short, fat tent for The Indigestion Waltz!
pod.link/1569929507
With Andy Bell @rhaglencymru.bsky.social
The Goon Show had several fixations - plagues and disease, World War Two, the decline of Empire - and, as with this week's episode, insurance policies.
Join us under a short, fat tent for The Indigestion Waltz!
What a great opportunity to introduce Spike Milligan's humour to a new generation - on @itvx.com
Spike Milligan’s Badjelly on ITV
The animated TV series based on Spike Milligan’s book Badjelly The Witch is set to appear for the first time in the UK on Thursday 16th October. The 13 part series was made in New Zealand and…
goonshow.org
October 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
What a great opportunity to introduce Spike Milligan's humour to a new generation - on @itvx.com
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THE MAN WHO TRIED TO DESTROY LONDON'S MONUMENTS
With @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Join us for a couple of rounds of "Is It Spike Or Is It Peter?" as we discuss the earliest Goon Show covered on GP so far!
Also: Goon panto and the intriguing story of Fred Flange!
With @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Join us for a couple of rounds of "Is It Spike Or Is It Peter?" as we discuss the earliest Goon Show covered on GP so far!
Also: Goon panto and the intriguing story of Fred Flange!
October 8, 2025 at 6:42 AM
THE MAN WHO TRIED TO DESTROY LONDON'S MONUMENTS
With @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Join us for a couple of rounds of "Is It Spike Or Is It Peter?" as we discuss the earliest Goon Show covered on GP so far!
Also: Goon panto and the intriguing story of Fred Flange!
With @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Join us for a couple of rounds of "Is It Spike Or Is It Peter?" as we discuss the earliest Goon Show covered on GP so far!
Also: Goon panto and the intriguing story of Fred Flange!
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GOON POD Q&A
pod.link/1569929507
This week Tyler tackles listeners' questions!
What if Spike had written for Tony Hancock?
Why did Barry Cryer complain about the Goons?
Was Minnie Bannister inspired by The Bride of Frankenstein?
..And much much more!
With @adamsleslie.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
This week Tyler tackles listeners' questions!
What if Spike had written for Tony Hancock?
Why did Barry Cryer complain about the Goons?
Was Minnie Bannister inspired by The Bride of Frankenstein?
..And much much more!
With @adamsleslie.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
GOON POD Q&A
pod.link/1569929507
This week Tyler tackles listeners' questions!
What if Spike had written for Tony Hancock?
Why did Barry Cryer complain about the Goons?
Was Minnie Bannister inspired by The Bride of Frankenstein?
..And much much more!
With @adamsleslie.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
This week Tyler tackles listeners' questions!
What if Spike had written for Tony Hancock?
Why did Barry Cryer complain about the Goons?
Was Minnie Bannister inspired by The Bride of Frankenstein?
..And much much more!
With @adamsleslie.bsky.social
A reminder. The Goon Show Preservation Society will be represented at the @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Festival of Film & TV Roadshow at Hebden Bridge Picture House on Saturday 11th October. There will be a film screening, and you can come and talk to us at our stall.
Come see us with TPTV in Hebden Bridge
In June this year, an episode of The Footage Detectives on Talking Pictures TV was a Goon Show Special which featured our own Mark Cousins and some rare bits of Goon Madness film featuring Harry Se…
goonshow.org
September 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A reminder. The Goon Show Preservation Society will be represented at the @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Festival of Film & TV Roadshow at Hebden Bridge Picture House on Saturday 11th October. There will be a film screening, and you can come and talk to us at our stall.
What you missed at the GSPS annual meeting
The 2025 Annual Meeting Report
The annual meeting of the GSPS was held at Stephens House and Garden in Finchley on 13th September, our fourth visit to the venue. The roll says there were 13 members present, with another 9 tuned …
goonshow.org
September 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
What you missed at the GSPS annual meeting
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NED: A house!
BLOODNOK: It's a mirage.
NED: Nonsense... Let's go in. Eccles - search the house for food... Oh! It's vanished. You were right - a mirage.
BLOODNOK: I told you.
ECCLES: AHHHHH!
FX: CRASH OF BODY
BLOODNOK: What happened?
ECCLES: I was upstairs.
(Vintage Goons, 22 Sep 1958)
BLOODNOK: It's a mirage.
NED: Nonsense... Let's go in. Eccles - search the house for food... Oh! It's vanished. You were right - a mirage.
BLOODNOK: I told you.
ECCLES: AHHHHH!
FX: CRASH OF BODY
BLOODNOK: What happened?
ECCLES: I was upstairs.
(Vintage Goons, 22 Sep 1958)
September 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
NED: A house!
BLOODNOK: It's a mirage.
NED: Nonsense... Let's go in. Eccles - search the house for food... Oh! It's vanished. You were right - a mirage.
BLOODNOK: I told you.
ECCLES: AHHHHH!
FX: CRASH OF BODY
BLOODNOK: What happened?
ECCLES: I was upstairs.
(Vintage Goons, 22 Sep 1958)
BLOODNOK: It's a mirage.
NED: Nonsense... Let's go in. Eccles - search the house for food... Oh! It's vanished. You were right - a mirage.
BLOODNOK: I told you.
ECCLES: AHHHHH!
FX: CRASH OF BODY
BLOODNOK: What happened?
ECCLES: I was upstairs.
(Vintage Goons, 22 Sep 1958)
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Lady Penelope investigates..
The writings of Spike Milligan
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The writings of Spike Milligan
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September 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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THE NADGER PLAGUE
With Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Presumably the blue-pencil-clutching BBC censors were blissfully unaware of another meaning of the word 'nadgers' when they let this go out in 1956! We also discuss Liberace, Son of Fred, Telegoons and... Harry Potter?
With Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Presumably the blue-pencil-clutching BBC censors were blissfully unaware of another meaning of the word 'nadgers' when they let this go out in 1956! We also discuss Liberace, Son of Fred, Telegoons and... Harry Potter?
September 17, 2025 at 7:05 AM
THE NADGER PLAGUE
With Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Presumably the blue-pencil-clutching BBC censors were blissfully unaware of another meaning of the word 'nadgers' when they let this go out in 1956! We also discuss Liberace, Son of Fred, Telegoons and... Harry Potter?
With Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Presumably the blue-pencil-clutching BBC censors were blissfully unaware of another meaning of the word 'nadgers' when they let this go out in 1956! We also discuss Liberace, Son of Fred, Telegoons and... Harry Potter?
A quick reminder, the Goon Show Preservation Society's annual meeting is this Saturday in Finchley, near to the home of the East Finchley boy hero Bluebottle.
Come along...
Come along...
GSPS Annual Meeting – 13 September 2025
The 2025 annual GSPS member’s meeting is set for Saturday, 13th September. Once again, we’ll be gathering within earshot of the Spike Milligan Memorial Bench and the Lodge House which h…
goonshow.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A quick reminder, the Goon Show Preservation Society's annual meeting is this Saturday in Finchley, near to the home of the East Finchley boy hero Bluebottle.
Come along...
Come along...
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Calling Bluebottle! #TheGoonsShowPreservationSociety present an exclusive screening at our #TPTV Festival of Film & TV Roadshow at Hebden Bridge Picture House Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th October.
⭐️2 fun-filled days celebrating Film & TV history! Call 0808 178 8212 or online buff.ly/lBLZv9b
⭐️2 fun-filled days celebrating Film & TV history! Call 0808 178 8212 or online buff.ly/lBLZv9b
September 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Calling Bluebottle! #TheGoonsShowPreservationSociety present an exclusive screening at our #TPTV Festival of Film & TV Roadshow at Hebden Bridge Picture House Saturday 11th & Sunday 12th October.
⭐️2 fun-filled days celebrating Film & TV history! Call 0808 178 8212 or online buff.ly/lBLZv9b
⭐️2 fun-filled days celebrating Film & TV history! Call 0808 178 8212 or online buff.ly/lBLZv9b
Come along and see us next week. It'll be fun
GSPS Annual Meeting – 13 September 2025
The 2025 annual GSPS member’s meeting is set for Saturday, 13th September. Once again, we’ll be gathering within earshot of the Spike Milligan Memorial Bench and the Lodge House which h…
goonshow.org
September 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Come along and see us next week. It'll be fun
There are several Peter Sellers themed programmes on Radio 4 Extra next week. I've updated my list here:
goonshow.org/2025/08/28/s...
goonshow.org/2025/08/28/s...
Sellers Centenary on the BBC
As Peter Sellers 100th birthday approaches on 8th September, the BBC is airing a variety of programmes from the archives to mark the occasion.BBC2:Monday 1st September, 11.00pmThe Life And Death Of…
goonshow.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
There are several Peter Sellers themed programmes on Radio 4 Extra next week. I've updated my list here:
goonshow.org/2025/08/28/s...
goonshow.org/2025/08/28/s...
What the BBC are broadcasting around the Peter Sellers centenary on 8th September
Sellers Centenary on the BBC
As Peter Sellers 100th birthday approaches on 8th September, the BBC is airing a variety of programmes from the archives to mark the occasion.BBC2:Monday 1st September, 11.00pmThe Life And Death Of…
goonshow.org
August 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
What the BBC are broadcasting around the Peter Sellers centenary on 8th September
The new edition of @thegsps.bsky.social newsletter is on its way to members. It's not just a Peter Sellers Centenary Special, there's lots more in there too.
See what you're missing out on if you're not a member...
See what you're missing out on if you're not a member...
Goon Show News issue 190
The September issue of Goon Show News is on its way to our members. Yes, it’s still August, but it includes notice of the GSPS annual meeting on 13th September. At least the editor can have a…
goonshow.org
August 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The new edition of @thegsps.bsky.social newsletter is on its way to members. It's not just a Peter Sellers Centenary Special, there's lots more in there too.
See what you're missing out on if you're not a member...
See what you're missing out on if you're not a member...
The Goon Show Preservation Society @thegsps.bsky.social will be at the @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Festival of Film & TV Roadshow in Hebden Bridge on 13th October. Have a good day out and come say hello to us, all in one.
goonshow.org/2025/08/13/t...
goonshow.org/2025/08/13/t...
Come see us with TPTV in Hebden Bridge
In June this year, an episode of The Footage Detectives on Talking Pictures TV was a Goon Show Special which featured our own Mark Cousins and some rare bits of Goon Madness film featuring Harry Se…
goonshow.org
August 13, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The Goon Show Preservation Society @thegsps.bsky.social will be at the @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social Festival of Film & TV Roadshow in Hebden Bridge on 13th October. Have a good day out and come say hello to us, all in one.
goonshow.org/2025/08/13/t...
goonshow.org/2025/08/13/t...
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New! THE FIREBALL OF MILTON STREET
With Jeffers from @podcatflappo.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
This week we discuss the end of the world, crispy pre-war bacon, a 200-foot ladder, a multi-storey bungalow and Secombe on a mouse hunt!
(picture inspired by a cast doodle on Goon Show script!)
With Jeffers from @podcatflappo.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
This week we discuss the end of the world, crispy pre-war bacon, a 200-foot ladder, a multi-storey bungalow and Secombe on a mouse hunt!
(picture inspired by a cast doodle on Goon Show script!)
August 6, 2025 at 6:33 AM
New! THE FIREBALL OF MILTON STREET
With Jeffers from @podcatflappo.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
This week we discuss the end of the world, crispy pre-war bacon, a 200-foot ladder, a multi-storey bungalow and Secombe on a mouse hunt!
(picture inspired by a cast doodle on Goon Show script!)
With Jeffers from @podcatflappo.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
This week we discuss the end of the world, crispy pre-war bacon, a 200-foot ladder, a multi-storey bungalow and Secombe on a mouse hunt!
(picture inspired by a cast doodle on Goon Show script!)
One for South Island New Zealand folks. News of another Goon Show performance on stage.
A Goon Show in New Zealand
After two separate Goon Show performances on stage in the North of England this year, we’re pleased to hear of another show being performed. This time it’s a bit further afield, though I suppose th…
goonshow.org
August 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM
One for South Island New Zealand folks. News of another Goon Show performance on stage.
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NEW! Gavin Sutherland on GOON SHOW MUSIC
pod.link/1569929507
This week conductor & arranger @gavinsutherland.bsky.social joins the pod to chat about favourite music from the Goon Show as well as memories of Angela Morley & musicians who worked on the series - plus we chat old telly themes & idents!
pod.link/1569929507
This week conductor & arranger @gavinsutherland.bsky.social joins the pod to chat about favourite music from the Goon Show as well as memories of Angela Morley & musicians who worked on the series - plus we chat old telly themes & idents!
July 30, 2025 at 6:36 AM
NEW! Gavin Sutherland on GOON SHOW MUSIC
pod.link/1569929507
This week conductor & arranger @gavinsutherland.bsky.social joins the pod to chat about favourite music from the Goon Show as well as memories of Angela Morley & musicians who worked on the series - plus we chat old telly themes & idents!
pod.link/1569929507
This week conductor & arranger @gavinsutherland.bsky.social joins the pod to chat about favourite music from the Goon Show as well as memories of Angela Morley & musicians who worked on the series - plus we chat old telly themes & idents!
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A new thrill!
I’ve done the first 19 boxes of the @goonshow.org archive, and by thunder, box 18 will make your eyes pop out. A real highlight. And there’s more, my friends, where THAT came from!
borthcat.york.ac.uk/gsps-box-18
I’ve done the first 19 boxes of the @goonshow.org archive, and by thunder, box 18 will make your eyes pop out. A real highlight. And there’s more, my friends, where THAT came from!
borthcat.york.ac.uk/gsps-box-18
borthcat.york.ac.uk
July 26, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A new thrill!
I’ve done the first 19 boxes of the @goonshow.org archive, and by thunder, box 18 will make your eyes pop out. A real highlight. And there’s more, my friends, where THAT came from!
borthcat.york.ac.uk/gsps-box-18
I’ve done the first 19 boxes of the @goonshow.org archive, and by thunder, box 18 will make your eyes pop out. A real highlight. And there’s more, my friends, where THAT came from!
borthcat.york.ac.uk/gsps-box-18
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Dirk Maggs and Ted Kendall are this week's guests on Goon Pod, gassing about Goons!
pod.link/1569929507
pod.link/1569929507
July 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Dirk Maggs and Ted Kendall are this week's guests on Goon Pod, gassing about Goons!
pod.link/1569929507
pod.link/1569929507
New on the @thegsps.bsky.social website:
As we approach would have been Peter Sellers' 100th birthday, Mark Cousins previews next month's Sellers Season at the British Film Institute.
As we approach would have been Peter Sellers' 100th birthday, Mark Cousins previews next month's Sellers Season at the British Film Institute.
Peter Sellers at the BFI
In Character: Peter SellersThe British Film Institute season by Mark Cousins “For me, the most influentialactor in films was Peter Sellers”- Robin Williams Marking what would have been his one hund…
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July 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New on the @thegsps.bsky.social website:
As we approach would have been Peter Sellers' 100th birthday, Mark Cousins previews next month's Sellers Season at the British Film Institute.
As we approach would have been Peter Sellers' 100th birthday, Mark Cousins previews next month's Sellers Season at the British Film Institute.