The Goon Show

The Goon Show was a hugely popular and extremely influential British radio comedy programme, which was originally produced and broadcast by the BBC from 1951 to 1960 on the BBC Home Service.

Inception

The series was devised and written by Spike Milligan with the occasional collaboration of other writers including (singly) Eric Sykes, Larry Stephens, Maurice Wiltshire and John Antrobus, under the watchful eye of Jimmy Grafton (KOGVOS-Keeper Of The Goons and Voice Of Sanity). Many senior BBC staff were bemused by the show's surreal, left-field humour and it has been reported that senior program executives erroneously referred to it as "The Go On Show" or even "The Coon Show".

Related Topics:
Spike Milligan - Eric Sykes - Larry Stephens - Maurice Wiltshire - John Antrobus - Jimmy Grafton - Coon

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