Goon Pod
@goonpod.bsky.social
A podcast which celebrates the work of Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine - and great comedy in general!
Goon Pod: https://pod.link/1569929507
Goon Pod Film Club: Patreon.com/GoonPod
Goon Pod: https://pod.link/1569929507
Goon Pod Film Club: Patreon.com/GoonPod
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IT'S A SQUARE WORLD (LP, 1962)
With Jason Kruppa @ptbeatles.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Michael Bentine flew solo on this George Martin-produced comedy record, voicing dozens of characters including the Film Extra of the Year, an excitable sports announcer, the (now extinct) Shrdlu and more!
With Jason Kruppa @ptbeatles.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Michael Bentine flew solo on this George Martin-produced comedy record, voicing dozens of characters including the Film Extra of the Year, an excitable sports announcer, the (now extinct) Shrdlu and more!
Results so far - the top half is pretty much as you'd expect but numbers 11-20 are pretty bonkers
11) Babes In The Wood
12) Love Thy Neighbour
13) Bottle Boys
14) Howard's Way
15) Sir Yellow
16) Mork & Mindy
17) When The Whistle Blows
18) The Wright Way
19) Fawlty Towers
20) Curry & Chips
11) Babes In The Wood
12) Love Thy Neighbour
13) Bottle Boys
14) Howard's Way
15) Sir Yellow
16) Mork & Mindy
17) When The Whistle Blows
18) The Wright Way
19) Fawlty Towers
20) Curry & Chips
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Results so far - the top half is pretty much as you'd expect but numbers 11-20 are pretty bonkers
11) Babes In The Wood
12) Love Thy Neighbour
13) Bottle Boys
14) Howard's Way
15) Sir Yellow
16) Mork & Mindy
17) When The Whistle Blows
18) The Wright Way
19) Fawlty Towers
20) Curry & Chips
11) Babes In The Wood
12) Love Thy Neighbour
13) Bottle Boys
14) Howard's Way
15) Sir Yellow
16) Mork & Mindy
17) When The Whistle Blows
18) The Wright Way
19) Fawlty Towers
20) Curry & Chips
Someone at work said 'Rachel Thieves'
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Someone at work said 'Rachel Thieves'
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Ze new episode, she is up: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
017 Tomorrow Never Knows
Podcast Episode · Producing The Beatles · 11/10/2025 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Ze new episode, she is up: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Growing up in New Zealand in the eighties I was always a sucker for a TV-tie-in ice lolly (except we called them 'ice blocks')
As well as the Alf abomination I have fond memories of chowing down on a Mr T and a Fonzie running down my arm on a particularly hot day
As well as the Alf abomination I have fond memories of chowing down on a Mr T and a Fonzie running down my arm on a particularly hot day
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Growing up in New Zealand in the eighties I was always a sucker for a TV-tie-in ice lolly (except we called them 'ice blocks')
As well as the Alf abomination I have fond memories of chowing down on a Mr T and a Fonzie running down my arm on a particularly hot day
As well as the Alf abomination I have fond memories of chowing down on a Mr T and a Fonzie running down my arm on a particularly hot day
There's a distinct smell from my childhood which I cannot replicate - the winey aroma of my primary school ditto machine which printed out worksheets onto coarse grade A4 paper in purple ink.
For some reason that's all I can think about this morning.
For some reason that's all I can think about this morning.
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
There's a distinct smell from my childhood which I cannot replicate - the winey aroma of my primary school ditto machine which printed out worksheets onto coarse grade A4 paper in purple ink.
For some reason that's all I can think about this morning.
For some reason that's all I can think about this morning.
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This week’s Major Star is Mrs Miggins, a welcome female addition to the sausage fest that is Blackadder The Third. Far from having a “brain the size of a sultana” she reveals herself to be a canny businesswoman with a floury finger on the pulse of the times.
open.spotify.com/episode/5Iyy...
open.spotify.com/episode/5Iyy...
The Amazing Beardless Woman
open.spotify.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
This week’s Major Star is Mrs Miggins, a welcome female addition to the sausage fest that is Blackadder The Third. Far from having a “brain the size of a sultana” she reveals herself to be a canny businesswoman with a floury finger on the pulse of the times.
open.spotify.com/episode/5Iyy...
open.spotify.com/episode/5Iyy...
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Encouraged by @goonpod.bsky.social I watched It's Trad, Dad! and had a great time with it. It's just hard to believe that a bunch of teenagers would get so excited about bands covering songs that even sounded old when their own parents were kids.
youtu.be/2O1b8evO2fs?...
youtu.be/2O1b8evO2fs?...
"Ring a Ding Rhythm" / "It's Trad, Dad" (1962)
YouTube video by TheVintageMan
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Encouraged by @goonpod.bsky.social I watched It's Trad, Dad! and had a great time with it. It's just hard to believe that a bunch of teenagers would get so excited about bands covering songs that even sounded old when their own parents were kids.
youtu.be/2O1b8evO2fs?...
youtu.be/2O1b8evO2fs?...
Going to watch The Stalls of Barchester tonight. Never seen it but it's got Robert Hardy and I'm going to predict that he delivers his lines at a shout
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Going to watch The Stalls of Barchester tonight. Never seen it but it's got Robert Hardy and I'm going to predict that he delivers his lines at a shout
On this day 71 years ago:
LURGI STRIKES BRITAIN was first broadcast
It was also Eric Sykes' first joint writing credit on the Goon Show
LURGI STRIKES BRITAIN was first broadcast
It was also Eric Sykes' first joint writing credit on the Goon Show
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
On this day 71 years ago:
LURGI STRIKES BRITAIN was first broadcast
It was also Eric Sykes' first joint writing credit on the Goon Show
LURGI STRIKES BRITAIN was first broadcast
It was also Eric Sykes' first joint writing credit on the Goon Show
"So I said, 'I'd only support the death penalty in very extreme circumstances, such as high treason or mass murder, and even then only if it was proven 100% that they were guilty...' what did I say Roy?"
"You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"
"You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"
November 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"So I said, 'I'd only support the death penalty in very extreme circumstances, such as high treason or mass murder, and even then only if it was proven 100% that they were guilty...' what did I say Roy?"
"You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"
"You said, 'Anybody not wearing a poppy from late August onwards should be taken out and shot.'"
“I didn’t get a ‘hurrumph’ outta that guy”
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“I didn’t get a ‘hurrumph’ outta that guy”
When Goon Pod met... MARK THOMAS
@markthomasinfo.bsky.social
A few years back Tyler had the great pleasure of chatting to one of his comedy heroes - Mark talked about his career, the fine art of devilment and dancing to pop music with Ma Boswell from Bread
open.spotify.com/episode/10E8...
@markthomasinfo.bsky.social
A few years back Tyler had the great pleasure of chatting to one of his comedy heroes - Mark talked about his career, the fine art of devilment and dancing to pop music with Ma Boswell from Bread
open.spotify.com/episode/10E8...
Mark Thomas
open.spotify.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
When Goon Pod met... MARK THOMAS
@markthomasinfo.bsky.social
A few years back Tyler had the great pleasure of chatting to one of his comedy heroes - Mark talked about his career, the fine art of devilment and dancing to pop music with Ma Boswell from Bread
open.spotify.com/episode/10E8...
@markthomasinfo.bsky.social
A few years back Tyler had the great pleasure of chatting to one of his comedy heroes - Mark talked about his career, the fine art of devilment and dancing to pop music with Ma Boswell from Bread
open.spotify.com/episode/10E8...
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If you want to listen to the full album straight through, I've uploaded the entire thing to youtube. And it's the stereo mix, so you can get an idea of just how sophisticated George Martin's "sound picture" idea was, even in 1962.
IT'S A SQUARE WORLD (LP, 1962)
With Jason Kruppa @ptbeatles.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Michael Bentine flew solo on this George Martin-produced comedy record, voicing dozens of characters including the Film Extra of the Year, an excitable sports announcer, the (now extinct) Shrdlu and more!
With Jason Kruppa @ptbeatles.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Michael Bentine flew solo on this George Martin-produced comedy record, voicing dozens of characters including the Film Extra of the Year, an excitable sports announcer, the (now extinct) Shrdlu and more!
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you want to listen to the full album straight through, I've uploaded the entire thing to youtube. And it's the stereo mix, so you can get an idea of just how sophisticated George Martin's "sound picture" idea was, even in 1962.
It doesn't seem like twenty years since my wife and I were cast headlong into parenthood, wholly under-prepared yet charged with a solemn trust: the safe care and upbringing of the tiny human being we had brought into the world.
Luckily TV had already taught me one important rule of child-rearing
Luckily TV had already taught me one important rule of child-rearing
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It doesn't seem like twenty years since my wife and I were cast headlong into parenthood, wholly under-prepared yet charged with a solemn trust: the safe care and upbringing of the tiny human being we had brought into the world.
Luckily TV had already taught me one important rule of child-rearing
Luckily TV had already taught me one important rule of child-rearing
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Important. Especially for people in the U.K., where we consider swearing a highly-evolved artform.
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 6, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Important. Especially for people in the U.K., where we consider swearing a highly-evolved artform.
Exactly 50 years ago today, on Thursday 6th November 1975, Spike Milligan's Q6 series began on BBC2.
Pioneering Milligan, unpredictable as ever and looking to try a new direction, included a sketch about the war, one where he was dressed as a tramp and one with a woman with big boobs.
Pioneering Milligan, unpredictable as ever and looking to try a new direction, included a sketch about the war, one where he was dressed as a tramp and one with a woman with big boobs.
November 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Exactly 50 years ago today, on Thursday 6th November 1975, Spike Milligan's Q6 series began on BBC2.
Pioneering Milligan, unpredictable as ever and looking to try a new direction, included a sketch about the war, one where he was dressed as a tramp and one with a woman with big boobs.
Pioneering Milligan, unpredictable as ever and looking to try a new direction, included a sketch about the war, one where he was dressed as a tramp and one with a woman with big boobs.
This is what we had to do before social media
November 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This is what we had to do before social media
This week we're talking about a record: pod.link/1569929507
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This week we're talking about a record: pod.link/1569929507
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I'll be covering George Martin's comedy recordings in the next couple of months in Season 2 of PTB, but if you want a more expansive look at one of the albums that shows Martin's mastery of the studio pre-Beatles, this installment of Goon Pod is for you!
IT'S A SQUARE WORLD (LP, 1962)
With Jason Kruppa @ptbeatles.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Michael Bentine flew solo on this George Martin-produced comedy record, voicing dozens of characters including the Film Extra of the Year, an excitable sports announcer, the (now extinct) Shrdlu and more!
With Jason Kruppa @ptbeatles.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Michael Bentine flew solo on this George Martin-produced comedy record, voicing dozens of characters including the Film Extra of the Year, an excitable sports announcer, the (now extinct) Shrdlu and more!
November 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'll be covering George Martin's comedy recordings in the next couple of months in Season 2 of PTB, but if you want a more expansive look at one of the albums that shows Martin's mastery of the studio pre-Beatles, this installment of Goon Pod is for you!
IT'S A SQUARE WORLD (LP, 1962)
With Jason Kruppa @ptbeatles.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Michael Bentine flew solo on this George Martin-produced comedy record, voicing dozens of characters including the Film Extra of the Year, an excitable sports announcer, the (now extinct) Shrdlu and more!
With Jason Kruppa @ptbeatles.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Michael Bentine flew solo on this George Martin-produced comedy record, voicing dozens of characters including the Film Extra of the Year, an excitable sports announcer, the (now extinct) Shrdlu and more!
November 5, 2025 at 7:30 AM
IT'S A SQUARE WORLD (LP, 1962)
With Jason Kruppa @ptbeatles.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Michael Bentine flew solo on this George Martin-produced comedy record, voicing dozens of characters including the Film Extra of the Year, an excitable sports announcer, the (now extinct) Shrdlu and more!
With Jason Kruppa @ptbeatles.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
Michael Bentine flew solo on this George Martin-produced comedy record, voicing dozens of characters including the Film Extra of the Year, an excitable sports announcer, the (now extinct) Shrdlu and more!
Despite my startling resemblance to a 1926 box brownie I am, in fact, not a camera.
I must confirm that I, who have nothing, actually have a lot of things.
I must confirm that when I get knocked down, I do *not* get up again, and you are in fact going to keeo me down.
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Despite my startling resemblance to a 1926 box brownie I am, in fact, not a camera.
While researching for a future show I found a Victor Lewis-Smith piece from the Evening Standard where he suggests he might throw up on his shoes if he has to hear another of Harry Secombe’s rather whiskery Goon Show anecdotes.
Harsh, but I did sometimes yearn for some real dope from Sir Ned
Harsh, but I did sometimes yearn for some real dope from Sir Ned
November 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
While researching for a future show I found a Victor Lewis-Smith piece from the Evening Standard where he suggests he might throw up on his shoes if he has to hear another of Harry Secombe’s rather whiskery Goon Show anecdotes.
Harsh, but I did sometimes yearn for some real dope from Sir Ned
Harsh, but I did sometimes yearn for some real dope from Sir Ned
Me looking at your posts.
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Me looking at your posts.
It's been bothering me for weeks but finally today I worked out who was the single greatest Carry On character ever: Harriet Potter in Camping
November 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It's been bothering me for weeks but finally today I worked out who was the single greatest Carry On character ever: Harriet Potter in Camping
