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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LISTENERS' TOP 20 BRITISH SITCOMS OF ALL TIME
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No focus groups, algorithms or AI gremlins were involved in the shaping of this list, just a large yet peculiar group of people with highly-attuned comedy radar - you lot!
With Chris Diamond and @donnarees.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
No focus groups, algorithms or AI gremlins were involved in the shaping of this list, just a large yet peculiar group of people with highly-attuned comedy radar - you lot!
With Chris Diamond and @donnarees.bsky.social
Sir George Martin was born 100 years ago today. Obviously it will be his work with the Beatles for which he will be mainly associated but before that he produced some ground-breaking comedy records - we talked about it with Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com
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George Martin (with Andrew Hickey)
Podcast Episode · Goon Pod · 10/05/2022 · 1h 1m
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January 3, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Sir George Martin was born 100 years ago today. Obviously it will be his work with the Beatles for which he will be mainly associated but before that he produced some ground-breaking comedy records - we talked about it with Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com
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This was a hugely enjoyable listen and - one or two surprises aside - a pleasing selection of shows for the panel to chew over. Great stuff all.
January 2, 2026 at 4:09 PM
This was a hugely enjoyable listen and - one or two surprises aside - a pleasing selection of shows for the panel to chew over. Great stuff all.
What is your favourite Goon Show set during a war?
The Man Who Never Was?
I Was Monty's Treble?
African Incident?
The Man Who Won The War?
Ill Met By Goonlight?
Rommel's Treasure?
... Or another one?
The Man Who Never Was?
I Was Monty's Treble?
African Incident?
The Man Who Won The War?
Ill Met By Goonlight?
Rommel's Treasure?
... Or another one?
January 2, 2026 at 3:55 PM
What is your favourite Goon Show set during a war?
The Man Who Never Was?
I Was Monty's Treble?
African Incident?
The Man Who Won The War?
Ill Met By Goonlight?
Rommel's Treasure?
... Or another one?
The Man Who Never Was?
I Was Monty's Treble?
African Incident?
The Man Who Won The War?
Ill Met By Goonlight?
Rommel's Treasure?
... Or another one?
Imagine having the neck to tell Peter Sellers he did a lousy Cockney accent, no wonder he walked out. From May 1956 and the broadcasting of a special Jack Benny BBC show
January 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Imagine having the neck to tell Peter Sellers he did a lousy Cockney accent, no wonder he walked out. From May 1956 and the broadcasting of a special Jack Benny BBC show
In some sort of perverse parallel universe here's Freddie Boswell and Lilo Lil receiving the news that Bread has been voted the Best British Sitcom by Goon Pod listeners
For the actual real results, listen here: pod.link/1569929507
For the actual real results, listen here: pod.link/1569929507
January 1, 2026 at 12:34 PM
In some sort of perverse parallel universe here's Freddie Boswell and Lilo Lil receiving the news that Bread has been voted the Best British Sitcom by Goon Pod listeners
For the actual real results, listen here: pod.link/1569929507
For the actual real results, listen here: pod.link/1569929507
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Listening to the new @goonpod.bsky.social and being reminded that, because Bottom never really hit in the US, and The Young Ones just had the one VHS tape for so long, the Rik/Ade thing that really strikes me as them at their best - or at least purest - is The Dangerous Brothers.
December 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Listening to the new @goonpod.bsky.social and being reminded that, because Bottom never really hit in the US, and The Young Ones just had the one VHS tape for so long, the Rik/Ade thing that really strikes me as them at their best - or at least purest - is The Dangerous Brothers.
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A long time before he started spending his Sundays singing hymns in the middle of dual carriageways, Harry Secombe spent almost the entire sixties heading the smash stage musical Pickwick - and here I am talking about it...
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Goon Pod: Pickwick
A chat about Harry Secombe’s turn in the phenomenally successful Charles Dickens-derived stage smash, Pickwick.
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December 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A long time before he started spending his Sundays singing hymns in the middle of dual carriageways, Harry Secombe spent almost the entire sixties heading the smash stage musical Pickwick - and here I am talking about it...
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If you're at a bit of a loose end tonight and would rather eat your own waste than watch Jools Holland's Hootenanny, why not listen to us counting down the Top 20 British Sitcoms Of All Time?
Ah go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on... Go On Pod!
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Ah go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on... Go On Pod!
pod.link/1569929507
December 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you're at a bit of a loose end tonight and would rather eat your own waste than watch Jools Holland's Hootenanny, why not listen to us counting down the Top 20 British Sitcoms Of All Time?
Ah go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on... Go On Pod!
pod.link/1569929507
Ah go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on, go on... Go On Pod!
pod.link/1569929507
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This was a hoot!! Have a listen if ya fancy....
LISTENERS' TOP 20 BRITISH SITCOMS OF ALL TIME
pod.link/1569929507
No focus groups, algorithms or AI gremlins were involved in the shaping of this list, just a large yet peculiar group of people with highly-attuned comedy radar - you lot!
With Chris Diamond and @donnarees.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
No focus groups, algorithms or AI gremlins were involved in the shaping of this list, just a large yet peculiar group of people with highly-attuned comedy radar - you lot!
With Chris Diamond and @donnarees.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This was a hoot!! Have a listen if ya fancy....
LISTENERS' TOP 20 BRITISH SITCOMS OF ALL TIME
pod.link/1569929507
No focus groups, algorithms or AI gremlins were involved in the shaping of this list, just a large yet peculiar group of people with highly-attuned comedy radar - you lot!
With Chris Diamond and @donnarees.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
No focus groups, algorithms or AI gremlins were involved in the shaping of this list, just a large yet peculiar group of people with highly-attuned comedy radar - you lot!
With Chris Diamond and @donnarees.bsky.social
December 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
LISTENERS' TOP 20 BRITISH SITCOMS OF ALL TIME
pod.link/1569929507
No focus groups, algorithms or AI gremlins were involved in the shaping of this list, just a large yet peculiar group of people with highly-attuned comedy radar - you lot!
With Chris Diamond and @donnarees.bsky.social
pod.link/1569929507
No focus groups, algorithms or AI gremlins were involved in the shaping of this list, just a large yet peculiar group of people with highly-attuned comedy radar - you lot!
With Chris Diamond and @donnarees.bsky.social
Just saw a post on the Book of Face by some dreary dullard saying Peter Cook and Dudley Moore didn't need to swear to get laughs. Is that what they call clickbait?
100+ comments and unsurprisingly barely any of them can spell Derek correctly
100+ comments and unsurprisingly barely any of them can spell Derek correctly
December 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Just saw a post on the Book of Face by some dreary dullard saying Peter Cook and Dudley Moore didn't need to swear to get laughs. Is that what they call clickbait?
100+ comments and unsurprisingly barely any of them can spell Derek correctly
100+ comments and unsurprisingly barely any of them can spell Derek correctly
Sadly this wonderful podcast has reached a natural conclusion but sorry to see it end... the great news is that Ian & Michael will be back with a new show about The Simpsons so hurrah!
PS: I wonder where Blackadder will figure in our forthcoming show counting down listeners' Top 20 British Sitcoms?
PS: I wonder where Blackadder will figure in our forthcoming show counting down listeners' Top 20 British Sitcoms?
For our two-part final episode, we have invited back twelve old friends of the podcast and asked them each a carefully curated Blackadder-related question – prompting much discussion, philosophising and rosy-cheeked caperings.
Thanks for listening!
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Thanks for listening!
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Goodbyeee - Part 1
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December 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Sadly this wonderful podcast has reached a natural conclusion but sorry to see it end... the great news is that Ian & Michael will be back with a new show about The Simpsons so hurrah!
PS: I wonder where Blackadder will figure in our forthcoming show counting down listeners' Top 20 British Sitcoms?
PS: I wonder where Blackadder will figure in our forthcoming show counting down listeners' Top 20 British Sitcoms?
Bought a new car today, and as somebody with no idea about cars the decision was based purely on colour and number of tyres (4).
It has mats, lads!
It has mats, lads!
December 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Bought a new car today, and as somebody with no idea about cars the decision was based purely on colour and number of tyres (4).
It has mats, lads!
It has mats, lads!
OTD 1974: "Sing A Song Of Secombe" featured special guests The Nolan Sisters and these reprobates
December 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
OTD 1974: "Sing A Song Of Secombe" featured special guests The Nolan Sisters and these reprobates
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Thanks so much to Tyler for having me on his excellent Goon Pod Film Club podcast talking about an Ealing Comedy classic Whisky Galore. But how did this film help bring the world Frank Zappa and The Doors?!!! Tune in and find out!
Goon Pod Film Club: WHISKY GALORE! (1949)
With @mikehaskins.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/whisky...
A Boxing Day film if ever there was one, this classic Ealing comedy featuring Gordon Jackson & James Robertson Justice is a gently subversive elbow in the ribs of officialdom.
Slàinte!
With @mikehaskins.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/whisky...
A Boxing Day film if ever there was one, this classic Ealing comedy featuring Gordon Jackson & James Robertson Justice is a gently subversive elbow in the ribs of officialdom.
Slàinte!
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December 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Thanks so much to Tyler for having me on his excellent Goon Pod Film Club podcast talking about an Ealing Comedy classic Whisky Galore. But how did this film help bring the world Frank Zappa and The Doors?!!! Tune in and find out!
Your votes have been counted and this Wednesday it's
December 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Your votes have been counted and this Wednesday it's
Broadcast OTD 1954:
YE BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST
The Goons donned Lincoln Green for a Christmas retelling of the Robin Hood story with added damsel in distress in the shape of Charlotte Mitchell ("And a ripe little ham she's proving!")
We covered it here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/y...
YE BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST
The Goons donned Lincoln Green for a Christmas retelling of the Robin Hood story with added damsel in distress in the shape of Charlotte Mitchell ("And a ripe little ham she's proving!")
We covered it here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/y...
December 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Broadcast OTD 1954:
YE BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST
The Goons donned Lincoln Green for a Christmas retelling of the Robin Hood story with added damsel in distress in the shape of Charlotte Mitchell ("And a ripe little ham she's proving!")
We covered it here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/y...
YE BANDIT OF SHERWOOD FOREST
The Goons donned Lincoln Green for a Christmas retelling of the Robin Hood story with added damsel in distress in the shape of Charlotte Mitchell ("And a ripe little ham she's proving!")
We covered it here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/y...
I watched Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up And Scald Myself With Tea and my wife walked in.
“What’s this?”
“It’s a film about Nazi sympathisers going back in time to give Hitler the H-bomb.”
A pause.
“It looks old.”
“1977.”
A longer pause.
“Subtitles?”
“It’s Czech.”
She sighs.
“I should have married Jeff.”
“What’s this?”
“It’s a film about Nazi sympathisers going back in time to give Hitler the H-bomb.”
A pause.
“It looks old.”
“1977.”
A longer pause.
“Subtitles?”
“It’s Czech.”
She sighs.
“I should have married Jeff.”
December 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I watched Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up And Scald Myself With Tea and my wife walked in.
“What’s this?”
“It’s a film about Nazi sympathisers going back in time to give Hitler the H-bomb.”
A pause.
“It looks old.”
“1977.”
A longer pause.
“Subtitles?”
“It’s Czech.”
She sighs.
“I should have married Jeff.”
“What’s this?”
“It’s a film about Nazi sympathisers going back in time to give Hitler the H-bomb.”
A pause.
“It looks old.”
“1977.”
A longer pause.
“Subtitles?”
“It’s Czech.”
She sighs.
“I should have married Jeff.”
My energy going into 2026.
December 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My energy going into 2026.
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Which finally explains the Goon Show gag “are they flying the skull and crossbones?” “No, it’s a photo of David Nixon with his arms folded!”
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December 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Which finally explains the Goon Show gag “are they flying the skull and crossbones?” “No, it’s a photo of David Nixon with his arms folded!”
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Support your local podcaster. They’re up against this huge machine of posh lads, production companies with huge PR budgets, and lazy millionaire comedians. It was once a steam rally, now it’s a car show.
December 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Support your local podcaster. They’re up against this huge machine of posh lads, production companies with huge PR budgets, and lazy millionaire comedians. It was once a steam rally, now it’s a car show.
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We'd like to thank all our series 5 guests:
@jakeyapp.bsky.social
@deathofbuckley.bsky.social
@tonyhancock.bsky.social
@verbaldiorama.bsky.social
@goonpod.bsky.social
@neilmullarkey.com
@doomgeneration.bsky.social
@kathughes.bsky.social
We'll be back in the spring!
@jakeyapp.bsky.social
@deathofbuckley.bsky.social
@tonyhancock.bsky.social
@verbaldiorama.bsky.social
@goonpod.bsky.social
@neilmullarkey.com
@doomgeneration.bsky.social
@kathughes.bsky.social
We'll be back in the spring!
December 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We'd like to thank all our series 5 guests:
@jakeyapp.bsky.social
@deathofbuckley.bsky.social
@tonyhancock.bsky.social
@verbaldiorama.bsky.social
@goonpod.bsky.social
@neilmullarkey.com
@doomgeneration.bsky.social
@kathughes.bsky.social
We'll be back in the spring!
@jakeyapp.bsky.social
@deathofbuckley.bsky.social
@tonyhancock.bsky.social
@verbaldiorama.bsky.social
@goonpod.bsky.social
@neilmullarkey.com
@doomgeneration.bsky.social
@kathughes.bsky.social
We'll be back in the spring!
Peter and Sid enjoying the cup that cheers
December 26, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Peter and Sid enjoying the cup that cheers
Goon Pod Film Club: WHISKY GALORE! (1949)
With @mikehaskins.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/whisky...
A Boxing Day film if ever there was one, this classic Ealing comedy featuring Gordon Jackson & James Robertson Justice is a gently subversive elbow in the ribs of officialdom.
Slàinte!
With @mikehaskins.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/whisky...
A Boxing Day film if ever there was one, this classic Ealing comedy featuring Gordon Jackson & James Robertson Justice is a gently subversive elbow in the ribs of officialdom.
Slàinte!
Whisky Galore! (1949) | Goon Pod
Get more from Goon Pod on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Goon Pod Film Club: WHISKY GALORE! (1949)
With @mikehaskins.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/whisky...
A Boxing Day film if ever there was one, this classic Ealing comedy featuring Gordon Jackson & James Robertson Justice is a gently subversive elbow in the ribs of officialdom.
Slàinte!
With @mikehaskins.bsky.social
www.patreon.com/posts/whisky...
A Boxing Day film if ever there was one, this classic Ealing comedy featuring Gordon Jackson & James Robertson Justice is a gently subversive elbow in the ribs of officialdom.
Slàinte!
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Also, our very own Tilt Araiza features as the Christmas Eve guest on the ever-superb Goon Pod!
CAROL FOR ANOTHER CHRISTMAS (1964)
With @tiltaraiza.bsky.social
Link: pod.link/1569929507
Peter Sellers as a cowboy Santa demagogue. Rod Serling, post JFK assassination, at his bleakest.
A Cold War Christmas Carol that imagines nuclear annihilation and the extinction of mankind.
Ho ho ho.
With @tiltaraiza.bsky.social
Link: pod.link/1569929507
Peter Sellers as a cowboy Santa demagogue. Rod Serling, post JFK assassination, at his bleakest.
A Cold War Christmas Carol that imagines nuclear annihilation and the extinction of mankind.
Ho ho ho.
December 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Also, our very own Tilt Araiza features as the Christmas Eve guest on the ever-superb Goon Pod!