Mike Haskins
@mikehaskins.bsky.social
Wrote for lots of comedy people. Still works with Griff Rhys Jones. Author of over 60 books including Beatles' Liverpool. Beatles' Liverpool tours bookable through www.liverpoolfamouswalkingtours.com/
Great pod and great mention for Griff's current one man tour! Thanks, Tyler! Wrexham this Friday 17 Oct. Other dates here www.ents24.com/uk/tour-date...
October 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Great pod and great mention for Griff's current one man tour! Thanks, Tyler! Wrexham this Friday 17 Oct. Other dates here www.ents24.com/uk/tour-date...
Griff Rhys Jones will be on Tony Snell's show on Radio Merseyside sometime after 10 this morning - talking about his forthcoming one man show (which I help him with a little bit!) at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton on 12 October www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio Merseyside - Tony Snell, 02/10/2025
Great music, interviews, quizzes and all the weekday talking points.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Griff Rhys Jones will be on Tony Snell's show on Radio Merseyside sometime after 10 this morning - talking about his forthcoming one man show (which I help him with a little bit!) at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton on 12 October www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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GOON POD Q&A
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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
At the doctor's. My finger looks like it's auditioning for a small role in Return of The Mummy
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
At the doctor's. My finger looks like it's auditioning for a small role in Return of The Mummy
Brian Patten - one of the Liverpool Poets with Roger McGough and Adrian Henri - has died aged 79 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
Brian Patten obituary
One of the Liverpool poets, along with Roger McGough and Adrian Henri, who was a perceptive writer on love
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October 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Brian Patten - one of the Liverpool Poets with Roger McGough and Adrian Henri - has died aged 79 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
26 September 1967 Yoko Ono appeared at the Bluecoat Chambers in Liverpool. When Yoko did a piece which involved her being entirely wrapped up in bandages, the Scaffold's John Gorman famously called from the back of the hall: "You're wanted on the phone, love!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxNJ...
Yoko Ono - Music of the Mind (1967)
YouTube video by Rob Hack
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September 26, 2025 at 7:51 PM
26 September 1967 Yoko Ono appeared at the Bluecoat Chambers in Liverpool. When Yoko did a piece which involved her being entirely wrapped up in bandages, the Scaffold's John Gorman famously called from the back of the hall: "You're wanted on the phone, love!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxNJ...
Listening to this great pod shows.acast.com/the-beatles-.... I Saw Her Standing There is quite like When The Saints Go Marching In, the one song Paul learnt on the trumpet. Also Beatles/Goons crossover has anyone noticed when John songs "Held her hand in mi-ine" it's "Hello Ji-im" from the Goons!
EP005 - I Saw Her Standing There | The Beatles: Note By Note
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September 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Listening to this great pod shows.acast.com/the-beatles-.... I Saw Her Standing There is quite like When The Saints Go Marching In, the one song Paul learnt on the trumpet. Also Beatles/Goons crossover has anyone noticed when John songs "Held her hand in mi-ine" it's "Hello Ji-im" from the Goons!
At Heswall Hall tonight speaking to the Heswall Society about Beatles' Liverpool using a head mic last used by Clare Balding!
September 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
At Heswall Hall tonight speaking to the Heswall Society about Beatles' Liverpool using a head mic last used by Clare Balding!
Spencer Leigh's column in the Liverpool Echo the other day ahead of Griff's appearance at the Floral Pavlion, New Brighton on 12 October. Get your tickets now while you can!
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Spencer Leigh's column in the Liverpool Echo the other day ahead of Griff's appearance at the Floral Pavlion, New Brighton on 12 October. Get your tickets now while you can!
A couple of my colleagues from Liverpool Famous Walking Tours with a friend last week. Unfortunately she had made herself scarce by the time I was doing the tour in the afternoon!
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A couple of my colleagues from Liverpool Famous Walking Tours with a friend last week. Unfortunately she had made herself scarce by the time I was doing the tour in the afternoon!
A fantastic tour of Hamburg with Garry and Paul. Next time they say they're coming to do a tour of Beatle sites in Liverpool. Well, I'm available! Although they probably know more than I do!
BONUS EPISODE: during our recent trip to Hamburg, we kept a little audio diary of our activities - Beatley and otherwise! Find it in the podcast apps today!
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#beatles #podcast #hamburg
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#beatles #podcast #hamburg
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September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A fantastic tour of Hamburg with Garry and Paul. Next time they say they're coming to do a tour of Beatle sites in Liverpool. Well, I'm available! Although they probably know more than I do!
Another fab and fascinating show from the team at Goon Pod whose work I recommended to some young folks I was speaking to at Birkenhead Sixth Form College last week - and, do you know what, they were either extraordinarily polite or genuinely interested!
IT’S TRAD DAD (1962)
With Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com
pod.link/1569929507
Richard Lester was an early collaborator of Sellers & Milligan and this comedy teensploitation musical was a kind of dry run for A Hard Day's Night - innovative & influential!
With Andrew Hickey @andrewhickey.500songs.com
pod.link/1569929507
Richard Lester was an early collaborator of Sellers & Milligan and this comedy teensploitation musical was a kind of dry run for A Hard Day's Night - innovative & influential!
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Another fab and fascinating show from the team at Goon Pod whose work I recommended to some young folks I was speaking to at Birkenhead Sixth Form College last week - and, do you know what, they were either extraordinarily polite or genuinely interested!
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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?
The old Compton Hotel building on Church Street, Liverpool almost ready to re-open as Sports Direct who have had their name engraved on the plaque at the top so people in the future will think Sports Direct dates back to 1867
September 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The old Compton Hotel building on Church Street, Liverpool almost ready to re-open as Sports Direct who have had their name engraved on the plaque at the top so people in the future will think Sports Direct dates back to 1867
The John Lennon lambanana outside Arrowe Park Hospital where I had to spend a bit of time the other week. Presumably inspired by the well known Beatles lyric "lambanana-nana-na-nahhhh...."
September 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The John Lennon lambanana outside Arrowe Park Hospital where I had to spend a bit of time the other week. Presumably inspired by the well known Beatles lyric "lambanana-nana-na-nahhhh...."
Down here ready for another Beatles Liverpool tour with Liverpool Famous Walking Tours
September 21, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Down here ready for another Beatles Liverpool tour with Liverpool Famous Walking Tours
One of several Sellers shows on BBC Sounds at the moment. Did not know the Not The Nine O'Clock News connection to Sellers' death. Also Michael Sellers claims he was the source of "He's fallen in the water" What do you think of that @goonpod.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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September 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
One of several Sellers shows on BBC Sounds at the moment. Did not know the Not The Nine O'Clock News connection to Sellers' death. Also Michael Sellers claims he was the source of "He's fallen in the water" What do you think of that @goonpod.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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THE FILMS PETER SELLERS NEVER MADE
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Peter Sellers - 100 this week! - appeared in a lot of movies but there were a lot he turned down (The Producers) or were simply never made (The Phantom vs The Fourth Reich) - we discuss a bunch of them this week!
With guest actor Patrick Strain
pod.link/1569929507
Peter Sellers - 100 this week! - appeared in a lot of movies but there were a lot he turned down (The Producers) or were simply never made (The Phantom vs The Fourth Reich) - we discuss a bunch of them this week!
With guest actor Patrick Strain
September 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
THE FILMS PETER SELLERS NEVER MADE
pod.link/1569929507
Peter Sellers - 100 this week! - appeared in a lot of movies but there were a lot he turned down (The Producers) or were simply never made (The Phantom vs The Fourth Reich) - we discuss a bunch of them this week!
With guest actor Patrick Strain
pod.link/1569929507
Peter Sellers - 100 this week! - appeared in a lot of movies but there were a lot he turned down (The Producers) or were simply never made (The Phantom vs The Fourth Reich) - we discuss a bunch of them this week!
With guest actor Patrick Strain
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Tim Stanley who advocated for Brexit, "The biggest policy mistake was mass migration"
As ChatGPT sums it up, "The UK has seen more legal migration after Brexit mainly because leaving the EU ended the free movement of EU citizens, forcing the UK to switch to a points-based immigration system"
As ChatGPT sums it up, "The UK has seen more legal migration after Brexit mainly because leaving the EU ended the free movement of EU citizens, forcing the UK to switch to a points-based immigration system"
September 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Tim Stanley who advocated for Brexit, "The biggest policy mistake was mass migration"
As ChatGPT sums it up, "The UK has seen more legal migration after Brexit mainly because leaving the EU ended the free movement of EU citizens, forcing the UK to switch to a points-based immigration system"
As ChatGPT sums it up, "The UK has seen more legal migration after Brexit mainly because leaving the EU ended the free movement of EU citizens, forcing the UK to switch to a points-based immigration system"
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In this special “Ted Talk”, we examine why an oddball comedy about three priests on a remote island should strike such a chord with audiences
And Fearghal from bsky.app/profile/feck... pops in to share a few insights about the innate Irishness of Father Ted.
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And Fearghal from bsky.app/profile/feck... pops in to share a few insights about the innate Irishness of Father Ted.
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Bonus Episode 06 - "Ted Talk", on Father Ted | Lord of Adders Black
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September 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
In this special “Ted Talk”, we examine why an oddball comedy about three priests on a remote island should strike such a chord with audiences
And Fearghal from bsky.app/profile/feck... pops in to share a few insights about the innate Irishness of Father Ted.
shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...
And Fearghal from bsky.app/profile/feck... pops in to share a few insights about the innate Irishness of Father Ted.
shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...
Reposted by Mike Haskins
September 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
THE FILMS PETER SELLERS NEVER MADE
pod.link/1569929507
Peter Sellers - 100 this week! - appeared in a lot of movies but there were a lot he turned down (The Producers) or were simply never made (The Phantom vs The Fourth Reich) - we discuss a bunch of them this week!
With guest actor Patrick Strain
pod.link/1569929507
Peter Sellers - 100 this week! - appeared in a lot of movies but there were a lot he turned down (The Producers) or were simply never made (The Phantom vs The Fourth Reich) - we discuss a bunch of them this week!
With guest actor Patrick Strain
September 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I have become fascinated by these relaxing virtual cafe scenes on YouTube. This doesn't look that relaxing to me though. I wouldn't want to be sitting on that sofa when a massive truck comes sweeping down the middle lane
September 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I have become fascinated by these relaxing virtual cafe scenes on YouTube. This doesn't look that relaxing to me though. I wouldn't want to be sitting on that sofa when a massive truck comes sweeping down the middle lane
Griff is on tour doing his fantastic live one man show of extraordinary stories and reminiscences beginning Sunday 12 October here at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton. I assist slightly with this production so please share if you can! Full list of dates here www.ents24.com/uk/tour-date...
September 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Griff is on tour doing his fantastic live one man show of extraordinary stories and reminiscences beginning Sunday 12 October here at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton. I assist slightly with this production so please share if you can! Full list of dates here www.ents24.com/uk/tour-date...
3 September 1962 The Beatles were at The Cavern Club, Mathew Street, Liverpool working up an arrangement for How Do You Do It - the song by Mitch Murray that producer George Martin intended for their first single (but which the band turned out not to like!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4HI...
The Beatles - How Do You Do It? (60th Anniversary Remix, Stereo Vocals & Drums)
YouTube video by Deirdre
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September 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
3 September 1962 The Beatles were at The Cavern Club, Mathew Street, Liverpool working up an arrangement for How Do You Do It - the song by Mitch Murray that producer George Martin intended for their first single (but which the band turned out not to like!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4HI...