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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New! JET STORM (1959) pod.link/1569929507 Me, I'd be quite happy watching a 90-minute film purely in which Harry Secombe and Dame Sybil Thorndike enjoy each other's company on a transatlantic flight. NOT LIKE THAT! But bloody Richard Attenborough only wants to blow it up! With @hwam.bsky.social

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our Danny Who art in prison Racist be thy name Thy balaclava come Thy will be done In ports as it is on dinghies Give us this day Our daily funding & forgive us our racism as we intimidate those who speak against us & lead us all into aggravation But deliver us from being civil. 🙏

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I determined that a long time ago. Following people you don’t know is one definition of stalking. No thank you.

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Anyway, how are you, old fruit? And how do you turn on chat on Bluesky?

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Wishful thinking. Difficult to see a sustainable economy in any of them. (Also I like chips with gravy)

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

You can't help thinking about you, can you?

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

THE SEAGOON MEMOIRS pod.link/1569929507 The last Goon Show script Larry Stephens ever worked on (he co-wrote it with Maurice Wiltshire) this edition sometimes sounds like fan-fic but there are a number of highlights (& some none-too-subtle innuendo). Andy Bell returns to try & make sense of it all

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As one of “the others”, I’m just happy to be mentioned.

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

As one of “the others” I’m just glad to be mentioned

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

THE 1963 ROYAL VARIETY PERFORMANCE With Steven Cockcroft @stevenc63.bsky.social Listen: pod.link/1569929507 This was the British equivalent of the Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show as John encouraged the audience to rattle their jewellery, while Secombe quipped, Steptoe moaned and Sykes strummed.

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How about the recent study that showed how quickly children’s lungs have recovered in ULEZ?

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

New! SOFT BEDS, HARD BATTLES (1974) With @paullitchfield.bsky.social & @jlimb.bsky.social Peter Sellers got to cosplay as Hitler & 5 other characters in this ill-judged wartime comedy. Stand by for farting Nazis, himself in yellowface & a whirlwind romance with Liza Minnelli! pod.link/1569929507

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

So that’s why golf courses are allowed to ignore hosepipe bans - they have to provide drinking water for badgers

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Excellent show full of fascinating buried treasure. I used to own the Captain Beaky cassettes and I thought Sellers also performed "Castle Of Doom" - however it was a long time ago. Pity Richard didn't include Spike's version of "Silent Night", a favourite of mine but still some wonderful rarities.

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

SELLERS & MILLIGAN MIXTAPE pod.link/1569929507 Brace yourselves for a couple of instances of "What was he THINKING?" as we put together fantasy compilations of some rarities & curios from the recording careers of the two ex-Goons. Includes Muppets, Wombles, a dead mouse and Spike doing Status Quo

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

A party political broadcast by Enoch Powell

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Have you never seen Hamlet before?

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

New! THE SILENT BUGLER With Chas Early pod.link/1569929507 A Cold War thriller, Goon Show style. So, not a thriller at all. There's a Russian time machine involved, so could it be Cold War sci-fi? No, not really. We look at two versions of the show plus reveal how Ray Ellington was a hero motorist!

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

How could he speak to them? Moroccans speak Darija and he is hardly fluent in English

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

You should have tried the Karelia Suite. It’s much more cat friendly

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Is he watching the lark ascending?

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

New! Goon Pod Film Club: THE BELLES OF ST TRINIANS (1954) www.patreon.com/GoonPod/post... “In other schools girls are sent out quite unprepared into a merciless world. But when our girls leave here, it is the merciless world which has to be prepared!” With Molly McDade @gefthemongoose.bsky.social

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The Belles of St Trinians (1954) | Goon Pod Film Club

Why did cartoonist Ronald Searle become tired of the schoolgirls who made him famous? Was The Belles of St Trinian's really born out of The

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

PUCKOON (1963) podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/p... Spike Milligan’s novel is set amid the turbulence of 1920s Ireland. A border is drawn through the middle of the titular village and the villagers are not pleased. We discuss the book’s creation, characters and the relentless brilliance of its gags.

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Puckoon (1963)

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Morning! I started my week by taking the dogs for a walk. I’m now ready for anything (apart from abdominal surgery). Have a good week.

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I wish the “At Last The 1948 Show” team had stuck together longer.

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Life’s like that, isn’t it? What did they think about shirts?

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I did something similar. I listened to it this morning and again this afternoon

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Excellent! Great deep dive into a great film with two people who really know their stuff, with many fascinating facts and opinions. Good to see George getting due respect for his sense of humour as well. I listened to the show this morning and again in the afternoon there was so much in it.

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

This week, special guest Samira Ahmed talks about A Hard Day's Night and the connecting thread back to the Goons: Richard Lester. How did his early work with Sellers and Milligan shape and influence the Beatles' first feature film, and how did it help him bond with the band? pod.link/1569929507

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

He’s going to hold a surgery in Clacton

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Right decision? It is her job to deal with issues like this, not bleat and run away

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Excellent! Graeme in effervescent mood - has he been at the brandy? - made a really strong case for why this was one of the best Goon Shows. Highly entertaining and one I’ll listen to again.

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

New! WORLD WAR ONE (aka "________!") pod.link/1569929507 In which your genial host opines that the show contains one of Milligan's career-best performances. We also wonder why Sellers thought Spike was better looking, why Harry played seven parts, and WHY Hughie Green? With @graemelf.bsky.social

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I think it's Jill Halfpenny and Henry Ha'p'ny because Jill was born after decimalisation.

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Goon Pod Film Club: TWICE ROUND THE DAFFODILS (1962) Kenneth Williams, Donald Sinden and others are TB patients in a film which was inspired by the same play which gave us Carry On Nurse. Though lighter on bedpan gags, it's fun! With @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social www.patreon.com/GoonPod/post...

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Twice Round The Daffodils (1962) | Goon Pod Film Club

This month we take a trip to Lenton Sanatorium for a look at Twice Round the Daffodils (1962), a charming British comedy-drama-romance from

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

You get some amazing scoops (and Noah Diamond)

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It's the Marx Brothers Council Podcast! @marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com · 25/06/2026

There’s a special place in our hearts for anyone who’s written a great book about the Marxes & ALLEN EYLES has written two. His 1966 study was the first of its kind; he returned to the topic in 1992; & he now joins us for his 1st podcast interview. www.marxbrotherscouncilpodcast.com/episodes/202...

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Episode 94: The British Eyles (featuring Allen Eyles) — The Marx Brothers Council Podcast

Allen Eyles wrote the first book-length analysis of the Marxes’ films, the pioneering The Marx Brothers: Their World of Comedy (1966); he revisited the subject decades later in The Complete Films o...

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

There's no such thing as a bad Goon Show but some are better than others. I think Spike was running out of steam and was right to call a halt.

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I remember 1976 and it was nowhere near as hot as this. 1976 was pretty much a one off. Remember last summer when it hardly rained from March to September?

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thank you. That was highly enjoyable and didn’t make me think it was poking fun at the BBC at all. Yours sincerely, Retired officer and businessman, Eastbourne.

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

A film where Spike Milligan steals every scene he’s in

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Regulate them properly, investigate them, fine them and let them go bankrupt. Only then do you nationalise them

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

This week we're talking about an LP Peter Sellers made in 1963 with Anthony Newley, Joan Collins and Leslie Bricusse: FOOL BRITANNIA, which satirised the then very topical Profumo scandal, the Royal Family, the Macmillan government and the British Establishment in general: pod.link/1569929507

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I never use them. I want to listen to what I want to listen to, not what some random computer thinks I want to listen to.

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I now have a mental picture of William “Mate” Cobblers shambling onto the stage at the Windmill saying “Right! You can all wank now.”

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Roger Stevenson @rogerthesaurus.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

That’s a great photo. I suspect many of us would have liked to have been there

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Goon Pod @goonpod.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

INVASION QUARTET (1961) pod.link/1569929507 “After a very bad attack of the nadgers I was selling papers at Hyde park when an armoured car drew up. Bill Travers leaped out and whispered the magic words “MGM – jump in!” So here I am." - Spike Milligan, 1961. But did Spike make it big in the movies?

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