The Goon Show was a popular and influential British
radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the
BBC from 1951 to 1960 in the BBC Home Service. The first series,
broadcast between May and September 1951, went out as Crazy People,
with Radio's Own Crazy Gang: The Goons as its subtitle.
Listeners in the United States were able to hear the show from
as early as the mid-1950s when it was carried by NBC.
The scripts mixed ludicrous plots with surreal humour, puns, catchphrases
and an array of silly and bizarre sound effects. Some of the later
episodes feature electronic effects devised by the fledgling BBC
Radiophonic Workshop, many of which were reused by other shows for
decades afterward.
Many elements of the show satirised contemporary life in Britain,
parodying aspects of show business, commerce, industry, art, politics,
diplomacy, the police, the military, education, class structure,
literature and film.
This collection of The Goon Show Greats includes 234
different shows and appearances for a total of 91+ hours of listening
enjoyment.
This product is a DVD collection of Old Time Radio mp3s. It is
designed to be played on your computer DVD drive with standard mp3
software - like Windows media player or its equivalent on Macintosh
computers. The mp3 files on the DVDs can be copied onto CDs for
play in your car stereo, home entertainment center, etc so you can
take your favorite shows with you anywhere you go.
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