Профиль

RAY: Look! This is the gun that killed Louie. PETE: But it's a water pistol. RAY: I know. He was drowned. (Crazy People S1 E9, 23 Jul 1951. Script by Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens & Jimmy Grafton.)

FUDGEKNUCKLE: I'm from the BBC. Now tell me - this flea circus business - I suppose you began in a small way? SPLUTMUSCLE: Ho, yes - we started from scratch. (Crazy People S1 E8, 16 Jul 1951. Script by Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens & Jimmy Grafton.)

TIM: During the holiday season traffic to the coast is very heavy & every precaution should be taken by motorists & pedestrians. Here is Inspector Bowzer of the Metropolitan Police to give listeners a word of warning. BOWZER: LOOK OUT! (Goon Show S2 E25, 15 Jul 1952. Script by Milligan and Stephens)

Happy Black Country Day. Behold the celebratory pork scratchings! #BlackCountryDay

HERSCHEL: You travelled alone? JONES: No, I hired a French secretary. HERSCHEL: Blonde or brunette? JONES: I don't know. He was bald. (Crazy People S1 E7, 9 Jul 1951. Script by Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens. Edited by Jimmy Grafton.)

Hello folks! Calling folks! We're trying to track down the Telegoons. Can you help? If you have any information, please get in touch: goonshow.org/2026/06/30/w... And we'd be most grateful if you could share this post please. Thank you!

Larry Stephens, jazz pianist! The picture was taken in 1942 after the band he was a member of won the 'Best Small Band' trophy at the Melody Maker's All-Staffordshire Dance Band Championship.

OLIVER CROMWELL: You stand before me, the smartest troops in Europe. As I look along these proud ranks, each guardsman so smart, so... You! That man there! You, covered in filth! What kind of guard do you call yourself? ECCLES: Der - I'm a mudguard! (Crazy People S1 E6, 2 Jul 1951.)

Larry Stephens, jazz pianist! The picture was taken in 1942 after the band he was a member of won the 'Best Small Band' trophy at the Melody Maker's All-Staffordshire Dance Band Championship.

HARRY: Eccles! Where the...? Er... At this point, Timothy, a door should open. TIM: Then why doesn't it? HARRY: Er... Well... TIM: You've had a row with the Sounds Effects men again, haven't you? (Goon Show S2 E23, 1 Jul 1952. Script by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens. Edited by Jimmy Grafton.)

SPIKE: We commenced building a canoe... PETER: Well, that's the framework done. Now to cover it. Have you any long pieces of bark? SPIKE: Well, sir, I've got his Cantata & Fugue in C sharp minor. (Crazy People S1 E5, 25 Jun 1951. Script by Spike Milligan, Larry Stephens & Jimmy Grafton.)

HARRY: I'm giving the masses the benefit of my education. After all, I am an old Etonian. TIM: Rubbish. Of course you're not an old Etonian. HARRY: How can you tell? TIM: You're wearing trousers. (Goon Show S2 E22, 24 Jun 1952. Script by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens. Edited by Jimmy Grafton.)

PETER: Never will I forget that moment when, balanced precariously on a precipice near the summit, my rope broke. MIKE: Whatever did you do? PETER: The only thing that an experienced mountaineer could do. MIKE: What was that? PETER: I fell off. (Crazy People S1E4, 18 Jun 1951 by Milligan & Stephens)

SEAGOON: A stone through my window! BLOODNOK: It's got a message on it. SEAGOON: What's it say? BLOODNOK: Fred Smith, window repairer. (Goon Show S2 E21, 17 Jun 1952. Script by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens. Edited by Jimmy Grafton.)

So much!

Friends watching Goon Show rehearsals at Grafton's pub. Mrs Larry Stephens is top centre in the photo! (Picture Post magazine, 16 Jun 1951)

SPIKE: Dr Crun inoculated us against the following deadly fevers: HARRY: Typhoid MIKE: Malaria PETER: Sleeping sickness SPIKE: Black water fever HARRY: Swamp fever PETER: Lurgi MIKE: May 15th. Crun led us into the jungle. PETER: May 16th. In bed with measles. (Goon Show S2 E20, 10 Jun 1952)

BENTINE: Do you speak any foreign languages? SECOMBE: Yes, I speak several. BENTINE: Do you speak French? SECOMBE: No, only Several. (Crazy People S1 E2, 4 Jun 1951. "Concocted by Spike Milligan. Additions to the mixture made by Larry Stephens. The poison bottled and labelled by Jimmy Grafton."

Haha!

Ha! Yes!