Radio comedy show, originally broadcast as 'Crazy People' The first scripts were co-written by Spike Milligan and Jimmy Grafton. The pressure of writing eventually contributed to Milligan's mental breakdown. Michael Bentine was a co-founder but left in 1953. The inventiveness of the programme has been cited as a major influence for many subsequent comedians. A puppet series for television, 'The Telegoons' was made in the early 1960s. Milligan, Secombe and Sellers reunited for a final show in 1972 as part of the BBC's 50th anniversary celebrations. Our picture shows, left to right: Sellers, Secombe, Milligan, Bentine.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
The Goon Show
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Spike's statue - Goons
This little group shows Secombe, Milligan and Sellers, holding "Goons" script...
The Goon Show
{Caricatures of the four comedians, followed by:} The Goon Show, 1951-1960, f...
Other Subjects
Ernie Wise OBE
Comedian, one half of Morecambe and Wise.  Born Leeds. Died Nuffield Hospital, Gerrards Cross.  The little one on the right in our picture.
3 memorials
Graham Chapman
Comedian.  Member of Monty Python's Flying Circus.  Born Leicester.  Began medicine studies in 1959 in Cambridge, where he joined the Footlights and began working with John Cleese. In 1962 he too...
2 memorials
Jimmy Edwards DFC
Comedian and comic writer.  Born Barnes.  Achieved national fame as Pa Glum in 'Take It From Here', as the headmaster in 'Whack-O!' and on the radio quiz show that he devised 'Does the Team Think?'...
1 memorial
Irene Handl
Comedy actor. Â Born 13 Leith Mansions, Paddington and grew up in St John's Wood. Â Began acting in her mid thirties and was almost never out of work, giving cameo performances in many British films ...
2 memorials
Rik Mayall
Actor, comedian and writer. Born Richard Michael Mayall in Epping. He was part of the 'alternative comedy' wave in the early 1980s, and appeared in 'The Comic Strip' and 'The Young Ones' and later ...
2 memorials
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