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...
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Harry Worth
Comedian. Â Born Yorkshire (Wikipedia has the year as 1917). Â Had a TV show in the 1960s. Died Hertfordshire. Â We have never met any one who finds him remotely funny. 2022: Correction - we've been ...
3 memorials
Comic Heritage
Merged with the Heritage Foundation.
29 memorials
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
The Establishment Club
Peter Cook said this was modelled on "those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the outbreak of the Second World War". Lenny Bruce, Barry Humphries, ...
1 memorial
Dead Parrot Sketch
One of the most famous of the sketches in the television comedy series 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'. Written by Graham Chapman and John Cleese, and performed by Cleese and Michael Palin. Initiall...
1 memorial
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