By 1951 they had convinced the Beeb to let them put on the show that would launch comedy ... and, of course, squeaky-voiced boyscout Bluebottle ("Enter Bluebottle wearing string and cardboard ...

The Goon Show burst on to the airwaves in 1951 ... and the Goons were very popular with the troops. I did the voices of Bluebottle and Henry Crun [two of Sellers’ best-loved characters] in ...

You may never have heard of The Goon Show, but In England it’s still very highly regarded as classic comedy in the early days of BBC. The program aired from 1951 to 1960, and there’s honestly ...

Spike Milligan, 83, the last surviving member and chief writer of the pioneering and abundantly absurdist British sketch comedy program "The Goon Show," whose cast included Peter Sellers ...

May 28 marks the 70th anniversary of the influential British radio comedy program “The Goon Show,” which inspired fans from the Monty Python group to John Lennon. The Jewish content of The ...

There was also Bluebottle (Sellers), a young boy who always ended up ... The show was notable for the use of sound effects. When The Goon Show started, most sound effects had to played live on ...

Bluebottle is a boy scout from East Finchley, who spends most of his time on the show reading out the stage directions he is given. Nearly every time he appears on the show, he ends up being blown up ...

Crazy People, the first programme of what became The Goon Show, aired on 28 May 1951. The stars - Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine - were billed in the Radio Times ...

Relive the lunacy of Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe as Seagoon, Eccles, Bluebottle, Major Bloodnok and Minnie ... complete with live sound effects and jazz band. The Goon Show ...