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Yes, here in deepest lovely Sussex we are very fortunate to have Goon Show episodes set in and around places within the boundaries of this lovely county of ours. These fine words from one of England's greatest poets & tragedians says it all:-
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Ah' Sussex - Sussex,
the noblest county of them all,
I walk your lovely pastures,
from downs to sweeping shore,
though never have I felt that
my feet were getting sore.
By Sir Hugh Jampton, O.B.E.
Old Bent Englishman
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What we are doing here is highlighting just some of the Goon Shows which we know to be connected with the county. This is not meant to be a definitive listing, or even a goonological reference guide. It's just a bit of light-hearted fun. Obviously there are many shows where you can hear a line like:
Greenslade: Meanwhile in a gentlemen's rest-home in Sussex….
So without further ado, here they are….
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The Dreaded Batter-Pudding Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea).
Series 5. No: 3 Recorded Sunday 10th October 1954 Paris Cinema, London. Script by Spike Milligan. First broadcast Tuesday 12th October 1954. This is the story of the gentlefolk of Bexhill-on-Sea being terrorised by a fiend with batter-puddings (yorkshire puddings to you and me) during the blackouts of 1941.
Seagoon: We tried using a candle, but it wasn't very bright and we daren't light it - so we waited for dawn - and there, in the light of the morning sun, we saw what had struck Miss Bannister. It was - a Batter Pudding.
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The Phantom Head-Shaver (of Brighton).
Series 5. No: 4 Recorded Sunday 17th October 1954 Paris Cinema, London. Script by Spike Milligan. First broadcast Tuesday 19th October 1954. This is the story of honeymoon couple Nugent & Mrs Dirt enjoying the bracing air of Brighton. Then, one torrid night, like a bolt from the blue, the Phantom Head Shaver struck, and Nugent woke up - bald!!!
FX: Parcel being unwrapped.
Seagoon: I wonder what it can be? Good heavens - is it? Yes - it's hair - human hair - and a note - 'Nugent Dirt is innocent - this hair is his - it was I who balded him while he slept - Signed - 'The Phantom Head Shaver'!
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The Fireball of Milton Street.
Series 5. No: 22 Recorded Sunday 20th February 1955 Camden Theatre, London. Script by Spike Milligan. First broadcast Tuesday 22nd February 1955. In the little Sussex Hamlet of Milton Street word spread among the villagers that the end of the world was at hand. Miss Bannister had foreseen it all in her readings of the pitch-blend. There was a huge round fireball in the sky one bright sunny morning.
Peter: Mid the rolling valleys of Sussex… lies the Kentish village of Milton Street… one of the sonk ports
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The Pevensey Bay Disaster (or) The Hastings Flyer - Robbed.
Series 6. No: 10 Recorded Sunday 20th November 1955 Camden Theatre, London. Script by Spike Milligan. On the day of recording there was a serious train crash and in the circumstances this edition was postponed until a later date. It then became Series 6. No: 15 under its new title of The Hastings Flyer - Robbed and was finally broadcast on Tuesday 27th December 1955. It is the story of the Great English Blizzard type snow blocking the track to Pevensey Bay Station and the Flyer (carrying lovely moolah) being wrecked and robbed by none other than Grytpype and Moriarty. If they can stop Snow-Plough Engine-Driver Neddie Seagoon from getting through first.
Moriarty: Neddie, have a heart lad - we must get to Pevensey Bay tonight… you see at midnight the Flyer is coming through - all we want to do is hold it up , blow open the mail van, and take all the gold bullion inside...Ohhhihho
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