Was it a show for goons, or by goons?
2006-10-02 00:37:04 · 3 answers · asked by bob 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
yup!! (by goons) and was very funny, has been the base for lampooning ever since!! try to watch some episodes (or listen as thats how they started, on radio) then youl know were Monty Pyhton movies came from! (same ppl-spike et al). watch 'life of Brian' and 'Jabberwocky'....funny as!
2006-10-02 00:44:02 · answer #1 · answered by dodgsun 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, where have you been? It was one of the funniest things on British radio for years and years - utterly surreal comedy, mostly written by Spike Milligan and performed by him with Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Michael Bentine (for a while) ... it laid the trail for Monty Python and so many others. Treat yourself to a CD or two.
But if you're asking where the term 'goon' comes from: it was the name given by British prisoners-of-war in World War II to their German guards (dunno why) intended to indicate that the guards were inherently stupid. All the cast had had experiences in the war: Spike Milligan wrote a number of books about it. I guess that when they were looking around for foolish names to call themselves as a group, that's what they settled on.
There's a famous anecdote about a BBC executive, not having experienced the show, asking 'What is this go on show?' - two syllables.
If you don't know them you're in for some fun.
2006-10-02 00:49:38 · answer #2 · answered by mrsgavanrossem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was a British comedy, with Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan, very popular show, I think it was in the 60-70s.
2006-10-02 00:40:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋