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Part time human being, enjoys Goons, Marx Brothers, Bonzo Dog Band, Round The Horne, most BBC radio comedy, music of all shapes and sizes, animal lover and owner of 2 cats and 2 Corgis, walker and lover of nature, hater of Populists and right wing politics
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New! SCHOOL FOR SCOUNDRELS (1960) with Mark Cousins "Hard cheese!" Join us on this month's Film Club as we discuss the sublime comedy starring Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim & Ian Carmichael! Can loser Henry Palfrey win the heart of April Smith using ploys & stratagems? www.patreon.com/posts/school...

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New! THE RENT COLLECTORS With Ciarán Moffatt @mkiiivocalmachine.bsky.social pod.link/1569929507 Ned is tasked with collecting rent from Death Grange, Slaughter Hill. On the way he almost drowns, gets sentenced to hang & witnesses the birth of a catchphrase. Also: Miles, manatees & Marilyn Monroe!

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New! ROWLAND RIVRON chats to Goon Pod. pod.link/1569929507 Tales of Spike Milligan's aversion to alternative comedy, the making of Mr Jolly Lives Next Door, sharing a flat with Rik Mayall, The Groovy Fellers, dancing, drinking too much and doing a TV show in the Thames - it's all here!

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If you enjoy Goon Pod, why not check out GOON POD FILM CLUB: patreon.com/GoonPod We cover some of your favourite British comedy films!

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I am white British going back many generations but Keir Starmer’s speech made me feel like a stranger in my own country. Where is the compassion that welcomed Huguenots, Jews and Ugandan Asians into Britain? Kindness is not weakness.

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New episode! THE REAL PINK PANTHER: Stories Behind the Classic Films pod.link/1569929507 This week we talk about a brand new book detailing the sprawling history of the Pink Panther/Clouseau films with the author Robert Sellers. It's a fascinating study of a series that refuses to die!

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@goonpod.bsky.social This Wednesday 6.00 pm on Talking Pictures TV The Super Secret Service 1953. Comedy. Directed by Charles W. Green. Stars Peter Sellers, Graham Stark, Dick Emery & Raymond Francis. Brilliantly bizarre comedy short about the workings of the 'Super Secret Service'.

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Don't miss the latest episode of Goon Pod, OUT TODAY! pod.link/1569929507

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New! GOON SHOW SOUND EFFECTS pod.link/1569929507 Fred the Oyster! Tom the piano-playing penguin! The Mighty Wurlitzer! Ned Seagoon & his nickel-plated bagpipes being run over by a steamroller! Whoooosh! They're all here plus a chat about what sounds are fading from popular memory!

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New! SUPER GRAN, SOOTY & SPIKE pod.link/1569929507 Chris Diamond returns to revisit some fondly-remembered kids TV shows (mostly from the 80s) in which Spike Milligan popped up to inject his own particular flavour of fun, such as Super Gran, The Sooty Show & Pob's Programme!

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@goonpod.bsky.social Reminder: Talking Pictures T tomorrow 2.10 pm

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Traditional Bank Holiday weather here in South Wales.

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New! DISHONOURED - AGAIN pod.link/1569929507 “It’s too damn noisy in the Navy!” This show was included on the first Goons LP, along with Tales Of Old Dartmoor, and is one of the funniest and most fondly-remembered episodes ever. With guest Steve Hatcher.

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New! BEING THERE (1979) spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/nugwUz1L9Rb "I like to watch." Peter Sellers' penultimate film and considered to be one of his greatest. Antony Rotunno, host of Glass Onion: On John Lennon podcast joins Tyler and tries to work out why the movie gets under his skin.

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A small measure of karma. The people taking the biggest losses from Trump’s tariffs are Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos. Long may that continue!

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This would kick open some important discussion about the future of the UK which could not be ignored. Please sign if your from the UK and are interested too.

submitted 48 days ago • 6 comments

New! THE HISTORIES OF PLINY THE ELDER pod.link/1569929507 "Caractacus Seagoon will be strangled by a gorilla!" Yes, the Goons go back to Ancient Rome (when their old gags were new) as Seagoon and his fellow slaves seek Spartacus the Gladiola! With guest James Page @drivelcast.bsky.social

submitted 52 days ago • 3 comments

Is Donald Trump capable of expressing any emotion other than anger?

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

Two old muckers, OTD 1993

submitted 67 days ago • 2 comments

Why is it celebrities like Carol Vordeman, Feargal Sharkey and Michael Sheen are vocal in their supprt for social justice but politicians are not only silent but appear not to back them or reach out to them?

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