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3 unusual facts about The Goon Show running jokes


The Goon Show running jokes

In "The Dreaded Batter Pudding-Hurler (of Bexhill-on-Sea)", Seagoon congratulates Henry Crun for striking down Minnie Bannister.

Bluebottle:"Cor, dolly mixture - thinks - with these-type sweets I could influence certain girls at playtime - that Brenda Pugh might be another Rita Hayworth."

Secombe replies "Fifty years unemployed? Good heavens! Fill in this form for your OBE." In "Queen Anne's Rain", Secombe, on being asked what he would do with an OBE, replies that he would sing it, and does so to the tune of "Shenandoah".



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