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I expect the Prince of Wales has copies of them all. Maybe, if we asked really, really nicely .... ? joanna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Day" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 8:12 AM Subject: Re: where are the Goon Shows of yesteryear? > nooooooooo ..... > > As a nipper - we were called nippers in those days - I used to stand > before the radio and listen to all the BBC output of comedy, plays > and stories. Great days, great days. > > Did they ever make to CD before they were wiped? The BBC issued a lot > of CDs according to Amazon. > > I bet they've not managed to wipe rubbish like the Clithero Kid. > > Roger > > On 2/22/07, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> This will only interest a few on PoetryEtc >> >> ... eighty of the first hundred Goon Show tapes have been wiped: "The >> Saga of >> HMS Aldgate", "Operation Bagpipes", and "The Building of Britain's First >> Atomic >> Cannon", all gone into the dark, unless some Goonophile in Wellington or >> Ouagadougou has a tape. >> >> - from a review in the current TLS. >> >> M, never a taper of BBC comedy >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> This email was sent from Netspace Webmail: http://www.netspace.net.au >> > > > -- > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ > "Patriotism is a virtue of the vicious." Oscar Wilde