• The Moon Show

  • Oct 9 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
  • Podcast

  • Summary

  • "There once was a beautiful moon,

    "It was up in the sky, chum,

    "When he said “What’s the time?”

    "They replied ‘What?’

    "And the horse departed leaving spon."


    With poetry like that it's no wonder we lost the Empire. And it stands out as one of the most memorable bits of a Goon Show episode which is rather unfairly overlooked: The Moon Show from January 1957.


    Neddie is a tramp poet, who buys a poetic licence from those chiselling spivs Grytpype Thynne & Moriarty and through further trickery believes himself to be the rightful owner of the moon. Then he realises that the moon is a forgery and pursues the villains across Europe. Joining Tyler this week is Ian Winick, co-host of the Lord Of Adders Black podcast: https://shows.acast.com/lord-of-adders-black


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