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'''Eccles''': Then I don't show it to them.
'''Bluebottle''': Well how do you know when it's eight o'clock?
'''Eccles''': I've got it written down on a piece of paper!
|"The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker", roughly 25 minutes in<ref>Read a transcript of the entire scene [http://hexmaster.com/goonscripts/what_time_is_it.html here].</ref>}}
'''''The Goon Show''''' was a BBC Radio comedy show starring [[Peter Sellers]], [[Spike Milligan]] (who was also the main writer), and Harry Secombe, which ran from 1951 to 1960. The first series was titled
Beginning as a sketch comedy series, the show accumulated a cast of recurring characters and evolved into a surreal, continuity-free sitcom, with each episode dropping the characters into a different place, time, and situation, and leaving them to react to it in their characteristic fashion.
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The show had several guests over the years, most often Valentine Dyall "the Man in Black" who played various similar but distinct roles.
''[[The Goon Show]]'''s style of humour was an influence on many later British comedians, notably [[Monty Python]] and [[The Goodies]], and even [[The Beatles]]' humorous side has roots in this show. ([[John Lennon]] specifically credited the Goons as an influence.) It's fair to say that if you like any subsequent British comedy at all, somewhere along the line you have ''The Goon Show'' to thank. The [[Firesign Theater]] was also deeply influenced by the Goons.
Not to be confused with ''[[The Goon]]'', a noir/horror/comedic parody comic series about a muscle-bound mob enforcer who fights demons, monsters, and a rival gang led by a necromancer and composed of zombies; nor should it be confused with any shows that happen to be made by [[Something Awful|goons]].
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* [[Absurdity Ascendant]]: ''Every one of them''.
* [[Achievements in Ignorance]]: Eccles was prone to them.
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* [[Banana Republic]]: Literally, in ''The Affair of the Lone Banana'' and again in ''Foiled by President Fred''.
* [[Biting the Hand Humour]]: Everywhere. For example, when Bluebottle has turned out to have been impersonating Wallace Greenslade after complicated events that made no sense:
{{quote|'''Bluebottle''': I was using his [[Buffy-Speak|large-type front and posh-type talking act]] to work my way to a position of importance in the BBC!
'''Seagoon''': Silly lad! There ''are'' no positions of importance in the BBC! }}
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Tons.
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** Possibly explained by the fact that they never erected a fourth wall, except on those occasions they planned on blowing it up.
* [[Defictionalized]]: (sort of) [http://whattimeisiteccles.com/ "I've got it written down on a piece of paper!"]
* [[Delayed Reaction]]: Eccles in particular is the master of this
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Grytpype-Thynne and Moriarty tend to get this for any episode where there's a guest star playing a unique villain instead.
* [[Diplomatic Impunity]]: The steamroller and falling piano with diplomatic plates.
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{{quote|'''Seagoon:''' Quit stalling - empty your pockets!}}
** They were fond of this gag, but they did seem to know when to cut it off:
{{quote|'''Seagoon:''' Open my money chest and put on a [[No Fourth Wall|gramophone record]] of seven thousand pounds in shillings.
''Thirty seconds of coins clinking, one by one''
'''Bloodnok:''' Wait a minute, that was only three thousand five hundred pounds!
'''Seagoon:''' I'll play you the other side.
'''Bloodnok:''' No, wait; I'll play the rest when I get home. }}
* [[Patriotic Fervour]]: Seagoon, often claiming things "''For ENGLAAAAND!''" (despite Harry Secombe being Welsh).
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