The Book of the Goons

The Book of the Goons

Author: Spike Milligan

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9780860512868

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A volume of genuine correspondence between the Goons, which also includes a selection of faithfully reproduced Goon Show scripts.


The Goons

The Goons

Author: Norma Farnes

Publisher: Virgin Publishing

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780753505298

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Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe, along with a select handful of friends, delve into their personal memorabilia and their memories to piece together the history of the Goons, under the guidance of Spike's long-suffering manager, Norma Farnes.


The Goon Show Companion

The Goon Show Companion

Author: Jimmy Grafton

Publisher: Robson Books Limited

Published: 2003-03

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780860518365

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The 'Goon Show Companion' is the ultimate Goon book that no Goonatic should be without. In addition to tracing the history and development of the famous British comic radio show from its beginnings in 1951, it contains a meticulous Goonography, listing every Goon Show with its original transmission date, correct title, announced title (if this was different), and details if of writers, cast and producers. Compiled by Roger Wilmut and with a special memoir by the late Jimmy Grafton, in whose pub the first programs were hatched. 'The Goon Show Companion' is a must for all true fans.


Milligan's Meaning of Life

Milligan's Meaning of Life

Author: Spike Milligan

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2011-10-06

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0670920789

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Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show. They have sold over 4.5 million copies. With his lightning-quick wit, unbridled creativity and his ear for the absurd, Milligan revolutionised British comedy, leaving a legacy of influence that stretches from Monty Python's Flying Circus to the work of self-confessed acolytes such as Eddie Izzard and Stephen Fry today. Throughout his life, Milligan wrote prolifically - scripts, poetry, fiction, as well as several volumes of memoir, in which he took an entirely idiosyncratic approach to the truth. In this ground-breaking work, Norma Farnes, his long-time manager, companion, counsellor and confidante, gathers together the loose threads, reads between the lines and draws on the full breadth of his writing to present his life in his own words: an autobiography - of sorts. From his childhood in India, through his early career as a jazz musician and sketch-show entertainer, his spells in North Africa and Italy with the Royal Artillery, to that fateful first broadcast of The Goon Show and beyond into the annals of comedy history, this is the autobiography Milligan never wrote.


The Essential Spike Milligan

The Essential Spike Milligan

Author: Spike Milligan

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0007155115

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This anthology of Spike Milligan's work includes favourites from his classic books, such as 'Puckoon'; scripts from the Goon show; a collection of letters; his liberating writings on depression; and a selection of children's poetry and writings.


Spike Milligan: Man of Letters

Spike Milligan: Man of Letters

Author: Spike Milligan

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2013-10-03

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 0241966930

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Spike Milligan's letters contain some of the best material he ever wrote . . . Collected here for the first time are the funniest, rudest and most revealing of them - most of which have never been seen before - from one of the greatest comics of the twentieth century to some of its most famous politicians, actors, celebrities and rock stars (as well as a host of unlikely individuals on some surprising subjects): - rounded teabags ('what did you do with the corners?') - backless hospital gowns ('beyond my comprehension') - heartfelt apologies ('pardon me for being alive') and the imbalance of male and female ducks in London's parks. Here, then, is the real Spike Miligan: obsessive, rude, generous and relentlessly witty. 'Milligan's zaniness shines through' Telegraph 'The godfather of alternative comedy' Eddie Izzard Spike Milligan was one of the greatest and most influential comedians of the twentieth century. Born in India in 1918, he served in the Royal Artillery during WWII in North Africa and Italy. At the end of the war, he forged a career as a jazz musician, sketch-show writer and performer, before joining forces with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe to form the legendary Goon Show. Until his death in 2002, he had success as on stage and screen and as the author of over eighty books of fiction, memoir, poetry, plays, cartoons and children's stories.


Archer's Goon

Archer's Goon

Author: Diana Wynne Jones

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-09-25

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0062243403

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The trouble started when Howard Sykes came home from school and found the "goon" sitting in the kitchen. He said he'd been sent by Archer. But who was Archer? It had to do with the 2,000 words that Howard's author father had failed to deliver. It soon became clear not only that Archer wanted those words, but that his wizard siblings, Hathaway, Dillian, Shine, Torquil, Erskine, and Venturus, would also go to any lengths to get them. Although each wizard ruled a section of the town, he or she was a prisoner in it. Each suspected that one of them held the secret behind the words, and that secret was the key to their freedom. Which one of them was it? The Sykes family become pawns in the wizards' fight to win their freedom, wrest control from one another, and fan out to rule the world. Diana Wynne Jones skillfully guides the reader through a riveting, twisty plot, with satisfying surprises at every amazing turn. An exciting science fiction adventure where, happily, nothing is what it first seems to be.