Radio, do you remember when .....

Have to admit that only the Poms could do 'silliness' well. L and H etc were more slapstick by comparison but don't know if the US did any radio in the Sellers/Milligan style, don't think their style would have 'travelled' back then somehow.
 

No Di, I don't think so.
just listened to Round the Horne......I don't know how they got away with it in 1968!
 
Here's some audio downloads of the Goons for any curiosity addicts out there. (haven't tried them so no guarantees)


Whoops! just looked again and they're not free .. far from it! Taking down the link.



 

I used to love listening to the radio when I was little.
Being horse-crazy, my favorite was (of course) The Cisco Kid.
"Aaaayyy, Cisco ! Aaaayyy, Pancho ! " was my favorite comment, and was like the "Git'er done ! " is nowadays. I know we listened to others, but that was my favorite.

Then, we had Roy Rogers singing Happy Trails on the radio, and my little girl imagination believed that Roy was actually sitting around in our local KSPT radio station, waiting to sing for us.
One day, my Dad had to go to the station, and I got to go along. When we got there, I was looking all over, and finally had to ask, "where is Roy Rogers at, Daddy ?".
He gave me that look that parents give their kids at times like this, and then kindly explained to me that the singers weren't there, and they just played the music on records.
Life was never the same....
 
A hilarious web site is http://www.thisoldradioshow.com/OldRadioShows/OldRadioAds/VintageRadioAds.php . It has a long list of vintage radio commercials, many of which are unintentionally funny, and all of them nostalgic. Just click on the product name, and listen to the ad. (Groves' Nose Drops, for instance had me rolling on the floor.)

Another good site for those with fond recollections of radio shows is www.genericradio.com . It has scripts of many of the old radio shows, which can be read or downloaded free of charge. I particularly like the Jack Benny ones. His humor has held up amazingly well.
 
Vivjen said:
No Pappy, it was a very British radio comedy of the 1950's Peter Sellars, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine.
Really siily and surreal, ahead of it's time. Monty Python said that the Goons inspired them....
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British comedy is the best!
 

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