Tag Archives: The Goons

In memory of Charles Chilton who has just died.

What a lovely man, friendly and unassuming and with such a body of creative and original work behind him and an inspiration to many that followed! He was born on June 15 1917 and died on January 2nd 2013 Apparently he … Continue reading

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Eccles our look-a-like puppet grows his own!

Eccles sends greetings to all the other ‘look-a-like Goons’, who he believes were busy performing The Last Ever Goon Script outside the Strutton Arms recently!  He felt far too tired to go up to town, so in the absence of … Continue reading

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The 60th Anniversary – The Goon Show

The Goon Show – The 60th Anniversary of the first show   Today I am a very minor celebrity, as one of the ‘Telegoon’ puppeteers in the 60s.  Off I go to the The Strutton Arms with Alan my partner and my two sons … Continue reading

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