Memorial Show for Bill Chamberlain

2640 Space, Saturday, June 6 at 12:00 PM EDT

$25 - All proceeds donated to the family of Bill Chamberlain

Doors: Noon Music: 1pm

Kartël

The Brood

Anticitizen

The Goons

Nightfall

Little A

WARXGAMES

Invasive

Star Carr

Rabid City

https://baltimore.askapunk.net/event/memorial-show-for-bill-chamberlain

This feels extremely important to share ...

(I think I've heard at least 8)

https://goonshow.org/features/goonpod-top20/

#GoonShow #TheGoons #Humour

On this date in 1952 The Goon Show was first broadcast on BBC Radio. 10 facts about the Goons:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2026/01/22-january-goons.html

#TheGoons #Radio #BBC #BBCRadio #GoonShow

Bad Jelly the Witch - an all time favorite children’s story by the hilarious Spike Milligan of The Goons.

#story #funny #childrensbooks #writing #thegoons #england #spikemilligan #glitch

This item is from October 1952. In 1951, Diana Coupland featured in London Entertains, a quasi-documentary about London and the entertainment industry. The film featured the Festival of Britain, the Windmill Theatre and a public house, Graftons.

#SocialHistory #History #Entertainment #Films #Music #1950s #TheGoons

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It's tempting to think that #Baroque / #DerivativeWorks are a thing of the #21stCentury.

And then within hours of tripping over the whimsical illustrations by #ToveJansson for a 1962 Swedish translation of #TheHobbit you, or more precisely, I, find a 1968 #BBC radio play adaptation of The Hobbit that, I kid you not, seems to have #SpikeMilligan's #Moriarty character from #TheGoons playing #Gandolf, and the dwarves sounding more like cherubs.