The Goon Show running jokes

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This is a list of running jokes and catchphrases in the 1950s British radio programme The Goon Show .

Contents

Catchphrases

Bluebottle's catchphrases
Eccles' catchphrases
Grytpype-Thynne's catchphrases

Other catchphrases

Regular plot devices

Very long jokes

A number of episodes seem to contain jokes which take a minute or more to get to the punchline, often involving repetition, either due to the need to use up time, or more likely, for comic effect. Some examples are below:

Footnotes

  1. "The Goon Show Site - Episode Details For Series 5". www.thegoonshow.net. Archived from the original on 10 March 2005. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  2. "The Goon Show Site - Script - Queen Anne's Rain (Series 9, Episode 8)". www.thegoonshow.net. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 23 September 2008.

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