Book 20 -- The Book Of The Goons

The Book Of The Goons - edited by Elizabeth Rose (Robson Books)




Well, this did not take long to read and that was due to too much padding. The scripts are good but the rest is disappointing. I'm not sure what I expected from this book, but it disappointed me regardless. It contains about three Goon Show scripts which are, as you would expect, excellent.

But the rest of book felt like padding to me, and a rushed job. It has a lot of black-and-white photos which I didn't find desperately interesting. It has a lot of correspondence among the Goons which may have historical significance but it all seemed much of a muchness to me and not that funny. I guess I expected a historical account of the Goons. Thank goodness it was one of those free books i picked up from the charity shop that moved a few doors up the road in Faversham.

The Goon Show - Tales Of Old Dartmoor

For thisisdavid and thespian15 a Goon Show classic.

Random Notes

Not much done today except household chores, then watching the football on the Sky Sports channel, and listening to some archived radio programmes. I also dipped int o the heavy Penguin Guide To Jazz Recordings to check up on some reviews of jazz albums i have in my collection.

It has been a lovely warm sunny day, and yet i have been hardly out. It is difficult to sit outside in the garden anyway, as the neighbours have a mouthy dog that does not seem to like me , and it uses our garden, not theirs at the top. Come the summer months, where it is predicted we will have  a very hot one, i will want to take advantage of the garden to sunbathe and read.

Wednesday I am travelling down for the usual monthly lunch club in Brighton ,but coming back the same day as i still have a few visits to do this forthcoming week.

I must remember to contact the Northern Lights in Brighton to wink out some gigs from them, as my DJ   persona needs his fingers spinning the music to groove the enthralled punters that come into the Scandinavian bar. Jazzy D needs his gig nights again come April.