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Sunday, July 5, 2026

The Goon Show


I'm going to change the way this blog is run, and start doing half-hour podcasts every Sunday morning.  It's going to be like a weekly radio program.  
 
Back when I had a radio show, it ran from the middle of the night to dawn.  I'd always give over the last 30 minutes to the Goon Show, a living comic strip that ran on the BBC, 70 or so years ago.  Peter Sellers was one of them, Spike Milligan wrote most of it, a Welsh heldentenor named Harry Seacombe was dragged in somehow-- there they are on the left, Spike, Peter, Mr Greenslade, and Harry.  This week's program is from Feb 15, 1955, "The Sinking of Westminster Pier".
 
I think we'll start readings next week. 

Saturday, July 4, 2026

July 4 test post

 The Abe Lincoln Malfunction at the Hall of Presidents.

 Hey, it works!  Our first video file!  Yay!  Happy Fourth of July, everybody!