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One of Peter Sellers' favourite episodes of The Goon Show, the inspiration for The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI was torn from the pages of the news as Spike Milligan picked up on a story in the Telegraph about abuses of taxpayer money overseas.
James Page joins Tyler to discuss the show and they talk about how a neat happenstance in the previously referred to newspaper article provided the perfect hook for Milligan and a gag which over time has lost its original relevance; the many memorable lines and sequences which still get quoted today (and who knew g-strings were around in 1956?); a new theme tune; plus negotiations at the time for a new series with the BBC.
There's also time for some Ratties praise and that time an audience member walked onto the set of Wogan during a Harry & Spike interview.
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One of Peter Sellers' favourite episodes of The Goon Show, the inspiration for The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI was torn from the pages of the news as Spike Milligan picked up on a story in the Telegraph about abuses of taxpayer money overseas.
James Page joins Tyler to discuss the show and they talk about how a neat happenstance in the previously referred to newspaper article provided the perfect hook for Milligan and a gag which over time has lost its original relevance; the many memorable lines and sequences which still get quoted today (and who knew g-strings were around in 1956?); a new theme tune; plus negotiations at the time for a new series with the BBC.
There's also time for some Ratties praise and that time an audience member walked onto the set of Wogan during a Harry & Spike interview.

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