'Eccles Time' Animatic

Except from the BBC radio series 'The Goon Show' written by Spike Milligan

[@markbowles2382]

Thank the lord for Bentine, Secombe, Milligan and Sellers, still making the world smile, cheers from Northeast Florida.

[@richardcochrane1966]

THE BEST piece of comedy "logic" in history....🤣🤣

[@MLaak86]

Transference of utility was one of their favourite tropes - along with jokes about reproductions of money in various other formats

[@stephenguppy7882]

Still listening to The Goon Show on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Timeless.

[@johnrider5701]

Comedy gold from two comic geniuses.

[@kevinbennett7615]

This is possibly the funniest bit of radio ever. Always makes me laugh.

[@davidroberts3280]

The most genius logic of all time 😃 hence the pun on time

[@StephenLyons-tl8ie]

As Denis Norden once said "That's a jazz riff!!"

[@KickassUncle]

Oh, it's almost 8 o'clock, I've got to get going.

[@KickassUncle]

@@StephenLyons-tl8ie Better than jazz, it makes sense, in its own way.

[@janetbayford133]

Bring back the goon show! Boy, do we need a laugh.

[@shay-um7oq]

oh i loved this so much! ive been thinking lately i'd love if someone made a cartoon adaption of TGS, i think it could translate nicely to animation (much better than the telegoons ended up being), but unfortunately there's no fanbase and ive only seen one other animatic in general. so stumbling upon this made my day, their designs are perfect (i love how you used milligan's original sketches and improved them considering he wasnt exactly an artist haha) and i liked the details u animated on them. it was nice to see two characters i love in motion, this was great 😊

[@MaskedMan66]

There's a fan base, you better believe there is!

[@shoelaceagleto8398]

There’s an active fanbase! You just need to know where to look buddy ;)

[@minicle426]

Cosgrove Hall could have done it back in the 80s.

[@douglassun8456]

There's a lot of Goon Show content here on KZbin, and judging from the comments, there are plenty of people who still love it - including people who discovered it through their parents and grandparents! We live in a world where the audience for entertainment is ever more fractured, so creators are learning to exploit niches for what they're worth rather than trying to please everyone. I think a Goon Show animatics project would be perfect for a crowdfunding campaign. The most laborious part would probably be getting the rights from the BBC.

[@lloydpenfold486]

The funniest radio joke EVER!!!

[@hcrun]

Maybe the best illustration of the comedy genius that lived inside Spike's head....along with the dark things which troubled him at times.

[@markschildberg1667]

Beautiful animatic. My favorite moment from The Goon Show.

[@TestGearJunkie.]

Hang on a minute.... so Bluebottle's granddad got his grandma from his firm when he retired..? That would explain a lot 🤣

[@rb2312]

Used to listen to repeats of the goons on BFBS radio in the 80's.

[@neilmusgrove4668]

This is from the 1950s and it is still so funny! The goons were amazing and Spike was a genius!

[@philipbrackpool-bk1bm]

I bet Einstein would have liked this.

[@AXE668]

I can't remember who said it to whom, but one of my favourite lines from the Goons' Show is when two of them are talking and one says, "Is that a clock?", and the other replies, "No, it's a barometer", to which the first says, "Then it's high pressure I was leaving!".

[@tango6nf477]

"What time is it Eccles?" The Audience erupts in laughter. Such was the consummate skills of the Goons, for years they entertained the radio audiences in the days when radio was still "King". There is nothing and no one who can do that today.

[@douglassun8456]

Bluebottle was clearly a fan favorite. His signature entrance line, "Waits for audience applause... not a sausage" became irrelevant pretty quickly because the audience did cheer the first time Sellers went into that voice each episode.

[@INTERSETI]

Utter genius.

[@simoncollins493]

Classic comedy.

[@DaveYostCom]

Please repost this wonderful animation without the chopped off first word.

[@loafersheffield]

What?

[@DaveYostCom]

@@loafersheffield Yes.

[@loafersheffield]

@@DaveYostCom 😆👍

[@daveyr7454]

Takes me right back to my childhood, when our entertainment was the radio, before TV. I loved the goons :)

[@williamparker1085]

we had to use our imagination to conjure up the scenes

[@walrtbstudios5430]

Impeccable logic.

[@smtredsu]

I was born in 43 - heard this when I was about 7- 8- 9 years old - haven't stopped laughing yet. If everyone sends it to four friends it will become an Internet sensation - and who wouldn't want to send it on ??

[@freespeechoneeach]

thank you , this made my day

[@stuartryan610]

There is a short lived tv version called TELEGOONS. Made about 1964. It's on KZbin

[@anonnona8099]

Why on earth did you chop the first (approx) 20s off? What were you thinking of?

[@Kmadden2004]

Sorry, wasn’t my choice, all my Goon Show CDs are currently in storage. I just grabbed the audio from a third party source so I had something to storyboard.

[@nevillerichards1742]

bloody brill skit

[@petero8893]

Or bloody Brit skill

[@karimeasterbrook6292]

Brilliant!

[@moyascott11]

Love it

[@johnskuse6581]

Utter geniue

[@davidwilkinson4102]

Genius.