Yes the goons, they were listened to on radio by my parents and 2 eldest brothers before television in new zealand, the beatles, or me. The NZBC; New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation played them more or less continually in an ever-shifting weekly slot for years, later joined by (not replaced by! this was Soviet era NZ) the radio show of the hitch-hikers guide to the universe (the funniest format it was ever presented in - the books are good but all the movie & TV show are poo). One Christmas when we were still a family of 4 with me as the youngest... or was there a baby? someone was given a book of the goon show scripts, it may have been one of the best gifts ever, I still remember a line: Eccles! how dare you get up after I've tucked you in and beaten you unconscious for the night?

Oh well, I should have kept up with my cohort professionally. I work with children who reminisce about transformers and turtles. Never heard of Gilligan most of them! Or at least I will work with them on tuesday when I go back to work for two four-day weeks.