You may also like The Goon Show. [1] It's a BBC radio comedy show that ran in the 1950s, and was way ahead of time. Some episodes make references to then-curren

You may also like The Goon Show. [1] It's a BBC radio comedy show that ran in the 1950s, and was way ahead of time. Some episodes make references to then-current events that are little known nowadays such as guerilla war in Malaysia, but many are timeless. Episodes "The Canal" [2], "The Jet-Propelled Guided NAAFI" [3] and "The Whistling Spy Enigma" [4] are among my favourites. They have a very playful style and a refreshing lack of cynicism and profanities. John Cleese has said that the Goon Show "influenced us enormously", and many well-known Monty Python's sketches like "The Funniest Joke in the World" [5] can be traced to the Goon's jokes like dropping 1918 calendars on Berlin to force Germans surrender (in episode "World War One"). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goon_Show [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69K1MQ4YJE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-69K1MQ4YJE [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwSQ0CBQuA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwSQ0CBQuA0 [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nMjk--OVR4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nMjk--OVR4 [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9FzUI8998U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9FzUI8998U