The Mummified Priest (VG)

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"The Mummified Priest (VG)"
The Goon Show episode
Episode: no.Series: Vintage Goons
Episode: 1
Written bySpike Milligan
Based onThe Mummified Priest
AnnouncerWallace Greenslade
Produced byCharles Chilton
Music
Recording
Numbers
  • T1/AG/2966
  • TLO 65468
First broadcast22 September 1958 (1958-09-22)
Running time31:12
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The Mummified Priest is an episode from The Goon Show. It is the first show in the Vintage Goons series and was based on the series 4 episode 17 sho 'The Mummified Priest'. There was a pre-recording rehearsal show at 4.30pm Sunday 6 October 1957, but the show was actually recorded later at 8.30pm. Both the pre-recording and recording was done at The Camden Theatre, London.

The first British public broadcast was on the Home Service on Monday 22 September 1958 at 8.30pm. It reached a peak listenership of 1.5m listeners.

Story

From ancient Egypt , land of monolithic pyramids and Karnak's fallen temples, comes this gripping story of the discovery of a long-dead Egyption priest's tomb. It all started one day in 1889 in the British Museum and it finished... but hear for yourselves the strange unfolding of this tale.

Music

Technical

Originally recorded on T5/AG/2966 (Agfa FR tape stock at 15 ips ¼" tape recorded at Channel 5 St. Hilda's, Maida Vale). This tape survived intact at TS but was cut about in the making of the PotG. Unfortunately the cuts were not kept, and these have been restored from the Vintage Goons disc. Comparing the sound of this show with the others in the series indicates an extreme 'presence' lift had been applied on recording, making the sound very 'toppy' and aggressive. This has been cut back on the restored version found on Compendium Vol 9 and CD Volume 12 'Shut up, Eccles!'.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kendall, Ted (2017). The Goon Show Compendium Vol 9 (Booklet 2). BBC Worldwide. p. 8. ISBN 9781471331619.