[78-L] goon show Q. for British listers

[Eddie O'Strange]

It's a nickname for a cigarillo, popular in the 50s and 60s.
They are/were thinner, and quite a bit longer than a cigarette,
and brown like a cigar, tasting like a cigar not a cigarette.
Some had a plastic mouthpiece.
- Eddie, NZ
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Royal Pemberton wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 10:21 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>   
>> Doesn't Neddy respond "No thank you, I've just put one out" when
>> Grytpipe-Thynne says it on one show?
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Brian Bashford wrote:
>>     
>>> I don't think it meant anything at all. It was just one of dozens of
>>> catchphrases invented by the writer Spike Milligan.
>>>
>>> Brian B.
>>>
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>>> From: "joe at salerno.com" <jsalerno at earthlink.net>
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 1:42 PM
>>> To: "78-l" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Subject: [78-L] goon show Q. for British lister
>>>> Hello All Yall across the pond from Texas,
>>>>
>>>> When Neddie Deagoon, Moriarty, or another Goon Show character meets
>>>> someone and says "Have a gorilla?" what does that mean?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> joe salerno
>>>>
>>>>         
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> Sounds like a spoof of a cigar or a cigarette ad to me!  Like 'Hav-A-Tampa'.
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