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

[bradc944 at comcast.net]

It was a pun on cigar adverts I believe... in the story where Neddy is to "move a piano from one room to another", the one room being the Louvre, there are repeated instances of "Have a Gorilla" with varied replies.  The ones I can remember (replies) are:

"No, thanks, I've... just put one out"

(Neddy to Eccles in the hold of the steamer going to France): "Have a gorilla".  Eccles accepts and f/x of a roaring gorilla is heard, with Eccles putting up a brave fight.  After a moment, silence ensues, then Eccles says "......strong...."

Another exchange:

"Have a gorilla."
"No, thanks, I'd rather smoke baboons!"
"Good show!"
"Baboon Show!"
(F/X: cheesy off-tune fanfare)

This episode is one of my favorites (favourites if you must), which includes the most hilarious rendition of a recording of Big Ben being...... well, you'd have to hear it to describe it. :)

"Everybody out! That includes you two idiots behind the pane of glass!"

Brad


----- Original Message -----
From: Don Chichester 
To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
Sent: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:33:01 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [78-L] goon show Q. for British listers


I was going to suggest a cigar/cigarette ad, too.  As in the Two Black Jacks:  "I smell feathers burning.  are you smoking an Owl?"

Don Chichester
 
> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:13:14 -0500
> From: ampex354 at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] goon show Q. for British listers
> 
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 10:21 AM, David Lennick 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.
> > >
> > > --------------------------------------------------
> > > From: "joe at salerno.com" 
> > > 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 listers
> > >
> > >> 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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