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

[joe@salerno.com]

Also one of my favs, "Napoleon's Piano" I believe is the proper name. 
Also I think this ep is one with some of my fav musical selections from 
this series. Ray Ellington could really rock....

joe salerno

bradc944 at comcast.net wrote:
> 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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