I had seen this many years ago and forgotten most of it (for obvious reasons now) and wanted to see if it was a bad as I remembered.......................and it was!
As most of you will know I am a seriously ardent fan of The Goon Show, and this film primarily was what it was supposed to be about, BUT when it is written by somebody else, i.e. not Spike Milligan (primarily and/or Eric Sykes/Larry Stephens) it is not really a Goon Show as such and this is borne out by the fact that (we'll ignore Michael Bentine who was just plain silly and brought nothing to the party) Harry, was just a bloke called..............er, Harry (no Neddy Seagoon), Spike was called Eccles, but loony faces are not enough and Peter was called Colonel Bloodnok, but again bore absolutely no resemblance to Major Dennis Bloodnok from the radio series - in fact, Peter's talents were completely wasted in this film - as were Spike and Harry's for that matter.
Clearly this shouldn't have been called The Goon Show, which it was before the titles come up and given the date is probably more like its predecessor "Crazy People" from 1951, recordings of which are all lost and I have to say if they were like this film it's probably for the best.
No, The Goon Show didn't really get into its stride until the fourth series (without Bentine, AND Jimmy Grafton who co-wrote this abysmal film) in 1953/54, besides The Goon Show IS strictly a radio show - TV (Telegoons) or films could never capture the insane and hilarious scenarios.
