h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There is one Goon Show phrase that Richard (my husband) and I use whenever one of us suggests something impossible or ridiculous: "I'd like to see them do this on television." This comes from an episode (can't remember which) where Milligan says to Secombe (or vice versa): "You stand on my shoulders and pull me up, then I'll stand on your shoulders and pull you up ...". (They are trying to get out of a dungeon, prison or deep hole.)

'Don't do that, Eccles!'

"Hern!" (American characters)
"Hello Jim!" ("Singing" Jim Spriggs)
and of course... "Shut up Eccles" (everyone)

"Hello little Min"

"Great Lolloping Nurglers!" (sometimes heard from Bloodnock instead of swearing)

And what about Thynne's

You silly, twisted boy, you.

And that funny noise that Moriaty makes, sort of "look-a-la-goom" or something like that.
Has anypone mentioned "Hello Jim" yet?

And don't forget Henry Crun's "Y'can't get the wood y'know!" plus a few of Bloodnok's' such as: "Oooh! - It must be HELL in there!" - "What must the neighbours think !!" and "Nurse, quick - the screens - it's happened again!!". I think they were all caused by the curried gunpowder of which he was fond!!

"I've got it written down on a piece of paper here. Oh, yes..."

Hello folks! Hello folks! I speaking to you via my new roast beef speaking trumpet!
Perhaps I can help you out there. There is a part in "The Histories of Pliny the Elder" where Seagoon, Eccles and Bluebottle tyring to reach a manhole cover...

Seagoon: Right! Eccles, stand on my shoulders and pull me up!
(Straining noises)
Eccles: I'd like to see them do this on television.

There is also a similar scene in "The Affair of the Lone Banana". Again, Neddie and Eccles are trapped in a prison. Neddie asks whether there is any way out, in which Eccles says "Well, you could try that window up there".
What follows is a frantic scene where Neddie and Eccles are stacking the furniture on top of each other in an attempt to reach the window. In the meantime, Aldofus Spriggs entertains us with a song. Back in the prison, Neddie and Eccles are almost finished. Then suddenly there is an almighty crash as everything collapses. Adolfus Spriggs starts singing again!

"Is your name Charlie?" - Gryte-pipe Thyne
"Sosinges!" - Bluebottle
"Ooooh, mate!" - Wllium "Mate" Cobblers

I'm surprised no one's mentioned "This is the BBC..." (or have they?!)

Have we all forgotten the one where Secombe produces a large raspberry, and Bloodnok says 'No more curried eggs for me!!'

...and have I missed Bluebottle's

"You dirty rotten swine, you"

often followed (or even preceeded) by

"You have deaded me"



Phil

Henry Crun - we're doing nearly five miles an hour, Min!
also - The wick in the engine has gone out!

It's insane, Hennery! Man cannot live at such speeds!

Hi diddle dee, needle nardle noo, spling splang splong, ying tong iddle i po, and remember - you gotta go owww!

- This is actually a genuine Harry Secombe line.

- Object off the port beam!
- Here, what is that object off the port beam?
- It looks like the Albert Hall!
- What's the Albert Hall doing in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?
- More to the point, what are we doing in Hyde Park? You idiot, Eccles, we're four thousan miles off course!
- Nobody's perfect.

(and this is where the story really starts..)

(Again from Eccles, on lookout) "Mine ahead! Dirty great mine ahead! Oh...it's alright, it's one of our...*KABLOOM*"

Seagoon: You'll never get it, I tell you! It's guarded!
Thynne: Guarded, eh? Bring weapons and ammunition.
Seagoon: Yes, it's guarded by the fearless Major Bloodnok!
Thynne: Bloodnok, eh? Bring money.....

(From 1985) Bluebottle: Enter torturer Bluebottle, with Junior Cardboard Cut Out Torture Kit