Griff Rhys Jones will be on Tony Snell's show on Radio Merseyside sometime after 10 this morning - talking about his forthcoming one man show (which I help him with a little bit!) at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton on 12 October www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

GOON POD Q&A pod.link/1569929507 This week Tyler tackles listeners' questions! What if Spike had written for Tony Hancock? Why did Barry Cryer complain about the Goons? Was Minnie Bannister inspired by The Bride of Frankenstein? ..And much much more! With @adamsleslie.bsky.social

At the doctor's. My finger looks like it's auditioning for a small role in Return of The Mummy

Brian Patten - one of the Liverpool Poets with Roger McGough and Adrian Henri - has died aged 79 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

26 September 1967 Yoko Ono appeared at the Bluecoat Chambers in Liverpool. When Yoko did a piece which involved her being entirely wrapped up in bandages, the Scaffold's John Gorman famously called from the back of the hall: "You're wanted on the phone, love!" www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxNJ...

Listening to this great pod shows.acast.com/the-beatles-.... I Saw Her Standing There is quite like When The Saints Go Marching In, the one song Paul learnt on the trumpet. Also Beatles/Goons crossover has anyone noticed when John songs "Held her hand in mi-ine" it's "Hello Ji-im" from the Goons!

At Heswall Hall tonight speaking to the Heswall Society about Beatles' Liverpool using a head mic last used by Clare Balding!

Spencer Leigh's column in the Liverpool Echo the other day ahead of Griff's appearance at the Floral Pavlion, New Brighton on 12 October. Get your tickets now while you can!

A couple of my colleagues from Liverpool Famous Walking Tours with a friend last week. Unfortunately she had made herself scarce by the time I was doing the tour in the afternoon!

A fantastic tour of Hamburg with Garry and Paul. Next time they say they're coming to do a tour of Beatle sites in Liverpool. Well, I'm available! Although they probably know more than I do!

Another fab and fascinating show from the team at Goon Pod whose work I recommended to some young folks I was speaking to at Birkenhead Sixth Form College last week - and, do you know what, they were either extraordinarily polite or genuinely interested!

THE NADGER PLAGUE With Sean Gaffney @toukochan.bsky.social pod.link/1569929507 Presumably the blue-pencil-clutching BBC censors were blissfully unaware of another meaning of the word 'nadgers' when they let this go out in 1956! We also discuss Liberace, Son of Fred, Telegoons and... Harry Potter?

The old Compton Hotel building on Church Street, Liverpool almost ready to re-open as Sports Direct who have had their name engraved on the plaque at the top so people in the future will think Sports Direct dates back to 1867

The John Lennon lambanana outside Arrowe Park Hospital where I had to spend a bit of time the other week. Presumably inspired by the well known Beatles lyric "lambanana-nana-na-nahhhh...."

Down here ready for another Beatles Liverpool tour with Liverpool Famous Walking Tours

One of several Sellers shows on BBC Sounds at the moment. Did not know the Not The Nine O'Clock News connection to Sellers' death. Also Michael Sellers claims he was the source of "He's fallen in the water" What do you think of that @goonpod.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

THE FILMS PETER SELLERS NEVER MADE pod.link/1569929507 Peter Sellers - 100 this week! - appeared in a lot of movies but there were a lot he turned down (The Producers) or were simply never made (The Phantom vs The Fourth Reich) - we discuss a bunch of them this week! With guest actor Patrick Strain

Tim Stanley who advocated for Brexit, "The biggest policy mistake was mass migration" As ChatGPT sums it up, "The UK has seen more legal migration after Brexit mainly because leaving the EU ended the free movement of EU citizens, forcing the UK to switch to a points-based immigration system"

In this special “Ted Talk”, we examine why an oddball comedy about three priests on a remote island should strike such a chord with audiences And Fearghal from bsky.app/profile/feck... pops in to share a few insights about the innate Irishness of Father Ted. shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...

This week on Goon Pod: THE FILMS PETER SELLERS NEVER MADE pod.link/1569929507

I have become fascinated by these relaxing virtual cafe scenes on YouTube. This doesn't look that relaxing to me though. I wouldn't want to be sitting on that sofa when a massive truck comes sweeping down the middle lane

Griff is on tour doing his fantastic live one man show of extraordinary stories and reminiscences beginning Sunday 12 October here at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton. I assist slightly with this production so please share if you can! Full list of dates here www.ents24.com/uk/tour-date...

3 September 1962 The Beatles were at The Cavern Club, Mathew Street, Liverpool working up an arrangement for How Do You Do It - the song by Mitch Murray that producer George Martin intended for their first single (but which the band turned out not to like!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4HI...

Filming on the streets of Liverpool yesterday and today. When asked, the crew told us they were not permitted to tell us what film was being made. If only there was some sort of clue in this pic from my colleague Allan

While I was doing The Beatles' tour the other day the guests were delighted to see a surprise appearance at Strawberry Fields by John Lennon's sister Julia Baird (pic from Strawberry Fields' Instagram)

In this two-hander Baldrick special, Michael and Ian look at the various incarnations of Blackadder’s long-suffering sidekick throughout that dastardly dynasty, from Baldrick Son of Robin The Dung Gatherer to Private S. Baldrick in the trenches of the Somme. shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...

In the new ep, Molly McDade @gefthemongoose.bsky.social talks about why Captain Darling is her favourite character in Blackadder Goes Forth. With Molly’s help, we also solve the age-old question of whether carrier pigeons really are in their prime in their mid-50s. shows.acast.com/663dc3b21f99...

18 August 1962 The Beatles played for the local Horticultural Society at Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, Wirral. It was their first performance with the official new line up - John, Paul, George and newly joined drummer Ringo

PICKWICK - with Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social pod.link/1569929507 Some people say that were it not for Pickwick we may not have got The Monkees as we know them today. It's a bit of a stretch but it's just one of the few threads Tim & Tyler pull at as they chat all things Pickwick!

This #redraw of an #ecoconscious #gangster #cartoon from The Harvard Business Review is available from Chris Beetles Gallery #originalart #dippenandink #watercolour

I wonder if it's the real one. He's got 118 friends, so presumably it must be!

17 August 1960 The Beatles arrived at Hamburg after a 36 hour journey from Liverpool and were photographed at the Indra Club where they would play for the next 48 nights

Today marks the 189th anniversary of the opening of Liverpool Lime St station - the oldest grand terminus station in the world still in use. Here is a photo of the station in 1890.

Monday 15 August 1960 John Lennon got his passport from the passport office in India Buildings on Water Street at 9.30 before dashing across the city to jump aboard Alan Williams' Morris J2 mini bus outside the Jacaranda Club on Slater Street and set off with the band for their first trip to Hamburg

9am this morning down at the Pier Head watching the Peter Blake designed Mersey ferry boat come in before setting off on today's Ticket to Ride Beatles car tour

Actual name of a company currently working on the drains up the road here. Their logo could have been worse I suppose

Goon Pod this week: a show first broadcast 22 Feb 1955, the day the Ark Royal set sail. Beatles link: Arthur Dooley was a welder on the Ark Royal before becoming a sculptor. When Liverpool council refused a Beatles statue in the 1970s, Dooley created Four Lads Who Shook the World on Mathew Street

Whenever I see any reference to super group Butler, Blake and Grant, I invariably think it's going to be an On The Buses tribute act

Mersey Beat issue 3 early August 1961. NEMS manager Brian Epstein began contributing a record review column from this issue. On the front cover, an ad for a show at The Cavern featuring The Beatles who Brian claimed he hadn't heard about until October when a fan asked him for their record My Bonnie

A fab mini episode. Really interesting

Tip top guest this week is the excellent and very funny writer David Quantick who I believe once concluded an interview with Mark Lewisohn with the question "So... Beatles or Stones?"

Another surprising and fascinating aspect of the Goon Show. Plus the pic below was on issue 1 of the New Musical Express on 7 March 1952

I can now legitimately claim that I have appeared on national television working alongside John, Paul, George and Ringo!

Anyone spot me in this clip from today's episode of Homes Under The Hammer? Yes it's genuinely me showing some visitors around the Beatles statue at the Pier Head!

24 July 1960 John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe's student apartment at 3 Gambier Terrace, Liverpool was featured in the Sunday People newspaper. A poster in the background of the shot is for a show featuring The Beatles and Gerry and the Pacemakers at the Grosvenor Ballroom, Wallasey on 6 June

A brilliant appearance by @garyseconomics.bsky.social‬. This is really worth a quick watch if you haven't seen him before www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0pG...

21 July 1958 the funeral of John Lennon's mother Julia was held following her death in a road accident on Menlove Avenue 6 days earlier. John, then aged 17, is said to have cried throughout the service. Some believe some of John's remains were buried in the plot at Allerton Cemetery a few years ago

Our special guest in this episode is fellow Blackadder enthusiast @drkeleditor.bsky.social, who looks at the language used in the various periods of Blackadder. And explains why you should never let historical accuracy get in the way of a good joke ... open.spotify.com/episode/7yE3...

New! AT LAST THE GO ON SHOW with Dirk Maggs & Ted Kendall pod.link/1569929507 (also featuring the marvellous @graemelf.bsky.social ) Dirk & Ted have done more than most to introduce new generations of fans to the Goons - and this is where the story really starts! @dirkmaggs.bsky.social