Magazines
Entertainment magazines from the 1950's give a great insight into not only how the Goons were perceived, but how they marketed themselves to the masses. Here are some clippings and articles from various publications of the time...

Picture Post, June 1951
A two page article introducing The Goons and their 'zany' new sense of humor. Great pictures of them at Grafton's - the pub where they started out.
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John Bull, April 1954
Article focusing on Harry Secombe and his career.
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TV Mirror, September 1954
Great pictures in this one and a half page spread.
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TV Mirror, March 1956
Double page article entitled 'Goonery Makes a Hit on TV' which covers the success of the TV show 'The Idiot Weekly, Price 2d'.
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Radio Times, September 1955
Half page article promoting the start of the 6th Goon Show series.
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Picturegoer, November 1955
Another two page spread featuring The Goons new film, The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn.
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Radio Times, December 1956
Listing and Seperate Feature on a programme entitled "Secombes Year". Goon fans may notice that it's sketch material was written by Jimmy Grafton.
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Amateur Photographer, July 1957
An unsusal place to find reference to The Goons. This is actually an advert for photo film!
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Radio Times, November 1957
Although their show was listed weekly, The Goons were featured on the front cover of the radio times twice, this was the first.
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Radio Times, October 1958
Half page article promoting the start of the 9th series of The Goons.
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Radio Times, November 1958
First page of a pull out supplement featuring The Goons.
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Radio Times, September 1972
Front cover and 3 pages featuring The Goons and their reunion show - The Last Goon Show of All.
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Radio Times, August 1983
Article and front cover featuring Spike Milligan looking back at his career and the The Goons.
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