This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.
Brian Eno has called them “radio Dadaism,” and ranks them among the best in British comedy. Eddie Izzard believes the Goons were the start of modern comedy. And Monty Python? Well, they idolized them. Count John Lennon and The Beatles, Firesign Theater and Prince Charles among their fans.
The Goon Show, with Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Harry Secombe, was a BBC radio comedy show which ran from 1951 to 1960. I had heard of these legends, but only recently have begun to listen to some of their shows on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVrgmwWHqo8
The tomb of the Lost Emperor where no “hunan eye has ever set foot.”
The Goon’s surrealistic lightning-quick word play, amidst a bewildering array of character voices (Sellers easily did over a dozen) initially presents a challenge to the American listener. Often its “Britishness” (inside jokes and heavy accents) prevents a punch line’s impact, but the brilliance of the wit is profound.
The Goons broke new ground on a number of levels, not to mention introducing surrealism to a mass audience, including the use of expanded sound effects – effects, unheard of in their day, which have become commonplace.
To get an overview, watch this doc:
Give The Goons a chance and you’ll find yourself marveling at their comedic counterpoint.
Some counties are using opioid settlement funds to pay jail bills and in the southern part of the state, the story of one restaurant struggling to recover from February floods.
Officials with the Governor’s Highway Safety Program (GHSP) and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are reminding parents and caregivers to check cars carefully to be sure children aren't locked inside.
