Goon

Pearl Harbor day has come and gone. It was pretty much ignored around here. I feel sorry for veterans like my Dad who spent an extra three years in the army because of the attack. He had 5 months to go on his hitch before it happened. But he survived and because he did I'm here and so is this review:



DOWN AMONG THE Z MEN-1952-This is the only full length film to feature the 4 original members (Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan & Michael Bentine) of THE GOON SHOW, the classic English TV/radio comedy series. Sad to say it's not very good despite the presence of Sellers & Milligan.

The story is about a whacky professor (Bentine) who loses his formula for a secret gas. A dumb grocery clerk (Secombe) tries to help him and winds up getting drafted. He teams up with a stupid corporal (Milligan) to stop some spies from getting the top secret formula. Sellers is Major Bloodnok (a character he created on the show) the commanding officer. Singer Carole Carr is featured as an undercover agent who sings a couple of songs.

Some routines are performed but it's just not very funny. I guess it's out dated (1952 WAS a long time ago). However THE GOONS themselves inspired MONTY PYTHON and a host of others.

Today is also the 115th birthday of EC Segar, who created Popeye The Sailor!

Thanks for reading!