Pop culture roundup: Goon Show; Bonzo Dog Band; Marvel Comics

The Goon Show was a hilarious BBC radio program of the 1950s that helped introduce the world to the many talents and voices of Peter Sellers. The group, which also featured Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan (the writer/genius behind it all) was a huge influence on Monty Python and beloved by the Beatles.  The program was at once satirical, surreal and silly.  You can still hear old episodes regularly on the Beeb here.

But, that's the background, the news here is this nifty Goons print, available on the ClareIllustrated Etsy site. Very nice work of the trio as they might have appeared on a cover of Britain's Radio Times magazine. Cool!


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Via the fabulous Dangerous Minds, here's another great British institution: The Bonzo Dog Band in its first TV performance on the BBC's "Blue Peter."


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Sean Howe, author of the upcoming "Marvel Comics: The Untold Story," has a great Tumblr site where he's sharing stuff like this:


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