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What time is it, Eccles?
The Goons Show, (Which mainly consisted of Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan) Are the founders of all modern Day Satire and character\observational Comedy, no matter what you think about modern day comedy, it all started with these guys, way way back in the 1950's, they gave rise to the likes of Monty Python and many other comedy acts, they influenced many comedians and actors in the evolution of comedy over the years. i never look at past history as being dead and gone. i was never part of those times but it still echoes fresh, it still plays out over and over in a way - intelligent comedy that should always be admired.. so this Drawing is to point out that Comedy no matter how dated it may be, it's still clever and witty and most importantly entertaining even if you're a Gen Z with your devices stuck on Tik-Tok..these old comedy geniuses knew how to entertain....

So i picked this script - i found this was one of their many inventive and clever comedy pieces - What follows is arguably the most famous single sequence in any Goon Show. The show is The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker (series 7, episode 18). About 25 minutes in the show, Bluebottle and Eccles are "in the ground floor attic" of a clock repairers. After listening to lots of timepieces ticking, chiming, cuckooing etc. for a while...this happens... i added the Video for extra effect www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjHlF…
Peter Sellers as Bluebottle and Spike Milligan as Eccles -

Bluebottle. What time is it Eccles?

Eccles. Err, just a minute. I, I've got it written down 'ere on a piece of paper. A nice man wrote the time down for me this morning.

Bluebottle. Ooooh, then why do you carry it around with you Eccles?

Eccles, Well. umm, if a anybody asks me the ti-ime, I ca-can show it to dem.

Bluebottle. Wait a minute Eccles, my good man...

Eccles. What is it fellow?

Bluebottle, It's writted on this bit of paper, what is eight o'clock, is writted.

Eccles. I know that my good fellow. That's right, um, when I asked the fella to write it down, it was eight o'clock.

Bluebottle. Well then. Supposing when somebody asks you the time, it isn't eight o'clock?

Eccles, Ah. den I don't show it to dem.

Bluebottle. Ooohhh...Eccles [Smacks lips] Yeah.

Bluebottle. Well how do you know when it's eight o'clock?

Eccles. I've got it written down on a piece of paper!

Bluebottle. Oh, I wish I could afford a piece of paper with the time written on it.

Eccles. Oohhhh.

Bluebottle. 'Ere Eccles?

Eccles.Yah.

Bluebottle. Let me hold that piece of paper to my ear would you? - 'Ere. This piece of paper ain't goin'.

Eccles. What? I've been sold a forgery!

Bluebottle. No wonder it stopped at eight o'clock.

Eccles. Oh dear.

Bluebottle. You should get one of them tings my grandad's got.

Eccles. Oooohhh?

Bluebottle. His firm give it to him when he retired.

Eccles. Oooohhh.

Bluebottle. It's one of dem tings what it is that wakes you up at eight o'clock, boils the kettil, and pours a cuppa tea.

Eccles. Ohhh yeah! What's it called? Um.

Bluebottle. My granma.

Eccles. Ohh... Ohh, ah wait a minute. How does she know when it's eight o'clock?

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What time is it, Eccles?
The Goons Show, (Which mainly consisted of Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe and Spike Milligan) Are the founders of all modern Day Satire and character\observational Comedy, no matter what you think about modern day comedy, it all started with these guys, way way back in the 1950's, they gave rise to the likes of Monty Python and many other comedy acts, they influenced many comedians and actors in the evolution of comedy over the years. i never look at past history as being dead and gone. i was never part of those times but it still echoes fresh, it still plays out over and over in a way - intelligent comedy that should always be admired.. so this Drawing is to point out that Comedy no matter how dated it may be, it's still clever and witty and most importantly entertaining even if you're a Gen Z with your devices stuck on Tik-Tok..these old comedy geniuses knew how to entertain....

So i picked this script - i found this was one of their many inventive and clever comedy pieces - What follows is arguably the most famous single sequence in any Goon Show. The show is The Mysterious Punch-up-the-Conker (series 7, episode 18). About 25 minutes in the show, Bluebottle and Eccles are "in the ground floor attic" of a clock repairers. After listening to lots of timepieces ticking, chiming, cuckooing etc. for a while...this happens... i added the Video for extra effect www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tjHlF…
Peter Sellers as Bluebottle and Spike Milligan as Eccles -

Bluebottle. What time is it Eccles?

Eccles. Err, just a minute. I, I've got it written down 'ere on a piece of paper. A nice man wrote the time down for me this morning.

Bluebottle. Ooooh, then why do you carry it around with you Eccles?

Eccles, Well. umm, if a anybody asks me the ti-ime, I ca-can show it to dem.

Bluebottle. Wait a minute Eccles, my good man...

Eccles. What is it fellow?

Bluebottle, It's writted on this bit of paper, what is eight o'clock, is writted.

Eccles. I know that my good fellow. That's right, um, when I asked the fella to write it down, it was eight o'clock.

Bluebottle. Well then. Supposing when somebody asks you the time, it isn't eight o'clock?

Eccles, Ah. den I don't show it to dem.

Bluebottle. Ooohhh...Eccles [Smacks lips] Yeah.

Bluebottle. Well how do you know when it's eight o'clock?

Eccles. I've got it written down on a piece of paper!

Bluebottle. Oh, I wish I could afford a piece of paper with the time written on it.

Eccles. Oohhhh.

Bluebottle. 'Ere Eccles?

Eccles.Yah.

Bluebottle. Let me hold that piece of paper to my ear would you? - 'Ere. This piece of paper ain't goin'.

Eccles. What? I've been sold a forgery!

Bluebottle. No wonder it stopped at eight o'clock.

Eccles. Oh dear.

Bluebottle. You should get one of them tings my grandad's got.

Eccles. Oooohhh?

Bluebottle. His firm give it to him when he retired.

Eccles. Oooohhh.

Bluebottle. It's one of dem tings what it is that wakes you up at eight o'clock, boils the kettil, and pours a cuppa tea.

Eccles. Ohhh yeah! What's it called? Um.

Bluebottle. My granma.

Eccles. Ohh... Ohh, ah wait a minute. How does she know when it's eight o'clock?