Wallace Greenslade, who was the radio show's announcer for most of its run through the 1950s, died in 1961. Andrew Timothy had in fact been the original announcer for the radio shows in the early days, so it was fitting that he was given the job of announcing the last one of all.
This show was recorded at The Camden Theatre, in North London, the same location as hosted many of the original BBC radio Goon Shows in the 1950s. The building is still there today, as is the pub opposite to where the cast would slip out during the musical breaks for "a spot of the old brandy".
Neddie Seagoon:
[discovering Eccles in the coal cellar] What are you doing here?
Eccles:
Everybody's gotta be somewhere...
Peter Sellers:
[using dramatic voice] I have been asked by the Beeb Beeb Ceeb to get the audience warmed up. Well, to my knowledge, there is no better way, than for the gentlemen to use their right hand to squeeze the tops of the lady's thigh next to them!
[sound FX plays loud feminine "Ooh!" sounds]
Peter Sellers:
Splendid ! I shall now whistle the soliloquy from Hamlet...
[Peter whistles the soliloquy from Hamlet while walking away from the microphone]
Announcer:
That was Mr Sellers practicing his comeback.
Spike Milligan:
[whispering, to Harry and Peter] One, two, three.
Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers:
[Variety of welcome, thank you speeches, all unintelligible]
Announcer:
They haven't quite got the hang of it yet, but after another smoke they should be switched on. If you are switched on, I am empowered by the governors of BBC Wireless to say "Good Evening" in that order. I also have it on good authority that my name is Clapham Junction, but I'll have that checked out later. When I announced the first Goon Show in a field off Tiverton, I was 30... I am now 93.
Neddie Seagoon:
What were you doing up my trouser leg?
Bluebottle:
A man has to do what he has to do.