"Last Goon Show of All"" In 2001, the BBC recorded a ""new"" ""Goon Show"", ""Goon Again"", featuring Andy Secombe (son of Harry), Jon Glover and Jeffrey Holland, with Christopher Timothy (son of Andrew Timothy) announcing and Lance Ellington (son of Ray Ellington) singing, based on two lost series 3 episodes from 1953, ""The Story of Civilisation"" and ""The Plymouth Ho Armada"", both written by Milligan and Stephens. The Goons made a number of records including ""I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas"" (originally sung by Milligan in the show to fill in during a musicians' strike), and ""Bloodnok's Rock and Roll Call"","
"title character points out an Ogre constellation known as 'Bloodnok The Flatulent'. Il Capitano Major Bloodnok Major Denis Bloodnok is a fictional character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy ""The Goon Show"". He was voiced by Peter Sellers. Bloodnok's army career was notable for cowardice and monetary irregularities. He was discharged after being found dressed as a woman, although he claims it was carnival night. He was repeatedly implied to be a womaniser. A prime example of this is in ""Drums Along the Mersey"" where he is thrown out of a boat for being caught with the captain's wife. Another"
"Major Gowen Major Gowen, usually known as the Major, is a fictional character played by Ballard Berkeley in the BBC sitcom ""Fawlty Towers"". Major Gowen is an old, befuddled, slightly senile, retired artillery officer permanently residing in the hotel. He appears in all 12 episodes, along with the other permanent residents Miss Gatsby and Miss Tibbs. He enjoys talking about the world (especially the cricket scores and workers' strikes) and is always on the lookout for the newspaper. He has trouble forgiving Germany for the Second World War. He often appears slightly hard of hearing, which leads to some confusion"
"Major Bloodnok Major Denis Bloodnok is a fictional character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy ""The Goon Show"". He was voiced by Peter Sellers. Bloodnok's army career was notable for cowardice and monetary irregularities. He was discharged after being found dressed as a woman, although he claims it was carnival night. He was repeatedly implied to be a womaniser. A prime example of this is in ""Drums Along the Mersey"" where he is thrown out of a boat for being caught with the captain's wife. Another example is featured in ""The Histories of Pliny the Elder"", when he says: ""You"
"obvious hint that the bar should be open and his drink should be served. Early in the day, Basil tends to say """"Ah, morning Major"""". John Cleese has said that the Major was based on his Latin teacher from school. Major Gowen Major Gowen, usually known as the Major, is a fictional character played by Ballard Berkeley in the BBC sitcom ""Fawlty Towers"". Major Gowen is an old, befuddled, slightly senile, retired artillery officer permanently residing in the hotel. He appears in all 12 episodes, along with the other permanent residents Miss Gatsby and Miss Tibbs. He enjoys talking about"
"Goo Goo Goliath Goo Goo Goliath is a 1954 ""Merrie Melodies"" mockumentary cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng, which features the drunk stork (a.k.a. the """"steadfastly stinko stork"""" from Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 6) as the main character. When the drunken stork delivers the wrong babies, The stork delivers a tiny baby to a giant and a giant baby to a married couple,The giant baby escapes the couple from their house and wanders into the streets. The stork delivers the giant baby to the kangaroo inside the zoo, The baby is happy inside the kangaroo's pouch as the cartoon"
"right way."" In his spare time, he was head coach of Bloom County's pee-wee football team (which he used to live out his lifelong fantasy of being a military commander, ""a la"" George S. Patton), whose players included Milo and Michael Binkley. Like most of the strip's original cast of characters, The Major faded from sight around 1983, though he was mentioned in the short story ""The Great LaRouche Toad-Frog Massacre"" in the 1986 book Bloom County Babylon. While he stopped appearing, he and his wife were presumably still present, as they were responsible for running the boarding house where"
"Gossamer (Looney Tunes) Gossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ""Looney Tunes"" and ""Merrie Melodies"" series of cartoons. The character is a hairy, orange monster. His rectangular body is perched on two giant tennis shoes, and his heart-shaped face is composed of only two oval eyes and a wide mouth, with two hulking arms ending in dirty, clawed fingers. The monster's main trait is bright uncombed orange hair. He originally was voiced by Mel Blanc and has been voiced by Frank Welker, Maurice LaMarche, Joe Alaskey, Jim Cummings, and Kwesi Boakye. The word ""gossamer"" means any sort"
"Old Major Old Major (also called Willingdon Beauty, his name used when showing) is the first major character described by George Orwell in ""Animal Farm"". This ""purebred"" of pigs is a kind, grandfatherly philosopher of change. Old Major proposes a solution to the animals' desperate plight on Manor Farm under the Jones administration and inspires thoughts of a rebellion. The actual time of the revolt is unsaid; it could be tomorrow or several generations down the road. Old Major dies three days after delivering his speech and the animals, stirred up by this speech, set to work immediately on the"
"physical on the part of his stupidity. Karate's father was the blacksmith who made Batfink's mighty metallic wings. The Chief (Len Maxwell) is Batfink's contact on the local police force and informs Batfink of all the latest crimes via a direct video link to Batfink's split-level cave. (""The hotline--Batfink here."") The blue-smocked, wild-haired Hugo A-Go-Go (Frank Buxton) is the main villain of the series. He is referred to as ""the world's maddest scientist"" and spends his time in his ""secret"" laboratory creating weird and wacky inventions (including a robot bride, complete with robot mother-in-law) to defeat Batfink and dominate the"
"the air. Ratchett's helmet emits ""telepathic noise"" that makes Big Sir susceptible to suggestion. Big Sir (comics) Big Sir is a fictional DC Comics character. He first appeared in ""The Flash"" #338 (October 1984). Born Dufus P. Ratchett, he had a malformed brain gland that caused him to grow to incredible proportions but left him mentally handicapped. He was later abducted from his Central City Breedmore Mental Hospital home by the Rogues who equipped him with a high-tech suit of armor created by the Monitor. This suit was heavily armored, could fly, and included a powerful energy flail. However, it"
"Show"" (as it was originally called) was born. Brainstorming with his long-time wife, Mary Rita, Deming eventually came up with a tongue-in-cheek vampire character ""Sir Graves Ghastly"" to be the lead on the show. The character was most widely recognized for his dark (and fake) mustache and goatee, plus a cackling, nasally laugh (""Nyaaa-aaaaaaah""). Sir Graves wasn't the only character on the show. Deming also developed a sidekick named Baruba (dressed in a monk's outfit and hood, so you couldn't see the face), who did his bidding. Perhaps the most beloved character was The Glob, whose face appeared (via early"
"Hour"". Alice the Goon Alice the Goon is a fictional character in E. C. Segar's comic strip ""Thimble Theatre"" and in the ""Popeye"" cartoon series derived from it. Alice made her debut in the Sunday, December 10, 1933, ""Thimble Theatre"" strip, part of the ""Plunder Island"" storyline. Initially unnamed and of unspecified sex, she works as a guard for the Sea Hag, a vicious pirate and the last sorceress on Earth. Alice is portrayed as an Amazonian giantess (eight feet tall), bald, with a large nose (reminiscent of a proboscis monkey, or of Rastapopoulos from ""The Adventures of Tintin""), no"
"him out as a stereotypical boffin. He has a university degree in English literature and is very clever, speaking with a very upper-class accent. This is why the Sergeant Major always mockingly repeats what he says, as well as mockingly addressing him as Mister La-De-Dah Gunner Graham. Graham often has difficult and ingenious plans to solve the concert party's problems, but these plans never seem to work and often result in his saying ""oh well, bang goes that theory"". The others (even the Sergeant Major and the officers) often rely on his intelligence to get them out of awkward situations."
"filing and signing documents. He usually complains how boring Heaven is and his aunt feels the same way. He was told to take care of the heretic child, named Son Goku, and had a stressful time keeping up with him. Like his human profile he is a little loud and had zero temper especially to Goku (he calls him his pet). But to Goku he was ""the sun"" because of his long golden blond hair. His primary weapon is a five-shot Smith & Wesson revolver known as a ""banishing gun"", which he wields as an expert marksman and is rarely"
"there to fix light bulbs, change projections, alter backdrops, etc. He can be heard from time to time running backstage, constantly out of breath. Buff - Buff is considered the leader of the animal heads and is also the largest. He is the head portion of an American bison. In this show, he wears a fisherman's hat and is voiced by Disney legend Thurl Ravenscroft. Max - Max is the head portion of a whitetail buck. In the show, he wears a green baseball cap. He is voiced by Mike West. Melvin - Melvin is the bull moose head of"
"Alice the Goon Alice the Goon is a fictional character in E. C. Segar's comic strip ""Thimble Theatre"" and in the ""Popeye"" cartoon series derived from it. Alice made her debut in the Sunday, December 10, 1933, ""Thimble Theatre"" strip, part of the ""Plunder Island"" storyline. Initially unnamed and of unspecified sex, she works as a guard for the Sea Hag, a vicious pirate and the last sorceress on Earth. Alice is portrayed as an Amazonian giantess (eight feet tall), bald, with a large nose (reminiscent of a proboscis monkey, or of Rastapopoulos from ""The Adventures of Tintin""), no visible"
"abrasiveness repels women, Gomer is in the position of salvaging numerous social occasions by charming the women whose opinions are important to officers at the Marine base. Gomer was created as a stereotype of a rural American; according to ""Time"", he ""wears a gee-whiz expression, spouts out of a lopsided mouth and lopes around uncertainly like a plowboy stepping through a field of cow dung. He is a walking disaster area."" Though never promoted beyond private first class during the show's run, Jim Nabors (who played Gomer) was given an honorary promotion to lance corporal in 2001 and again to"
"in fact kill Professor Moriarty, but he ""later became a character in ""The Goon Show"""". Count Jim Moriarty Count Jim Moriarty (also called Count Jim Moriarty of the House of Roland) is a character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy ""The Goon Show"". He was voiced by Spike Milligan. In the episode ""The Macreekie Rising of '74"", Harry Secombe filled-in for the role in Milligan's absence. Moriarty is an impoverished member of the French aristocracy who has turned to crime to support his lifestyle. Despite having carried out many high-paying cons and robberies during the series, he and his criminal"
"Major Major Major Major Major Major Major Major is a fictional character in Joseph Heller's novel ""Catch-22"", whose name and rank is the title of chapter 9. Philip D. Beidler comments that ""one of the novel's great absurd jokes is the character's bewildering resemblance to Henry Fonda"". The other joke about the character is his name. The novel relates that Maj. Major was named ""Major Major Major"" by his father, as a joke – passing up such lesser possibilities such as ""Drum Major, Minor Major, Sergeant Major, or C Sharp Major"". The addition of the rank of Major was the"
"2011 IGN ranked Groo 100th in the ""Top 100 comic books heroes"". Groo (the epithet ""the Wanderer"" is informal and rarely mentioned within the stories) first appeared as a parody of the brutal sword and sorcery heroes who were popular at the time of his creation in the 1970s, especially Conan the Barbarian as presented in Marvel Comics. Groo is a large-nosed buffoon of unsurpassed stupidity who constantly misunderstands his surroundings. Possessed of superlative skills in swordsmanship (the only task at which he is remotely competent) he delights in combat but otherwise is a peaceable and honest fellow who tries"
"episodes ""Time Flies"" and ""Disaster Becomes You"". Morose – Truly goth, Morose has dyed green/black hair and green and black striped stockings. Very thick streaks of eyeshadow run down her face because it mixes with her tears. She is also a singer who unlike Misery, can sing while awake and performs a song with Frank & Len while playing keyboards. The boys love it until their house falls in around her. One of Morose's only happy moments in Gloomsville is when she said ""cool... another verse?"". Misery calls her ""Aunt Morose"" in the episode ""Sunny Daze"". Mopey – The optimistic"
"bugs as well), Margaret was sprayed with water from a hose, getting knocked out of the air. Stinks: (Annick Obonsawin) A running gag is that Stinks would appear whenever anyone said his 'name' (or any other word that sounds similar, such as thinks); often this happens when they are bemoaning some misfortune ('This stinks'). Delils (Diana Brooke) is a German-accent spider who tells fortunes. Boof (Carter Hayden) is Frenzel's assistant; he is a digger bug and was born from an egg that Perky found. The Grand Armandor (Andrew Pifko) is Margaret's personal wing and purse designer. Additional voices provided by"
"by Nick Shipley) is a large gorilla like creature who initially appears in the fourth episode of the first series ""Lurkings"". Although somewhat unintelligent, he is fairly friendly towards Berk and the other residents of the castle. In the episode ""Junk Food"", Berk initially dislikes him after Rogg unwittingly gets him into trouble with The Thing Upstairs, the latter mistaking Rogg for a poorly prepared dinner. When confronting the Red Thing during the final episode of the second season ""The Big Red Thing"", Rogg is pronounced dead as the credits roll, before revealing himself to be alive in the aftermath."
"General Bistem Kar is the General of the Guard of K'Vaern's Cove. Known as ""The Kren"" (a large water beast) both for his immense size (Roger believes he could bench-press a ""flar-ta"") as well as his speed and cunning, Kar is one of the most competent Mardukan officers the marines encounter (Pahner believes that he could achieve victory even when handed the most difficult of tactical problems) and highly regarded by his subordinates. Kar is a Guardsman to his heart who habitually wears an armored jerkin and harness of a Guardsman private without all the finery and regalia his rank"
"Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Hercules Grytpype-Thynne was a character from the British 1950s comedy radio programme ""The Goon Show"". He was voiced by Peter Sellers. In the episode ""Who Is Pink Oboe?"", Valentine Dyall filled-in for the role in Sellers' absence. Grytpype-Thynne is the smooth spoken and sophisticated principal villain on the show, and is usually accompanied by his companion in crime, Count Jim Moriarty. The main plot usually follows an impoverished Grytpype-Thynne thinking up a money-making scheme which involves (the usually equally impoverished) Neddie Seagoon being the fall guy. In early scripts, however, Grytpype-Thynne was often cast as a government official,"
"following the climax they exclaim 'darling, together again at last!' and begin to dance. Hercules Grytpype-Thynne Hercules Grytpype-Thynne was a character from the British 1950s comedy radio programme ""The Goon Show"". He was voiced by Peter Sellers. In the episode ""Who Is Pink Oboe?"", Valentine Dyall filled-in for the role in Sellers' absence. Grytpype-Thynne is the smooth spoken and sophisticated principal villain on the show, and is usually accompanied by his companion in crime, Count Jim Moriarty. The main plot usually follows an impoverished Grytpype-Thynne thinking up a money-making scheme which involves (the usually equally impoverished) Neddie Seagoon being the"
"towards it, and this new suit subsequently plays a part in defeating it. Its Main Shot is the ""Crusher Cannon"" that contains both offensive and defensive in nature. It makes its debut on episode 22. A useless minion of darkness who provides the comic relief throughout the series. He is given the name ""Momite"" for the fact that he often rubs his hands together nervously. He claims to be a good guy, but actually is not. Similarly to how Blue Bomber says ""desu"" at the end of every sentence, Momite Bomber says ""dayo"". His main purpose is to spy on"
"as the Midget Count while the role of the main Count was given to Billy Van. Big died aged 32 in Toronto from an unspecified cause, although he was reportedly treated for throat cancer in 1977. Guy Big Guy Big (26 February 1946 – 2 May 1978 at Toronto) was the stage name of Alan Herbert Hoffman, a Canadian actor. He was most noted for his role in the children's television series ""The Hilarious House of Frightenstein"" as the Midget Count, although he also appeared in the movie ""Find the Lady"" as Miniature Man, in the ""King of Kensington"" episode"
"Gonzo is a major character and the head writer of Miss Piggy's late night talk show, ""Up Late with Miss Piggy"". Gonzo is not a puppet version of a human or a recognizable animal. He has an awkward, non animal-like appearance, which includes purple-blue fur, purple feathers on his head, bug-eyes, and a long, hooked nose, referred to as a ""beak"". In ""The Muppet Show"" and ""The Muppet Movie"", he performed as a performance artist, stunt double and daredevil under the name ""The Great Gonzo"" (or ""Gonzo the Great""). Gonzo is good friends with all of the Muppets, but performed"
"The Goon The Goon is a comic book series written and drawn by Eric Powell (with colors often by Dave Stewart, Eric or Eric's brother, Robin). The series mixes both a comical and violent atmosphere with a supernatural slant, which pit the titular character against undead creatures/zombies, ghosts, ghouls, mutants, skunk-apes with an unnatural hunger for pies, giant squids, mob/gang leaders, extra-dimensional aliens, mad scientists and robots. An early prototype of ""The Goon"" was first published in 1995, in a book called ""Best Cellars #1"" from Out of the Cellar Comics. This prototype was called ""Monster Boy"", and the story"
"Count Jim Moriarty Count Jim Moriarty (also called Count Jim Moriarty of the House of Roland) is a character from the 1950s BBC Radio comedy ""The Goon Show"". He was voiced by Spike Milligan. In the episode ""The Macreekie Rising of '74"", Harry Secombe filled-in for the role in Milligan's absence. Moriarty is an impoverished member of the French aristocracy who has turned to crime to support his lifestyle. Despite having carried out many high-paying cons and robberies during the series, he and his criminal counterpart Hercules Grytpype-Thynne always appear to be permanently destitute. With his thick faux-French accent, he"
"she does sport scars on her face that seem to suggest she was mauled and possibly traumatized by the three bears. Other inmates scheduled to appear include: Tom Thumb, who wears shoes he claims always speak to him; the muted yet pyromaniacal Hansel who carries a flame thrower and a cannibalistic Gretel who carries a giant fork; an anorexic Jack Sprat; a catatonic Little Miss Muffet, accompanied by an abnormally large spider on her back; and grotesquely infected twin sisters Rosie and Posie (named after ""Ring Around the Rosie"" with the infection possibly referring to the song being used to"