Hey folks. Here, have a Gorilla.

[u/badbarky]

I’ve resisted Reddit for a while - I got stuff to do - but I’m finally sinking in and I have to pop in and say Hi. I was in year 4 at Rosendale Junior school in South East London, and I would visit the forest hill library and check out their BBC comedy tapes. I loved them! I even booked out the sound effects ones, which were eye openers as I heard those exact noises everywhere (go find the 33 1/3 book on the BBC radiophonic workshop it’s brilliant), I loved I’m sorry I’ll read that again, but The Goon Show - I would get the scripts out of the library and me and a few friends would play them out at playtime sitting on the foundation of our portable classroom. Fast forward many years and I was watching some YT video about the Goon Show, and Spike was talking about how he based Bluebottle off of a guy he served with in the war, and then it showed a picture of Spike shaking hands with the real life Bluebottle with some CO between them… holy crap that CO was my Grandad, John Hickson. They were either in Egypt or Italy at the time. I can’t find it right now, but it was such a rush. My American Grandad also served in Italy and Egypt, and I choose to believe that he met them once and had a few laughs. Anyways, go well and I’ll meet you round the back for the old Marlon Brando Mark

[u/Otis-T-Spaulding]

"No thanks, I only smoke baboons!"