RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted October 27, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2023 4 hours ago, dagrizz said: Yes I thought he'd bought the Lionel company but the website doesn't mention it. I don't know what the current situation is with the company or Neil Young's layout. Graham If you dig down a bit into the timeline, it says: "A reinvigorated Lionel started off the 1990s with the reissue of the legendary No. 700E locomotive. In 1992 Richard Kughn and rock musician Neil Young, an avid model railroader, created Liontech, chartered to develop exclusive new model train control and sound systems. Liontech's RailSounds II™ debuted in 1994 on the Santa Fe Mikado. This all-new digital system captured a real-life Mikado's actual sounds, and propelled Lionel to the forefront of model train technology." https://www.lionel.com/articles/timeline Ol' Neil talks a lot about his trains and Lionel in his autobiography Shakey, including the big barn where it was all housed, but that was just before the end of his then marriage so I don't know how much of it still exists. 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted October 27, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2023 Just seen the Eddie Izzard one, both CTMK and I thought it was also fab. 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3489gibson Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Personally I'm looking forward the most to next weeks episode with Francis! Not because I'm in it at all... Just really hoping the clip of Pete and him looking at my black five made the cut Nathan 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted October 29, 2023 Share Posted October 29, 2023 Just caught up with the second episode. Fascinating and far more of a personal interest than I new before watching it. A great uncle worked for Trinity House from around 1901 and was employed working on the sluice at Bexhill. Long ago, when looking into family history, my mother and her sister told me about a visit to see him and his family at the coastguard cottage where he lived. This account included a section about being locked in the train for the journey back to London. Talking with my sister we worked out that this must have been around 1916 or 17 and of course during the previous war to the one in which the layout is set. Bernard 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 My late father-in-law was in Bexhill with Spike Milligan before they were all posted to North Africa. Mrs 5050 has Spike's autograph on a regimental re-union dinner menu, held each year in Bexhill. Anyone remember the Goon's episode - 'The Phantom Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea'? All relating back to their time in Bexhill. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 3 hours ago, 5050 said: Anyone remember the Goon's episode - 'The Phantom Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea'? All relating back to their time in Bexhill. Yes, that was the first episode of the Goons that I heard. I was just thinking that had Eddie's layout been set in WW2 rather than WW1, perhaps Minnie Bannister, Henry Crun, Constable Seagoon, and a mysterious figure walking the cliffs with a gas oven (Lady Docker?) could have been included.... 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, 5050 said: My late father-in-law was in Bexhill with Spike Milligan before they were all posted to North Africa. Mrs 5050 has Spike's autograph on a regimental re-union dinner menu, held each year in Bexhill. Anyone remember the Goon's episode - 'The Phantom Batter Pudding Hurler of Bexhill-on-Sea'? All relating back to their time in Bexhill. The Batter Pudding episode is possibly one of the most famous Goon Show episodes..? I first came across it in a book of Goon Show scripts that a school friend had, apparently it's quite rare & valuable these days*. Just my opinion, but the Goon Show is better heard, than read. 😉😁 *Edit - the book, that is. 🤦♂️ Edited October 31, 2023 by F-UnitMad 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 2 minutes ago, F-UnitMad said: The Batter Pudding episode is possibly one of the most famous Goon Show episodes..? I first came across it in a book of Goon Show scripts that a school friend had, apparently it's quite rare & valuable these days*. Just my opinion, but the Goon Show is better heard, than read. 😉😁 *Edit - the book, that is. 🤦♂️ Although having heard many episodes of the Goons, when I read scripts of episodes on the (now defunct) goonshow.net site, I naturally read them in the characters' voices. 3 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
5050 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 41 minutes ago, RJS1977 said: I naturally read them in the characters' voices. Well, of course you would Moriarty. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 33 minutes ago, 5050 said: Well, of course you would Moriarty. You gotta go "owwww"! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 1 hour ago, RJS1977 said: Although having heard many episodes of the Goons, when I read scripts of episodes on the (now defunct) goonshow.net site, I naturally read them in the characters' voices. Yes, "but"... it was the book of scripts I came across first, mid-1970s; I had no idea what the voices sounded like at that point, being too young to have heard the show 'for real'. 🙄 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted October 31, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2023 1 hour ago, F-UnitMad said: The Batter Pudding episode is possibly one of the most famous Goon Show episodes..? I first came across it in a book of Goon Show scripts that a school friend had, apparently it's quite rare & valuable these days*. Just my opinion, but the Goon Show is better heard, than read. 😉😁 *Edit - the book, that is. 🤦♂️ I think I might have owned that book at some point, although I doubt I still have it. My dad had some Goon Show tapes which we'd listen to on car journeys. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyRule1 Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 1 hour ago, F-UnitMad said: apparently it's quite rare & valuable these days*. May depend on the condition but there is a collection of Good Show scripts for 87p on Abe Books 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkingian Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 On 27/10/2023 at 20:14, Captain Kernow said: Just seen the Eddie Izzard one, both CTMK and I thought it was also fab. The Izzard bits seemed to lack quite a bit of model railway detail though, not least how they made the snow. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak experience Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 51 minutes ago, Dorkingian said: The Izzard bits seemed to lack quite a bit of model railway detail though, not least how they made the snow. I too would've preferred a little more info regarding the actual modelling, rather than the history behind the reason for the build, but nevertheless i enjoyed the show and both eddie and pete were likeable. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted October 31, 2023 Share Posted October 31, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dorkingian said: The Izzard bits seemed to lack quite a bit of model railway detail though, not least how they made the snow. I've just caught up with this episode, which had a lot of interesting history in it, and I also wondered what they made the snow from. Anyone have any ideas? It looked very good. However I didn't realise the second layout was N gauge for a while, it is to a very high standard. Re The Goons, I spent a lot of my childhood repeating lines like "he's fallen in the water" and "you dirty rotten swine" etc etc due to the Goons being a significant influence. It was a long time later that I realised that the show contained a lot of dubious old army style jokes. Grytpype-Thynne (Sellers) sells Seagoon a useless aircraft that Neddy for some reason wants to fly from Lyle Street in Soho. The punch line being "If you can't get off in Lyle Street, Neddy, you can't get off anywhere". And a notorious gag where Eccles is fired from a circus cannon, having been told "it's your turn in the barrel" - OK I'll stop there. Milligan was absolutely brilliant , his book "Puckoon" is worth a read if you can find it. imho. Finally, a very funny Eddie Izzard sketch is "Death Star Canteen". Darth Varder tries to get lunch... it's on Youtube, watch the Lego version!! Also there were some good trains in the program. I'll stop now. Edited October 31, 2023 by railroadbill 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 1 hour ago, railroadbill said: Grytpype-Thynne (Sellers) sells Seagoon a useless aircraft that Neddy for some reason wants to fly from Lyle Street in Soho. The punch line being "If you can't get off in Lyle Street, Neddy, you can't get off anywhere". Not quite. Neddie built the aeroplane in a garage of Lisle Street (hence wanting to take off from there). Grytpype-Thynne sold him the air to fly it in! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 7 hours ago, RJS1977 said: Not quite. Neddie built the aeroplane in a garage of Lisle Street (hence wanting to take off from there). Grytpype-Thynne sold him the air to fly it in! Brilliant! Thanks for that, I've found the episode, got it on tape, "Wings over Dagenham" 1957, and found the script on thegoonshow.co.uk. There's some good gags in it! Going to have to listen to this later. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
34theletterbetweenB&D Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 14 hours ago, Dorkingian said: The Izzard bits seemed to lack quite a bit of model railway detail though, not least how they made the snow. The wife's reaction to the first two: "This is as good as 'Gone Fishing'". It's not solely about railway modelling, which is the enabling vehicle for the conversations, which may well be about broader experiences. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Model Railway Guy Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 For anyone interested in more of the modelling side of the Eddie Izzard's "Bexhill 1940: Winter Wartime Model Railway", you might enjoy this video I produced last Christmas where I spoke to some of the team members responsible for creating and maintaining the layout: Enjoy 😃 5 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Geep7 Posted November 1, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2023 16 hours ago, railroadbill said: Finally, a very funny Eddie Izzard sketch is "Death Star Canteen". Darth Varder tries to get lunch... it's on Youtube, watch the Lego version!! "You'll need a tray......" 😃 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted November 2, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2023 A different approach this week as Francis hasn’t actually got a layout yet. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Pete Waterman's Leamington Spa layout was interesting to see. He made a comment about it being good not to be able to see all the railway at once. Just like the real thing. Also the 3d printing and laser cutting being used for the big WCML layout for Chester cathedral was interesting. An hour well spent! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BachelorBoy Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Sir Rod, 78 Pete Waterman, 76 Francis Rossi, 74 Jools Holland, 65 Eddie/Suzy Izzard, 61 I don't think this show does much to dispel the prejudice that model railways are only for old men. Except for Eddie/Suzy Izzard, who's not quite so old, and is genderfluid. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibelroad Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 I’m not up to date yet but I really enjoyed the Jools Holland programme. I couldn’t understand his layout at first as it seems to be a mish mash of scenes but once explained all became clear and it goes to prove that there is no right or wrong way to go about railway modelling. 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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