Editing The Goon Show (section)

===The Beatles===
The Goons made a considerable impact on the humour of [[the Beatles]], especially [[John Lennon]]. On 30 September 1973, Lennon reviewed the book ''The Goon Show Scripts'' for ''[[The New York Times]]''. He wrote: "I was 12 when ''The Goon Show'' first hit me, 16 when they finished with me. Their humour was the only proof that the world was insane. One of my earlier efforts at writing was a 'newspaper' called ''The Daily Howl''. I would write it at night, then take it into school and read it aloud to my friends. Looking at it now, it seems strangely similar to ''The Goon Show''." Lennon also noted that [[George Martin]], the Beatles' long-time producer, had previously made records with both Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers.<ref name="Lennon">{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegoons.org/famous_fans.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218185620/http://www.telegoons.org/famous_fans.htm|url-status=dead|title=Famous Telegoon Fans|archivedate=18 February 2012|website=www.telegoons.org}}</ref>

In a discussion of an accidentally Goonish nature, about introducing the next song during the 1963 BBC production of ''Pop Go The Beatles'', Lennon is also recorded as quipping "Love these Goon shows". This was included in the double album<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpgr.co.uk/pcsp726.html |title=Live At The B.B.C |publisher=Jpgr.co.uk |access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref> and CD titled '' [[Live at the BBC (The Beatles album)|Live at the BBC]]'' (side 4, track 10 of the LP; track 62 of CD).