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THE GOON SHOW: SHUT UP ECCLES VOLUME 12 PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Spike Milligan,Larry Stephens,Spike MilliganLarry Stephens,Harry Secombe,Peter Sellers | 2 pages | 02 Oct 1995 | BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House | 9780563388272 | English | London, United Kingdom The Goon Show: Shut Up Eccles Volume 12 PDF Book Book ratings by Goodreads. Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews. It's the time of goodwill and custard so join the festive fun with Scrooge and Neddie Scratchit in A Christmas Carol by kind permission and follow the lost chords of The Mighty Wurlitzer hot foot across the Sahara. You Hear That Sound. GO ON, join junk king Neddie as he tries to salvage the world; go in hot pursuit of Fire Chief Seagoon when he blazes a trail to old Peking he has a burning ambition ; sail the seven ponds with bold pirate Captain Jim "Bilge" Moriarity; and help Stock Market runner Seagoon save the pound it's a sterling effort. 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