The Tale of Men's Shirts (with Mike Fenton Stevens)

Despite him being officially The Hardest Working Man in Podcasting, the Goon Pod production team begged, bribed and eventually blackmailed the magnificent Mike Fenton Stevens and he agreed to appear on the show! Mike looks back at some interesting highlights from a career on TV, radio and the stage spanning more than forty years and he explains how the Goons informed his early development in terms of performing comedy business in front of a crowd. We discuss the episode The Tale of Men’s Shirts which was the A-side of the 1960 Parlophone LP The Best Of The Goon Shows No.2 - one of many comedy records in the house as Mike grew up. There’s plenty to talk about and as is customary the conversation veers off in all directions… it will be of interest even to those who have never heard The Goon Show but love British comedy in general. And yes, we do tackle the topic of exactly who it was who first came up with the “Ringo’s not even the best drummer in the Beatles” canard! Mike is the host of the popular podcast My Time Capsule: https://linktr.ee/mytcpod and can be found on Twitter @fentonstevens Follow Goon Pod @goonshowpod