Listen "Oliver! (1968)"
Episode Synopsis
Everyone at Goon Pod Towers is very excited this week as this is the first time we've ever covered a Best Picture Oscar winner on the show, and this one features everybody's favourite beadle Harry Secombe who's in fine voice for this tremendous 1968 film based on the hit Lionel Bart stage musical!
Joining Tyler are those incorrigible urchins Chris Webb & Robert Johnson from Still Any Good podcast and among other things they discuss:
The magnificent Ron Moody
The novel vs the film
Harry hits it out of the park
That villainous Bill Sikes
The wonderous Oliver! set
Jack Wild's tragic life
Max Bygrave's nice little earner
The songs they dropped
Carol Reed's Flap!
Fagin puts in his 10,000 hours
Leonard Rossiter's drunken turn
Corrie does Oliver!
Bullseye the dog in makeup
Mark Lester's gift to Jacko
Brucie as Fagin?
Catflap's nod
Plus much much more!
Consider yourself entertained!
STILL ANY GOOD: https://stillanygood.buzzsprout.com/
Joining Tyler are those incorrigible urchins Chris Webb & Robert Johnson from Still Any Good podcast and among other things they discuss:
The magnificent Ron Moody
The novel vs the film
Harry hits it out of the park
That villainous Bill Sikes
The wonderous Oliver! set
Jack Wild's tragic life
Max Bygrave's nice little earner
The songs they dropped
Carol Reed's Flap!
Fagin puts in his 10,000 hours
Leonard Rossiter's drunken turn
Corrie does Oliver!
Bullseye the dog in makeup
Mark Lester's gift to Jacko
Brucie as Fagin?
Catflap's nod
Plus much much more!
Consider yourself entertained!
STILL ANY GOOD: https://stillanygood.buzzsprout.com/
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