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goon

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1. goon - Noun

2. goon - Verb

3. Goon - Proper noun

Meaning

an awkward stupid person

an aggressive and violent young criminal

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According to biographer Peter Evans, Sellers received criticism for his portrayal of characters interpreted to be Jewish right from The Goon Show days and the show received complaints accusing them of anti-Semitism. Source: Internet

Aiden took the Mae West directive much too literally, but unfortunately misunderstood Alaska’s legendary Snatch Game performance and presumably believes Mae West was a hired goon in a B-movie about Depression-era gangsters. Source: Internet

And on page 23 Chapman states: "from about the age of seven or eight I used to be an avid listener to a radio programme called The Goon Show. Source: Internet

Career The Goon Show Milligan returned to jazz in the late 1940s and made a precarious living with the Hall trio and other musical comedy acts. Source: Internet

During the video of the warm-up segment of The Last Goon Show of All Milligan can be seen coming on stage three times during Secombe's song. Source: Internet

Cleese recalls listening to The Goon Show as a teenager in the mid-1950s "and being absolutely amazed by its surreal humour. Source: Internet

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