Don't listen to the negative reviews

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I loved the telegoons, especially Bluebottle and Eccles. I often spoke to my children like bluebottle and eccles when they were little. Telling them lots of the scenarios that appeared on the shows. So even though my children were too young to enjoy them as I had in my childhood they loved to hear the stories of them. One of my favourite clips was when there was an escaped gorilla and bluebottle climbed a tree to get away from it. One of the other goons was telling him he was safe as the gorilla was captured, Bluebottle's reply was "well who's that tearing dirty great holes in my sock!!!." I loved it. I think you have to probably half genius and half mad to think of writing something like the telegoons. Of course lots of today's youngsters will probably not ever take the time to watch any. I really hope they do, just give it a try.

The Goons came to TV in the form of absurd and lovable puppets. I will never forget the sight of Eccles wearing a patched potato sack, it was just as I had pictured him... As a youngster I never missed an episode of this wonderful show, it was madly funny and was one for the few shows that made everyone laugh, with few dissenters. There was no social commentary, barely a plot, yet the cast was so strong that the interaction between them and the humor that was generated was endless. I wish that some of these episodes (any) were available on video, but I believe that all have been destroyed. This was TV comedy at its very best, its like will never be seen again. If there are any episodes still out there, please post that info to this page.Check his pockets Min...

My whole family were enthralled by The Telegoons. We watched every episode that we could. For me, as a 14 year-old, the Telegoon puppets *were* the Goons, and brought to life the radio characters as only television can for those of us who are members of the television generation. I have never forgotten the memory of seeing Eccles exploded, covered in black soot, sitting up on the power lines. As part of research I am conducting into The Telegoons, I have managed to contact several of the people who worked on the series all those years ago. Their unsung story is at last getting some air time. Since it is not within the rules to place a url in this comment, use a good search engine to search for the name of the TV series, and you'll find what you have seeking for all these years. (I am webmaster of the Official Goon Show Preservation Society Telegoons website).

I thought they were called the Telly Goons, but it's so long ago that my memories of them are very vague. Even though I must have been only nine or ten I can still see the puppets very cleary, and the warning "Don't go near the canal, Neddy" stays with me. I'm sure they made a strong impression on many of us Torchy and Twizzel fans as they were the first intentionally funny puppet series I can remember. I wonder if all the episodes went the same way as many Dr. Who series of the period, or if the BBC still have archive copies. I'd love to see them again.