tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post165737332135525624..comments2023-10-18T11:17:26.147+01:00Comments on Hauling Like a Brooligan: Sound Effects and TV HistoryStephen Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05280419153030490653noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1249939222074893010.post-77316559977314552492008-04-28T10:24:00.000+01:002008-04-28T10:24:00.000+01:00Thanks for that, Stephen. Like many comedy writers...Thanks for that, Stephen. Like many comedy writers, I started on BBC Radio 4's "WeekEnding" and learned that the FX were as important as the words. My<BR/>favourite story was when, decades earlier, Spike Milligan was doing the Goons, and he poured custard into his sock to get the effect of someone being hit with a sockful of custard... but it sounded nothing like it! The BBC FX dept immediately created something that did. And I must still have my treasured swanee whistle here somewhere...Gail Renardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09388455755408650770noreply@blogger.com