One after another, speakers warned of Y2K meltdowns, Internet Armageddons and goon squads coming through computer screens in the millennial predawn.

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Milligan, along with Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe, had revolutionised radio comedy in the 1950s with their anarchic and absurdist Goon Shows.

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The Goon Show, which also starred Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Michael Bentine, was first broadcast in 1949, and enjoyed a nine-year run.

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One of Constable and Robinson's highest profile apps in 2011 was created for Jennifer Egan's Pulitzer Fiction Prize-winning novel A Visit from the Goon Squad.

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The company took a chance on Mr. Goon and hired him.

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What I remember is the goon at the type house.

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"It's a crucial time for Penn State Football, " a university sports radio broadcast called "The Goon Show" posted days before on its website in its call to Tuesday's rally.

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The school's vice-principal (Richard Roundtree) menaces the hero like a cop grilling a smart-alecky gumshoe, and the distant sounds of cheer-leaders are heard as Brendan is pursued through the schoolyard by a knife-wielding goon.

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Adding a layer of drama to the series, Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has called Penguins winger Matt Cooke "a goon" after his skate slashed the Achilles tendon of Ottawa defenseman Erik Karlsson on Feb. 13.

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Goon changed his tune.

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