The Last Goon Show of All go of the sack. He has been eating coke to survive and letting his nephew, Little Jim, live in his boot. Possibly the highlight of the show, the encounter of Seagoon and Eccles produces what may be the quintessential Eccles quote: The philosophical appeal of this was not lost on the audience, who responded with slow-building but long-lasting laughter. Neddie eventually falls asleep, setting the stage for Bluebottle to re-emerge from his bloomers and thus begin a conversation with Eccles, usually another high-point in a "Goon Show". This section ends with Bluebottle persuading Eccles to help him push Seagoon down
Tom Eccles when he resigned, unhappy that it did not support his boycott of the North West Regional Board for Industry. Eccles' son, Jack, followed him in becoming a prominent trade unionist and Labour councillor. Tom Eccles Tom Eccles (5 October 1893 – 3 February 1962) was a British trade unionist. Eccles was born in Blackburn in 1893. In 1912, he joined the National Union of General Workers in 1912, a union in which his father, Fleming Eccles, was prominent. Eccles fought in World War I, but was seriously injured and spent a lengthy period as a prisoner of war. On repatriation