Peter Sellers the voice of Alfonso Bedoya in "The Black Rose". He continued to work with Bentine, Milligan, and Secombe. On 3 February 1951, he made a trial tape entitled "The Goons", and sent it to the BBC producer Pat Dixon, who eventually accepted it. The first "Goon Show" was broadcast on 28 May 1951. Against their wishes, they appeared under the name "Crazy People". Sellers appeared in "The Goons" until the last programme of the ten-series run, broadcast on 28 January 1960. Sellers played four main characters—Major Bloodnok, Hercules Grytpype-Thynne, Bluebottle and Henry Crun—and seventeen minor ones. Starting with 370,000 listeners,
Major Bloodnok the 3rd Bombay Irish to fight the Red Bladder. Denis is plagued by chronic gastro-intestinal problems and his entrance is usually accompanied by explosions or flatulent sound effects, the sound being created by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (on the one occasion it wasn't played, Bloodnok cried, "I'm Cured!") and quotes such as: In "The Policy" Bloodnok sings a song called "The Indigestion Waltz". In several episodes Bloodnok has an Indian manservant called Singhiz Thing. Bloodnok's arch enemy is "The Red Bladder", voiced by musician Ray Ellington. In the DreamWorks film "Shrek", a reference is made to the Major when the