Bluebottle (character) usually Eccles (the third Goon, Harry Secombe, usually stayed in his alter-ego of Neddie Seagoon throughout the show). Bluebottle is also prone to humorous misnaming of characters, including himself. For example, he has referred to himself as "Bluebontle" and "Blatbottle" on occasion. Other characters are often misnamed as well, including "Count Morinanty" for Count Jim Moriarty, "Robin Chood" for Robin Hood and "Miss Balustrade" for Minnie Bannister. Neddie is always "My Captain", pronounced with four syllables [ma-cap-i-tain]. In "The Yehti" he reads his own name as "Blunbintle". According to "The Goon Show Companion", Bluebottle was originally known as Ernie Splutmuscle.
The Moriarty Murder Mystery by Eccles. He asks Eccles if he saw the murderer, Eccles replying "No". Then Neddie asks if he would know the murderer if he didn't see him again. Eccles responds that his eyes aren't what they used to be (they used to be his ears) so they take him to an optician to have his eyes tested. The optician, ("Eyes tested, Wills altered, signatures carefully copied, and string repaired while you wait") is Major Bloodnok. Also a dealer in books, he is in the process of packing "exotic" photographs in a hollowed-out book when they arrive. He has Eccles read