The programme has been broadcast in the United States. NBC broadcast "The Goon Show" as early as the mid-1950s. Terry Gilliam of the Goon-influenced Monty Python comedy troupe recalled first hearing it broadcast on FM radio in New York City in the 1960s. When Vermont Public Radio signed on the air in 1977 (as a single station which has since evolved into a statewide network), the first programme to air was an episode of "The Goon Show". The show was described as a "madcap radio comedy classic".