Conversation so far:
What was surrealist about The Goon Show?
characters would announce their departure but another character left the room. That character would then beat on the door for re-admittance, and the wrong character would be locked out.
Are there other examples of surrealism in The Goon Show besides different characters leaving the room and wrong characters being locked out?
What else made The Goon Show strange besides characters announcing depature but another chracter leaving the room, and wrong characters being locked out?
The scripts mixed ludicrous plots with surreal humour, puns, catchphrases and an array of bizarre sound effects.
What did people say about The Goon Show?
Cleese recalls listening to The Goon Show as a teenager in the mid-1950s and being absolutely amazed by its surreal humour. It came at a key stage in my own development and I never missed a show.

Question: What else have people said about the show?
Self-contained rewrite: What else have people said about The Goon Show besides Cleese?