Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister

Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister are two of the characters from the 1950s United Kingdom radio comedy series The Goon Show. Crun and Min are performed by Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan, respectively.They are both elderly, and often play significant roles in the story. Neither appears to be particularly bright. In one incident, Henry claimed to have an idea, forgot it, remembered it, told Minnie, forgot it again, was told by Minnie and then declared, "What a good idea." Minnie then went on to ask what was a good idea. Minnie (or "Modern Min") is a fan of "modern, sinful dancing". In conjunction with being a modern, sinful dancer, Minnie is also a modern, sinful music lover, and something of a wunderkind when it coes to expression of music that drives Henry wild. She has been caught playing the Paganini Violin Sonata on the soup spoon while stirring soup with a violin, flirtations with George Chisholm's trombone, and the omnipresent Saxaphone. In "The Affair Of The Lone Banana",... full article at wikipedia