[Petrarch of the VBB]

Are there any fans of the late, great Spike Milligan here? He's not particularly well known in the US I believe, but is often called the father of modern comdey here in England.

[Windrunner]

never heard of that name

[Nico]

Originally posted by Windrunner
never heard of that name

same here. so much for the father od modern comedy

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
Are there any fans of the late, great Spike Milligan here? He's not particularly well known in the US I believe, but is often called the father of modern comdey here in England.

What was that comedy troupe called...  Wasn't the guy who played Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies in on it? they were the ones that made it possible for  Monty Python to do their thing. I have some Spike Milligan MP3s around here somewhere.

[01010]

Originally posted by mikhael


What was that comedy troupe called...  Wasn't the guy who played Inspector Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies in on it? they were the ones that made it possible for  Monty Python to do their thing. I have some Spike Milligan MP3s around here somewhere.

The Goons they were called...I think.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by 01010


The Goons they were called...I think.

That's them!

I like the one about climbing to the top of the tallest mountain in the world--which is on the bottom of the ocean.

[diamondgeezer]

Bah, you lot suck! How can you never have heard of the Goons?

*puts on Ying Tong Song.mp3*

The Goons (Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe et al) did a radio show way back before Python ever got started. John Clese said that he listened to the Goon Show, and realised that everything he'd thought of for Python was being done already. It was the Goon show that pushed Python to even dizzier heights of lunacy.

[Nico]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Bah, you lot suck! How can you never have heard of the Goons?

we're not english?

[Petrarch of the VBB]

And you're worse off for it!

[01010]

Originally posted by Petrarch of the VBB
And you're worse off for it!

ZING!!!

[diamondgeezer]

Bah. I kill you all

[mikhael]

Originally posted by diamondgeezer
Bah, you lot suck! How can you never have heard of the Goons?

*puts on Ying Tong Song.mp3*
 

I knew who they were, I just couldn're remember the name.


And for the love of God, don't play that damn song! My wife sings it all the time and that's bad enough!

[diamondgeezer]

Ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong, ying tong tiddle-aye-po!

[Petrarch of the VBB]

I'm walking backwards for Christmas,
Across the Irish Sea.
I'm walking backwards for Christmas,
It's the only thing for me!

I've tried walking sideways,
And walking to the front.
But people just look at me and,
Say "It's a publicity stunt."

[an0n]

At the British Comedy Award: Life-time achievement award


Johnathan Ross: I have here a letter from the Prince of Wales who is a very big fan of yours. *ahem*. 'I have long been.....[removed to save reading time].....sitting around the old wireless, lsitening to your hillarious, comic genius....'

Spike: Grovelling bastard.


Oh and the ning-nang-nong! So good.

And his Room 101 interview:
Paul Merton: If the people of Portsmouth could do one thing to redeem themselves in your eyes, what would it be.
Spike: Drown.


He was a manic depressive, frail, tired, old man from a different era. And God, was he good.

THE single funniest man in the history of comedy. He forged the way for all modern comics but is/was still sufficiently different from all the crap now to keep his unique style and he will live forever as a giant, a legend of comedy.

[diamondgeezer]

Amen, brother