When he introduced Hans, his German soldier friend who he took to lunch there was a genuine look of affection on Spike’s face. Beauty amongst the superb and hilarious story telling.
I was lucky enough to See Spike live many years ago. Absolute genius. The venue (Leeds Grand Theatre) closed the curtains but Spike came back out, sat on the edge of the stage and just chatted. He was amazing.
@@grahamthomas6381 I saw him live many years ago in The Bed Sitting Room when he suddenly abandoned the script, sat on the edge of the stage and just chatted to us. I had long been a fan but I still cracked up helplessly.
His books have some great lines. One story is about a 25pounder field gun disappearing backwards down a slope and through a tented area. Someone came out of a tent and was asked, "Have you seen a gun come through here?" "What colour is it?
An absolute gentleman. His war memoirs are utterly brilliant, and a real commentary on the social mores of the time, and on the damage that war does to a sensitive and intelligent young man.
Incredibly funny man and one of my favourites as a child growing up, listening to the goon show on the radio. I was born in 1943 and was lucky enough not to have been subjected to some of the horrors that Spike experienced. I listened to war stories being told by my aunties and uncle and of course my wonderful grandma. Spike has a brilliant way of telling stories in such a humorous way, however, by stating the true facts, you can tell that it wouldn't have been funny at the time. So many famous fans in the audiences says it all. He was revered by many.
@@jcw9539 They go for the lowest common denominator - gutter humour - instead of aiming high. Some comedians are deluded into thinking that the audience is laughing at their humour. But very often they are not; it's simply a shock response. I either walk out or switch off, whichever is quickest. But I can listen to the Goons (from almost 70 years ago. Yikes!), or just Milligan, for hours.
One of my favourite from Spike, And when they were up, they were up, and when they were down they were down, and when they were half way up he was arrested.
I saw Spike Milligans shows on telly when I was about 12 or 13. I didn't know what the hell was going on, but it was great! This was the time of the 'great transition' from old theatre to 'cutting edge comedy. Python, Spike, then Kenny Everett, the Goodies, Cheech and Chong - the world changed.
Even back then and considering his age and comedic brilliance he still is so current today . A madcap genius oh tiddily tiddily po ! I’m walking back for Xmas
I read several of his books as a teen, but I never saw his face or heard his voice before today. One of his books was entitled "Adolf Hitler - My Part in his Downfall"
Spike used to read his poems to us back in the mid-late ‘80s at my primary school in Winchelsea. We had no idea who he was of course, just an old man who used to say silly words and make funny voices. In my late teens I remember driving up the very narrow lane near Spikes house, to see him walking down it - still wearing his slippers! Shame they never let him have his headstone engraved how he wanted it…. “I told you I was ill.” Not been to Winchelsea Church in over 20 years but I believe it’s in Latin instead.
@@787Speedbrakes it’s actually written in Gaelic. Spike was refused a British passport because he and his father were both born in India. There’s a joke great says he sued a newspaper/magazine that called him a “stupid, English, bastard” on the grounds he wasn’t English. Brilliant way of getting his revenge as it’s easier to prove his nationality than his intelligence or legitimacy.
I believe that Spike Milligan was ahead of the Cambridge Footlights comedians of the John Cleese era. Spike Milligan had a wonderful perspective of seeing everything the other way around. He annoyed some people because his perceptions were verging on the lunatic...... but he made a lot of people laugh. RIP
Without Spike and his goons we'd never have heard of John Cheese and Monty Python. It's the one thing I have against Spike. I never could stand Monty Python.
@@FrankOBrien-ti7nyahh what a boring militant bastard you are. You only hate them because they imitated what you like which is what every single artist does in their lifetime.. and the fact you don’t realise it makes you an incredibly stupid asshole
@@FrankOBrien-ti7ny Yes, which also makes their sneering at the Goodies rather hypocritical, as Monty Python were, if anything, more derivative of the Goons than the Goodies were of them.
My hero Spike Milligna, he is greatly missed. The only person that I didn't recognise in the audience was Harry Secombe. I spotted many including Bill Wyman, a very young Frank Skinner, Danny Baker, Joanna Lumley and of course Peter O'Toole. Spike knew how to milk an audience.
Migod! It's Major Bloodnok - disguised as, Minnie Bannister in her Eccles outfit. Pretending to be Spike Milligan. A very good impersonation of a famous Goon.
@@ScottieMcClue Ricky g, billy c ,Monty python, two ronnies , a lot of his contemparies really , so maybe not all modern I suppose. Who were you thinking of ? My thoughts is there’s a bit of spike m in other modern comedians like the late S lock, even j Carr and m Flanagan.
Spike wasn't your standard comedian, he didn't tell jokes. Bob Monkhouse was one of the best comedians, a great joke teller. Bob was also a great raconteur, he was able to make his life story interesting and funny. That is what we hear when listening to one of Spikes anecdotes, real stories told in an amusing way. I can listen to Millican, Monkhouse, Ustinov or Niven for hours, humour often bourn out of adversity. Could it be that today's so called celebraties have led such safe, boring lives, that they have nothing of interest to say?
A VERY FUNNY STORY TELLER 😂😂❤❤
@@ScottieMcClue you must read “ The Looney” I have it and have read it 20+ times,the funniest book in the Universe, Spike at his absolute best
When he introduced Hans, his German soldier friend who he took to lunch there was a genuine look of affection on Spike’s face.
Beauty amongst the superb and hilarious story telling.
I was lucky enough to See Spike live many years ago. Absolute genius. The venue (Leeds Grand Theatre) closed the curtains but Spike came back out, sat on the edge of the stage and just chatted. He was amazing.
@@grahamthomas6381 I saw him live many years ago in The Bed Sitting Room when he suddenly abandoned the script, sat on the edge of the stage and just chatted to us. I had long been a fan but I still cracked up helplessly.
This man's mind was seriously wired differently to the rest of the human race 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
100% pure, brilliant comedy. Haven't laughed so much for a long time. Thank you so much.
A Pleasure 🙏 ☺️
Probably the funniest man…………ever! An absolute genius.
BRILLIANT, Spike was a one off.
the man was as funny as tooth ache
what’s lovely is he finds the human response funny , which it is. he throws it back ❤ excellent sense of humour in adversity ❤
Oh , Spike . You will never be forgotten ! Such a fast comedic brain and finding the funny side of everything. RIP , great man ......
Thank You 😊 🙏
Hei Sisu, satana perkele.. Just checking if your Finnish.
@@tanyaklieve9770 Sisulla vaan ! 🇫🇮
As an ex-soldier, “I didn’t want to join a one legged regiment” …..
Awesome. Irrepressible. Unique. Modern humour, which I love, owes it all to Spike.
His books have some great lines. One story is about a 25pounder field gun disappearing backwards down a slope and through a tented area. Someone came out of a tent and was asked, "Have you seen a gun come through here?" "What colour is it?
@@trevorhoward7682 🤣
@@trevorhoward7682 That 'someone' was a certain Harry Secombe.
@@wessexdruid7598 I thought it was but, couldn't be arsed to get the book down to confirm it.
This guy fired out punchlines like a bolt of lightening. Very clever comic.
Absolutely brilliant. Neville Chamberlain doing prime minister impressions lol
A true one off, you could sit and listen to this man all night long.
His sense of humour was so dry and so funny. Loved this man, and his books are well worth a read
He lost me watching his mother digging out the shelter...crying 😂😂😂
Genius
Wow! Spike Milligan is a wonderful storyteller - and Peter O'Toole is in the crowd laughing 😀🥰
Rolf Harris too🤮
I think a few others were laughing as well!
And Joanna Yumley.
Clive James too
An absolute gentleman. His war memoirs are utterly brilliant, and a real commentary on the social mores of the time, and on the damage that war does to a sensitive and intelligent young man.
Sadly missed. A true comic genius.
A legend, he made us laugh so hard and so often.
Great comedic brain.
Outstanding 🫡
Best comedy I have heard in years. Hitler and my part in his downfall one of the funniest books written
@fredlenz4743 absolutely! I read this when I was about 10. Always remember.
I read the book many times ,having been born & lived in bexhill, I can relate & knew many of the areas mentioned in his book !
I've read it several times and am amazed at. how Spike dealt with what must have traumatic at the time.
A good read.
My Dads favourite comedian. RIP both xx
Unquestionably the funniest comedian ever.
I'm sure I can hear him calling me a grovelling ba*terd ! 🙏🙏🙏
Do yourself a favour and read his war diaries. They are brilliantly funny but also very sad at times.
I have
😀😒 The issue is "what's next"?
or, if you haven’t already, you might like to read the books he wrote about his time in the army.. they’re incredible.. 🙄
@@saturdayplayer2492 My father was in the army and I remember him reading Spike’s army diaries and laughing.
@@saturdayplayer2492 have done, every book he ever wrote, greatest madman that ever lived xx
Saw this live on the telly with parents. They loved Spike Milligan.
Legend !
Unbelievably funny, excellent 😂😂😂😂
Thank You 😊 🙏
Incredibly funny man and one of my favourites as a child growing up, listening to the goon show on the radio. I was born in 1943 and was lucky enough not to have been subjected to some of the horrors that Spike experienced. I listened to war stories being told by my aunties and uncle and of course my wonderful grandma. Spike has a brilliant way of telling stories in such a humorous way, however, by stating the true facts, you can tell that it wouldn't have been funny at the time. So many famous fans in the audiences says it all. He was revered by many.
Modern ‘’comedians” could learn a lot from Spike, a true genius
I loved reading Spike Milligan's books, my shoulders would shake with laughter while on the train to work.
"Spike milligna......the well known typing error".......Still tickles me today.
The goon show got me into a lot of trouble in my school days. I imitated the characters much to the annoyance of my teachers.
Thanks for the kettle and the 2 year warranty. It's still working fine.
That seems so innocent compared to the things schoolkids get up to now
1:00 Spot on there. "WE are at war..." whether WE like it or not. 🤨😂
actually priceless that this is recorded 👍 ❤
Absolutely 💯
So many greats in the audience. All gone. Celebrities today can't hold a candle to any of them.
Oh don’t, it’s so depressing……
Now there is no comedy just woke in case someone is offended 🙄
@@jcw9539 They go for the lowest common denominator - gutter humour - instead of aiming high. Some comedians are deluded into thinking that the audience is laughing at their humour. But very often they are not; it's simply a shock response. I either walk out or switch off, whichever is quickest. But I can listen to the Goons (from almost 70 years ago. Yikes!), or just Milligan, for hours.
One of my favourite from Spike,
And when they were up, they were up, and when they were down they were down, and when they were half way up he was arrested.
Absolutely marvellous
Thank You 😊 🙏
I saw Spike Milligans shows on telly when I was about 12 or 13. I didn't know what the hell was going on, but it was great! This was the time of the 'great transition' from old theatre to 'cutting edge comedy. Python, Spike, then Kenny Everett, the Goodies, Cheech and Chong - the world changed.
This man was unique! You have got to be sharp to appreciate his wit
Even back then and considering his age and comedic brilliance he still is so current today . A madcap genius oh tiddily tiddily po ! I’m walking back for Xmas
with a teapot on my head.
funny yet sad, great man
Now here was a comic genius 😊
Wonderful video! Thank you for it. The man was comedy gold. 😅
A Pleasure Thank you
Brilliant. I saw Spike in Sydney in 1976 at the balmain bijou. Took him 10 minutes to start the show as the battery was flat😂😂😂. Unforgettable 😅
I don’t think we will ever see the like of Spike again. He was so special. Hopefully I’m wrong.
Legend ...made everyone smile and hang on his every word
Brilliant ❤
Awsome ! 😂
Superb.
Thank You 😊 🙏
Legend
great guy
I read several of his books as a teen, but I never saw his face or heard his voice before today.
One of his books was entitled "Adolf Hitler - My Part in his Downfall"
Absolute legend
Just listened again to his ware diaries on audiobooks, narrated by himself...Funny as heck.....Awesome...
Clive James and Peter O'Toole in the audience.
Awesome human
I’m in stitches 😂
The man was a genius.
Few if any comedians around today to come anywhere near the Milligans et al , total shame.
Lucky enough to have met him a couple of years before he died , his comedy will always be in my heart ❤️ a true story telling genius .. much missed
Absolutely 💯
Absolutely brilliant. 😊
Thank You 😊 🙏
Absolute genius.
one of a kind
Spike used to read his poems to us back in the mid-late ‘80s at my primary school in Winchelsea. We had no idea who he was of course, just an old man who used to say silly words and make funny voices. In my late teens I remember driving up the very narrow lane near Spikes house, to see him walking down it - still wearing his slippers! Shame they never let him have his headstone engraved how he wanted it…. “I told you I was ill.” Not been to Winchelsea Church in over 20 years but I believe it’s in Latin instead.
@@787Speedbrakes it’s actually written in Gaelic. Spike was refused a British passport because he and his father were both born in India. There’s a joke great says he sued a newspaper/magazine that called him a “stupid, English, bastard” on the grounds he wasn’t English. Brilliant way of getting his revenge as it’s easier to prove his nationality than his intelligence or legitimacy.
Yes I believe it’s written in French instead.
@@xgreenjacket I believe you are talking through your rear end. Google it and you’ll see you’re wrong.
Surreal before surrealism.
It's Comedy 😃
Very funny.
They is only one word for Spike genius
80 year old nearly pissed myself spike thanks better than a dram
Why is it NO ONE recognises Spike Milligan suffered from very severe PTSD
I think EVERYONE recognised it at the time it was then labelled 'Shell Shock' and caused the depession Spike even wrote a book on it 🤔
I believe that Spike Milligan was ahead of the Cambridge Footlights comedians of the John Cleese era. Spike Milligan had a wonderful perspective of seeing everything the other way around. He annoyed some people because his perceptions were verging on the lunatic...... but he made a lot of people laugh. RIP
Without Spike and his goons we'd never have heard of John Cheese and Monty Python. It's the one thing I have against Spike. I never could stand Monty Python.
@@FrankOBrien-ti7nyahh what a boring militant bastard you are. You only hate them because they imitated what you like which is what every single artist does in their lifetime.. and the fact you don’t realise it makes you an incredibly stupid asshole
@@FrankOBrien-ti7ny
Yes, which also makes their sneering at the Goodies rather hypocritical, as Monty Python were, if anything, more derivative of the Goons than the Goodies were of them.
Superb
I miss the old school so much their wit and character are completely irreplaceable
That must have been a thrill. Thanks for putting this one on.
Tops from the old Aussie.
Was born bought up with Goon sh😊ow on the radio, funny as.
Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite, Irish for "I told you I was ill". On his head stone.
Puckoon is a hilarious book. Spike is a genius.
All of Spike’s books are hilarious!
My hero Spike Milligna, he is greatly missed. The only person that I didn't recognise in the audience was Harry Secombe. I spotted many including Bill Wyman, a very young Frank Skinner, Danny Baker, Joanna Lumley and of course Peter O'Toole. Spike knew how to milk an audience.
@@rocketpost1 6:47 👍
Migod! It's Major Bloodnok - disguised as, Minnie Bannister in her Eccles outfit. Pretending to be Spike Milligan. A very good impersonation of a famous Goon.
So many modern comedians are clearly influenced by spike Milligan
Who were you thinking of in particular 🤔
@@ScottieMcClue Ricky g, billy c ,Monty python, two ronnies , a lot of his contemparies really , so maybe not all modern I suppose. Who were you thinking of ? My thoughts is there’s a bit of spike m in other modern comedians like the late S lock, even j Carr and m Flanagan.
Brilliant mind, during the days of the Goons, he gave the funniest lines to others in the team.
Spike wasn't your standard comedian, he didn't tell jokes. Bob Monkhouse was one of the best comedians, a great joke teller. Bob was also a great raconteur, he was able to make his life story interesting and funny.
That is what we hear when listening to one of Spikes anecdotes, real stories told in an amusing way.
I can listen to Millican, Monkhouse, Ustinov or Niven for hours, humour often bourn out of adversity.
Could it be that today's so called celebraties have led such safe, boring lives, that they have nothing of interest to say?
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how I miss these guys today's comics don't do it for me to many restrictions on telling it how it is life just is not good with correctness
At least we knew who the enemy was?
❤😂❤
He was ahead of his time then. So how come he's even further ahead now.
The video thumbnail is Harry !
Correct
A legend! Have you heard his impression of a police officer giving evidence regarding the good Samaritan? Side splitting.
A JOKE 😂😂
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Spike Milligan, comedy, who Monty Python copied. A genius
What about the other leg killed me.
He's right about bexhill, it never leaves you,even if you emigrate...gg
Zem Wer Ze Dayz
I used to drive past Spike's house every day in Woy Woy, always in awe of what that house inspired. Legend in the proper sense of the word!