I see Spike Milligan's grave at St.Thomas Church at Winchelsea a year ago. The grass was fairly long in the graveyard, but a clear path trodden by visitors/mourners demarked where his grave is. People even left stones on his cross. In Irish on his stone is 'I told you i was ill.' Top guy loved even now by many. I grew up with his comedy. Brilliant. Surrealism at is finest.
Let's examine this sketch: 1 - John Bluthall's hair 2- Mr. Lovely Legs Ireland 3 - The choosing of the chalk ceremony 4 - at 1:06 - the chalk 5 - at 1:14 - the Guiness Beer - watching this on the original broacast - the funniest thing i've ever seen as a 13 year old... 6 - at 1:57 - the reference card 7 - at 2:25 - the delayed 'x' 8 - at 2:40 - "The referee's having none of that and he's wiped it' 9 - at 3:14 - rubs off the X an absolutely astonishing sketch.
I was in a pub in Bray during the World Cup in the 90s it was very much like this sketch with the waiter spilling stuff and the lads scrapping round the tv screen
@@beneire6955 the one at the left side of the road where main drag comes to seafront big bar goes back long way I was pretty hammered myself at the time.
Abstract brilliant comedy Nor everyone's taste it took a bit of understanding but brilliant SPIKE was wired differently to most people 😂 This kind of comedy would never reach the tv screens now ?
Tis Irish Bob saying hello Bloody marvelous. When tv was worth watching and enjoying laughs with family and friends. Irish Bob enjoyed this sketch Enjoy yer weekend ahead 🤗😇😎🇮🇪🇨🇵🍀☘️🦾🩺🥂
@@bobdownes162 I'm sure there must be some. The Irish outside of Dublin refer to Dubliners as 'little Brits'. The Dubliners refer to the rest of the population by an obscene Irish word, that I haven't found an English translation for! The best Celtic jokes about the English I've heard were by Welsh comedian Rob Brydon. They were rather gentle piss takes, rather like a younger brother teasing his big brother. I imagine if that had been a Scottish comedian the jokes would have been much more vicious.
I love the goons , and Milligan, I have got many on his books, and quite a few goon shows on LP, I met Spike back in the eary 1970's at his art exhibition in Aldgate East London.
@ black people tell jokes about black people.. asian people tell jokes about asian people.. ..and in this case a man with irish heritage is mocking irish people.. ..but I guess if you really search hard enough there's racism everywhere... it's become a really popular pastime...
The good old days when people could laugh at themselves , at each other and nobody was offended . These days it's just the opposite which is sad as laughter is a great healer .
There's always one...If you knew anything about Spike you'd know he was about as Left as you could get. The Right literally have NO actually funny comedians. Their entire humour is that of a 7 year bully, laughing at someone else's misfortune.
while i admit spike milligan was never one of my top 5 comedians i miss the days when we could laugh at ourselves and others without being accused of racism.and im sure there were countries doing sketches along these lines about us brits.
What do you get if you cross Spike Milligan with Dave Allen? ~ They tried that once at their local lodge and got a serious warning from the pope and then a stern letter from the Irish PM's office ordering them to cease and desist immediately before one of them became pregnant...
Totally daft but crazy funny. "Those legs should be illegal"! Spike Milligan was unique, a comic genius and a true Brit. What would he make of Covid Britain 2020?
I see Spike Milligan's grave at St.Thomas Church at Winchelsea a year ago. The grass was fairly long in the graveyard, but a clear path trodden by visitors/mourners demarked where his grave is. People even left stones on his cross. In Irish on his stone is 'I told you i was ill.' Top guy loved even now by many. I grew up with his comedy. Brilliant. Surrealism at is finest.
The ability to laugh at oneself; a mostly forgotten art. Thank you.
As a proud Irishman i have to say ' only Spike could get away with that. The Guinness tray is just genius. 🇮🇪 😂
How?
The Guinness tray is Pure Genius (ref tv ad late 80s early 90s)
The wobbly tray of Guinness made me die of comedy-induced heart failure. No flowers, by request.
Guinness is either in the glass or down your throat.
No flowers requested 🤣🤣🤣
Hysterically Amusing like no other. RIP Spike Milligan.
Spike. They broke the mold when they made him.... Thank God..
Let's examine this sketch:
1 - John Bluthall's hair
2- Mr. Lovely Legs Ireland
3 - The choosing of the chalk ceremony
4 - at 1:06 - the chalk
5 - at 1:14 - the Guiness Beer - watching this on the original broacast - the funniest thing i've ever seen as a 13 year old...
6 - at 1:57 - the reference card
7 - at 2:25 - the delayed 'x'
8 - at 2:40 - "The referee's having none of that and he's wiped it'
9 - at 3:14 - rubs off the X
an absolutely astonishing sketch.
And the 10 second ducks, urine retention card and "that was an absolute beta blocker" 😂😂😂
absolutley brillian
John Bluthall getting a real punch from Spike 3:57
"Milligan reached the parts that Others did not reach. " surreal genius
That was a terrific game with a dramatic last minute winner
I was in a pub in Bray during the World Cup in the 90s it was very much like this sketch with the waiter spilling stuff and the lads scrapping round the tv screen
Which pub?
@@beneire6955 the one at the left side of the road where main drag comes to seafront big bar goes back long way I was pretty hammered myself at the time.
Riveting stuff. I was on the edge of my seat.
Think I first watched this in '84 and down the years the memory of that wobbly tray of Guiness has remained. Joy.
Abstract brilliant comedy
Nor everyone's taste it took a bit of understanding but brilliant
SPIKE was wired differently to most people 😂
This kind of comedy would never reach the tv screens now ?
Superb, always loved spike and the other performers are equally brilliant 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Tis Irish Bob saying hello
Bloody marvelous. When tv was worth watching and enjoying laughs with family and friends.
Irish Bob enjoyed this sketch
Enjoy yer weekend ahead
🤗😇😎🇮🇪🇨🇵🍀☘️🦾🩺🥂
Yes the beer tray was fabulous,brilliant
Half Irish myself , and it, and my other half were both in stitches.....!
Been Lookin' for years to find Irish jokes concerning the English - Alas - Can't find any.
@@bobdownes162 I'm sure there must be some. The Irish outside of Dublin refer to Dubliners as 'little Brits'. The Dubliners refer to the rest of the population by an obscene Irish word, that I haven't found an English translation for!
The best Celtic jokes about the English I've heard were by Welsh comedian Rob Brydon. They were rather gentle piss takes, rather like a younger brother teasing his big brother. I imagine if that had been a Scottish comedian the jokes would have been much more vicious.
Reminds me of World of Sport with Dickie Davis. I got a pain laughing at this. I love Dick Scratcher's hair.
I love his name! 🤣🤣
I love the goons , and Milligan, I have got many on his books, and quite a few goon shows on LP, I met Spike back in the eary 1970's at his art exhibition in Aldgate East London.
I do miss Spike Milligan..brilliantly funny..
That wobbly tray of Guinness rules!! LOL
Mad as a box of frogs. Brilliant.
The skill of that Waiter, manoeuvering that tray of Guinness,
belongs being entered in some Book of Records of some sort.
Good old Spike.
And a great set design with props for that sketch.
I want one of them wobbly Guinness trays!
I'm happy with my wobbly Guinness legs.
Smiths..?
Like Glasgow on a Sat night ( and every other night )😂
Spike gave the Irish an absolute hammering and he loved every minute of it
@
he's mocking himself... his father was from Sligo..
he doesn't seem to find it 'debilitating'...
@
black people tell jokes about black people..
asian people tell jokes about asian people..
..and in this case a man with irish heritage is mocking irish people..
..but I guess if you really search hard enough there's racism everywhere... it's become a really popular pastime...
Laughed till I cried..a comic genius.
Spike was the original comedy genius that all others tried to follow.
Such skill and power takes years of training.
I'm half Irish and half English
The Irish half loved it 😁😁
The English half felt guilty about offending others 😟
It's not "the English half" You are clearly brainwashed to feel guilty. I am English and don't feel guilt at all but then I am not a sheeple.
@@bongobob7079 perhaps I was being sarcastic Bob the English half loved it too ☺
@@mwain66 don't explain yourself. I don't think Bob qets it. Made me chuckle tho.
@Mullard 5Y3 Absolutely right the English half would hate to offend any sjw's
The Irish half however does give a ....
Feel free to insert a word.👍
'Quiet for the bastard'
That tray of beer is the most fantastic prop!
I remember this sketch, if only for the fact that Mum was in tears of laughter about the referee with the skinny legs!!
Oh my goodness, a Spike Milligan treasure trove
Original unique zany but always brilliant.Spike was all of these god bless him
‘Kin brill - “they’re psyching each other out” 😂
Ha, i remember watching this in 1978, 5 years before i was born, and... ah, wait... - oh, i all confused now!
Genius , you can't go wrong with spike and co
It must have been so much fun working on these shows. A dream job to work with Spike.
You can trace the entirety of British comedy to Spike Milligan. Rarely does the word genius feel insignificant.
Don't you dare take the piss outa the irish ! ...
they do it perfectly well themselves .
"Told you he was sick." RIP mate. You done y'self proud.
Complete and total madness!!!!!!!! The Baron of Bonkers, the King of Komedy, the Prince of Proofrock.... Shakespeare, move over!!!!!
Laura C
Just so Good . Miss Spike 😂❤️
Daughter of Mr & Mrs Spike, presumably?
Lewis Carroll is not dead, he is producing the darts and snooker programmes on the BBC.
I hope our Irish Friends take it in good spirit.
Doesn't even have to be good spirit. We'll take whatever you've got...
Why don't the BBC or ITV cover this competition more often?
The Beer Tray....Brilliant!
This is an obvious parody of the worst of darts at the time . Brilliantly done . Hilarious .
The guy with the tray of beer was hilarious, this was real comedy, RIP spike.
How politically incorrect, loved it again.
The good old days when people could laugh at themselves , at each other and nobody was offended . These days it's just the opposite which is sad as laughter is a great healer .
watch darts on TV and this doesn't seem so ridiculous
Or snooker.
I think alcohol is a pre-requisite to enjoying this sketch!
It’s a pre-requisite to pretty much everything.
I love the stolen British Rail cutlery !!!! WTF
Hilarious! Another Milligan classic!
spike is great!!!!
Dick Scratcher....what a name.
The guy in grey suit is Frank from Vicar of Dibley :)
Orson Welles memorial brewery. Haha. Where'd that come from?
I loved the tray of Guinness!
insanity is fun !
Lunacy at its best!!😂😂😂
brilliant
Bring back proper comedy like this we should make all the lefty snowflakes watch this, they would be screaming to leave the room hilarious
There's always one...If you knew anything about Spike you'd know he was about as Left as you could get.
The Right literally have NO actually funny comedians. Their entire humour is that of a 7 year bully, laughing at someone else's misfortune.
he told you he was ill, nutty nu nacker sketch, you wont be cross, top stuff
classic comedy
Not to mention both of the contestants and the referee genuflecting when it dropped!
Absolutely ridiculous! 😂
@GlowWorm1962 What you forget is that Spike Milligan had an Irish passport.
Good old Spike.
class.
I see where Reeves and Mortimer got 'Talc n Turnip' now
Note the Very End when Throwing punches ..Spike Actually lands a Punch on the Guy see section 3:58
Oh my that was fun ...
The X guy looks so much like Michael Scott, (Steve Carell) from the Office!
Hey, the Irish are experts at this. Ce'ad Mile Fa'ilte.
Did you put SKYE SPORT on here?
Pmfslf !! So funny I can't stop laughing at it!
OXO! And, if you see my name on a tomb stone, you'll know that I came second in the duelling contest.
you cant beat this
Dick Scratcher - priceless
Comedy genius
which one is spike
'Skye Sport' LOL :)
'On de bottom on de bottom' as I typed the last time I saw this vid.
" God bless rhe Spike""
@thenowuk in what way?
the tray of pints lmao
Urine retention card 😂
while i admit spike milligan was never one of my top 5 comedians i miss the days when we could laugh at ourselves and others without being accused of racism.and im sure there were countries doing sketches along these lines about us brits.
Begone you humourless old turd. I'm Irish. Spike was Irish. Neither of us were offended.
What do you get if you cross Spike Milligan with Dave Allen? ~ They tried that once at their local lodge and got a serious warning from the pope and then a stern letter from the Irish PM's office ordering them to cease and desist immediately before one of them became pregnant...
Totally daft but crazy funny. "Those legs should be illegal"! Spike Milligan was unique, a comic genius and a true Brit. What would he make of Covid Britain 2020?
About right for the potatoes
PURE fucking INSANITY
so funny x it hahahaha
Sigh..When comedy was comedy...and funny!
Nephilim Phil Lynott!
Oddly disturbing but with funny bits.