catflap

he will never be fogot, his work will live on


Very sad

dosenöffner

When he travelled to Australia he was asked in customs,

'Do you have any convictions?'

He response was,

'I did not realise it was still a requirement.'

matrix

Earths Loss Heavens Gain

Had severe chest pains reading his army exploits while a squaddy myself


RIP

Chris L

Real shame that - I grew up listening to my Dad's 'Goon Show' tapes - probably explains a lot about my sense of humour.

A often over used expresion, but the man was a genuine legend, one the few true greats of comedy.

He will be very sadly missed.

Chris

Topcat1974

What a supremely funny man he was... I seem to remember he wanted "I demand a second opinion" on his gravestone.

RIP Sir Spike.

bumcrack

A great Shame.

RIP

Sparks

Saw him on TV shortly before Harry died, had gone to see harry, as he was very ill with cancer.

Harry: Lets go over to the piano.
Spike: A piano! I thought it was a stove!


Also remember Harry giving an interview, when he spike and sellers had an office in london sellers would often put a note on his door "do not disturb, sleeping.". Spike put a note under the door, on it was written "Wake up".

If anyone hasn't read the War Memiors books, go buy them, probably the best series of books I've read. How we ever won the war god knows.

RIP Spike, you will be missed.

Bad Bads

One of my comic heroes.
His off the wall humour will be missed.
Paul.

Funkii Munkii

Gutted

Brilliant comedian, so many comedians of the past 20 years especially the alternatives owe him everything.

Claim to fame I was his paper boy when he lived on Hadley Common, Barnet, One morning whilst delivering his papers I noticed a cat box on his drive with two tins of Cat food plonked on top, being curious I opened it and this large cat jumped straight out and off down the road leaving me with 4 kittens only a day old if that, I knocked on the great mans great big door (it was an ex monastry) and low and behold he opened it, cut a long story short I was speachless but soon realised he was so down to earth he immediately took them in and nursed 3 of them to full health but one died, what a kind man. Also remember he always had minis, 3 in his drive, one belonged to his daughter, I asked why so many minis and was given the reply, they were free, I did some adverts for BL, shrewd man!! I dont recall what the Christmas Box was like though.

I know its a boring story but 20 years later I still share it with people because Spike Milligan was the star of it!!

Another Star is shining brightly in the sky tonight R.I.P

Anyway there are too many glum icons on this thread he wouldnt have appreciated that










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Dave

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carl

My favourite Milligan story (actually it's about Sellers, but Spike told it) is the one where they both had houses in the same street. One morning, about 3 am, Spike is woken by a knock at the door. He opens it, and standing there is Peter Sellers completely naked except for a bowler hat. Peter then says "Do you know a good tailor?"

Actually, now I remember the framed five pound note he gave John Paul Getty. A plaque underneath read "In case of bankruptcy, break glass"

He will be sadly missed.

Scoobychick

iTrader: (1)

I remember reading an article in Mini World magazine some years ago about him and his Mini turbo, apparently he used to love taking on big Mercs on the motorway and showing them his rear bumper

He was an extremely funny man, I've read his books and watched his shows, he was a comedy genius

Tis a sad day

Sal

jods

deep sadness

sasman

Receiving his lifetime award from Prince Charles, is the funniest thing i've ever seen.

I Stancer

In a small way Spike helped me to sell my Subaru recently ,I used his verse to break the monotony of just typing TTT .

very sad but the guy survived a turbulent life including fighting Hitler , and lived to a reasonable age and we have loads of gems left behind

ODE TO MY MOTHER

If I should Die,
Think only this of me ,
The swine left owing us
Six pounds eighty p

Ian

Brake Neck

Pip pip, pippety pip, fell down the stairs, slippety slip, ripped her knickers, rippety rip, poor old Pip, pippety pip.

philc

I usually go to sleep with the radio on.... I woke at 4:15am to hear that Spike Milligan had died; how bizarre.

Saw him at the Mermaid Theatre in the Bed Sitting Room - ?written by N.F.Simpson whose humour was akin to Milligan's - and in Son of Oblomov in the West End with the whole play centred around Milligan in bed.

It was possible to see the show several times and each performance would be different, dependent on Milligan's mood; the night I went, about 10 minutes into the play two members of the audience arrived late, so Milligan stoppped the play, asked the rest of the audience if we would mind if he started the whole performance again and did exactly that - started the play again; then someone else in the audience got up to leave, Milligan asked if the person was going to return, the person said 'yes', so Milligan stopped the play again and ad-libbed until the member of the audience returned.

It was a long, but hilarious night.

Have they repeated the Q series in the U.K. - surely they've got to be timeless comedies (also starring David Lodge - 'he was in Cockleshell Heroes, you know')?

Certainly miss his gentle, anarchic humour

FreeT

Hilarious humour and a treat to see, a true one off genius.

Long may the memory live on.