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Milligan was the co-creator, main writer, and a principal cast member of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the characters Eccles and Minnie Bannister. He was the earliest-born and last surviving member of the Goons.
Spike Milligan. Actor: The Bed Sitting Room. Spike was born an 'Army Brat', the son of an Irish Captain in the British Raj in India. Educated in a series of Roman Catholic schools in India and at Lewisham Polytechnic in England, he spent his formative years playing the fool and playing the trumpet in local jazz bands.
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- Ahmednagar, Bombay Presidency, British India
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- Rye, East Sussex, England, UK
Apr 12, 2018 · Legendary British sketch comic and writer Spike Milligan celebrates his 100th birthday next week. Or, he would, if he weren’t dead. Death was a recurring theme in the work of the man who sagely...
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- “I thought I’d begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, ‘Why should I? He never reads any of mine.’ “ “Money can’t buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery. ”
- “I have the body of an 18 year old. I keep it in the fridge.” “I don’t mind dying. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”
- “My father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.” “We were making love in the back of a truck and we got carried away.”
- “And God said, ‘Let there be light’ and there was light, but the Electricity Board said he would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.” “Clifford had a sister, but she had departed, that is, she caught the 10.20 from Victoria.”
Feb 19, 2009 · Spike Milligan - Grovelling Bastard - YouTube. British Comedy Awards. 13.1K subscribers. Subscribed. 18K. 3.5M views 15 years ago. Spike Milligan's funny acceptance speech for his...
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Spike Milligan is the focus of this extract from an episode of the Bob Monkhouse-hosted ITV series What A Performance! Each episode of the series addressed a different style of comic performer...
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Apr 16, 2018 · Legendary comedian Spike Milligan would have turned 100 today. Starting with The Goon Show, a radical comedy radio show, Milligan revolutionised comedy imagination and wit, inspiring the...
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