I worked in a bookshop in the late 70s and Spike came to do a signing session for his children's book. He insisted that the kids came to the signing table without their parents so he could have a proper chat. He spoke to each one and they were all enthralled with him. Such a unique man and a much missed national treasure.

I wish our prime ministers and ex prime ministers were as intelligent as Whitlam....

2025 still waching

Oh Spike.

I forgot about that i486 ad

Spike was an absolute treasure, a marvel and he had Irish blood in his veins. Need I say more.

Can you imagine him taking the part of Sherlock Holmes, seriously! What would he have brought to it?

A n absolute treasure, and he was irish as well. What more needs to be said.😊😊😊

This aligns with Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

Karen Tighe had so much dignified elegance not once did she allow herself carelessness thoroughly composed concentration in face of endless attempts to distract her legendary polished refined professionalism assurance ultimate class Karen Tighe very cultured 50:08

Do you have any training films from 1980-1982?

Jelly bean toes. Mine. 🐈‍⬛

Gough - a complete lack of any self awareness decades later

Genius, and sorely missed

Scintillating. Never seen this before. Thankyou for posting it.

Denton was obviously very ambitious

Didn't Lance Curtis and David Argue appear as a double act on Double J

Yes and there's Tesla there's Tessa's all over Evie's or over the place

Oh yes now it's 2025 and we have robots just like Rosie from The Jetsons I just love the future

This is retro now

You would never no that spike suffered from depression a super comedian and human being always making us laugh no .After what the circumstances ❤

I served in the same regiment as Spike, though a few years later.

Been reading Spike's war memoirs recently, and so it was sad but interesting info that his friendship with Harry Edgington hit the skids because Harry didn't like how he was portrayed in them. According to the memoirs, Harry seems to have played Jiminy Cricket to Spike's Pinocchio, so I'm a little baffled. Perhaps Jiminy felt slandered being depicted as present on Pleasure Island at all, even if only to keep the little wooden boy on the straight and narrow.

Spike was well ahead of the game on the environment

Love it. And him. With Harry and Peter. Had to move recently and found Book two and three, no no.1. Got onto e-bay, book no.1 is up to $90! Can't afford that. Anybody out there has no.1? I'd be mighty happy if someone in the world could maybe send it to me. Will be returned in good condition. Promise. Thanks from the old Aussie Andy, Rockhampton QLD Australia.

Hungry for crunchy bix

The man was and still is eye wateringly funny and a genius 🏷️

I miss him.

Never liked the Goons. I liked them as individuals.

I have read a good many of his books. Superb writer.

This show was a really great achievement. It's even better now then when it was new. But in hindsight you see the kid run into the home and get behind the Nintendo and you see his eyes are just mesmorized. That was the end of childhood because before Nintendo kids had to go out and play with other kids, explore and form social connections, but after Nintendo you could just sit around by yourself with your brain thinking it was doing exciting hand-eye coordination activity. Suddenly kids just sat at home antisocial so that was the beginning of massive social problems. I like what the guy at the end was saying about how computers were evolving faster then the law, society or our evolution. I just heard the state in 2008 only 8% of men under 30 were virgins but as of 2018 it was 28% and rising. People never though about the impacts of online cruising and dating apps. The xerox guy was crazy, he thought computers would result in us being in a more natural setting. No, now I can't even stay home because my mind is constantly ringig from wifi signals. And you go out in public and most people can never unplug from technology and just sit down and be real on the bus. I miss Newspapers.

The apple Newton.. what a joke. Man had they any clue about the iphone. I love you see the hip 90's people going for their apple newton like they're really hip cool people, doing all kinds of business with their newton. WOW

He was concerned about the population explosion 38 years ago!! Imagine if he was alive now?

Australias fav Nong. Nothing can save the abc from rascist Tingles. Top down drivelist our laura.

What a Wonderful Wonderful Human Being. So Very honest and down to earth. And he made an awful lot of common sense. R.I.P. Spike. God Bless your Sweet Soul XXXXX

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In the future, Mike Wilese was the owner of the Sydney Swans football team at one time. 🤔

Good onya Norman

If i spoke to the man i would have made his mind different which would have made him not funny,his nightmare to stop what he go away with like lebonon

Madman but the best of men x

A Brillliant mind troubled by his experiences in life. A very funny and extremely talented man. God bless🙏💙🕊️

When London/England was homogeneous in religion and culture. And peaceful!

Rugby players at the beginning were from the Gordon team - no doubt because they were just up the Pacific Highway from the Gore Hill Studios.

Great to see the ABC having fun, rather than present an anti-Australian agenda.

This Planet isn't Over Populated though, not by any means. That's what your led to believe because your Perception has been hijacked by nefarious entities so to say! If our Consciousness is managed in the right way, and our five senses selfishness has become extinguished, and that we see the abundant nature to manifest food is eternal under the right conditions. Then there will be more than plenty for everyone. It's not a case of sterilisation, that's a miopic view and rather dark. We need to address our consciousness and wake up! As far as Milligans comedy goes he was hilarious ❤🙏

Gunston was a genius.

great interview with a legendary comedian and writer ..how correct was he too about the worlds population getting out of hand .a very wise and highly intelligent man whos greatly missed

Best part is the ads that you left in 🥲

Gough was a giant in the Labour Party. They have only had loser leaders since. The Whitlam government was the textbook case of reform trumping management.

This is probably what "Late Night with the Devil " was based on😮!!!