Milligan on Barrymore - 3-2-1996.avi

[@rmstitanic8163]

What a fantastically funny man. This world is missing so many of your kind Spike.

[@KimSenior]

“I hadn’t worked out the tides.” creased me! 😂😜😂

[@DougStoneent]

Here Spike was, at 78, funnier than many comics are at the peak of their careers. Britain should be proud to have produced him. The Goon Show was, and still is, incredible, and mad man Spike was a treasure.

[@SephSora]

+Doug Stone Spike, at his best, was better than them all. :)

[@TheMarkyMarx]

@silver fox He was both. He served in the British army and made his career in England. The only reason he did not hold a British passport was because he refused to say the Oath of allegiance, which was ironic because he was very good friends with Prince Charles

[@ClannCholmain]

@M. S., the only person I’ve ever swore an allegiance to was my wife. My ironic friends oddly on the other hand just accept me just as I am. Greetings from the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪

[@ClannCholmain]

@silver fox, more than that, he said he got his humour from his father, who was from County Sligo. He said his real name was Ó Maoileagáin.

[@keithf_]

Not one but TWO geniuses of British light entertainment. Always a joy to see both these two greats. Thankyou so much for posting.

[@davidcullen1956]

NO not barrynomore

[@Alkatrask]

No just one

[@billscott74]

Read his war memoirs, absolutely brilliant

[@birkett938]

spike milligan is a quick witted, oddball comedian. Barrymore went down the serious questions route which sometimes works but Barrymore was hoping for serious answers, he should have known that wouldn't work.

[@SuperMitchell57]

How awesome is Spike Spent a lot of time in his world and I think it was for the better

[@lizarmitage2309]

Michael always brought out the best in everyone 😅❤

[@lukebale8550]

Watching our mother dig an air raid shelter. Hilarious line

[@shellsbignumber2]

Spike was one of the funniest people of all time.

[@Hankydoodle1]

Thanks for this......Spike was as mad as a bottle of chips....pure genius!!!!

[@SuperTed19021]

He was such a comedic genius. No crass, no foul language, just talent. A shame he had so much depression in his life but that's what war did and still does to many. I still got a book of his rhymes as well.

[@billchisholm7334]

I agree completely, as I think Dave Allen said once that if you have to use foul language, you need a better script writer.

[@gedmcgaffin1255]

Barrymore being out classed by a comic genius . Thanks for the giggles Mr Spike Milligan.

[@nickcrosby9875]

‘What are you talking about?’ - ‘About 20 words a minute.’ So quick, love it

[@Guvna07]

Spikes headstone reads "I told you I was ill". What a truly funny man

[@MrMacca1951]

does not get it right

[@MsMesem]

But I hadn't worked out the tides... oh hilarious.

[@johnlamb2754]

Spike was an absolute comedy genius,he's firing the jokes out and Barrymore can't keep up.

[@stevelee4952]

One genius and one scar on the face of British broadcasting.

[@fredferd965]

He was always, always "On," and he was always quite mad! He would take off with anything, and just keep going - and he could share the humor with all of us! Mentally, I think, he was out there in the audience, laughing with the rest of us and thoroughly enjoying the joke! This one will be dearly missed!!!!

[@richardsharpe2966]

loved watching Spike and they is only one word for Spike genius

[@atourdeforce]

"Are you a doctor" soo much more incredibly better than something like, .... Who are you? Lol

[@Griglager]

"What are you talking about?" "I'm talking about twenty words per minute." That. Is. Beautiful. XD

[@bonjovi1612]

Love it when Barrymore gave up, “what the hell are you talking about?” Spike, sharp as tack, “about 20 words a minute!”

[@missgreasedlightning]

oooooooooooh I miss Spike ! thanks for this

[@georgewaynegerrard7595]

Spike milligan ..my hero x

[@Markhayes1963]

True genius sharp as a razor blade rip,(HE TOLD US HE WAS ILL)

[@Cheeseford]

Up to a point. Lots of Spike's responses are verbatim quotes from the war memoirs. However, "Can you see me? Good, then I'm here" and other bits and pieces could only come from one man.

[@DRAGONS147]

No matter how old Spike Milligan got he never lost his Wit ( ; The Man was a Comic Genius!

[@MrSkywalker153]

Spike was a genius fantastic guy

[@thenodfather]

Spike didn't even have to say anything to be funny. Pure Genius :D

[@mandykhoo2473]

Immediate. Best sort of spontaneity.....a blast of comedy dali

[@anummasa]

hilarious man will regret 2 my dying day that i never went 2 meet him and say thank u for the humor you have lavished on everyone

[@anummasa]

thats a bit confusing how is he Irish when he was born in India as was i believe was cliff richard

[@davidhoward2487]

+anummasa Doesn't matter where you're born, you could be born in a taxi, it's your parents that count. His father was Irish. Cliff Richard. Felicity Kendal, & poss, Joanna Lumley I think, as well.

[@soeffingwhat]

His Dad was Irish, and he opted for Irish Citizenship cos it was easier than opting for British Citizenship after he was declared Stateless.

[@davidhoward2487]

What a coincidence, I've just been reading his 5th. book, on his war experiences, where all his mental health problems are described...& I'm laughing my head off! His unique take on that subject appeals to mine own....I think I'll have to go back to "Puckoon" long time since i read that....

[@soeffingwhat]

david howard Puckoon is hilarious. I haven't even bothered to watch the Film remake cos I think it won't be as good.

[@marksainsbury6801]

Incredible timing

[@billfarnsworth7536]

Greatest comedian ever.

[@desperkins5721]

A true wit,We dont see much of that now,What a realy funny man :)

[@DoninicGoland96]

that title gave me a mental image that i'll never get rid of.

[@timphillips9954]

What a hero and a true gent.

[@cathyflorence8040]

Keep watching this, such an hysterical time. Both great entertainers.🤣🤣🤣

[@kerridonelan8823]

Oh our beautiful funny Spike from Woy Woy Australia this cracked me up, Michael really didn't know where to go, we miss you Spike xxx

[@darrenwalshe8534]

Half Irish half English its no wonder he was nuts ha a genius

[@Fredders88]

True, saying that, Barrymore is half Irish by heritage. Jim Davidson too.

[@Da1Dez]

"Are you a doctor!?" - that got me immediately 😂😂

[@vespasianlegx11]

spike is a genius

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

I think people are unfair on Barrymore. Spike was brilliant, but he wasn’t playing the interviewee game that these programmes expect. Usually a guest comes on to plug a book, or a show etc. Spike was totally left field. Probably totally threw Barrymore, unless it was rehearsed.

[@breaneainn]

Lateral genius.

[@derrickmurphy9988]

Spike was one of the best.

[@truthinesssss]

Thank you

[@TheByard]

My mother was Spikes house keeper for a while, he used to leave notes around the house telling her which room he was in. As he moved around the house he would leave another note updating his progress. Well mum followed the note trail and by the time she'd got to the last one he'd gone out. So the next morning she opened the front door and stepped inside, at the top of her voice she yelled, Spike where are you, he yelled back look at the note. Being a welsh lass she loved it when Harry Secombe called round, they had a good natter. Spike butted in and wanted to know what the hell they were talking about. They had been speaking in welsh and he hated that.

[@juliegreen2054]

That's brilliant 👍

[@suzannerossiter1682]

KZbin is great for hearing little tales like that. 😊

[@bodsnvimto]

Couldn't agree more. This clip confirms it!

[@Geth-Who]

7:19 - that's the moment Spike breaks him. He just can't keep up.

[@johnmoyle4195]

Spike's on-the-fly jokes weren't doing as well as he hoped, and the "what the hell are you talking about?" joke from Barrymore made him feel like he was totally bombing. That's why he walked out early and went home to bottle gooseberries. It was a common flaw throughout his career whenever he felt his comedy glad wasn't working. He would just leave the stage and refuse to return to the "bad" audience. He was very sensitive.

[@jeanmyers1787]

Absolutely. It’s embarrassing the way Barrymore dug himself into a hole, but Spike is Spike ❤️❤️❤️

[@stevestheboy1]

Barrymore probably wanted to take this piss out of spike like he did with most but came unstuck

[@sandymack9345]

I can't stand it any longer I'm going to go..Perfect.

[@carot2003]

Fantastic, very clever, very very funny..

[@dreadnaught3894]

First time I've seen Mr Barrymore (I think he's not known too much in N.America). Seems more personable than the Robot who's currently cast as James Bond and is much more tolerable than the forcefully phoney Tarrant - but as usual Spike puts 'em all in the 'also ran' class. RIP Spike and Tony Gray of The Alberts

[@petercooper4123]

ok spike.ur dead

[@damienocallaghan2648]

His best ever moment was GROVELING BASTARD Better than Four Candles or Dead Parrots or The Chandelier Scene

[@stewartwebb5699]

True genius! A one off. Great video

[@MrSkywalker153]

Spike was a complete genius

[@MattRobertsFTW]

Great man

[@MrArchie800]

Milligan is often very deep and obscure whilst still being funny and outrageous. I’m not going to jump on the anti-Barrymore wagon as they are not necessarily bad or anything, but just a product of the broad-lowest-common-denominator tripe that the BBC were encouraging and churning out at the time (and unfortunately still are).

[@marco69tits]

Barrymore was on ITV but BBC are again in trouble and doing nothing wrong

[@wilfyboy]

It's not so much a bandwagon as a shared distaste of a 3rd rate comedian and a despicable human being, who's lack of talent is magnified by the presence of a top class comical entertainer.

[@davidmccurtain6443]

If this was a boxing match Barrymore would have been counted out !

[@meirwise1107]

Barrymore taking a master class from a 78 yr old manic depressive who was sharper, funnier and quicker than him.

[@johnwishart7265]

Barrymore's ego took battering there.

[@kdcruz75]

It was both subtle and in his face at the same time...spike could see right through fakery..and undress it slowly for his audience.. ..he had barrymore digging his own air raid shelter..barry just got smaller and smaller throughout the interview..spike did him a favour by ending the interview himself

[@johnblackett9899]

Genius.

[@myvideosshared]

Spike being spike. Great humour. Why Barrymore can't understand his last queueing joke proves that he is out classed

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Agreed. A Yank can get that joke, but Barrymore can't?

[@kdcruz75]

Barrymore was outclassed from the first sentence... Spike milligan vs the unfunniest comedian in british history..there wasnt even a race...there was an attempt at patronising an old man at the beginning...but that was killed off before it finished

[@jameswest4692]

Afraid i don't get the joke either- there's a joke in there? something about a man queuing just to be with people, am i missing something seems bizarre

[@robertsmalley8138]

@@jameswest4692 It sounds as though you have missed something all your life.

[@anthonywilson4873]

@@jameswest4692 Those words “in a queue” are a set up for the punch line, round one. Barrymore comes back with what are you on about. The punchline “20 words a minute”. It’s fast wit with no fear. Fantastic

[@davidcullen1956]

worked out the tides. I fell off my chair laughing

[@transremaxculver]

No contest. Spike wins without breaking sweat.

[@markkelly8288]

Why is it a competition? It's not AT ALL

[@tommohughes7134]

Barrymore is a twit who thinks he can gets laughs out of taking the piss out of his guests but spike turned the tables on him and made him look more stupid than he already was

[@thetwoboyos8366]

Barrymore is nothing but a smartarse... Spike knew that.. Thats why he didnt allow him to be.. Shut him down... Class man Spike Milligan.

[@jaggass]

My grandad did the pools every week but it didn't kill anyone.

[@muttlee9195]

Very good

[@sheelman31]

The way he exits this video is brilliant, this stupid interviewee with his ridiculous questions, trying to make spike looks silly. When at the end, spike says.. "I can't stand it any longer I've got a go." Love you Spike.

[@danwoodhouse9290]

dont you mean INTERVIEWER not interviewee

[@atourdeforce]

Im sure it was rehearsed, or he asked could he exit like this!

[@angelseysigrid9337]

He said the same jokes on every show, but no body mines because he was adored

[@me-cq7wv]

Mulligan was too quick for Barrymore in this interview. He was a mile in front of Barrymore and Barrymore never even noticed it.

[@robertsmalley8138]

Barrymore isnt in the same class as Spike he only thinks he is .

[@oldskoolforever79]

Milligan**

[@Rich6Brew]

Barrymore: out of your depth and totally outclassed.

[@richardfellingham3492]

But remember Barrymore was crucified by the press as a possible murderer but Leslie Grantham who killed a taxi driver was given an easy ride by the press and was still on TV as dirty den in eastenders

[@mickkennedy1344]

No evasion, none necessary

[@paddymeboy007]

My favourite comedian shame he lost the plot in his later years...Still funny though...

[@MeatloafTribute1]

brilliant, total ad lib!

[@niallbyrne204]

Comic genius milligan. Barrymore is and continues to be less then desirable.

[@ElvisPresley4Hire]

I thought Barrymore was ok. (Contrary to other comments).

[@manwithnonamemystic4566]

Is he all there?or is it his alter ego.Spontaneous of the cuff comic

[@baobo67]

Spike, a great man sadly missed. Who was that interviewer?

[@baobo67]

@Paul Dee Thanks for your response, it prompted me to revisit that site and a few others about Spike. He is just the medicine we all need in these difficult times. He still brightens our days. Cheers.

[@Kingcarparpeggio]

Michael Barrymore….B lister comedian and it shows !

[@Marlondurran]

Well that backfired on Barrymore.. classic stuff..

[@andyaim4764]

Genius V Faux Genius

[@kleptones]

I thought Barrymore did rather well on that interview, considering the ass of an interviewer, but in terms of ad-libbing, Spike here is amazing - as evidenced by the cheers at the end. MB may be a fearless performer, but he's not a natural comedian; Spike *was* a living script ;-)

[@timmccaffrey1326]

What a great man Spike was and even in his old age his humour was unique. His father was Irish and Spike was a regular guest on Irish T.V. shows where he informed a delighted audience and viewers by telling us jokes about how silly the Irish were...he described Ireland as an open air lunatic asylum run by the inmates....this brought the house down...but you wouldn't get away with this today on account on the cursed P.C. nutters. I was sad to hear Spike say not before he died that he had received virtually no offers of work for the past fifteen years or so....thanks to the same political correctness crusaders.....I wonder how many promising young comedians fell by the wayside because of this nonsense.

[@tommohughes7134]

He done some brilliant interviews with Irish chat show host Gay Byrne and they were funny and good humoured and no pisstaking from Gay, both had respect for each other

[@cathyflorence8040]

Hysterical 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@fckem1000]

Michael Barrymore here is very poor - I'm not sure if he's classed as a comedian but he should have got onto what lines Spike wanted fed to him.

[@markkelly8288]

I don't get how.. he's allowing an absolute madman have everyone in stitches. This is what he's supposed to do

[@chrismiller8384]

Barrymore is a complete narcissist out of his depth. And he knows it.

[@nicklegg61]

Chris Miller I don't think so,he is just playing the games of celebs.if you can't see this ,oh dear

[@tomfreeman650]

Spike comedy genius ,the less said about Barrymore the better

[@andrematulich2091]

Hahaha. Oh Spike!

[@ronmccullock1407]

At least M.B. let Spike be Spike

[@davidtomlinson6138]

A comic genius , sadly missed , unbelievably funny man , i agree, i went to Portsmouth once !

[@hooliid3608]

legend . put him in the curry!

[@mikelheron20]

Bullshit! You say that it's justice and fitting that he is washed up and hated. I would say that's going far beyond a factual statement that he was very popular and now he isn't.

[@vicesquadpunk]

Barrymore looks nonplused… it’s strange… was he in awe or simply out classed??

[@bobmckenzie5609]

Barrymore was like this because he, himself was not getting the laughs.

[@cosicave5179]

Spike is as good as he ever could be - with Barrynotsomuch…

[@tommohughes7134]

Spike was gifted with charm and wit, a breath of fresh air and Barrymore is witless and just an annoying and hateful man

[@walkingphotos]

Genius 1 Pratt 0

[@Hububbfan]

He's not talentless

[@WilliamZeebub]

i heard old Mikey got equited.. was it painful? what did you get, a jumper or a pair of socks? not his fault if some idiot overdosed and went for a swim.