@@ScottieMcClue you must read “ The Looney” I have it and have read it 20+ times,the funniest book in the Universe, Spike at his absolute best
@SISU889Ай бұрын
Oh , Spike . You will never be forgotten ! Such a fast comedic brain and finding the funny side of everything. RIP , great man ......
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
Thank You 😊 🙏
@tanyaklieve9770Ай бұрын
Hei Sisu, satana perkele.. Just checking if your Finnish.
@SISU889Ай бұрын
@@tanyaklieve9770 Sisulla vaan ! 🇫🇮
@mohammaddavoudian78972 ай бұрын
100% pure, brilliant comedy. Haven't laughed so much for a long time. Thank you so much.
@ScottieMcClue2 ай бұрын
A Pleasure 🙏 ☺️
@veralegendi90982 ай бұрын
Wow! Spike Milligan is a wonderful storyteller - and Peter O'Toole is in the crowd laughing 😀🥰
@grantstevenson24972 ай бұрын
Rolf Harris too🤮
@ronaldkelly18782 ай бұрын
I think a few others were laughing as well!
@flamencoprofАй бұрын
And Joanna Yumley.
@piffiiiiiiitАй бұрын
Clive James too
@ChazDavenport-q2dАй бұрын
When he introduced Hans, his German soldier friend who he took to lunch there was a genuine look of affection on Spike’s face. Beauty amongst the superb and hilarious story telling.
@robertmawby3021Ай бұрын
Probably the funniest man…………ever! An absolute genius.
@grahamthomas63812 ай бұрын
I was lucky enough to See Spike live many years ago. Absolute genius. The venue (Leeds Grand Theatre) closed the curtains but Spike came back out, sat on the edge of the stage and just chatted. He was amazing.
@ronaldkelly18782 ай бұрын
@@grahamthomas6381 I saw him live many years ago in The Bed Sitting Room when he suddenly abandoned the script, sat on the edge of the stage and just chatted to us. I had long been a fan but I still cracked up helplessly.
@pitchforkcustom2 ай бұрын
what’s lovely is he finds the human response funny , which it is. he throws it back ❤ excellent sense of humour in adversity ❤
@RalphBrooker-gn9iv2 ай бұрын
As an ex-soldier, “I didn’t want to join a one legged regiment” ….. Awesome. Irrepressible. Unique. Modern humour, which I love, owes it all to Spike.
@trevorhoward76822 ай бұрын
His books have some great lines. One story is about a 25pounder field gun disappearing backwards down a slope and through a tented area. Someone came out of a tent and was asked, "Have you seen a gun come through here?" "What colour is it?
@RalphBrooker-gn9iv2 ай бұрын
@@trevorhoward7682 🤣
@wessexdruid7598Ай бұрын
@@trevorhoward7682 That 'someone' was a certain Harry Secombe.
@trevorhoward7682Ай бұрын
@@wessexdruid7598 I thought it was but, couldn't be arsed to get the book down to confirm it.
@saturdayplayer24922 ай бұрын
Do yourself a favour and read his war diaries. They are brilliantly funny but also very sad at times.
@ScottieMcClue2 ай бұрын
I have
@lurajur70752 ай бұрын
😀😒 The issue is "what's next"?
@pitchforkcustom2 ай бұрын
or, if you haven’t already, you might like to read the books he wrote about his time in the army.. they’re incredible.. 🙄
@dannyvine36052 ай бұрын
@@saturdayplayer2492 My father was in the army and I remember him reading Spike’s army diaries and laughing.
@edwardmather4422Ай бұрын
@@saturdayplayer2492 have done, every book he ever wrote, greatest madman that ever lived xx
@mike_d_melb_music_fan5229Ай бұрын
This man's mind was seriously wired differently to the rest of the human race 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@fredlenz47432 ай бұрын
Best comedy I have heard in years. Hitler and my part in his downfall one of the funniest books written
@paulwarman66822 ай бұрын
@fredlenz4743 absolutely! I read this when I was about 10. Always remember.
@Sparky68M2 ай бұрын
I read the book many times ,having been born & lived in bexhill, I can relate & knew many of the areas mentioned in his book !
@petertoal371Ай бұрын
I've read it several times and am amazed at. how Spike dealt with what must have traumatic at the time.
@brendagilson934Ай бұрын
A good read.
@judgeberry60712 ай бұрын
This guy fired out punchlines like a bolt of lightening. Very clever comic.
@frankyoung7497Ай бұрын
BRILLIANT, Spike was a one off.
@chriswasniowski3149Ай бұрын
the man was as funny as tooth ache
@nickkennedy7388Ай бұрын
An absolute gentleman. His war memoirs are utterly brilliant, and a real commentary on the social mores of the time, and on the damage that war does to a sensitive and intelligent young man.
@ArchieFatcackie2 ай бұрын
A true one off, you could sit and listen to this man all night long.
@rjohnlewis3265Ай бұрын
The goon show got me into a lot of trouble in my school days. I imitated the characters much to the annoyance of my teachers.
@jonathanplastow5220Ай бұрын
Thanks for the kettle and the 2 year warranty. It's still working fine.
@seymourclearlyАй бұрын
That seems so innocent compared to the things schoolkids get up to now
@bewildered54442 ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant. Neville Chamberlain doing prime minister impressions lol
@tompage6421Ай бұрын
So many greats in the audience. All gone. Celebrities today can't hold a candle to any of them.
@jcw9539Ай бұрын
Oh don’t, it’s so depressing…… Now there is no comedy just woke in case someone is offended 🙄
@RWBHereАй бұрын
@@jcw9539 They go for the lowest common denominator - gutter humour - instead of aiming high. Some comedians are deluded into thinking that the audience is laughing at their humour. But very often they are not; it's simply a shock response. I either walk out or switch off, whichever is quickest. But I can listen to the Goons (from almost 70 years ago. Yikes!), or just Milligan, for hours.
@paulede2230Ай бұрын
His sense of humour was so dry and so funny. Loved this man, and his books are well worth a read
@ChristopherFraser-o2pАй бұрын
Unquestionably the funniest comedian ever. I'm sure I can hear him calling me a grovelling ba*terd ! 🙏🙏🙏
@susanford2388Ай бұрын
I loved reading Spike Milligan's books, my shoulders would shake with laughter while on the train to work.
@petertoal371Ай бұрын
Incredibly funny man and one of my favourites as a child growing up, listening to the goon show on the radio. I was born in 1943 and was lucky enough not to have been subjected to some of the horrors that Spike experienced. I listened to war stories being told by my aunties and uncle and of course my wonderful grandma. Spike has a brilliant way of telling stories in such a humorous way, however, by stating the true facts, you can tell that it wouldn't have been funny at the time. So many famous fans in the audiences says it all. He was revered by many.
@enemde30252 ай бұрын
Sadly missed. A true comic genius.
@alanpopely1289Ай бұрын
Brilliant. I saw Spike in Sydney in 1976 at the balmain bijou. Took him 10 minutes to start the show as the battery was flat😂😂😂. Unforgettable 😅
@rogerhurst8851Ай бұрын
One of my favourite from Spike, And when they were up, they were up, and when they were down they were down, and when they were half way up he was arrested.
@williamholden75732 ай бұрын
Great comedic brain.
@davidtomlinson61382 ай бұрын
Unbelievably funny, excellent 😂😂😂😂
@ScottieMcClue2 ай бұрын
Thank You 😊 🙏
@simonwaters23322 ай бұрын
I saw Spike Milligans shows on telly when I was about 12 or 13. I didn't know what the hell was going on, but it was great! This was the time of the 'great transition' from old theatre to 'cutting edge comedy. Python, Spike, then Kenny Everett, the Goodies, Cheech and Chong - the world changed.
@WillODonnell-q8eАй бұрын
My Dads favourite comedian. RIP both xx
@rogerprice7704Ай бұрын
Even back then and considering his age and comedic brilliance he still is so current today . A madcap genius oh tiddily tiddily po ! I’m walking back for Xmas
@tanyaklieve9770Ай бұрын
with a teapot on my head.
@McNeishАй бұрын
Saw this live on the telly with parents. They loved Spike Milligan.
@lesteraizlewood84572 ай бұрын
A legend, he made us laugh so hard and so often.
@dancouper2024Ай бұрын
Lucky enough to have met him a couple of years before he died , his comedy will always be in my heart ❤️ a true story telling genius .. much missed
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
Absolutely 💯
@jimfell7147Ай бұрын
Few if any comedians around today to come anywhere near the Milligans et al , total shame.
@sgtg46002 ай бұрын
Outstanding 🫡
@colby25Ай бұрын
"Spike milligna......the well known typing error".......Still tickles me today.
@pitchforkcustom2 ай бұрын
actually priceless that this is recorded 👍 ❤
@ScottieMcClue2 ай бұрын
Absolutely 💯
@fugglestickАй бұрын
Just listened again to his ware diaries on audiobooks, narrated by himself...Funny as heck.....Awesome...
@LewieLeway2 ай бұрын
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="60">1:00</a> Spot on there. "WE are at war..." whether WE like it or not. 🤨😂
@JeanCRogersАй бұрын
Legend ...made everyone smile and hang on his every word
@MrMagusperde2 ай бұрын
Genius
@postwar46Ай бұрын
I believe that Spike Milligan was ahead of the Cambridge Footlights comedians of the John Cleese era. Spike Milligan had a wonderful perspective of seeing everything the other way around. He annoyed some people because his perceptions were verging on the lunatic...... but he made a lot of people laugh. RIP
@FrankOBrien-ti7nyАй бұрын
Without Spike and his goons we'd never have heard of John Cheese and Monty Python. It's the one thing I have against Spike. I never could stand Monty Python.
@xgreenjacketАй бұрын
@@FrankOBrien-ti7nyahh what a boring militant bastard you are. You only hate them because they imitated what you like which is what every single artist does in their lifetime.. and the fact you don’t realise it makes you an incredibly stupid asshole
@timdoherty10128 күн бұрын
@@FrankOBrien-ti7ny Yes, which also makes their sneering at the Goodies rather hypocritical, as Monty Python were, if anything, more derivative of the Goons than the Goodies were of them.
@dizwell2 ай бұрын
Wonderful video! Thank you for it. The man was comedy gold. 😅
@ScottieMcClue2 ай бұрын
A Pleasure Thank you
@robinfereday6562Ай бұрын
Now here was a comic genius 😊
@123hoddie2 ай бұрын
Legend !
@vikinghex13 күн бұрын
80 year old nearly pissed myself spike thanks better than a dram
@787SpeedbrakesАй бұрын
Spike used to read his poems to us back in the mid-late ‘80s at my primary school in Winchelsea. We had no idea who he was of course, just an old man who used to say silly words and make funny voices. In my late teens I remember driving up the very narrow lane near Spikes house, to see him walking down it - still wearing his slippers! Shame they never let him have his headstone engraved how he wanted it…. “I told you I was ill.” Not been to Winchelsea Church in over 20 years but I believe it’s in Latin instead.
@GarGriАй бұрын
@@787Speedbrakes it’s actually written in Gaelic. Spike was refused a British passport because he and his father were both born in India. There’s a joke great says he sued a newspaper/magazine that called him a “stupid, English, bastard” on the grounds he wasn’t English. Brilliant way of getting his revenge as it’s easier to prove his nationality than his intelligence or legitimacy.
@xgreenjacketАй бұрын
Yes I believe it’s written in French instead.
@GarGriАй бұрын
@@xgreenjacket I believe you are talking through your rear end. Google it and you’ll see you’re wrong.
@iangillis2230Ай бұрын
I read several of his books as a teen, but I never saw his face or heard his voice before today. One of his books was entitled "Adolf Hitler - My Part in his Downfall"
@nicholashaigh8319Ай бұрын
I don’t think we will ever see the like of Spike again. He was so special. Hopefully I’m wrong.
@classiccarrebuilds2771Ай бұрын
Modern ‘’comedians” could learn a lot from Spike, a true genius
@jacktattisАй бұрын
Absolutely marvellous
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
Thank You 😊 🙏
@raygibson1605Ай бұрын
This man was unique! You have got to be sharp to appreciate his wit
@neiljamison6415Ай бұрын
Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite, Irish for "I told you I was ill". On his head stone.
@rocketpost12 ай бұрын
My hero Spike Milligna, he is greatly missed. The only person that I didn't recognise in the audience was Harry Secombe. I spotted many including Bill Wyman, a very young Frank Skinner, Danny Baker, Joanna Lumley and of course Peter O'Toole. Spike knew how to milk an audience.
@gwaters8067Ай бұрын
@@rocketpost1 6:47 👍
@nl4064Ай бұрын
funny yet sad, great man
@michaelmcginn72602 ай бұрын
Superb.
@ScottieMcClue2 ай бұрын
Thank You 😊 🙏
@zenongruba26072 ай бұрын
Very funny.
@jcw9539Ай бұрын
I’m in stitches 😂
@MatthewHaynes-qr1eyАй бұрын
That must have been a thrill. Thanks for putting this one on.
@woodseats123Ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant. 😊
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
Thank You 😊 🙏
@Kevin-df5obАй бұрын
I miss the old school so much their wit and character are completely irreplaceable
@frankyoung7497Ай бұрын
great guy
@EmmaOnATangent25 күн бұрын
"A man called Nevil Chamberlin - who did Prime Minister impersonations. . ." I expired.
@alexbowman75822 ай бұрын
Surreal before surrealism.
@ScottieMcClue2 ай бұрын
It's Comedy 😃
@celticfmАй бұрын
Puckoon is a hilarious book. Spike is a genius.
@robertmawby3021Ай бұрын
All of Spike’s books are hilarious!
@morenofranco9235Ай бұрын
Migod! It's Major Bloodnok - disguised as, Minnie Bannister in her Eccles outfit. Pretending to be Spike Milligan. A very good impersonation of a famous Goon.
@taurusutilityconsultants6839Ай бұрын
Awsome ! 😂
@fortsmith8200Ай бұрын
Awesome human
@paulspalaceАй бұрын
Brilliant mind, during the days of the Goons, he gave the funniest lines to others in the team.
@fireskycam98892 ай бұрын
Absolute legend
@ikehellyАй бұрын
one of a kind
@richardsharpe29662 ай бұрын
They is only one word for Spike genius
@DavidOHara-t4bАй бұрын
Absolute genius.
@lesliebarham7852Ай бұрын
Was born bought up with Goon sh😊ow on the radio, funny as.
@stevemaccaba788522 күн бұрын
Brilliant ❤
@davidtomsettАй бұрын
Legend
@anthonyburke56562 ай бұрын
Why is it NO ONE recognises Spike Milligan suffered from very severe PTSD
@ScottieMcClue2 ай бұрын
I think EVERYONE recognised it at the time it was then labelled 'Shell Shock' and caused the depession Spike even wrote a book on it 🤔
@Kingmick5826 күн бұрын
Tops from the old Aussie.
@glenysbuselli827411 күн бұрын
Clive James and Peter O'Toole in the audience.
@Pablo668Ай бұрын
The man was a genius.
@christophernye1970Ай бұрын
Spike wasn't your standard comedian, he didn't tell jokes. Bob Monkhouse was one of the best comedians, a great joke teller. Bob was also a great raconteur, he was able to make his life story interesting and funny. That is what we hear when listening to one of Spikes anecdotes, real stories told in an amusing way. I can listen to Millican, Monkhouse, Ustinov or Niven for hours, humour often bourn out of adversity. Could it be that today's so called celebraties have led such safe, boring lives, that they have nothing of interest to say?
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
TRY THIS FOR SIZE kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2LIZZiZnMqsl68
@egyptology22Ай бұрын
I used to drive past Spike's house every day in Woy Woy, always in awe of what that house inspired. Legend in the proper sense of the word!
@nez97512 ай бұрын
So many modern comedians are clearly influenced by spike Milligan
@ScottieMcClue2 ай бұрын
Who were you thinking of in particular 🤔
@nez97512 ай бұрын
@@ScottieMcClue Ricky g, billy c ,Monty python, two ronnies , a lot of his contemparies really , so maybe not all modern I suppose. Who were you thinking of ? My thoughts is there’s a bit of spike m in other modern comedians like the late S lock, even j Carr and m Flanagan.
@V42817Ай бұрын
Superb
@alanlisle8644Ай бұрын
He was ahead of his time then. So how come he's even further ahead now.
@anllppАй бұрын
❤😂❤
@vikinghexКүн бұрын
how I miss these guys today's comics don't do it for me to many restrictions on telling it how it is life just is not good with correctness
@EL-gu8fvАй бұрын
A legend! Have you heard his impression of a police officer giving evidence regarding the good Samaritan? Side splitting.
@JohnSmith-mz3nyАй бұрын
At least we knew who the enemy was?
@protarget1Ай бұрын
Spike Milligan, comedy, who Monty Python copied. A genius
@laustinspeiss2 ай бұрын
The video thumbnail is Harry !
@ScottieMcClue2 ай бұрын
Correct
@venderstratАй бұрын
What about the other leg killed me.
@gregoryvirgo8195Ай бұрын
He's right about bexhill, it never leaves you,even if you emigrate...gg