@@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
@mohammaddavoudian7897Ай бұрын
100% pure, brilliant comedy. Haven't laughed so much for a long time. Thank you so much.
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
A Pleasure 🙏 ☺️
@saturdayplayer2492Ай бұрын
Do yourself a favour and read his war diaries. They are brilliantly funny but also very sad at times.
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
I have
@lurajur7075Ай бұрын
😀😒 The issue is "what's next"?
@pitchforkcustomАй 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.. 🙄
@dannyvine3605Ай 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
@frankyoung7497Ай бұрын
BRILLIANT, Spike was a one off.
@chriswasniowski3149Ай бұрын
the man was as funny as tooth ache
@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 ! 🇫🇮
@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.
@veralegendi9098Ай бұрын
Wow! Spike Milligan is a wonderful storyteller - and Peter O'Toole is in the crowd laughing 😀🥰
@grantstevenson2497Ай бұрын
Rolf Harris too🤮
@ronaldkelly1878Ай бұрын
I think a few others were laughing as well!
@flamencoprofАй бұрын
And Joanna Yumley.
@piffiiiiiiitАй бұрын
Clive James too
@judgeberry6071Ай бұрын
This guy fired out punchlines like a bolt of lightening. Very clever comic.
@grahamthomas6381Ай 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.
@ronaldkelly1878Ай 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.
@pitchforkcustomАй бұрын
what’s lovely is he finds the human response funny , which it is. he throws it back ❤ excellent sense of humour in adversity ❤
@robertmawby3021Ай бұрын
Probably the funniest man…………ever! An absolute genius.
@RalphBrooker-gn9ivАй 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.
@trevorhoward7682Ай 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-gn9ivАй 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.
@bewildered5444Ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant. Neville Chamberlain doing prime minister impressions lol
@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.
@ArchieFatcackieАй бұрын
A true one off, you could sit and listen to this man all night long.
@mike_d_melb_music_fan5229Ай бұрын
This man's mind was seriously wired differently to the rest of the human race 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@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.
@enemde3025Ай бұрын
Sadly missed. A true comic genius.
@fredlenz4743Ай бұрын
Best comedy I have heard in years. Hitler and my part in his downfall one of the funniest books written
@paulwarman6682Ай бұрын
@fredlenz4743 absolutely! I read this when I was about 10. Always remember.
@Sparky68MАй 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.
@paulede2230Ай бұрын
His sense of humour was so dry and so funny. Loved this man, and his books are well worth a read
@dizwellАй бұрын
Wonderful video! Thank you for it. The man was comedy gold. 😅
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
A Pleasure Thank you
@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
@lesteraizlewood8457Ай бұрын
A legend, he made us laugh so hard and so often.
@WillODonnell-q8eАй бұрын
My Dads favourite comedian. RIP both xx
@colby25Ай бұрын
"Spike milligna......the well known typing error".......Still tickles me today.
@williamholden7573Ай бұрын
Great comedic brain.
@susanford238827 күн бұрын
I loved reading Spike Milligan's books, my shoulders would shake with laughter while on the train to work.
@jimfell7147Ай бұрын
Few if any comedians around today to come anywhere near the Milligans et al , total shame.
@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.
@ChristopherFraser-o2pАй бұрын
Unquestionably the funniest comedian ever. I'm sure I can hear him calling me a grovelling ba*terd ! 🙏🙏🙏
@davidtomlinson6138Ай бұрын
Unbelievably funny, excellent 😂😂😂😂
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
Thank You 😊 🙏
@pitchforkcustomАй бұрын
actually priceless that this is recorded 👍 ❤
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
Absolutely 💯
@robinfereday656221 күн бұрын
Now here was a 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 😅
@simonwaters2332Ай 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.
@McNeish22 күн бұрын
Saw this live on the telly with parents. They loved Spike Milligan.
@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.
@sgtg4600Ай бұрын
Outstanding 🫡
@MrMagusperdeАй бұрын
Genius
@LewieLewayАй бұрын
1:00 Spot on there. "WE are at war..." whether WE like it or not. 🤨😂
@fugglestickАй бұрын
Just listened again to his ware diaries on audiobooks, narrated by himself...Funny as heck.....Awesome...
@vikinghex13 сағат бұрын
80 year old nearly pissed myself spike thanks better than a dram
@classiccarrebuilds2771Ай бұрын
Modern ‘’comedians” could learn a lot from Spike, a true genius
@JeanCRogers25 күн бұрын
Legend ...made everyone smile and hang on his every word
@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 💯
@123hoddieАй бұрын
Legend !
@alexbowman7582Ай бұрын
Surreal before surrealism.
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
It's Comedy 😃
@raygibson1605Ай бұрын
This man was unique! You have got to be sharp to appreciate his wit
@nl4064Ай бұрын
funny yet sad, great man
@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.
@xgreenjacket22 күн 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
@timdoherty10115 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.
@rocketpost1Ай 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 👍
@nicholashaigh8319Ай бұрын
I don’t think we will ever see the like of Spike again. He was so special. Hopefully I’m wrong.
@celticfmАй бұрын
Puckoon is a hilarious book. Spike is a genius.
@robertmawby3021Ай бұрын
All of Spike’s books are hilarious!
@anthonyburke5656Ай бұрын
Why is it NO ONE recognises Spike Milligan suffered from very severe PTSD
@ScottieMcClueАй 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 🤔
@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"
@richardsharpe2966Ай бұрын
They is only one word for Spike genius
@jacktattisАй бұрын
Absolutely marvellous
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
Thank You 😊 🙏
@fireskycam9889Ай бұрын
Absolute legend
@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.
@neiljamison6415Ай бұрын
Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite, Irish for "I told you I was ill". On his head stone.
@woodseats123Ай бұрын
Absolutely brilliant. 😊
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
Thank You 😊 🙏
@DavidOHara-t4b24 күн бұрын
Absolute genius.
@Kevin-df5obАй бұрын
I miss the old school so much their wit and character are completely irreplaceable
@jcw9539Ай бұрын
I’m in stitches 😂
@MatthewHaynes-qr1eyАй бұрын
That must have been a thrill. Thanks for putting this one on.
@Kingmick5814 күн бұрын
Tops from the old Aussie.
@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.
@xgreenjacket22 күн бұрын
Yes I believe it’s written in French instead.
@GarGri22 күн бұрын
@@xgreenjacket I believe you are talking through your rear end. Google it and you’ll see you’re wrong.
@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.
@EmmaOnATangent12 күн бұрын
"A man called Nevil Chamberlin - who did Prime Minister impersonations. . ." I expired.
@paulspalaceАй бұрын
Brilliant mind, during the days of the Goons, he gave the funniest lines to others in the team.
@zenongruba2607Ай бұрын
Very funny.
@Pablo668Ай бұрын
The man was a genius.
@taurusutilityconsultants6839Ай бұрын
Awsome ! 😂
@ikehellyАй бұрын
one of a kind
@fortsmith8200Ай бұрын
Awesome human
@nez9751Ай бұрын
So many modern comedians are clearly influenced by spike Milligan
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
Who were you thinking of in particular 🤔
@nez9751Ай 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.
@christophernye197028 күн 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?
@ScottieMcClue28 күн бұрын
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@lesliebarham7852Ай бұрын
Was born bought up with Goon sh😊ow on the radio, funny as.
@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!
@frankyoung7497Ай бұрын
great guy
@michaelmcginn7260Ай бұрын
Superb.
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
Thank You 😊 🙏
@davidtomsettАй бұрын
Legend
@protarget121 күн бұрын
Spike Milligan, comedy, who Monty Python copied. A genius
@laustinspeissАй бұрын
The video thumbnail is Harry !
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
Correct
@JohnSmith-mz3nyАй бұрын
At least we knew who the enemy was?
@alanlisle864429 күн бұрын
He was ahead of his time then. So how come he's even further ahead now.
@V42817Ай бұрын
Superb
@anllpp28 күн бұрын
❤😂❤
@venderstrat23 күн бұрын
What about the other leg killed me.
@stevemaccaba788510 күн бұрын
Brilliant ❤
@gregoryvirgo8195Ай бұрын
He's right about bexhill, it never leaves you,even if you emigrate...gg
@ScottieMcClueАй бұрын
A JOKE 😂😂 kzbin.infouGu9fvZn2-s?feature=share
@EL-gu8fvАй бұрын
A legend! Have you heard his impression of a police officer giving evidence regarding the good Samaritan? Side splitting.