Spike Milligan - The Irish O'lympics

Again, no offence intended...

[@outlanderbushcraft3100]

I'm an Irish man ,& I think its hilarious, I love all Irish jokes . You have to laugh at yourself before you can laugh at anyone else , as for spike Milligan , the man is a comic legend now as he was in his life time . RIP spike .🙏🙏🙏

[@jamesdoogan5528]

well said,me too!

[@fieldagentryan]

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[@niallsheehan474]

Want an English joke ……….BREXIT

[@union310]

Well said outlander, it's a sense of humour that only our islands have

[@EarlJohn61]

@@niallsheehan474 Want another English joke .......... Boris Johansen.... (Oops, I spelt that wrong...)

[@levieenrose7646]

I'm from Cork and I'm sitting here watching this with tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks. Spike Milligan was a genius and anyone that's offended by this needs to take life a bit less serious.

[@franceskronenwett3539]

Well said. It is good to know that the Irish can laugh at themselves. We Brits can do that as well, thank goodness. Whilst working for a British firm there was an Irishman there who was always telling Irish jokes. He was extremely well liked and everyone was sorry when he left.

[@keithrich8373]

Well said he was an absolute comic legend😂😂

[@walterrankin6401]

Spikes father was from Cork

[@petersneddon1579]

The Irish never took offence to Spike as they knew it was done with love, they even made him an Irish citizen, class.

[@merlin5476]

Spike was one hell of an amazingly funny man, to have on his headstone " I told you i was ill" is brilliant.

[@Didda3]

On a similar vein, Stan Laurel once said, if you cry at my funeral I'll never speak to you again. Genuine genius happens every generation.

[@lewisgreen2477]

If you dont know hes burried in winchelsea church in east sussex and the inscription is in gaelic not english

[@helenmarshall3692]

I am an Ulster woman and I love this sort of humour .At 75 years of age I miss this sort of comedy.People actually ask me do I mind telling them if they tell me an Irish joke!!My God I loved hearing them and have told loads of Irish jokes.

[@danieljones7843]

I’m 39 and I’m almost the only person my age that is mad about classic British humour. Doesn’t help that I’ve lived my whole life in Australia. Everyone around me my age can only think back as far as Monty python at best while I go well beyond porridge and open all hours right back to the goon show. I can even do a lot of the voices! It helps that my dad is from Manchester.

[@PhilK114]

Absolute genius.There'll never be another.

[@michaelharris4651]

He was out there totally hilarious funny guy and all those that played along with him ,sadly missed ! Love u spike thanks for the laughs .

[@jamesdoogan5528]

Im Irish and this is absolutely Brilliant!!

[@agaistin]

I’m Irish too, and I like Spike Milligan, but this is a pile of shite.

[@Didda3]

I can't stop crying with laughter. Absolutely hilarious 😂 . Spike was way way ahead of his time. One of the very best comedians this world has ever had. 👏

[@beatrice8780]

Oh my God! I'm sorry but that was hilarious when he fired the pistol and they all sprang together with their hands up!

[@michaelnaisbitt1639]

beatrice8780 I have Irish blood in me and I cracked up over this. R I P. Spike. Great stuff

[@prpwnage9296]

Yes I rarely laugh and I laughed out loud just now watching for the first time.

[@GudieveNing]

The written note in the relay is hilarious. Going to screen shot it and make a hard copy. Priceless! RIP Spike. You and Robbin Williams made us laugh from the belly. :)

[@katoness]

I'm Irish, this made the tears roll from my eyes with laughter. How could you be offended?

[@martinevans7090]

YOU might not be offended, but "woke" people will be offended for you on your behalf!

[@ciaran6309]

@@martinevans7090 🤣👌

[@pauldonohoe3646]

You're not offended because you're not black. Mon Ireland 🇮🇪.

[@katoness]

@@pauldonohoe3646 I'm Black Irish

[@pauldonohoe3646]

@@katoness Congratulations? 🤔

[@jeanmyers1787]

Amazing man, so ahead of his time that young generation also love his humour, which is timeless ❤️❤️

[@fieldagentryan]

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[@angieetheridge6386]

What a comic legend, this is hilarious not offensive we should all watch this to cheer ourselves up

[@belfastfella3240]

Genius sketch, loved the guy

[@bevcd3625]

I remember watching Spike with my Dad. 😂 Great memories ❤️👍✌️

[@anitawalker9035]

Brilliant even now still it makes me Laugh, and Laughter is the Best Medicine

[@jon-francis9289]

That was so funny. Old Spike, he was a complete lunatic.

[@johnpulaski6725]

One of the world's funniest comedians!👍😂

[@leedsman54]

Thank you for this. I was feeling down with arthritis pain and it's made me feel so much better.

[@to_the_point947]

I've recently been diagnosed with an auto-immune form of arthritis. I hope your pain and spirits improve soon - indeed if they bottled Spike it'd be very fine medicine!

[@jeniferallan6693]

I know your pain....and I laughed too.

[@sbbinahee]

Im Irish , Spike is Irish. If you can't take the piss out of yourself well you are just a sad case....i love it!

[@clarkingram9436]

Massive Respect to The Irish ☘️ and to Spike of course for making me Laugh like no other Manic Depressive could. Magical

[@alanhougham]

fantastic, always puts me in a better mood

[@robertmartin8762]

Best medicine for an ailing World is the ability to laugh at ourselves. Simpler times but damn funny. R.I.P. Spike Irish Bob is still a fan. Love ya man. To all who appreciate humor in its trueist forms I wish you long, and healthy lives. I shall start my European adventure in a few years. Will enjoy celebrating being 65. And laughing with old and new aquaintances the world over. Until then, cheers to one and all🥂🍻🍷😇🤗😎🍀

[@mastermaestro]

I wish people would stop giving out and getting offended. I'm 100% Irish, born and raised in Spike's home town of Sligo and I live in the western city of Galway. My Dad and I watched a lot of Spike's stuff the other day including this one and we couldn't breathe with laughter. This one was especially brilliant. My favourite one was the tug of war with the nuns. And I'm Catholic. So there. Stop taking this so seriously!

[@redpillnibbler4423]

The starting line one was very funny 👌

[@steveweeden7647]

Hilarious, Irish jokes, British piss taking humour. Something special about the British Isles !!! Miss it so much 😢

[@irishone9541]

Spike was irish 😳

[@anniemay4547]

Oh Spike I do miss u thank goodness for u tube..

[@leakoe3797]

We need more of these hilarious. sketches in this day & age.. Such absolute laughter..

[@ITVWeatherFans]

I watched this clip so many moons ago, just hilarious and glad it's still here! Plus - and I've waited a long time for this lol - thanks to KZbin's algorithms/copyright control, it has provided enough information to identify the library track used here. Its one of my favourites and was also used in Monty Python's Funniest Joke sketch. It's called In The News from the Chappell album Archive - Sports (CHAP160) in the Universal Production Music Library.

[@3272100]

and proud to be irish!!!!!!!!!!god bless spike RIP

[@paulaherne3915]

Spike Milligan was not Irish, the Indian born son of A British army captain who was thoroughly British otherwise he'd never have served in India putting down India's independence, and before you try to mention it, Wellington was also born in Ireland, but that never made him Irish, which he denied in any event. This is a worse insult to us Irish, proclaiming Spike was Irish even more so than his cruel and racist anti-Irish stereotypes.

[@ontheslide2339]

@@paulaherne3915 his father was irish...

[@brianbreen1026]

@@paulaherne3915 Wellington was born in Dublin. He never denied his Irish identity, the quote about horses and stables wasn't said by Wellington, it was said about him by Daniel o Connel in the house.

[@davidbooth3285]

Begora,who’s Spiike RIP?

[@allotmental.]

... and you cannot see this on TV anymore 😢

[@normiron736]

This Irish guy finds the sketch hilarious! If you can't laugh at yourself there's something wrong. This is just pure silliness like only Spike could do 👍☘

[@hobbyable1]

Offence is taken its not given. Spike just meant this to be funny because that's all it was.

[@eatthisvr6]

if you dont think spike was funny then i feel very sorry for you. the man was a genius and the world is a worse place without him in it

[@michaelharris4651]

eatthisvr6 wish he was still here .

[@spazcoyle1845]

eatthisvr6 agree 100%

[@paulaherne3915]

He was a psychotic maniac and a racist.

[@jamespasifull]

@@paulaherne3915 But a funny one! 😂

[@leonamonzer4947]

@@paulaherne3915 idiot

[@stephenrice4554]

Funny then funny now . Pure genius 👍 🇬🇧

[@jean4578]

wonderful humour from the best :)

[@RodFleming-World]

I remember when I first read Puckoon. I was recovering from an appendectomy. Lying in the hospital bed in agony cause I couldn't stop laughing. And I thought 'I am seeing inside the mind of a man who just doesn't see the world like I do.' It was a hell of a lesson.

[@davidowen7863]

Spike,sadly you are long gone but you will never be forgotten, a comic genius who in many of our eyes the so called comedians of today who are so PC could not even match you in any form or way ,thank you for great jokes and sketches, RIP oh great one

[@keithrich8373]

Priceless.This man had comedy running through him like a stick of rock.Never see his like again😂😂😂😂❤

[@kingofthecelts2247]

As an Irish man from Dublin . I see the funny side of this ☘☘☘

[@stevesargent4154]

Literally have never heard of spike milligan until today. Have spent the last couple of hours in absolute hysterics watching these videos

[@GudieveNing]

Welcome to the lunatic club! Please run to your nearest book shop and buy some of his books, both biographical and cartoons.

[@maximusmeridius1240]

Back in the days when humour was king and no one was offended

[@gjulspep]

I'm Irish too and I think this little show was hilarious

[@keithclews1819]

All that is wrong today is in the comments about being offended ..PC gone mad ..spike was a Genius and if you cant laugh at yourself you are sad ...Brilliant spike

[@bonjovi1612]

Thank you Spike for the flattery, loved your wonderful take on our race/nation. I really miss this.

[@paulaherne3915]

Not Spike's take so much as borrowed from the likes of Punch Magazine.

[@michaeld5888]

Fond memories of the days of when people could laugh at each other's national idiosyncracies and realise it was just hugely exaggerated for fun. Nowadays the police would be knocking on his door without any hesitation on a single complaint from the humourless alternative comedy world.

[@deviusfeilds]

Is there a difference between something being racial and racist? I think that comedians have been arguing for special privilege with respect to their craft for entertainment purposes in appropriate meduims. Its different taking activity of boxing match onto the street it's assult.

[@michaeld5888]

@@deviusfeilds You put it in a nutshell in that just about everything we can do including humour is a privilege to be granted from on high by people unknown nowadays. Often people only find out the rules after they have broken them but in cancel culture there will be no going back. This was a nation that could laugh at each other's cultural quirks and now this has gone with the new threatening and aggressive respect culture that has been imposed from outside. Plus you are just coming back with the usual -ist and -phobic labels without any arguments on the subtleties of Milligan's humour as always happens in this sort of discussion. We seem to be trying to reason with people only capable of quickly attaching an -ist or -phobic label before going back undercover.

[@littleredwitch]

@@deviusfeilds I tell you the difference nowadays: making fun of the Irish (white) is not racist because they are white Making fun of a black man is racist, not even need a reason. That’s what we are now.

[@ChrisLawton66]

I feel mockery was never good comedy.

[@michaeld5888]

@@ChrisLawton66 The problem is with every person now able to complain and eliminate what they do not feel is good comedy there will be none left. Plus I do not feel Milligan was mocking people. This is more a case of how you react to it than the intention. Milligan was never mocking the Irish but found the the quirks for the personalities of the different races and cultures endearing rather than meaning any insult. In many ways it was Vive La Difference as against now when everything has to be forced in to anodyne uniformity and offence taken outside a narrow band of cultural delimiters.

[@1956MercM260]

Ha Ha! I'm part Irish and that cracks me up! The Swedish side of me has no sense of humor though...

[@simonlunt353]

They don’t make them like that anymore love it 🤣🤣

[@dingopisscreek]

Sadly gone now. Together with Eric Sykes they were comedy gold. Spike was always 'out there' with his comedy. His work with the Goons is legendary.

[@skervydawg]

This is so funny, I laught till my sides hurt! Thank you for sharing this with me Georgina

[@lesreed9269]

Too, too lovely!

[@ivanrainbird2416]

this guys brilliant i haven't laughed for ages this guy does it in seconds

[@heywoodjerbloume]

When I was young I had Milligan Preserved the LP.Funny as hell.

[@MrShreka]

back in the day we laughed , now we're back in the dark ages

[@markmeade2937]

How so true, but even in the dark ages there was culture and humour, god knows what you would call this state of affairs

[@mikecimerian6913]

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[@Fercough]

There is plenty of comedy, both offensive and inoffensive out there. I can't see what's changed, other than taste.

[@franceskronenwett3539]

You can say that again.

[@mididoctors]

These days you can't say your English without getting arrested

[@mikemarron3333]

Absolutely! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpymc5uBqJmZl6s

[@sylviewheeler6237]

I love the hidden joke .... can’t say you’re English ... and cant say your English .... that was a really subtle joke . Excellent !

[@greenrhino]

...can’t spell you’re 🤣

[@y_ffordd]

I think the problem generally is that they are not arresting enough people, you know, rapists, abusers and other criminals, that kind of thing.

[@keithrich8373]

This kills me everytime I see it.Achingly funny and so original.No-one but Spike could have got away with this!!

[@2wayplebney]

Excellent.

[@mirandas111]

love it !! Thanks for posting, XX

[@freeman8128]

Spike Milligan was of Irish parentage but was always attacking the Irish.

[@fy1755]

Utterly brilliant

[@Menkhor]

So old, yet still so genius!

[@peterdixon7734]

The fact that there was a drunk lying on the high jump mattress made me very emotional. I am not easily given to tears....

[@helenmarshall3692]

Absolutely terrific.Love this video.😂😂😂😂

[@briannewton7786]

the guy was PURE GENIUS :-)

[@bernardmcmahon5377]

Did you know that the Irish carpet fitting team got banned from the olympics- for using illegal ‘stair rods’

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

The fencing team was eliminated for using creosote.

[@troubledjoe6201]

Yeah, they tested positive for d’ rugs.

[@RodFleming-World]

Ouch

[@Edward1312]

To be able to make fun of oneself is one of our greatest gifts.

[@freqeist]

he was born in India his father was Irish. He spent most of his life in England.

[@timmccaffrey1326]

These 'fellers' performed better than any Irish athletes I can remember...running for cover whenever the word 'work' was mentioned kept em' pretty fit!....and yes I'm Irish and as Spike would say 'ta hail wid dem bludy berugders!

[@mallet999]

Dude was a legend . nowt offensive in this . As an Irishman I find it repeatedly hilarious .

[@RadioNul]

Never heard of an Irishman using "nowt"

[@ciaranfinn4466]

No Irishmam says "nowt". You're 2nd generation at best. Don't lie.

[@paulaherne3915]

What kind of an Irishman says nowt?

[@zxingzxing]

Love Spike Milligan, he was hysterically amusing. RIP

[@elemar5]

Tug O War was brilliant.

[@vigo894]

I'm American, and I agree with you. Love British humor.

[@paulaherne3915]

Define British humor?

[@doUcare4music]

Spike, English by Birth... But BECAME Irish, by Choice.. So So So Funny... He Was Amazing.. Crazy, Brilliant.. ..

[@kennethkilleen8758]

Ro Mc A his dad was from sligo

[@jamespasifull]

Actually, Indian by birth, his dad was an officer in the British army, based in Poona, India.

[@Ginatheroma]

Fantastic .. love Spikes humour...

[@garyturnbull9719]

Bloody hell Spike had funny bones he was a comedy genius👍

[@crunterstamps]

Check out the Irish Astronaut sketch

[@keithrich8373]

Absolute nine carat GOLD! Thank God for U tube

[@buckshot4569]

Only Spike. Miss him on the telly. Thanks KZbin.

[@neilkematch6598]

I never got to watch him that much as a kid but, I knew he was very funny. I missed out on a lot of his work.

[@dylansdad21]

pure genius

[@traitorsgate9516]

Oh God iv never laughed so much this is true comedy gold the irish are brilliant at laughing at themselves.

[@paulaherne3915]

This fecker was British, through and through, not Irish. Get your brain cleared out!

[@traitorsgate9516]

@@paulaherne3915 nope your wrong half south african half irish he was buried in ireland.

[@traitorsgate9516]

@@paulaherne3915 terrance alan patrick sean milligan irish enough for you mr misery

[@paulaherne3915]

@@traitorsgate9516, there's no place called Winchelsea in Ireland. You must be mixing it up with Oliver Reed? You thick Limey eejit!

[@traitorsgate9516]

@@paulaherne3915 you must be a bit thick if it takes you that long to get it wrong.

[@vincentreynolds2127]

PERFECT.

[@ChubbyChecker182]

This sketch is Pure Spike. absolutely hilarious in parts 'Give dis to the next feller' cracked me up, but then the tug of war but just didn't work at all. Crazy Genius.

[@schizoidboy]

Loved the bit with the starters pistol.

[@BEATNIKCASS]

laughed till i cried. thanks.

[@27sepulchre]

Wonderful!!

[@benneden2580]

Listen to the Goon Show people! It’s Peter Sellers AND Spike at the peak of their powers.

[@grahammaguire404]

Absolutely " BRILLIANT" and let's not ever forget that spike Milligan had " manic depression" ....later to be known as " BIPOLAR", even in death he still continues to make people laugh....on his headstone the following quote is engraved......" I TOLD YOU I WAS POORLY"..... OUTSTANDING.Spike will never rest in peace ... he's far to busy making people" chuckle" up there behind the gates of heaven!!!!..... plus he also called Prince Charles a " Grovelling Bastard". Good on ya spike a truly and defiantly immortal legend the likes of which we shall never ever see or hear of again,one last must listen to comedian..."Dave Allen".....i can't stress enough how funny this man was and like spike no time to RIP!!!! check him out ....your in for a treat.

[@MichaelHill-sg8ks]

Just in case anyone plays the "racism" card: Spike Milligan was half Irish and held Irish citizenship for most of his life. He was in fact denied British citizenship because he was born in India, despite his years of military service.

[@paulaherne3915]

There's a responsibility on citizenship not to bring insults on the nationhood of the country one applies to be a citizen of. So what you seem to be implying is that he took on Irish Citizenship because he was left stateless by the very state that for centuries poured scorn on the Irish nation? This implies a real opportunist, or a "chancer" as we'd call him in Ireland.

[@bassfixer]

"Giv dis to der next feller" nearly killed me

[@jimmcintosh9045]

Even his books were hilarious from "Puckoon" to "Hitler my part in his Downfall".

[@PeterB-xb8qm]

My hero.

[@MaskedMan66]

"Give dis to der next feller!" LOL

[@wangdangdoodie]

Superb!

[@TomthatiscalledTom]

I'm offensive and I find this highly Irish

[@michaelsandford1015]

TomthatiscalledTom just laugh or go back to your snowflakess

[@peterfreeman6677]

Hahaha! I see what you just did there.

[@paulaherne3915]

Not Irish but English stereotype of Irish meant to keep the Irish in perpetuity under the thumb of England. No wonder the Scots want out too.

[@trtr-bc3zl]

@@paulaherne3915 Scotland means land of the Irish.

[@bernardmcmahon5377]

Brilliant

[@worldorthoorthopaedicsurge6147]

I was born in Dublin, this is hilarious. I think Spike was Irish and later lived in Australia

[@bingonamo7520]

Love the first half of it. Hilarious. Am 3 quarters Irish ancestry.

[@geoffreyjonathanwilson9932]

Brilliant! ☺️

[@leonamonzer4947]

love spike

[@20capri]

Give dis to der next fella.LOL