A funny fella. He was a gem.
Came across this tonight that shows he had humour in older age. .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCUTOYMYONU
Wouldn't mind others posting amusing Spike things.
A funny fella. He was a gem.
Came across this tonight that shows he had humour in older age. .... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCUTOYMYONU
Wouldn't mind others posting amusing Spike things.
Loved it! I don't suppose many here will remember the Goons, but I grew up on them. That sort of humour has been replaced by a nastier and unnecessarily vulgar version, where repeated use of expletives is supposed to be a substitute for genuine comedy. I don't give a FF if people swear, but when they do it just because they can't think of something funny is just lazy and unimaginative.
His response to the Royal letter was classic.
Britain has produced some great comedians and he was definitely one of them.
[QUOTE=bobt;1390178 That sort of humour has been replaced by a nastier and unnecessarily vulgar version, where repeated use of expletives is supposed to be a substitute for genuine comedy. I don't give a FF if people swear, but when they do it just because they can't think of something funny is just lazy and unimaginative.[/QUOTE]
Too true. I went with son and his girlfriend to see a comedian I had seen and enjoyed on TV, where obviously some censorship re language applied, and was horrified by the amount of swearing. I am old enough to remember the Goons and also when swearing in public could result in a court appearance and a fine.
Another goon fan Swearing not my humor either.
The Catchphrase "He's fallen in the water" (little Jim) instantly came to mind....enjoyed listening to them Sunday mornings,before TV.
Thanks Bob.. it seems I am now officially old.. in your eyes. Dear Santa.. One Zimmer Frame, Please.. and a bottle of Sherry.
PS. Spike did the best radio show on the BBC. I loved tuning into that cacophony of disjointed laughs. In 2014 the BBC repeated a heap of them : http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04v...dcasts/2014/12 sadly we cannot listen to them now, unless someone knows a place they are still live.
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Another Goons fan here, a colleague and I share many moments by reverting into Seagoon and Eccles type conversations. All that humour was based around inflection, timing, and come back lines that took you off into tangents that you just were'nt expecting.
Seagoon: Eccles why did you three legs?
Eccles: The fourth one fell off
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I was seven when my father brought home a folding box with nine Goon Show cassettes in it. I wore them out, catching the dreaded Lurgi, trying to cook a batter pudding and throw it, and draining the loch to get to the treasure.
Comic gold.
D5200D7100 Limited talent, but lots of enthusiasm.
Say mere!
---And after almost all the episodes
SANE NO MORE!
I reckon they'll be playing them over for the next 2pla centuries
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I think someone could establish a chronological time frame something like the generational one we already have (millenniums, GenX, Baby boomers etc) just by referencing the humour of their youth.
Laurel and Hardy
Goons
Monty Python
South Park
Simpsons
Some Godawful cruddy not-at-all-amusing wannabe current day humorist.
You could add a lot to that scale, but they don't make 'em like they used to! Makes me feel old ...... wait a minute ... I AM old!!
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Thanks for posting that Mark. As Spike commented, the formal recognition was not before time. Importantly there are not too many comedians with a fine Bridge named after them. I have fond memories of weekly evening broadcasts on short wave, sitting very close to a valve radio.
cheers marty.
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Another Spike Milligan poem, which for some obscure reason I've always remembered,
"Once I saw a little worm,
wriggling on his belly.
I asked him if he'd come inside,
and see what's on the Telly."
Spike spent some time at Woy Woy on the NSW Central Coast. Woy Woy means "Deep water" in the native Aboriginal dialect. Spike famously joked that he didn't know which 'Woy' meant 'Deep' or 'Water'.
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I don't wish to know that.