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volume five of spike milligan's legendary memoirs is a hilarious, subversive first-hand account of ww2 'The Godfather of Alternative Comedy' Eddie Izzard 'Back to those haunting days in Italy in 1944, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, with lava running in great red rivulets down the slope towards us, and Jock taking a drag on his cigarette and saying, "I think we've got grounds for a rent rebate."'
1 giu 2020 · Jane is a actor - who also has the privilege of calling Spike Milligan her dad. We join her at home during Covid lockdown as she not only shows us some amazi...
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Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan KBE was an Irish comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British Colonial India, where he spent his childhood before relocating in 1931 to England, where he lived and worked for the majority of his life. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself "Spike" after hearing the band ...
John Bluthal. John Bluthal (born Isaac Bluthal; 12 August 1929 – 15 November 2018) [2] was a Polish-born Australian actor and comedian, noted for his six-decade career internationally in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. He started his career during the Golden Age of British Television, where he was best known for his ...
The last words of Spike Milligan. Spike Milligan (1918 – 2002) is described on his gravestone (of which more later) as ‘Writer, Artist, Musician, Humanitarian, Comedian’. He was certainly all of those things, but it is as a comic genius and the father of post-war British comedy that he is best remembered. His epitaph reads:
He began his career as a band musician, but became famous as a humorous scriptwriter and actor in both films and broadcasting. He was the creator, principal writer and performer of the infamous Goon Show. Spike received an honorary CBE in 1992 and Knighthood in 2000. He died in 2002. Other children's books by Spike Milligan:
A biography of Spike Milligan, comedian and former goon, playwright and actor. Milligan recalls his childhood in India, life in London during the depression of the 30s, war service and post-war days with the BBC. Dominic Behan has been a friend of Spike Milligan for over 30 years. 192 pages, Hardcover.
