andycapp
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English comedian Spike Milligan, the last of the Goons, died today aged 83. His humour will be missed.
Vale Spike Milligan
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duke o' york
It don't mean a thing....
Bloody hell, what a welcome back from my lunch!
This is a very sad day as andy said. He may have had a public persona as a crotchety old git in later life, but he was still funny and his comic genius will live long in the memory. His books about the war were fascinating but he will be best remembered for the Goon Show and their many many years at the top of the British comic tradition.
I first heard about the events of September 11th on this site too, so it performs a valuable public service - for me at least.
This is a very sad day as andy said. He may have had a public persona as a crotchety old git in later life, but he was still funny and his comic genius will live long in the memory. His books about the war were fascinating but he will be best remembered for the Goon Show and their many many years at the top of the British comic tradition.
I first heard about the events of September 11th on this site too, so it performs a valuable public service - for me at least.
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
Oh no! Oh **** **** damn! This is a tragic loss. He was a very witty, hilarious and intelligent man who will be missed. Another one
ComradeDavo
Formerly God
He was a great guy, one of the funniest people ever, he will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered.
Crazy Eddie
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The last of the Goons, gone. 
RIP, Spike.
RIP, Spike.
TrailblazingScot
I was kittenOFchaos
He said that he "wrote the Goons and died"...I am afraid in terms of my appreciation of his "humour" that is very much how it was for me.
I got alot out of many of the Goon Shows, but the majority of his other work I missed completely.
"I've got to go now"
"Go? Why do you have to go?"
"Well, we all have to go sometime"
I got alot out of many of the Goon Shows, but the majority of his other work I missed completely.
"I've got to go now"
"Go? Why do you have to go?"
"Well, we all have to go sometime"
CurtSibling
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Poor old spike.
He was one of the old school of REAL comedy.
Unlike the sickening politically correct American gibberish
like 'Freinds' or 'Frasier' and all it's clones.
The good thing about Spike and the funny men of his era is that
they were irreverant and flew in the face of the establishment.
His books were class works and gave a zany outlook at WW2,
along with some sad moments of a funny but tormented man.
Sadly, when the comedians of his calibre are gone, we will be
left with a world of second rate humour provided by faceless
simpletons...
At least there are still some good UK talents to continue
the tradition of whackiness...
Thank goodness for Rowan Atkinson and Harry Enfield!
Spike's humour will live on!
He was one of the old school of REAL comedy.
Unlike the sickening politically correct American gibberish
like 'Freinds' or 'Frasier' and all it's clones.
The good thing about Spike and the funny men of his era is that
they were irreverant and flew in the face of the establishment.
His books were class works and gave a zany outlook at WW2,
along with some sad moments of a funny but tormented man.
Sadly, when the comedians of his calibre are gone, we will be
left with a world of second rate humour provided by faceless
simpletons...
At least there are still some good UK talents to continue
the tradition of whackiness...
Thank goodness for Rowan Atkinson and Harry Enfield!
Spike's humour will live on!
Well, I like Friends and Frasier, but that's by the by.
Spike's poems were fantastic, there was one about a sardine:
"A baby sardine saw her first submarine,
she was scared, and looked through the peep-hole.
'Oh come, come, come', said the sardine's mum,
'it's only a tin full of people!'"
And his response to Prince Charles' letter, read out on a TV show praising his brilliance:
"Grovelling little b*stard."
Which he followed up with a fax to the Prince:
"I suppose a knighthood's out of the question?"
It wasn't.
One of the greats.
Spike's poems were fantastic, there was one about a sardine:
"A baby sardine saw her first submarine,
she was scared, and looked through the peep-hole.
'Oh come, come, come', said the sardine's mum,
'it's only a tin full of people!'"
And his response to Prince Charles' letter, read out on a TV show praising his brilliance:
"Grovelling little b*stard."
Which he followed up with a fax to the Prince:
"I suppose a knighthood's out of the question?"
It wasn't.
One of the greats.
duke o' york
It don't mean a thing....
I too appreciate Rowan Atkinson's contribution to modern comedy, but have to pick you up on your elevation of Harry Enfield. Harry Enfield! You may as well say Chris Barrie, because you were rather amused by Red Dwarf and Spitting Image, although the entertainment given by both shows was not solely down to him. There are far more deserving souls in British comedy than Harry Enfield, and although all, or at least most, of those I shall go on to name, have appeared in some godawful codswallop over the years, they have never made anything that even comes close to Kevin and Perry Go Large. Eddie Izzard and Chris Morris must begin this cavalcade of duke-rated hoot-inducers, closely followed by Harry Hill (an acquired taste, I'll grant you, but I've acquired same so ner 
) and John Cleese (although I am yet to see Rat Race and he seems to do more management videos than comic sketches these days). To be honest, there are hordes of funnyfolk to precede Harry Enfield in the roll-call of jollity, although I would not go so far as to include the abysmal French and Saunders in this list. The Fast Show was intermittently amusing, but more often miss than hit I'm afraid. And it inspired those idiotic folk who thrive on stolen catchphrases! Ronnie Barker deserves a mention, as do those cheeky Bottom chappies, but often the most popular programmes are the least amusing. Does anyone still find Lenny Henry funny apart from himself? Billy Connolly has the odd moment of genius, but I'm not tempted to sit through the dross to reach same. He also talks a bit funny . This is the reason for the blatant misspellings in my title! Did anyone ever read the Jocks and the Geordies, which used to be in either the Beano or the Dandy? I haven't seen Gruntboy in a while, but should he resurface then maybe we could organise a little something. Until then, the Jocks and the Geordie doesn't sound very fair to me. 
No flaming of this site though!
) and John Cleese (although I am yet to see Rat Race and he seems to do more management videos than comic sketches these days). To be honest, there are hordes of funnyfolk to precede Harry Enfield in the roll-call of jollity, although I would not go so far as to include the abysmal French and Saunders in this list. The Fast Show was intermittently amusing, but more often miss than hit I'm afraid. And it inspired those idiotic folk who thrive on stolen catchphrases! Ronnie Barker deserves a mention, as do those cheeky Bottom chappies, but often the most popular programmes are the least amusing. Does anyone still find Lenny Henry funny apart from himself? Billy Connolly has the odd moment of genius, but I'm not tempted to sit through the dross to reach same. He also talks a bit funny . This is the reason for the blatant misspellings in my title! Did anyone ever read the Jocks and the Geordies, which used to be in either the Beano or the Dandy? I haven't seen Gruntboy in a while, but should he resurface then maybe we could organise a little something. Until then, the Jocks and the Geordie doesn't sound very fair to me. No flaming of this site though!
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
Rowan is quite funny, and his work with Ben Elton and Richard Curtis is a case for their inclusion.
I am a big fan/affecianado/dedicated follower () of Stephen Fry, and his acting and comedy is only the tip of his iceberg, as his books are also outrageously funny. I might have to sue him for copyright, however, with some of his stuff, and some extracts from his autobiography
I am a big fan/affecianado/dedicated follower (
) of Stephen Fry, and his acting and comedy is only the tip of his iceberg, as his books are also outrageously funny. I might have to sue him for copyright, however, with some of his stuff, and some extracts from his autobiography
duke o' york
It don't mean a thing....
D'oh!
I forgot the seminal beauty of a well-performed Fry and Laurie sketch.
"I'm eighty years old and I've never seen a lady on the toilet"
(toned down for our younger fanatics)
How could I have been so stupid!
I forgot the seminal beauty of a well-performed Fry and Laurie sketch.
"I'm eighty years old and I've never seen a lady on the toilet"
(toned down for our younger fanatics)
How could I have been so stupid!
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