A story I heard about him was that he enjoyed driving around London and stopping to ask people if they know how to get to such-and-such a place. If they replied that they didn't know, he'd give them directions and then drive off. |
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I have been getting into his books from the same era, how the guy never got court matialed I will never know. I have to say though I have to be carefull where I read them, as I end up laughing my head off. |
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Spike was a legend.
I remember watching him at an awards ceremony and reading a letter from prince charles and calling him a grovelling little bastard lol
And another classic was him stood in line to meet the queen. When the trumpets sounded he asked, what's that? Someone said it's the queen.
He replied foook me she can play them trumpets pmsl.
He was a member of the noise abatement society as well. He hated noisy neighbours.
Crazy lovely man and sorely missed.
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"Watching one of his films adoph hitler my part in his downfall funny with a few down bits but well recommend this film  "
The film was awful compared to the book.
It's well worth getting all of his war memoirs, they're all fantastic. Norma Farnes (his former secretary, then manager) wrote a really great book about him and their friendship.
He once said to Harry Secombe "I hope you die before me so you can't sing at my funeral"
Harry did die first but Norma had a cd of Harry singing played all the way through Spike's funeral... |
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"Watching one of his films adoph hitler my part in his downfall funny with a few down bits but well recommend this film
The film was awful compared to the book.
It's well worth getting all of his war memoirs, they're all fantastic. Norma Farnes (his former secretary, then manager) wrote a really great book about him and their friendship.
He once said to Harry Secombe "I hope you die before me so you can't sing at my funeral"
Harry did die first but Norma had a cd of Harry singing played all the way through Spike's funeral... "
She also put together a book of letters and correspondence written by Spike. It came about because she needed money and Spike simply told her to make the book and keep the profits, so long as he didn't have to have anything to do with it. |
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"Watching one of his films adoph hitler my part in his downfall funny with a few down bits but well recommend this film
The film was awful compared to the book.
It's well worth getting all of his war memoirs, they're all fantastic. Norma Farnes (his former secretary, then manager) wrote a really great book about him and their friendship.
He once said to Harry Secombe "I hope you die before me so you can't sing at my funeral"
Harry did die first but Norma had a cd of Harry singing played all the way through Spike's funeral...
She also put together a book of letters and correspondence written by Spike. It came about because she needed money and Spike simply told her to make the book and keep the profits, so long as he didn't have to have anything to do with it."
Indeed she did. There's a few of them in the series now, as he was a prolific letter writer.
Some of his 'as told by Spike Milligan' books are good too. His re-written version of Treasure Island is comedic genius... |
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"Who remembers him singing yingtong yingtong yingtong yingtong yiddli po or something like that  "
Yup and the Ning Nang Nong:
On the Ning Nang Nong Where the Cows go Bong! and the monkeys all say BOO!
There's a Nong Nang Ning Where the trees go Ping! And the tea pots jibber jabber joo.
On the Nong Ning Nang All the mice go Clang And you just can't catch 'em when they do!
So its Ning Nang Nong Cows go Bong! Nong Nang Ning Trees go ping
Nong Ning Nang The mice go
Clang What a noisy place to belong is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!!
From memory! |
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"Love Sir Milligan! Have you read his war memoirs? Absolutely brilliant reads. Seems everyone back then was absolutely mad "
The film mentioned is based on one of them. I read them at school and have a few now at home. Very very funny. |
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"'Silly verses for kids' I grew up on"
Mary Pugh was nearly two
When she went out of doors.
She went out standing up, she did
But came back on all fours.
The moral of this story
Please, meditate and pause,
Never send a baby out
With loosely waisted drawers!
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A hero of mine(mr)
Read all his books as a youngster, loved the Q series. And the banned series too
So many stories about him and Sellers
Sellers had a Rolls and it had a squeak. He called Milligan at 3 am and pursuaded him to get in the boot with a torch and chalk to mark the spot it was coming from. Sellers then mounted the kerb repeatedly to make it squeak , throwing Milligan all over the place. The car stopped and 2 policemen opened the boot. They saw Milligan and said " oh, it's you" and drove off.
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One funny story about Spike and Peter Sellers.
They were asked to star in a commercial for Benson & Hedges cigarettes. The said yes and accepted the payment of £20,000 each. Filming was to be done on a quay side in Spain. On arrival Spike fell off the quay into the water and injuring his ankle but said her could continue. In the last scene to be filmed the director asked Peter was asked to hold a pack of cigarettes above his head, he refused as he was (at the time) a spokes person for an anti smoking group, the director went berserk, shouting and asking why he would take part in a commercial for cigarettes. Peter's reply was "because Spike is in it", the director then asked Spike to hold the pack, he also refused....he was the president of the anti smoking group!!! |
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"And the banned series too
Curry And Chips?
Indeed! "
Very few have been lucky enough to have seen it.
Shame, it was well written, especially when you take into account his mental state at the time... |
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