Spike Milligan (1918–2002)
Author of Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall
About the Author
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Works by Spike Milligan
D.H.Lawrence's John Thomas and Lady Jane: Part 2: According to Spike Milligan - Part II of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" (1995) 20 copies
Spike Milligan Military Memoirs : Monty - His Part in My Victory - Rommel Gunner Who - Adolf Hitler My Part in His… (1977) 10 copies
Spike Milligan Classic War Memoirs Collection 7 Books Set (Adolf Hitler my part in his Downfall, Rommel Gunner Who?,… (1980) 8 copies
SPIKE MILLIGAN A CELEBRATION 7 copies
Q. - The Almost Complete Q [DVD] 3 copies
The Goon Show Classics Volume 21 "The Missing Battleship" (BBC Radio Collection) (Vol 21) (2003) 3 copies
By SPIKE MILLIGAN - PUCKOON 2 copies
"The Goon Show Classics: Goon Show and Guests v.16: Goon Show and Guests Vol 16 (BBC Radio Collection) (1999) 2 copies
Mini Milligan Collection: "Silly Verse for Kids", "Book of Milliganimals", "Unspun Socks from a Chicken's Laundry"… (1992) 2 copies
By Spike Milligan - A Children's Treasury of Milligan : Classic Stories and Poems (New edition) 1 copy
Goon Show Classics 3 1 copy
The war memoirs 1 copy
Milligan Memoirs Series by Spike Milligan 6 Books Collection Set (Adolf Hitler, 'Rommel?' 'Gunner… (2012) 1 copy
The Goon Show Classics: You Can't Get the Wood You Know! (Previously Volume 10) (BBC Radio Collection) (1997) 1 copy
The Milligan Papers 1 copy
BadJelly The Witch 1 copy
The Goon Show Compendium Volume 12: Ten episodes of the classic BBC radio comedy series plus bonus features (2017) 1 copy
The Goon Show Volume 17: The Silent Bugler /The Reason Why/Treasure in the Tower/The Plasticine Man (BBC Radio) (Radio… (1999) 1 copy
Milligan Milestones: Adolf Hitler and My Part in His Downfall and Puckoon and Rommel Gunner Who? and Small Dreams of a… (1977) 1 copy
Children of Aberfan 1 copy
Associated Works
Penny Points to Paradise [1951 film] — Actor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Milligan, Spike
- Legal name
- Milligan, Terence Alan Patrick Sean
- Birthdate
- 1918-04-16
- Date of death
- 2002-02-27
- Burial location
- Winchelsea, East Sussex, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Ireland
- Birthplace
- Ahmednagar, Bombay Presidency, British India
- Place of death
- Rye, East Sussex, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Ahmednagar, British India (birth)
Rangoon, Burma
Sussex, England, UK
Italy
Poona, India - Education
- Convent of Jesus and Mary, Poona, India
St Paul's Christian Brothers, de la Salle, Rangoon, Burma - Occupations
- comedian
writer
musician
poet
playwright - Relationships
- Farnes, Norma (manager)
- Awards and honors
- British Book Award (Lifetime Achievement Award ∙ 2000)
Order of the British Empire (Commander ∙ 1992)
British Comedy Awards (Lifetime Achievement ∙ 1994) - Agent
- Beryl Vertue
- Short biography
- Creator and chief writer of The Goon Show. A major influence on the Monty Python group.
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Statistics
- Works
- 147
- Also by
- 17
- Members
- 9,669
- Popularity
- #2,471
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 105
- ISBNs
- 352
- Languages
- 5
- Favorited
- 28
None of the wit is witty. None of the humor is humorous. All of the 'yucks' fall with a dull thud. Even the illustrations fail to amuse and entertain.
This book is just woefully unfunny.
It’s full of vulgar language, and endlessly repetitive ‘gags’:
“My fee is ten guineas an hour with a down payment of one hundred guineas.”
“Holmes was still wearing one black boot and one brown boot.”
“Quack! Quack! Stop that duck”.
“I was headed toward High Tor where I tort I taw a puddy tat.”
And those four ‘jokes’ comprise a good third of the entire book. In case you missed any one of those tired old chestnuts, don’t worry…Milligan will be recycling them yet again in another page or two. Talk about a needle getting stuck in the groove!
Even the less tired wisecracks fail to provide any laughs:
‘ “What do you make of it?”
“I would make a rice pudding of it.” ’
Pause for laughter...& Cue the crickets.
‘ “You have arms, I suppose?"
“Yes, and legs.” ’
Boy, those crickets sure are getting louder.
‘ “Halloa,” cried Dr. Mortimer, “What is this?”
“This is England,” I said. “I thought you knew.” ’
The crickets are just an incessant noise machine at this point.
If this is representative of Spike Milligan’s work, how in the world did he manage to have a career as a comedian?
Save yourself the aggravation, and just read the original Hound of the Baskervilles instead.… (more)