Life of Brian
1979
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Milligan was the co-creator, main writer, and a principal cast member of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the characters Eccles and Minnie Bannister. He was the earliest-born and last surviving member of the Goons.
Spike Milligan. Actor: The Bed Sitting Room. Spike was born an 'Army Brat', the son of an Irish Captain in the British Raj in India. Educated in a series of Roman Catholic schools in India and at Lewisham Polytechnic in England, he spent his formative years playing the fool and playing the trumpet in local jazz bands.
Apr 12, 2018 · Legendary British sketch comic and writer Spike Milligan celebrates his 100th birthday next week. Or, he would, if he weren’t dead. Death was a recurring theme in the work of the...
Jul 16, 2024 · Spike Milligan (born April 16, 1918, Ahmadnagar, India—died Feb. 27, 2002, Rye, East Sussex, Eng.) was an Irish writer and comedian who led the comic troupe featured on the 1950s British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) radio hit The Goon Show.
Spike Milligan. Actor: The Bed Sitting Room. Spike was born an 'Army Brat', the son of an Irish Captain in the British Raj in India. Educated in a series of Roman Catholic schools in India and at Lewisham Polytechnic in England, he spent his formative years playing the fool and playing the trumpet in local jazz bands.
Feb 27, 2024 · Spike Milligan, comedian, World War II hero, and author, passed away on February 27, 2002. Remembered today as a comedic genius, Milligan was born in India but chose an Irish...
Feb 28, 2002 · Spike Milligan, progenitor of a lunatic brand of postwar British humor that blossomed as the 1950's radio hit ''The Goon Show'' and evolved into a blueprint for antic...
A new documentary goes through the comedian’s personal archives with a gallery of friends, fans and those whose own careers owe much to Milligan’s influence.
Dec 29, 2002 · Absurdist humor lost its greatest illogician this year, though most Americans didn't notice. Spike Milligan, who died of kidney failure in February at 83, wrote and performed ''The Goon Show,''...
Great Lives: Spike Milligan. New to 4 Extra. Comedian and poet Henry Normal feels Spike Milligan changed his life, in particular with his 1973 poetry collection, Small Dreams of a Scorpion.
