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  2. He took his success with The Goon Show into television with Q5, a surreal sketch show credited as a major influence on the members of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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  4. 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.

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  5. May 27, 2024 · Spike Milligan was a comedian and actor best known for his radio comedy program, ‘The Goon Show’. This biography of Spike Milligan provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

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  6. Feb 28, 2002 · Spike Milligan was a unique comic talent who influenced a generation of performers. Possessing a distinctive world view and a wonderful ability to deflate pomposity, he was a "gentle anarchist...

  7. Apr 12, 2018 · Hailed as “the Godfather of Alternative Comedy” by Eddie Izzard, and “absolutely immortal” by Stephen Fry, Spike Milligan’s unique perspective and flair for an absurdist line is there ...

  8. He was the comedy genius, writer and performer who was the originator and central character of the Goon Show world. Spike’s father, Leo Milligan, was an Irishman who’d joined the British Army to escape poverty in his homeland.

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