[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Spike Milligan

[Kathryn]

Yeah, my dad's a big fan too. I'd have loved to have seen him on Room 101, must have missed that one. Nicholas Parsons was saying that there are a few comics following in his surreal footsteps, Paul Merton and Eddie Izzard were the ones he mentioned. Why did he want to get rid of Portsmouth? (Not that it's a bad idea or anything, but I am curious.)
And before anyone from Portsmouth starts throwing stuff, I confess my dad is also a Southampton lad, and a supporter of their football team and I've been indoctrinated against Portsmouth therefore. 

Actually someone quoted Spike in a presentation in my MA class just last Friday -

"The rain it raineth on the just,
And on the unjust fella,
But mainly on the just because,
The unjust steal the just's umbrella."

K
If an advisor says to me "My liege, he is but one man. What can one man possibly do?", I will reply "This." and kill the advisor.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: catorman 
  To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:46 PM
  Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Spike Milligan


  --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Kathryn" <kcawte at k...> wrote:
  > Oh and on a totally different note - Spike Milligan died this 
  morning :(
  > 
  > K


  :( indeed.  I grew up on my father's Spike/Goon ("He's fallen in the 
  water!" ) impressions (they both had manic depression in common) and 
  his nonsense verse - some of which I can recite to this day, and I 
  have all his memoirs.

  Extremely funny man.  I've particularly enjoyed his guest appearances 
  on shows over the last few years - my favourite had to be seeing him 
  out-talk Paul Merton (an amazing feat in itself) and try and put 
  Portsmouth into Room 101.

  Catherine


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