Spike Milligan's cheeky look here
reminded me so much of my grandfather!
A sure cure for seasickness is to sit under a tree.
Spike Milligan
All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Spike Milligan
Ooh! I love this one!
And God said, 'Let there be light' and there was light, but the Electricity Board said He would have to wait until Thursday to be connected.
Spike Milligan
That must be Britain... it'd be way longer here.
I have the body of an eighteen year old. I keep it in the fridge.
Spike Milligan
I spent many years laughing at Harry Secombe's singing until somebody told me that it wasn't a joke.
Spike Milligan
I could apply this to a few singers. Don't know who the singer is.
I thought I'd begin by reading a poem by Shakespeare, but then I thought, why should I? He never reads any of mine.
Spike Milligan
I'm a hero with coward's legs.
Spike Milligan
I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Spike Milligan
Is there anything worn under the kilt? No, it's all in perfect working order.
Spike Milligan
It's all in the mind, you know.
Spike Milligan
Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.
Spike Milligan
Money couldn't buy friends, but you got a better class of enemy.
Spike Milligan
My Father had a profound influence on me, he was a lunatic.
Spike Milligan
Sir Harry Donald Secombe CBE (8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001) was a Welsh entertainer with a talent for comedy and a noted fine tenor singing voice. He is best known for playing Neddie Seagoon, the central character in the BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show (1951-60). He also appeared in musicals and, in his later years, was a prominent presenter of television shows incorporating hymns and other devotional songs.
ReplyDeleteI used to listen to the Good Show on radio in SA.
I like Mike Spilligan. :)
: ) I like him too. The world needs more of him. Clean humour, y'know. Well, cleanish ; )
ReplyDeleteThese are great!
ReplyDelete*laughs I admit, I hadn't heard of Mr Milligan before today - love the quotes and his outlook on things :oD
ReplyDeleteThose were great!! I may have to borrow "Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery". I've been saying that (in other words) for years hahaha.
ReplyDeleteCleanish, clever LOL excellent post. I love good wordage!
ReplyDeleteGood, Debbie : )
ReplyDeleteJaime, well, you've been ejumukated then. I'm glad you enjoyed it! : )
Kat, I liked the one about at least wanting the chance to prove the theory right.
Marty, good wordage makes me happy : )
yup...me too!
ReplyDeleteI love Spike Milligan. My favorite is definitely " All I ask is the chance to prove that money can't make me happy." I would like to have that chance too, LOL
ReplyDeleteHarry Secombe was a great tenor. I heard him sing often ...
Spike Milligan - I am laughing with the memory of him - he was quite mad and knew it and used it, with such a wicked and true humour at times. A real court jester. Loved the quotes - thank you Tint and Jurgis for sharing.
ReplyDeleteVery funny! He is a riot.....a more pleasant form of misery, better class of enemy...giggles and grins!
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ReplyDeleteGosh, it all makes perfect sense to me...
*lol*
ReplyDeletei fell for this one.
LOVED this one! And laughed at "a more pleasant form of misery"!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely clever, I love statements like these.
I haven't heard of him, thanks for sharing ; )
Thank you for the smile today!!
ReplyDeleteOh Riete, that is one of my favourite songs! I haven't heard it in years.
ReplyDeleteLois, you can actually see the wicked humour in his eyes : )
Glad you all got a smile or a chuckle out of it - mission accomplished! *grins*
Thanks for this! We are great lovers of the Goon Show and other treasures of BritCom.
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