Spike Milligan's Finest Moment

[TheJimmax]

I remember this going out I actually fell off my chair laughing. It does'nt seem that out there by todays standards but at the time it was unheard of. A bit like when julian clary said sorry im late but I've just been fisting norman lamont.

[bossyboots55]

By the response he got from that one statement alone..looks like everyone in the audience agreed with him !

[johnloony]

@bossyboots55 I laughed as well, but I don't agree with what he said. It's just funny that he said it. He and Prince Charles were of course close friends, so he was being affectionate rather than disrespectful.

[bossyboots55]

@johnloony

oh yes but there is an underlying truth in what he said :) :0)

[showaddy11]

spike the goons, tommy cooper spike . chick murray. spike. wheres next?

[goodtimetone]

that was gold!!!!

[adoreslaurel]

The great strength of the British monachy is its ability to roll with the punches and show that it has an ability to read the public mind,in what other country would you find this essential characteristic to maintain credibility in this modern world,if it aint broke,don't fix it is my opinion re a republic,anyway OZ is really the 51st state of the union, the Pres says jump and we say "HOW HIGH"?.

[jazzhuman]

Totally refreshing - totally in your face. Calling the modern world for what it was. I don't care if jesus comes back. But do wish Spike would.

[JoanCollins2009]

AMAZING 

[leocrossfield]

Brilliant!

[zarkbot88]

i know full well as an American that Johnathan Ross introduced to the rest of the Engish pubic to Vic and Bob in the late 80s/early 90s, and for that reason alone i'll forgive him for any amount of ass-kissery he's ever done.

[alzeNL]

Spike and Charles actually had a fantastic friendship between them.

[monomonster]

You are forgetting that until the Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783, King George III was still the head of the American Colonies.

[sendanor]

OK, to turn the attention back to comedy....I have just discovered an absurd comical thing when translating Spike's remark to my native dutch : `little grovelling bastard` would become `kleine kruiperige klootzak` ....shortened this will give you `KKK`...I am sure Spike would have liked this unforeseen development out of this.

[peaco1000]

A truly brilliant moment in British comedy. And no we dont need the royal family. America and France havent had one for a long time and they dont miss out on national pride or tourism and the Winter Palaces in Russia do a roaring trade.

[DuncanElliott1700]

@peaco1000 America never had a royal family. Shows how much we can trust you and your grasp on historical events that effect politics today

[peaco1000]

@DuncanElliott1700 Well......actually........Amer­ica was a colony under the jurisdiction of the British crown. So it DID have a monarchy. They revolted and declared independence FROM monarchic rule, so they must have had one, other wise they would not have had to revolt from one, lol.

(where you might have me is in saying 'America' because it only became 'America' as a state after it threw off monarch rule.)

Nevertheless, monarchs have no mandate from the people. America is THE superpower.

[ruxton1987]

@peaco1000

I reckon Americans are still revolting!! (if you know what i mean)

[peaco1000]

@ruxton1987 I see what you did there. Not one of Spike's Im guessing.

[ruxton1987]

@DuncanElliot1700

I reckon americans are still revolting!! haha

[MrBanjo102]

Mr Banjo102 - America WAS the superpower. Now its China.

[AngelArtists]

Classic. Only he could get away with that! Anyone else, Prince Charles would have got his illuminati & stonemason minions to sort them out LoL

[zefer14]

What comedy timing, he is very good.

[TheMoonsOfficial]

Brilliant!

[23162120]

No he is not, Charles is a grovelling bastard.......

[liam69love]

RIP you genius

[flicksnotgrass]

@liam69love

Yes he was the funniest chap I ever knew - RIP Spike we miss you

[liam69love]

i think spike is the best man to have walked the earth

[waiotahi52]

I think the title of, The Little Groveling Bastard, would be Prince Charles' favorite.

[waiotahi52]

His Royal Highness The Prince Charles Philip Arthur George, Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Great Master and First and Principal Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Member of the Order of Merit

[waiotahi52]

Knight of the Order of Australia, Companion of the Queen's Service Order, Honorary Member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, Chief Grand Commander of the Order of Logohu, Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Canadian Forces Decoration, Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty.[1]

[pang5]

Copyright monkeys blocking this in the Czech Republic. Brilliant footbullets, y'all. Absolutely ingenious.

Thank you, mooncoin, for uploading this!

[Brendanvio]

The best part is I reckon Charles would ave thought it was hilarious.

[RogerRamjet67]

Brilliant, genius at work!

[bigrider2806]

sums spike up , he would bring everyone down to a level .

[cofpaddy]

HRH Prince of Wales....ah, the little grovelling bastard

[slideharp1]

...Q8..!...

[slideharp1]

Spike is funny hear as always, but I don't see it as his 'finest moment' - in fact I don't think he would either. His TV shows (kuwait and others) were hilarious, he's such a friggin nutcase. His war memoirs have lots of funny stuff - it's the way he tells em. He was always a funny writer (for other people, too) My favourite belly- laugh, tho', is "Puckoon". Read it when I was about 15 and thought it was hysterical. Every fan of Spike should read that one.

[StrangelyBrownNo1]

Not long after this he actually sent the palace a fax saying "I suppose a knighthood is out of the question then?" Hilarious man. Troubled, but very funny.

[GoldenOldiesOn45RPM]

@StrangelyBrownNo1 - it worked , he was awarded a Knighthood in 2000 , honorary like Wogan & Geldof as he was Irish

[currypot1965]

god rest you Spike,top man

[kungfudarkone]

ha ha genius!

[Amosral]

hahaha fucking legend XD

[Haizum74]

That is one of the best one liners ever. So that makes two.....

[1972Villa]

class!

[spieretti]

Sure he's not talkin about that prick Wossy?

[Quadrant14]

Bloody genius sureDave Allen is great, but this man revolutionised an archaic BBC and comedy from day 1, the Python team attest to that,

[PaulinOsakanow]

Ohso atlast you all worked out that his quip was intented to be funny - Cricketbat08 you nailed it.

[edwards21416]

average comic prefer dave allen anyday

[rastabus]

Okay, so you're an idiot, there's no need to go shouting about it.....

[dovestones]

You may like dave allen but dont try to claim spike milligan is "average"

[cricketbat08]

Spike was talking in jest - he knew how much Charles admired the Goons. Spike was very much a part of the Establishment he so frequently castigated. A rebel and a genius!!

[capitalsho]

Actualy the queen does a lot for this country. With out her we would have an empty face on our coins. Would make heads or tails impossible!

[holysmoke45]

whats going on at 0:27 ? is that the Harry and the Henderson's table ? did they win an award ?

[irishjimmy1able]

BRILLIANT!!!

[HEV29]

In certain newspapers they actually disagreed over the grammer Spike used - how FREAKY is that???

"I think you'll find it should be grovelling little bastard..."

IT DOESN'T MATTER!!!!!!! Long live Spike's humour and his broadcasts the world is a poorer place without him xx

[kara1464]

Can't we just enjoy Spike being the funniest ever instead of arguing and whinging?

There are plenty of royal family clips on YouTube where you can go and argue .til your face turns blue.

And what queenie selling ice cream or driving a tour bus has to do with our Spike, I'll never know.

Perhaps we could discuss proposed NHS staff cuts if it's an open forum?

[Webbula]

I think the NHS staff cuts are a disgrace.

[kara1464]

There's always one, isn't there...

[Webbula]

Sorry, I honestly tried to resist.

[kara1464]

I know, and your efforts are muchly appreciated xxx

[neilk2304]

Who's the werewolf @ 0.27??

[amarone1956]

I was wondering that myself.

[fomastephanovitch]

Lets argue on youtube before putting on our pleated shorts and going to the park to feed the ducks.

I bet you guys watch your neighbours for an excuse to phone the council about parking infringements.

[adserkeogh]

the reason you have a monarchy is because it's your national identity.

And monarchies can't just be dropped easily, it takes a revoloution.

[Chomskyno1]

No it clearly doesn't, as you can see in the case of Italy, which was not a revolution.

[adserkeogh]

Umm. Slightly different.

Italy were bullied into giving in to facism. Not an ideal situation

[Chomskyno1]

No it wasn't and clearly know nothing about the history of Italy and to scapegoat it as being bullied into to it is simply absurd. You clearly need to read something on the topic before coming to such inane theories!

[phocjame]

No, the reason we have a Monarchy in our country is because it was our form of government pre-civil war, and is still necessary for certain political and legal issues.

[2puttking]

he shares or should say did share the same birthday as me..april 16th..miss his wit!

[iamthegaffa]

me 2

[deskpot1]

I like what he had put on his tombstone, "i told you I was ill"

[nofizzed]

I had the rarest privilege of meeting this Legend 10+ years ago. Even tho i was just a young oz boy putting groceries in the back of cars, Spike took time to enthrall and spellbind me with his amazing wit. I will never forget the day i met Spike Milligan!. He was more charming and genuine than I could ever believe someone as revered as him would be - i was left pinching myself - this planet is blessed to have people like Spike make their appearances . Thank you forever Spike Milligan!

[billfunky9]

genius!

RIP

[SmartGuyMan]

What's a constipated milarky?

[MartinJWillett]

No shit? Have you ever heard of the concept of progress? How about political aspiration? What about the concept of equality? Charles would be a piss-poor king. Bring it on: Charles the Last. Monarchy is a hideous institution, formalized fawning to the descendants of warlords.

How could anybody look up to and respect that man, he is the only man I know with enough negative charisma to make an Aston Martin look shite.

[0Trashion0]

The only reason we still have a monarchy is for the tourism. Like it or not they bring in millions of pounds a year making them vital to our economy.

[MartinJWillett]

Lesson one in the Daily Mail propaganda for idiots course. What kind of morons come to a country because there is a monarch there? Do British tourists prefer Spain because Spain is a monarchy?

Are you now more or less likely to visit America because Elvis and Jacko are dead? Get real for a moment and use your brain for more than heating the inside of your cap. There will be just as many tourists coming to see where we used to have a monarch and we won't be grovelling subjects but citizens.

[0Trashion0]

No Britain's prefer Spain because it's hot. England does not have nice weather, we have history, and living history as any 14 year old will tell you is much more interesting than dead history.

[0Trashion0]

We're talking historical tourism you moron, people generally visit other countries for their culture, Elvis and Michael Jackson were NOT the pinacle of American culture, whereas the English monarchy pretty much IS the height of the British expierience. I did not say, as you so foolishly and ignorantly assumed, that I agreed with the idea of a monarchy, only that the money it brings in to the country is helpful.

[MartinJWillett]

Nobody comes to Britain with a realistic expectation of seeing the queen. The palaces and guards and shit could still be kept up without the need to institute this fawning to the claimed spawn of a line of long-dead ancient warlords and the concept of nobility, royalty and privilege set in place by a magic-man in the sky. It is obscene. Doing it for the tourists is prostituting our self respect.

You can bow if you want. I don't do grovel.

[0Trashion0]

I'm just going to e0mail you this so we aren't spamming up an amazing Milligan video

[GuitarOfTruth]

If the Queen is good for tourists then she should get of her arse and meet a few. Maybe sell some ice creams out the front of the palace. Or drive a 'royal' sight seeing bus. I for one would gladly queue up to have a royal mr whippy, and hence help our ailing economy to boot. so come on Queeny. How does one feel about that?

[0Trashion0]

"Grovelling subjects"? Never heard of the Bill of Rights then? Do everyone a favour and go take a history lesson, give up the left wing comic fantasies and join us here in reality please.

There, done.

[MartinJWillett]

It is fundamentally objectionable that we have to put up with monarchy. Elizabeth is a good monarch, but would you be comfortable if we ever had a King Harry or a Muslim-loving King Charles? We can't expect to be lucky every single time and the odds of having a bloody awful monarch in your lifetime look rather grim.

[0Trashion0]

As I just said, the monarch has zero power over the country, they're essentially the safari parks of Africa, here for visitors to take pictures of and gaze at, they mean nothing. Ergo it doesn't bother me at all which face we have on our coins.

[flyhead2]

Oh dear, oh dear.

[mooncoin2000]

The French still make money from their royals and they topped the lot 200 years ago

[Tankballer]

@mooncoin2000 so therefore we have something they don't, all other things being equal we will make more.

[slideharp1]

@0Trashion0 The only reason we Need the Monarchy is because, without them, we would be under the Total Control of the Government. We need someone to stand between us and a bunch of Ambitious Voluptuaries. Career Opportunists who cannot be voted out until They decide to have an Election. Every 4 years, Americans have the Choice to vote for a New Leader We don't get a leader, we get a Massive Beaurocracy - no one is Accountable for Anything.

[slideharp1]

@0Trashion0 .....and the government we have is controlled by a Massive European 'Parliament' who don't even recognise the Country as Britain - it's carved up into different 'sectors', each grouped with other 'parts' of Europe. And what is allocated by the government for the maintenance of the Monarchy per annum would barely pay for a single one of their Insulting "summits". So That's where ya Money's goin, bub.

[MartinJWillett]

Imagine the indignity of having that grovelling bastard as your number one fan. The bloke is a natural born fist-magnet with world class negative charisma. Spike did well to distance himself from him.

Long live the English republic.

[Thesixthgoon]

They were actually great friends.

[maxziz]

oh spike you fucking beautiful genius

[stevewhu]

fucking hilarious. XD

[fuckamericanidiot]

i second that hooray...HOORAY!

[DLascelles2]

i cried laughing when it was first aired an i've just done the same now. milligan was a true comedy genius!

[dozysplot]

i know what you mean , it must be 10 years or more ago and it still has me on the floor in tears .....

miss u spike

[RicochetManchester]

Thing is, Charlie would have considered it an honour to be called a grovelling bastard by Milligna. So would I have. Lighten up, people...

[pardus762]

Exactly!

[papalazerus22]

yeah !!!

[melvert33]

He even makes himself laugh which is hard to do

[papalazerus22]

Perhaps !! he was ? But still a comic genius !! even when pissed and on medication !!!!

And the royal family are groveling barstards !!! no talent .. spongers off the state !

[legruge]

yes they are, but then again so are the vast majority of the people it would seem.

[FundamentallyMental]

haha true... although most people get a pittance compared to the royals

[MANTLEBERG]

He was pissed and on medication.

[ServeChilled1956]

why do people like you exist exactly? do you actually appreciate anything worth appreciating?

[McSpitfire]

0:27 - Who brought a muppet to the award ceremony?

[dozysplot]

i was watching at the time, and even now it still has in tears of laughter...

I don't half miss u, spike

:sniff

[fatg1t]

Only Spike could get away with calling the three-timing litte sht that!

5/5stars from me!

[moominsammi]

HAHAHA

[slydawgg]

comedy is taking the piss out of people,i am irish....when spike did the sketch"the irish olyimpic games"or "der first orish rocket to der moon",i wet myself,and havent seen anything funnier yet...god rest his soul,thanks for the comedy spike.

[buttsyrc8]

see mr mc guinness

Don't get better than that!

[buttsyrc8]

A genius at work!

Am English and love Spike - One thing we have in common is a sense of humour.

Even in darkest times.

Have been to ROI many times and have enjoyed every minute of it.

As superb people!

[dfarmbrough]

Still makes me laugh!

[syncosync]

most irish people would consider his jokes to be racist. you should consider an irish perosn's opinion before making a comment on them.

[paddy6062]

I have never met any Irish people who thought of him as racist, and my father who was as Irish as they come loved to watch his shows.

after all spike had Irish parents well at least his dad was not sure about his mum..

[pathammond]

I think saying MOST irish people consider Spike Milligans jokes racist is as large a sweeping generalisation as to say that MOST irish people love Spike Milligan.

[XTONE85]

Spike milligan is anglo irish anyway. Its just comedy

[stevroch]

No we wouldn't. Only some limp wet gimp from the politically correct lords of morality set would find him offensive or racist. Thats my IRISH opinion. Consider it. Spike Abu!

[dfarmbrough]

I don't think they would. Most Irish people I know have a good sense of humour. But this isn't anything to do with the video!

[syncosync]

oh god, the dear prince charles.

who gives a f*** what who says about the royal family. i know i don't.

[garuness]

HA, fantastic!

[Ghola02]

I remember him recounting the tale of when he decided to apply for Irish citizenship and rang up the Irish embassy to ask if he could apply, based on his father's nationality. Spike said he asked if it would be ok to which the reply was "to be sure, we need as many as we can get".

(it may not be true but it's funny). He loved Ireland and the Irish and appreciated the Irish devil may care attitude.

[matt2house]

well he was entitle to an irish citizenship

[2puttking]

my claim to fame..16th april spikes and my birthday!

[cashfan223]

oh. I read that he held the citizenship in Australia because his mother lived out there...

[ooglyooogly]

When he appeared on Through The Keyhole, he had a Spitting Image puppet of Margret Thatcher in his basement.

When he was asked what is Mrs Thatcher doing in your basement? Getting pissed probably was the reply. Not what was considered acceptable early evening content at the time ... to anyone else but Spike.

[Mobilecheese]

This may also be Jonathan Ross's finest moment.Whatever happened to Jonathan Ross, anyway? I heard he was last seen sleeping on a park bench that he shares with Simon Dee in Albert Square. How times change!It's amazing what one bad phone call can do.

Bad call,Johnathan......

[EmmaW5]

Love it! Even better, is that he faxed the prince later, saying "I suppose a knighthood is out of the question?"

XD they were friends really! XD

[cashfan223]

I love wikipedia. don't you?

[EmmaW5]

So useful, isnt it XD but I was told this before too! (I just checked it!)

[cashfan223]

let's recap: spike was born in a british india, when he was an adult he held both british and australian citizenship and died Irish. He wouldn't have got a knighthood because no one could tell if he was an ally or not in the morning...

[pathammond]

Which is pretty much exactly why i hate Sir Bob Geldof.

We know who he'd ally with in the morning :D

[theBESTelvis]

HAHAHAHAHAHA BRLILLIANT !!! HIHEE

[freeprem]

Even funny the way he just gently rests his award down in a wtf now?? kind of way.

[whirlyfan]

love it still makes me laugh oh how wish theyd get rid johnathan ross such twat things he's cool and hip when he's just sad fucker (sorry to those who like him ) imao

[Dilarus]

yeah but you thing you can spell

[bumcakes]

LOVE HIM LOVE HIM LOVE HIM... and jonathan ross too haha.

Shame people can't get away with ANYTHING these days.

Its moments like this, and colorful people like spike milligan and oliver reed etc that make the finest tv ever... and life is a little less TEDIOUS knowing that there are such people out there :P

[Mobilecheese]

On Spike's gravestone the words 'I told you I was sick' are written in Irish.(Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite). A more humorous and more Irish version could have been:

'Nach ndúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite?"

(Didn't I tell you I was sick!?).

How do I adjust settings to allow personal messages?

[nameofthepen]

Total grinz from America! :D

[Mobilecheese]

On Spike's gravestone the words 'I told I was sick' are written in Irish.(Dúirt mé leat go mé breoite). A more humorous and more Irish version could have been:

'Nach ndúirt mé leat go rainb mé breoite?"

(Didn't I tell I was sick!?).

[Mobilecheese]

Line 2 Insert word 'raibh' between 'go' and 'mé'.

Line 4, word 6 for 'rainb' read 'raibh'.

[nameofthepen]

Hi, MobileCheese, LOL. That is funny and seems like it would certainly fit with what I saw here.

I went to your channel to look around, and saw that you have a JFK vid by MimusRemedium in your Favorites!

Tried to drop you a line, but couldn't. But anyway, kudos on knowing about his vids - his stuff is not very widely broadcast. :)

[MacavitysCat]

When Spike died I read in a newspaper peoples memories of him. The one that stood out for me was from a chap who's seen Spike performing his stand up rouine in a theatre in Leeds. Unscripted, Spike opened up the huge stage doors at the back. As people walked past on the paement outside, they became unwitting participants in Spikes mad hilarity. The highlite was when a bus full of passengers stopped right outside, with a theatre full of people spitting their sides laughing. Sublime stuff.

[kara1464]

Oh good ole Spike... I've just watched this ten times over and I'm still laughing. Nobody like him.. never was, never will be.

[sunking25]

class act!!

[jj9749]

if he said that now he'd be banned from the BBC

[szparker]

They wouldn't DARE do that to Spike!

[mjd775]

.....only Spike could get away with that, without beheading!! Brilliant!!

[DMEB]

i love this clip!!!!! the man was a true comedy genius!!! R.I.P SPIKE!!!

[ebutemetube]

Spike did it again on stage (Palladium?). He pulled out a letter from Prince Charles and read, "'...my knees turned green and fell off...'" Then said, "Grovelling little..." That's all I can remember, sorry.

[Eddie4518]

For once I dont even know this guy. But he sounds hilarious

[blah214a]

legend lolololol

[whisperedapology]

According to wikipedia he later faxed the prince, saying "I suppose a knighthood is out of the question?"

Genius.

[SteelLeech]

God i hope that is true

[RayNDeere]

The Prince was a huge fan of the Goons. Spike, needless to say, did get his Knighthood.

[Aegrim]

They were very good friends as well, which is probably the only reason he really said it.

[colbro06]

Classic, a beauty, I think Charlie would have loved it too, we miss you Spike. RIP. God bless.

[ElGlasso]

This was the single funniest thing I ever saw on TV and the audience applause went on for absolutely ages - no one could believe their ears. Spike wins the prize for funniest man ever - no contest. I bet Prince Charles wet himself too!

[potstillbill]

Haha yeah! Spike was on another show soon after, i forget which one, and said he wrote to Prince Charles asking "any chance of a knighthood this year?"

The reply was, "no, but perhaps next year, with a little grovelling..."

Could be Spike was making this up, but funny as hell anyhow.

[Seanryan2001]

No it hasnt.He did say 'Bastard'.I watched it live as well.

[Ereldor]

The only man in the world who could do that and get away with it! Sheer genius!

[lookytube1]

Comic genius,Potent british irony at it's very best.