Spike Milligan - I told you I was ill [1/6]
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@LazlosPlane Benny Hill never had canned laughter. His shows were all filmed infront of an audience and the outdoor scenes were shown on a screen to them. They are not canned laughter on benny hill, as on quite a few ocasions he had to wait for audience members to stop laughing so hard.
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@scarlebloke NO NO NO!! The dustbin dance is from 'Son of Fred" which is the follow up, and it is the only clip of that show.
A full half hour exists of 'A Show Called Fred'
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@Glasnost Alte Kameraden (Old Comrades) is the title of a popular German military march. It was composed around 1889 by the composer of military music Carl Teike in Ulm.
Spike must have had a good reason for chosing it, considering what theGermans did to his mind in the war.
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@ 6:37 i had tears of laughter running down my face. it was stupid yet genius ! so so funny
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Anyone aware of what the intro tune played is from? I assume its a spike composition?
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You see all us mad Penelopes are Harry lies to us (hilarious). We are worth something in this EU (Nazi) bollocks. Squeak!
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@trombonistpete This is from "A Show called Fred" that ran very briefly in 1956, I think. It had only about six showings, either due to low ratings or it was thought to be too 'advanced' for the telly audience of the time..
This is only a segment of the whole thing - hugely funny!
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i love it when spike cracks up during skits
Who cares about if the laughter is canned?? This is a tribute to one of the greatest comics of the 20th century. Without Spike Milligan you would not have the likes of Monty Python (Milligan is in Life Of Brian), Eddie Izzard, The Fast Show, Paul Merton, Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey etc. If you like his particular humour is irrelevent, his influence will be felt for decades to come. I suggest you listen to The Goon Show radio recordings to hear the beginnings of Modern Surrielist comedy.
TheQubez 2 years ago 15
Spike always made me want to jump into a dustbiiiiiiiiiiin AND DANCE
flapsplitter 1 year ago 10