Spike Milligan - Spike Milligan Spike Milligan (April 16, 1918 - February 27, 2002) was a comedian, novelist, poet, jazz musician (trumpet and guitar) and member of the Goons. He was born Terence Alan Milligan in Ahmed Nagar or Ahmadnagar, India to an Irish-born officer in the British army. Though he lived most of his life in Britain and served in the British army, he was declared stateless in 1960, and took Irish citizenship. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Biography 2 Radio Comedy shows 3 TV Comedy shows 4 Theatre 5 Movies 6 Books 7 Quotations 8 External Links Biography Spike Milligan suffered from bipolar disorder for most of his life, having at least ten breakdowns. He was a strident campaigner on environmental matters, particularly arguing against unnecessary noise..
Spike - Spike Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 The word "spike" 2 The name "Spike" 3 The title "Spike" The word "spike" The word spike can refer to: A sharp object like a nail: spiked shoes worn by athletes, which provide more traction. large spikes used to secure railroad rails to the wooden ties the Golden Spike, driven at Promontory Point in Utah on 1869 May 10, joining the first trans-continental railroad in North America An upswing in activity, shown by a spike on a graph or chart: a spike, a short electrical pulse (See: surge suppressor, transient voltage) a spike in the crime rate, birth rate, cancer rate, or other rate An unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence (Botanical) with sessile flowers arranged along the axis. Compare with raceme. The.
Jackanory - James Bolam Helena Bonham Carter Brian Cant Bernard Cribbins Peter Davison Judi Dench Denholm Elliott Michael Hordern Jeremy Irons Martin Jarvis Arthur Lowe Joanna Lumley Sylvester McCoy Paul McGann Ian McKellen George Melly Paul Merton Spike Milligan Lee Montague Jon Pertwee Willie Rushton Peter Sellers Maggie Smith Patrick Stewart Patrick Troughton Kenneth Williams and even Prince Charles. The show's title comes from an old English nursery rhyme: I'll tell you a story about Jack-a-nory; and now my story's begun. I'll tell you another 'bout Jack and his brother; and now my story is done. This is a stub article. Information on exact dates, presenters and stories read needs to be added..
I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again - Prune" which was not a character who ever appeared in the sketches (except in "The Angus Prune Story" aired on 18 April 1966) or, for that matter, anywhere else. Spoof dramas were billed as Prune Playhouse and many parodies of commercial radio (which was only legalised onshore in the UK during this period) were badged as Radio Prune, but the words Angus Prune seemed as random and incidental as the words Monty Python which began on television much later (first transmission October 5 1969). Whilst the BBC radio shows ITMA, Much Binding in the Marsh, Take it from Here and Beyond Our Ken had previously conditioned the audience to accepting a mix of music, sketches and jokes within a 30 minute show, and Round the Horne was currently doing this, ISIRTA.
Harry Secombe - of the original Goons, appearing in the radio series as Neddy Seagoon, the protagonist of the show's ridiculous plots. He had first met Spike Milligan, the founder of the Goons, during army service in World War II in North Africa. Secombe appeared in many stage musicals, including Pickwick (1963) and The Four Musketeers (1967), and had several chart successes, the song most associated with him being "If I Ruled the World" (from Pickwick). He also appeared as Mr. Bumble in Lionel Bart's film Oliver! (1968). Later in life, Secombe (whose brother was a vicar) attracted new audiences as a presenter of religious programmes, such as the BBC's Songs of Praise and ITV's Highway. He was knighted in 1981. After suffering a stroke, he was forced to abandon his television career, but.
Hancock's Half Hour - mostly recorded over a three-week period in June, 1959 to avoid clashing with Series 5 of the television show. Series 1 16 episodes, November 2, 1954 - February 15, 1955 Regular cast: Tony Hancock, Bill Kerr, Moira Lister, Sid James, Alan Simpson Episodes 5, 7, 8, 9 and 15 no longer exist The loss of Episodes 5 and 15 is particularly unfortunate since they feature the only "Hancock" guest appearances by Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers respectively Series 2 12 episodes, April 17 - July 2, 1955 Shortly before the series was due to be recorded Hancock walked out on a theatre performance suffering from "nervous exhaustion" and flew to Rome. Harry Secombe was brought in at short notice to replace Hancock and appeared in the first four episodes. Hancock himself.
Humphrey Carpenter - of biographies. Among others, he has written biographies about J.R.R. Tolkien, W.H. Auden, The Inklings, and Spike Milligan. Links to further information http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/presenters/h_carpenter.shtml (BBC).
Graeme Garden - Cleese. In the Goodies' adventures this contrasted with the more erratic and impulsive style of characters played by Bill Oddie and Tim Brooke-Taylor. Graeme Garden often provided the stable character in much the same way as Harry Secombe provided the sanity of Neddy Seagoon against which the more bizarre characters played by Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan could perform in The Goon Show. Graeme voiced the characters of Bananaman, General Blight and Maurice in the 1983 short children's animated series called Bananaman, which also featured his fellow Goodies and parodied comic book super-heroes. This was initially broadcast in the UK by the BBC and in the USA by Nickelodeon. Graeme should drive his listeners mad with laughter, as his name is an anagram of "render me gaga"..
February 27 - broadcasting pioneer (+ 1971) 1892 - William Demarest, actor (+ 1983) 1899 - Charles Best, medical scientist (+ 1978) 1902 - John Steinbeck, writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature 1962 (+ 1968) 1902 - Gene Sarazen, golfer 1903 - Grethe Weiser, actress (+ 1970) 1905 - Franchot Tone, actor (+ 1968) 1907 - Mildred Bailey, jazz performer (+ 1951) 1910 - Joan Bennett, actress (+ 1990) 1912 - Lawrence Durrell, writer (+ 1990) 1913 - Irwin Shaw, writer (+ 1984) 1923 - Dexter Gordon, jazz saxophone player (+ 1990) 1928 - Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel 1928 - Alfred Hrdlicka, sculptor and graphic artist 1930 - Joanne Woodward, actress 1932 - Elizabeth Taylor, actress 1934 - Ralph Nader, consumer activist 1941 - Paddy Ashdown, British politician 1957 -.
Eric Sykes - ) Oldham, Lancashire, is a British comedic writer and actor, who helped Spike Milligan with The Goon Show after Milligan's depression. He wrote and starred in a long-running BBC television series with Hattie Jacques and Deryck Guyler called Sykes. One of the running jokes of the series was that the extremely large Hattie and the very skinny Eric were supposed to be twins. He has appeared recently as Mollocks on Gormenghast. Sykes became profoundly deaf as an adult. His "trademark" spectacles contain no lenses, but are rather a bone-conducting hearing aid. Eric Sykes trivia: it is Eric who says the word "Teletubbies!" at the end of the Teletubbies title sequence. TV - Curry and Chips: Dress Spectaculars: Eric Sykes Show: Gormenghast: It's Your Move: Mr H is Late: The Nineteenth Hole..
Deaths in 2002 - long-running role of Maggie Beare in the series "Mother and Son", aged 76. 12 Joseph Bonanno, Sicilian, former boss of a Mafia crime family. 7 Seattle Slew last triple crown winner on 25th anniversary of winning Kentucky Derby 6 Pim Fortuyn, controversial politician in the Netherlands, shot. 5 Hugo Banzer Suárez, president of Bolivia, as dictator 1971-1978 and democratic president 1997-2001. 3 Mohamed Haji Ibrahim Egal, current president of Somaliland and former prime minister of Somalia and British Somaliland. 3 Mohan Singh Oberoi (aged 103), Indian hotelier and retailer April 2002 28 Alexander Lebed, Russian general and politician Ruth Handler, inventor of the Barbie doll 27 Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, Industrialist and art collector. 25 Lisa Lopes, Singer with band TLC 25 Indra Devi (aged 102), "Yoga teacher to the stars" 23.
Dalek - television series. However, the movies made several changes to the original concept; for instance, Cushing's Doctor is not an alien, merely an inventor. The movies used brand new Dalek props, based closely on the original design but with a wider range of colours. Because the special effects on the films did not run to the creation of death-rays, their Daleks' weapons emitted jets of deadly vapour instead. In addition to the movies, their popularity has extended to books and stage shows and a one-page regular feature in the children's comic TV Action. Over the twenty-six seasons of Doctor Who, the Daleks underwent a number of changes and elaborations. In the revisionist origin story Genesis of the Daleks (1975), the creator of the Daleks was revealed to be the Kaled chief scientist.
1918 - - New voting laws in Sweden. Votes no longer dependent on taxable assets. One person, one vote. December 1 - Following the March 27 incorporation of Bessarabia and Bucovina, Transylvania unites with Romania. December 1 - The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (later known as the Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is proclaimed. December 4 - Wilson sails for the Paris Peace Conference December 4 - US President Woodrow Wilson sails for Versailles for the World War I peace talks, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office. Year in topic 1918 in film February 14 - The movie Tarzan of the Apes is released. 1918 in literature The Magnificent Ambersons by Booth Tarkington Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey 1918 in music 1918 in science 1918 in sports.
1956 in music - Vincent and His Blue Caps "Blue Suede Shoes" - Carl Perkins "Ooby Dooby" - Roy Orbison "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" - Brenda Lee "In The Still Of The Night" - Five Satins "Tutti-Frutti" - Little Richard "My Pink Cadillac" - Hal Willis "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" - The Teenagers featuring Frankie Lymon "Hound Dog" - Elvis Presley "See You Later Alligator" - Bill Haley and His Comets "The Great Pretender" - The Platters "Roll Over Beethoven" - Chuck Berry "Singing The Blues" - Guy Mitchell Published popular music "11th Hour Melody" w. Carl Sigman m. King Palmer "Abbondanza" w.m. Frank Loesser "After The Lights Go Down Low" w.m. Alan White & Leroy Lovett "Ain't Got No Home" w.m. Clarence Henry "Allegheny Moon" w.m. Al Hoffman & Dick Manning "Anastasia" w. Paul Francis Webster m. Alfred.
20th century - Leaders Africa Gnassingbe Eyadema, Togo Felix Houphouet-Boigny, Côte d'Ivoire Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya Idi Amin, Uganda Nelson Mandela, South Africa Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe Gamal Abdel Nasser, Egypt Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana Julius Nyerere, Tanzania Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, Libya Cecil Rhodes, South Africa Haile Selassie, Ethiopia Leopold Sedar Senghor, Senegal Sekou Toure, Guinea Americas Theodore Roosevelt, USA Franklin Delano Roosevelt, USA Dwight Eisenhower, USA John F. Kennedy, USA Richard Nixon, USA Ronald Reagan, USA Bill Clinton, USA Wilfrid Laurier, Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada Pierre Trudeau, Canada Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, Cuba Fidel Castro, Cuba Juan Perón, Argentina Salvador Allende, Chile Augusto Pinochet, Chile Emiliano Zápata, Mexico Pancho Villa, Mexico Asia Mao Zedong, People's Republic of China Deng Xiaoping, People's Republic of China Pol Pot, Cambodia Indira Gandhi, India Jawaharlal Nehru,.
2002 - and film actor Merlin Santana is shot to death while sitting in the passenger seat of a friend's car parked on the 3800 block of Victoria Avenue. November 13 - Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441. November 13 - The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill. November 14 - Argentina defaults on a US$805 million World Bank payment. November 15 - Hu Jintao becomes general secretary of the Communist Party of China. November 16 - A Campaign Against Climate Change march takes place in London from Lincoln's Inn Fields, past Esso offices to the United States Embassy. November 18 - Iraq disarmament crisis: United Nations weapons inspectors led by Hans Blix arrive in Iraq..
2002 in film - grossed over $100 million. Seven films grossed over $200 million, a new record. Births Deaths January 13 - Ted Demme, 38, director February 15 - Kevin Smith, 38, television actor February 21 - John Thaw, 60, actor February 22 - Chuck Jones, 89, animator February 27 - Spike Milligan, 83, comedian March 27 - Milton Berle, 93, comedian March 27 - Dudley Moore, 66, actor/comedian March 27 - Billy Wilder, 95, filmmaker April 9 - John Agar, 81, actor April 16 - Robert Urich, 55, television actor April 22 - Linda Lovelace, 53, porn star (Deep Throat) June 5 - Dee Dee Ramone, 49, bassist/songwriter June 29 - Rosemary Clooney, 74, singer/actress July 5 - Katy Jurado, 78, Mexican actress July 6 - John Frankenheimer, 72, director July 9 - Rod.
Alternative comedy - rallies alongside punk musicians. The comedy tended to rely not on racial or other stereotypes (which was the mainstay of The Comedians-style comics), or even standard jokes. Instead it used personal observation and intellectual humour, partly inspired by the early live work of comedians like Woody Allen and Tom Lehrer, as well as comedy from the British Satire Boom such as Beyond The Fringe. Spike Milligan and Peter Cook are seen by many as the grandfathers of alternative comedy. Satire and current events also played a large part of the scene. Being a university graduate was de rigeur and the original Comedy Store host, Alexei Sayle, had been a univeristy lecturer. Audiences at the comedy shows usually became part of the performance. Comedians were heckled and often their skill was measured.
April 16 - suicide note. 1998 - One of the most serious urban tornadoes in history does significant damage to downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Births 1755 - Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, painter († 1842) 1844 - Anatole France, narrator and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature 1921 († 1924) 1867 - Wilbur Wright, pioneer pilot († 1912) 1886 - Ernst Thälmann, politician († 1944) 1889 - Charlie Chaplin, actor, writer and film producer († 1977) 1904 - Fifi D'Orsay, actress († 1983) 1918 - Spike Milligan, comedian 1919 - Merce Cunningham, dancer, choreographer 1921 - Peter Ustinov, writer, actor and film director 1922 - Kingsley Amis, author († 1995) 1924 - Henry Mancini, film and TV composer, "Moon River", Peter Gunn 1927 - Joseph Ratzinger, cardinal 1930 - Herbie Mann, jazz flute player 1935 - Sarah.
Bexhill-on-Sea - where box grows. The town is the location of the De la Warr Pavilion, an early British example of modern architecture, and was the birthplace of the comedian Eddie Izzard, while Spike Milligan also lived in the town for a time..
