Today is not a very special day for fans of Spike Milligan. It is not the anniversary of his birth or his death, or of anything significant that he did that a cursory glance at his Wikipedia page can determine. It is, however, the anniversary of him being AWESOME, in that Spike Milligan was once alive on a November 4th, and was awesome. This is of course just an awkward way of shoehorning this video into my blog. Here is the Milligan accepting a very prestigious award in 1994 at which Prince Charles personally wrote him a congratulatory fan letter. Skip ahead to 2:40 to hear him call the future King a “Grovelling Little Bastard” in front of the whole country. It’s not covered in the video, but right after this the Milligan sent Prince Charles a fax that said “I suppose a knighthood is out of the question?”
I won’t get into a whole biography here, ’cause this is just a little cosmic tip of the hat. But thanks for paving the way for Monty Python and everything that came after it (also known as just about everything in British Comedy), Spike Milligan!
Yes. So, in other news Deed The Inky is rocking out at #3 on Is It Funny Today today.
Thanks to everyone who voted for us! Subtext: there is still time for you to vote for me and my ego. Subtext to that subtext: go now and vote for me and my ego.
| We Like Spike – Wednesday, November 4th 2009
Today is not a very special day for fans of Spike Milligan. It is not the anniversary of his birth or his death, or of anything significant that he did that a cursory glance at his Wikipedia page can determine. It is, however, the anniversary of him being AWESOME, in that Spike Milligan was once alive on a November 4th, and was awesome. This is of course just an awkward way of shoehorning this video into my blog. Here is the Milligan accepting a very prestigious award in 1994 at which Prince Charles personally wrote him a congratulatory fan letter. Skip ahead to 2:40 to hear him call the future King a “Grovelling Little Bastard” in front of the whole country. It’s not covered in the video, but right after this the Milligan sent Prince Charles a fax that said “I suppose a knighthood is out of the question?” I won’t get into a whole biography here, ’cause this is just a little cosmic tip of the hat. But thanks for paving the way for Monty Python and everything that came after it (also known as just about everything in British Comedy), Spike Milligan! Yes. So, in other news Deed The Inky is rocking out at #3 on Is It Funny Today today. |