Spike Milligan in general

"Mummy, why this daddy lion got glasses on?" "'Why is this lion wearing glasses.' What lion?" "Yes, that's what I said! [Eyes roll heavenward] This one." "Ooh, Spike Milligan! Shall we read it then?" "Yay! Yes! But why that daddy lion got glasses on?" Do you know what the Gofongo is? Or why his visits to the vet are so frequent? ("He has toes that whistle tunes, And explode! Like toy balloons"). Do you know what the Wiggle Woggle is? Or what he said? ("When I'm standing on my head, I can see the coast of China, And it's ...

I first discovered Spike Milligan when my best friend gave me a book to read by him. Me and said friend have always had a similar sense of humour, and I realised why he had given me that book very very quickly. That book was "Hitler-My Part In His Downfall" by Spike Milligan, and within one minute of opening it, I was in floods of tears in a fit of uncontrollable laughter. Put plain and simply, Spike is my PERFECT author - his sense of humour is right in line with my own, and he is basically my idol. The guy is basically insane, but at the same time he uses his insanity very cleverly. His use of the English language is incredible at times, making ...

I am 47 and a friend of mine has just bought me a copy of the book called A Children's Treasury of Milligan by Spike Milligan and I couldn?t be more thrilled! Let me explain further - When I was a lot younger I had a paperback book called Silly Verse for Kids by Spike Milligan and I really enjoyed reading it. However, I had lent it to someone and it had never been returned. As I couldn-t remember to whom I had lent it, it was lost forever. I happened to be relating this story one day when I was visiting my goddaughter; Rosie aged 8, who loves books. The next time that I visited lo and behold her mom had managed to find this book in the ...