Spike Milligan
Comedian
1918-04-16
Books by Spike Milligan
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Puckoon
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Adolf Hitler: my part in his downfall
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Quotes by Spike Milligan
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The clock in the church tower said 4.32, as it had done for three hundred years. It was right once a day and that was better than no clock at all.
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Busty' Roberts had joined the Royal Artillery in 1914 and since then had steadily risen to the rank of Gunner. Now the crunch: someone with a perverted sense of humour made him a Lance Bombardier. Roberts went insane with power. The war now consisted of two people, him and Hitler.
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R.I.P.Tom Conlon O'Rourke.Not Dead, just Sleeping.
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With a roof over his head he had ceased to work, living off his [war] pension and his wits, both hopelessly inadequate.
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...Roberts had joined the Royal Artillery in 1914 and since then had steadily risen to the rank of Gunner. Now the crunch: someone with a perverted sense of humour made him a Lance Bombardier. Roberts went insane with power. The war now consisted of two people, him and Hitler.
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Some people live a nothing life: the most important thing they ever do is die. Thank God for eccentrics! Take Gunner Octavian Neat. He would suddenly appear naked in a barrack room and say, "Does anybody know a good tailor?", or "Gentlemen – I think there's a thief in the battery.— He was the bane of the Regiment.
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A bird in The Strand is worth two in Shepherds Bush
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My father was my greatest inspiration. He was a lunatic.
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Said Hamlet to Ophelia,I'll draw a sketch of thee.What kind of pencil shall I use?2B or not 2B?
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After Puckoon I swore I'd never write another book. This is it
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On the Ning Nang NongWhere the Cows go Bong!And the Monkeys all say Boo!Theres a Nang Nong NingWhere the trees go Ping!And the tea pots Jibber Jabber JooOn the Nong Ning NangAll the Mice go Clang!And you just cant catch em when they do!So its Ning Nang Nong!Cows go Bong!Nong Nang Ning!Trees go Ping!Nong Ning Nang!The mice go Clang!What a noisy place to belong,Is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!
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(On his gravestone): I told you I was ill.
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Life is a long agonized illness only curable by death.
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R.I.P.Tom Conlon O'Rourke.Not Dead, just Sleeping.
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...Roberts had joined the Royal Artillery in 1914 and since then had steadily risen to the rank of Gunner. Now the crunch: someone with a perverted sense of humour made him a Lance Bombardier. Roberts went insane with power. The war now consisted of two people, him and Hitler.
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On the Ning Nang NongWhere the Cows go Bong!And the Monkeys all say Boo!Theres a Nang Nong NingWhere the trees go Ping!And the tea pots Jibber Jabber JooOn the Nong Ning NangAll the Mice go Clang!And you just cant catch em when they do!So its Ning Nang Nong!Cows go Bong!Nong Nang Ning!Trees go Ping!Nong Ning Nang!The mice go Clang!What a noisy place to belong,Is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!
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Said Hamlet to Ophelia,I'll draw a sketch of thee.What kind of pencil shall I use?2B or not 2B?
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My father was my greatest inspiration. He was a lunatic.
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A bird in The Strand is worth two in Shepherds Bush
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With a roof over his head he had ceased to work, living off his [war] pension and his wits, both hopelessly inadequate.
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