In Memorium: Spike Milligan
« on: February 28th, 2002, 4:43pm »
The world lost a genius yesterday when Spike Milligan died from Kidney failure at his home in Rye, East Sussex.
Voted in a BBC poll as the funniest man of the last 1000 years, Spike was a genius in the truest sense of the word. Setting new limits on how silly comedy could be, he founded modern surreal comedy, heavily influencing the work of artists such as Monty Python's Flying Circus and Eddie Izzard.
His poem, 'On the Ning Nang Nong' was voted his best work by fans the world over.
On The Ning Nang Nong
On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the Cows go Bong!
And the Monkeys all say Boo!
There's a Nong Nang Ning
Where the trees go Ping!
And the tea pots Jibber Jabber Joo.
On the Nong Ning Nang
All the mice go Clang!
And you just can't catch 'em when they do!
So it's 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,
A great, great man, the "Grand-daddy of Comedy" will be sorely missed.
i like the gofongo best...
for those of you who are not aquainted with this particular milliganimal...
The gofongo, if you please,
is a fish with singing knees
and a tail that plays
the spanish clarionet!
he has toes that whistle tunes
and explode! like toy balloons.
hence his many,
many visits to the vet.
the gofongo, when he likes,
swallows jam and rusty bikes,
orange pips and treacle
pudding boiled in glue.
he loves chips with rusty nails
and can swallow iron rails
that is why they cannot
keep one in a zoo.
but! gofongo as a pet
would cause panic and regret.
people tried it and were
nearly driven balmy.
for, once inside a house,
he screams, 'i'm a jewish mouse.'
then he runs away -
and joins the arab army!
...ace!
Oh God I had no idea. I think they refuse to tell us some things in Wales(conspiracy theory time), coz I have been watching the news but...wow. I respect Spike Milligan not really for his poetry, but for his wonderfully witty character, which shone through even after he became ill and confused.
A minutes silence. I shall turn off my cd for a bit in respect.
I still love the quote being used in memory of his death. I just think it is a really nice expression:
"The echoes of forgotton laughter"
i just think it is realy profound and cool. Oh yeah and Rest in peas Mr Milligan
"I wake up in the morning, put on my face. The one that's gonna get me through another day. Doesn't really matter - how i feel inside - this life is like a game sometimes"
Spike Milligan was more than just a comedian. He did seemingly endless work for charity and numerous other bits in society.
I may only be young, but I can fully appreciate that Spike Milligan was/is probably the funniest man that will ever live on this planet.
sadly i was never really aware of his work, but i knew of spike milligan and knew of the joy and laughter he brought to people.
I must go down to the sea again
To the lonely sea and the sky
I left my vest and socks there
I wonder if they're dry.
Spike Milligan
Sellers: Is that a Cambridge tie you're wearing?
Milligan: Yea
Sellers: You....you went to Cambridge?....What were you doing there?
Milligan: Buying a tie.
he was indeed a funny guy
A man touched by pain and anguish, here's some examples of the more serious Spike:
Manic Depression
The pain is too much
A thousand grim winters
grow in my head
In my ears
the sound of the
coming dead
All seasons
All sane
All living
All pain.
No opiate to lock still
my senses
Only left,
the body locked tenses
(written in St. Luke's Hospital,
psychiatric ward, 1954)
Values '67
Pass by citizen
don't look left or right
Keep those drip dry eyes straight ahead
A tree? Chop it down- it's a danger
to lightning!
Pansies calling for water,
Let 'em die- queer bastards-
Seek comfort in the scarlet, labour
saving plastic rose
Fresh with the frangrance of Daz!
Sunday! Pray citizen;
Pray no rain will fall
On your newly polished
Four wheeled
God
Envoi
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Get it out with Optrex
Open Heart University
We've come a long way
said the Cigarette Scientist
as he destroyed a live rabbit
to show the students how it worked
He took its heart out
plugged ut unto an electric pump
that kept it beating for nearly two hours
I know rabbits who can keep their hearts
beating for nearly seven years
And look at the electricity they save.
(Dedicated to BBC Open University, 1977)
*bows head in appretiation*
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