Spike Milligan's funny acceptance speech for his lifetime achievement award at the British Comedy Awards 1994. He refers to the Prince of Wales as a grovelling bastard.
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@allisonjones86942 жыл бұрын
"I got off the train at Bexhill on Sea, which was difficult, the train didn't stop there." RIP Spike Milligan and thank you for your genius.
@MrDaiseymay7 ай бұрын
As promised , he had the inscription , ''I TOLD YOU I WAS ILL'', ON HIS HEADSTONE, But, I think the idiot church removed it?
@richard-ij2fm6 ай бұрын
😂
@ColinMill1 Жыл бұрын
I heard that, after this, Spike wrote to Charles and said "I guess a knighthood is out of the question" to which Charles replied "keep grovelling"
@citizenhal6 ай бұрын
@@ya00007 That's why it's funny.
@deenieteenie39346 ай бұрын
@@ya00007 They shared the same sense of humour. The then Prince Charles was a huge fan of Spikes, he would have laughed his socks off at Spikes comment and Spike new it. They were actually good friends.
@gregboraman66136 ай бұрын
@@ya00007you totally misunderstood the joke, the point and the fact they were friends..
@ned_19636 ай бұрын
Touché. Nice touch by Prince Charles. He would have killed himself with laughter if he'd seen it! Cheers, Spike! 🙏😂🙏😂
@johnord6845 ай бұрын
@@ya00007 You do know that they where friends?
@damienstables19182 жыл бұрын
This man was a genius. He took the pain & suffering he experienced during WW2 and turned that around to bring humour to literally millions of people.
@commonman131 Жыл бұрын
I've read his books over and over many times, they got me through a spate of bad depression so thankyou Spike.
@garybrockwell2031 Жыл бұрын
A TRULY GREAT BRITAIN 💯 🆘🇬🇧🙏💪🎬🤩😍REST WITH THE BEST 😭🙏💪 EASY TO SEE WHY LONDON LOVE'S YOU ✌️🧐💪🤣☺️
@Palmit_ Жыл бұрын
"yes. but i didn't mean to. It was that, or stand around walking in weird patterns the Army like to call Marching.. and yes i did serve my time.. for a thousand crimes i never committed it seems"
@Palmit_ Жыл бұрын
"yes. but i didn't mean to. It was that, or stand around walking in weird patterns the Army like to call Marching.. and yes i did serve my time.. for a thousand crimes i never committed it seems" I made that up. but it seems like something Spike would say. :)
@DeirdreCatherineDoyle Жыл бұрын
The great things he enjoyed were Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe et all bursting into his house and MAKING him cheer up. PTSD was an misunderstood condition. Brave Brave Man
@louisavondart91783 жыл бұрын
Spike got me in trouble. I was skiving off at work, hiding in a railway guards van reading one of his books. I was laughing so hard my boss found out where I was. No regrets..it was worth the bollicking I got. I'm 63 years old now and I still have that book. Spike will be with me until I die.
@MikeTheBike2010 Жыл бұрын
I cried with laughter listening to him read those books.
@judeirwin2222 Жыл бұрын
Bollocking. Not bollicking.
@nelsonhibbert5267 Жыл бұрын
@@judeirwin2222 I bet you're a right laugh at a party.....
@stephenroney2366 Жыл бұрын
@@nelsonhibbert5267 It would be funnier if he had written ball -licking.😂😊
@peterclarke7240 Жыл бұрын
That rather depends on whether tongues were involved. Railway chaps are jolly fun like that. 😂
@bigdmac33 Жыл бұрын
Probably the only person in the world to call the future king a "grovelling bastard," and get away with it.🤣
@buggyboogle93 жыл бұрын
I think the reason this also works so well, is because prior to delivering that line, he’s acting slightly doddery - he admitted afterwards he’d already had 2 bottles in- he’s paying sort’ve scant attention to the proceedings, so there’s a kind of sympathy for his age pervading - and then he delivers this absolute razor sharp line, with perfect timing and tone, that you are shocked into joy by both the irreverence of what he says and the fact that he’s still got it. Absolute classic!
@brody5211 Жыл бұрын
2 bottles of wine ?
@ReachForTheSky Жыл бұрын
@@brody5211 Liebfraumilch is what he said in a later interview!
@wakeupuk3860 Жыл бұрын
"and then he delivers this absolute razor sharp line"..... could not agree with you more.
@gailhancocks5207 Жыл бұрын
He had a brilliant mind
@paulsurbitonryan96323 жыл бұрын
It’s funny how Jonathan gave up the speech from the folder, cut it short and just encouraged one final round of applause. I think he knew that Spike’s humour was irrepressible.
@leodaly23102 жыл бұрын
I was going to comment on that. Jonathan's a total professional and knew reading the rest of the speech was only going to take the shine off that first joke so rather let it rest in the room with them for a bit longer.
@MLaak86 Жыл бұрын
@@leodaly2310 Not to mention likely knew that he'd never finish given Spike's personality.
@davepowell7168 Жыл бұрын
Fearing King grovelling Little Bastard's wrath one day
@mickthornley72103 жыл бұрын
Just about the only person who can get away with that line, a true legend of comedy never forgotten.
@Rob-Benny-Hill Жыл бұрын
well said and very true.
@kisbie8 жыл бұрын
"I'm not going to thank anybody, because I did it all on my own!" Surely the greatest moment in all awards ceremonies. An entire industry overwhelmed with laughter and love. RIP Spike.
@rotwart8 жыл бұрын
+kisbie It's a joke you idiot, you can tell he is actually emotional because he is crying! *smh*
@rotwart8 жыл бұрын
kisbie Not sure what you mean?
@andywilliams16968 жыл бұрын
+Jane Goodnut Just going to help you look for that plot you lost.
@rotwart8 жыл бұрын
kisbie As I said - he was joking. He wasn't trying to belittle anybody and there was certainly no malice. You need to understand the wider context before opening your mouth in future.
@andywilliams16968 жыл бұрын
+Jane Goodnut Oh you are trolling. I see you are having a 'pop' at everyone. Someone has a very lonely life.
@kisbie10 жыл бұрын
Greatest Acceptance Speech of All Time. Will never be beaten.
@jakon53202 жыл бұрын
This will character you talk of, I seen him beaten last night!
@alanbeddow51662 жыл бұрын
Simply fav fav fab fab
@robertfish40522 жыл бұрын
He did a lot better than Will Smith.
@grahamkerr2803 Жыл бұрын
You took the words out of my mouth,fantastic.
@leecorcoran6174 Жыл бұрын
Just brilliant
@finfunforever10 ай бұрын
The funniest person who ever lived and a truly wonderful human being. I miss Spike Milligan so much.
@grahambrown50134 жыл бұрын
The funniest man ever to walk the planet, a true comedy genius, RIP Spike.
@mikeboosh8776 Жыл бұрын
I think you're forgetting the comic work of the inestimable Timmy Mallett
@davepowell7168 Жыл бұрын
@@mikeboosh8776 🤣
@JontheBerean Жыл бұрын
Timmy who ?
@boogie4943 Жыл бұрын
Benny Hill?
@Dim432310 ай бұрын
Told you he was ill Spike lee.
@7Earthsky7 жыл бұрын
Even his tomb stone has the words ''I told you i was ill'...The man was, is, a legend. :)
@RayNDeere7 жыл бұрын
It's in Irish, which is: "Dúirt mé leat go raibh mé breoite" . The church would not let it be engraved in English, so as a compromise it was translated into Irish
@Irish7806 жыл бұрын
7Earthsky ye IN IRISH
@A-small-amount-of-peas5 жыл бұрын
@@Irish780 nobody cares about your dumb language
@malcolm96505 жыл бұрын
@@A-small-amount-of-peas you are an idiot
@emdiar65885 жыл бұрын
@I am special NPC yes
@anthonyellis987 Жыл бұрын
That's how you react to a future King's loving letter. Spike was a genius who it was a pleasure to meet shortly before he passed. RIP Spike.
@KickassUncle Жыл бұрын
I met him at a book-signing, I was nervous, he made fun of my name; he was very physically feeble, except in his eyes. I have been an atheist since I was about 9 years old, but I cried after meeting Spike like a believer would after encountering a Saint.
@smoog4 жыл бұрын
You know someone's funny when they can cause a room filled with the best comedians in Britain to howls of laughter with a single quip.
@wakeupuk3860 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely, absolutely Smoog, and the main difference was that laughter by those comedians who they themselves had done their time 'dying' on stage and more so than us know how hard, brave, quick thinking to come up with a line that has not been rehearsed and canned laughter used - cause not just for them to laugh BUT laugh with PURE JOY.I truly hope as with your comment three years ago and mine in 2023 that for many years people will comment as I have done to you, thus showing how good he was.
@AdrianColley Жыл бұрын
You could see the frank admiration in Rik Mayall's eyes.
@lewisgreen5081 Жыл бұрын
@@AdrianColley Rik Mayall isn’t in this clip. Jonathan Ross, Ben Elton, Ian Hislop, Michael Barrymore, Rory Bremner, Mel Smith and a couple more but no Rik Mayall.
@AdrianColley Жыл бұрын
@@lewisgreen5081 I could have sworn that was him at 2:49.
@RankinFitch8 Жыл бұрын
@@AdrianColley Nah that ain't Rik.
@JonathanLane-dt2pv8 ай бұрын
Spike’s war stories are soooo funny and yet you feel the sadness and pain at the same time. Anyone who hasn’t read them needs to to really know what this chap was all about.
@Alceste197714 жыл бұрын
Remember watching this live. One of the most epic, jaw-dropping moments in the history of British TV.
@EnglishLad3 жыл бұрын
The reason it's funny is because everyone is supposed to respect the royal family and hold them in high esteem, and yet here we see someone completely turning that on it's head and mocking one of the most well-respected figureheads of the British Empire.
@keithratcliffe223511 ай бұрын
Yes Spike would never become a 'Grooms of the Stool' like many of his obsequious contemporaries who display it bucket loadat the RVP.
@omorjit7 жыл бұрын
'Best cure for seasickness...sit under a tree!' There will never be another Spike. Never forgotten, his humour lives on.
@TallSilentGuy2 жыл бұрын
I don't get it.
@davidf63262 жыл бұрын
@@TallSilentGuy You don't get trees on boats! It may actually be more nuanced, as shipwreck cartoons often feature a person sitting under a single palm tree on an unsuitably small desert island.
@dougaltolan3017 Жыл бұрын
@@TallSilentGuy I'm not surprised.
@AlanBoddy-fl2qp Жыл бұрын
I saw spike in a small theatre here in Perth Australia He walked out on stage sat on a chair and had everybody laughing for 2 hours It was unbelievable what a genius of comedy
@supertramp6011 Жыл бұрын
Ahhhh, I miss you Spike! Absolute legend, my sides are still hurting years later! Only Spike could call a future king a grovelling bastard and bring the house down!🤣🤣🤣
@twmlloyd5257 Жыл бұрын
The master, could watch this every day
@paulnewsham Жыл бұрын
@@twmlloyd5257 Actual King now. 🤣
@lablackzed6 ай бұрын
@@paulnewshamAnd still a groveling bastard ask Klaus his WEF mate.
@JamchesterBoozle5 жыл бұрын
‘I know people who have been crippled in the wake of my humour’ What a funny funny man , we love ya Spike
@aidanlunn74417 жыл бұрын
With that comment, he makes the audience laugh in hysterics for a full 45 seconds! That is the mark of a true comic genius!
@morganfisherart6 жыл бұрын
And every line out of his mouth was a brilliant, spontaneous, unscripted rib-tickler! What a wit! What a nut! A knighthood would not be good enough. Lord Spike!!!
@timwolsey4015 жыл бұрын
What is your name
@TheChrissy19773 жыл бұрын
Jesters can get away with a lot.
@blairchristieson91962 жыл бұрын
He says very few words in the whole thing and it's some of the funniest minutes on KZfaq.
@tiprunner2 жыл бұрын
It is exactly that type of comments i hate about youtube. Writing random shit that pops up in your head and trying to pass it along as something clever.
@jamienichol1910 Жыл бұрын
More funnier then ever now. God save the grovelling bastard.
@LaturneDictum Жыл бұрын
Precisely.
@timothylowe8327 Жыл бұрын
Immortal, he shall be forever known as.
@judeirwin2222 Жыл бұрын
Jamie, go back to school. Funnier. Not more funnier.
@paulharries9558 Жыл бұрын
He grovels to the WEF.
@countOfHenneberg11 ай бұрын
Spike's punchline after the event seems even better, writing to Prince Charles as he was then, "I suppose a knighthood is out of the question?"
@MsMarciax4 жыл бұрын
Only Spike could have gotten away with this bless him and he will always be a national treasure that made us all laugh out loud back in the day. He will never ever be forgotten.
@AcornElectron3 жыл бұрын
Sad but his type of comedy and humour has been consigned to the ‘warning this may cause offence to some listeners’ or ‘this episode was recorded in 1968 when guidelines were different and so may contain language that some listeners or viewers may find offensive’. Woke o’clock for modern comedy or die at the hands of the mental left, or the nazi right. You can’t win ☺️
@billblog53863 жыл бұрын
Got away with what?
@beaufighter2452 жыл бұрын
@@billblog5386 exactly, spoke the truth.
@idleishde61242 жыл бұрын
Yes because President Boris Johnson or President Liz Truss would be so much better than the Royals...
@jillosler9353 Жыл бұрын
@@beaufighter245Spike and Charles were friends!
@paulfromdevon47073 жыл бұрын
I can watch this again and again. That nanosecond of shock before they all erupt is priceless. A true genius who died the same day as my dad. I can hear them laughing now.
@charlessmillie87743 жыл бұрын
No one will ever come close. Genius.
@grantbuchanan72953 жыл бұрын
I hope your wrong, the thought of no more genuine, honest comic genius is depressing.
@Wahey4 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this live. It was one of the funniest things I'd ever seen and still is. Spike Milligan was the funniest person who ever lived and nobody will ever come close to him.
@Wahey2 жыл бұрын
@welcome welcome What a horrible thing to say.
@guttersnippeesmithers39052 жыл бұрын
@welcome welcome talking out your ring
@dixonpinfold25822 жыл бұрын
@@Wahey Yes. A simple matter of poison character. But, ah well, people like that do help us appreciate those whom we like and love.
@davokelly78762 жыл бұрын
@welcome welcome you're one sick puppy. Bitch if you're lucky to be around at mid life I bet comedy will be outright banned as will all free thought and speech. Or else it'll be a bunch of sour cancel culture bastards like you that got hurt feelings.
@foddyfoddy2 жыл бұрын
@welcome welcome One of the saddest and most pathetic comments I've ever read on KZfaq. Shame on you.
@user-jl8yn7og7b Жыл бұрын
Imagine being able to make a room full of comedians erupt into laughter with just four words. Genius.
@plug4uk6965 жыл бұрын
Spike Milligan was one of comedies masters who knew how to say things with no fears, we need people like him back in our lives! I've got tears literally running down my face through laughing.. Thank you Spike and God rest your beautiful soul x
@mollyoneye Жыл бұрын
I'm here...
@martinjmcc19815 жыл бұрын
People like him will never exist again, no one ever will be as loved or respected. I will never forget this.
@robertblackburn752 Жыл бұрын
The love pouring out from everyone in that room for this beautiful man is so heartwarming it echoes down the years. We are blessed to have known him.
@TheBigMclargehuge2 жыл бұрын
I love how just as everybody is starting to get over it they realize how funny it was again and go back into hysterics. It's an impossible level of comedy. It's transcendental.
@supernffc8 жыл бұрын
The funniest person that ever lived in my opinion. An absolute comedy genius
@raymondowalden44056 жыл бұрын
Great comment and the trolling speek police can crawl back up the anus they crept out of.Correct that
@noddynoble93917 жыл бұрын
Never afraid to speak his mind, his comedy genius could never be shackled.
@vermilliongecko7 жыл бұрын
Also, by this time, he was so old he was untouchable. He could say what he liked about Prince Charles; what could the establishment do? Nothing.
@fredferd9657 жыл бұрын
This is true, but he had Prince Charles, God Bless Him, laughing in the aisles! The Prince was convulsing with laughter! What else could he do? The Prince was a true gentleman, and he played the game!
@StewartNicolasBILLYCONNOLLY3 жыл бұрын
There was only one SPIKE MILLIGAN. Total love.
@Ruthypops12 жыл бұрын
This will never, ever be topped at an awards ceremony. Unbelievable timing and delivery from a truly great man.
@martinworld72148 ай бұрын
errr Julian Clary & Ricky Gervais . I would beg to differ . However , this is bloody hilarious nonetheless
@krombee9 жыл бұрын
5 words and he had the entire room in tears of laughter. That's a rare gift he had.
@Rich6Brew3 жыл бұрын
The giant, on whose shoulders everybody else stood.
@stumbling3 жыл бұрын
No wonder he died.
@HappyCynic3 жыл бұрын
@@stumbling He was ill. He did tell us.
@SISU8893 жыл бұрын
We'll said Sir !
@carlincledon47943 жыл бұрын
@@HappyCynic Brilliant, just brilliant.
@keithrich83733 жыл бұрын
Couldn't have put it better myself.An indisputable comic genius
@DarthwRath Жыл бұрын
40 seconds of uncontrollable laughter by everyone and every single time I watch this, it has the same effect. Just 1 simple line did that. True master at work. I have to watch his works. So many great great comics that I love admire this guy. Robin Williams, Craig Ferguson, The entire Monty Pythons, Dylan Moran, Sean Lock and many many more all loves Spike and credits him as a major influence in their comedy.
@Stratahoovius7 ай бұрын
Most of modern comedy wouldn’t exist without this mad genius.
@willywilz Жыл бұрын
Watched this time and again and it always reduces me to tears of laughter.. Spike was truly a natural genius and desperately funny .. RIP Spike .. you left this world a happier place 😅
@Theoriginalbigbrillo7 жыл бұрын
"Im not going to thank anyone coz I did it all on my own" How Fuckin Comic genius are those words, had me in tears as a teenager during the late 70,s early 80,s Gone but never forgotten RIP Spike
@neilphillips1628 жыл бұрын
a standing ovation for a truly great comic genius.
@T0mat0S0up8 жыл бұрын
Generally comics get less funny, Spike never lost it.
@neilphillips1628 жыл бұрын
T0mat0S0up couldn't agree more
@WELLBRAN7 жыл бұрын
T0mat0S0up I can see a Tommy Cooper trick coming on ....OK HERE WE GO! SPIKE ...BOX...BOX...SPIKE.
@m3anthony7 жыл бұрын
neil phillips Laughter and great affection.
@danw13747 жыл бұрын
Written on spikes gravestone "I told you I was ill" Brilliant!
@finn40124 жыл бұрын
I don’t think this will ever get old
@EvilSean623 жыл бұрын
indeed... have seen this many times...not for a year or two now and im wiping away tears of laughter as i type ... fucking outstanding ! we all have to go sometime, spike went a little too soon but even his epitaph is a giggle :)
@paul-t-geist42459 жыл бұрын
Spike Milligan,mad as a bag of frogs but an absolute legend.
@susansherlock74743 жыл бұрын
He wasn't mad, a depressed man maybe, but not mad... intelligent definitely!
@paul-t-geist42453 жыл бұрын
@@susansherlock7474 mad as in Zany 😁
@kevinbowles25463 жыл бұрын
@@susansherlock7474 Possibly PTSD from WW2.......So funny but so poignant and sad too if you've read them.
@dunruden97203 жыл бұрын
Madder.
@MrBobthebird3 жыл бұрын
Yes, But he left great memories for his children, He was a great father.
@markt13878 жыл бұрын
Could watch this a thousand times and would still be hilarious. RIP Spike - what a legend!
@stevew19043 жыл бұрын
Spike was a true superstar of British comedy. Rest in peace Spike you awesome person!
@waynefarrellvoiceovers3 жыл бұрын
Meeting Spike at a book signing in Dublin many years ago was such a privilege. He shook my hand.
@Rob-Benny-Hill Жыл бұрын
What a lovely memory Wayne, thanks for sharing.
@factnotfictionpeople13137 жыл бұрын
See that people? A GENUINE standing ovation! :-)
@FroMarty7 жыл бұрын
factnotfictionpeople did he get through to the semi finals of X factor? That's what it takes these days
@waremblem34056 жыл бұрын
"WOT! No laugh track?!?!?!"
@BritishComedyUK696 жыл бұрын
Classic stuff ;)
@barryirlandi42176 жыл бұрын
factnotfictionpeople a thing of the past
@Chef19656 жыл бұрын
factnotfictionpeople fackinh legend
@georgeknox18223 жыл бұрын
His humour knew no boundaries whatsoever, and we loved him for it
@CC-ff7ft5 жыл бұрын
The comics today don't come close to Spike, even at this age he'd wipe the floor with them.RIP A great man
@AK-ru3sg3 жыл бұрын
All these YT clips of the legend are timeless. Bollocks to the PC brigade. If we can't laugh at ourselves then we might as well be American.
@stuartjenkins30393 жыл бұрын
A K It was Ben Elton and his ilk that STARTED the PC brigade rot.
@bodsnvimto3 жыл бұрын
@@stuartjenkins3039 I lived 18yrs in the US. My American wife and my US-born English daughter have been back here for 17yrs. I/we agree with both you and AK.
@Bruce-itsbruce3 жыл бұрын
Um, what the hell makes you think "the PC brigade" objects to somebody insulting a royal? It would be the unPC brigade much more likely to object.
@AK-ru3sg3 жыл бұрын
Aw, I think I've upset someone. Poor baby.
@Bruce-itsbruce3 жыл бұрын
@@AK-ru3sg No, I just think you said something *really* dumb.
@minanes65495 жыл бұрын
'Grovelling bastard...' Right there is the old relationship of the court jester battering the king over the head with his pig's bladder; remember, thou art only mortal.... Everyone who wields power in this day and age should have their own jester at their elbow to keep them humble!
@aucourant99985 жыл бұрын
Great comment.
@mizofan4 жыл бұрын
we shouldn't have any so-called royalty
@tonemc60473 жыл бұрын
@@mizofan .I would substitute pigs bladder for lump hammer
@AcornElectron3 жыл бұрын
Too deep for this lad on a Friday evening but I get the gist...
@spartacusvikinga3 жыл бұрын
Yep a great post. So true.
@koitorob7 жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter how many times I see this clip, it never gets any less funny!Miss you Spike!
@chelseapoet36642 жыл бұрын
People throw the word iconic around a lot but not only was Spike an absolute comedy icon, the true genius of modern comedy, but calling the heir to the throne 'that little grovelling bastard' has to be the most iconic roast moment of all time. The sheer audacity is what cracked a room full of his peers up.
@harleythebrit6386 Жыл бұрын
Comedy Genius was our Spike , A sandwich short of a picnic of course but that was his uniqueness
@andyukh16255 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch this I have tears of laughter genuinely coming from my eyes! Just a genius, the Prince Charles line is priceless 😆
@gdj62983 жыл бұрын
The audience shots - so much comedy genius standing and giving him love !
@Chiscringle2 жыл бұрын
I don't see Paul Merton in the crowd, but I hope he was there. In the 90s, he was working hard to be the next Spike Milligan.
@UBZUKki3 жыл бұрын
Spike had that room ROARING with laughter...Much loved, greatly missed.
@christopherwilliams42656 ай бұрын
This has to be one of the greatest moments at an award show, and still his brand of humour could reduce an audience to hysterical laughter, is an example of how much a comical genius Spike Milligan was, to cut in with such a bold retort as this towards the future King of England would make me laugh any time i see it, You were an absolute legend Spike, R.I.P to a great man
@ospartiatis8 жыл бұрын
Comedic genius. Razor sharp whit. Brilliantly funny. " ...these are a series of cliches you know?"
@edwardtait42854 жыл бұрын
It´s hard to catch because of the laughter but it just might have been ".......these are a series of cliches, you idiot." If I´m wrong, I stand corrected. In any case, pure genius. Thank you!
@alastairgreen67833 жыл бұрын
Wit, not whit.
@8776546 жыл бұрын
That roar of laughter is just stunning.
@animelovers0005 жыл бұрын
I'm only 26, but over the years i have watched a lot of Spikes tv stuff and even listened to the goon show with my grandfather (who is a huge Spike fan)while we were driving somewhere and it's some of the funniest stuff i have seen and heard in my life. We will never get comedy of that calibre ever again. Old comedy is the best comedy.
@sgtpluck83444 жыл бұрын
That's because it doesn't rely on profanity and cheap outrage.
@acmarston3 жыл бұрын
@@sgtpluck8344 What about Derek and Clive?
@FUNKINETIK2 жыл бұрын
@@acmarston A bloke came up to me the other day and said… “Hello”
@acmarston2 жыл бұрын
@@FUNKINETIK Provocative f#%$#@.
@acmarston2 жыл бұрын
@@FUNKINETIK Get this in the bollocks for a start!!
@michaelellams91055 жыл бұрын
Man when English comedy ruled they were the funniest of times and im an Aussie who can't get enough of this comedy great, and see what a awesome standing ovation given out of respect.
@Rob-Benny-Hill Жыл бұрын
Spike asked Charles for a knighthood. The reply back from Clarence House, was "Keep Grovelling".
@yellowbucket8 жыл бұрын
Possibly the funniest thing ever said in an awards acceptance speech??
@rotwart8 жыл бұрын
+yellowbucket Possibly the dumbest comment ever.
@floydpitt75908 жыл бұрын
+Jane Goodnut No. You win that award.
@rotwart8 жыл бұрын
floyd pitt No. You do.
@ryang7906 жыл бұрын
no doubt
@theoriginalshakil80136 жыл бұрын
Jane Goodnut are you stupid? No, seriously, are. you. stupid?
@SaltySeaQueen-nn8wm6 ай бұрын
Cracks me up every time I watch it..Pure comedy Genius..😂
@georgeknox1822 Жыл бұрын
The greatest acceptance speech of all time 😅
@3Deity15 жыл бұрын
Spike said afterwards that by that time of the evening he had finished two bottles of wine as, having not worked on TV in ten years, he wasn't expecting anything more than a night out and a free meal.
@HaFannyHa9 жыл бұрын
My first hero: His 'Silly Verse For Kids' enchanted me when I was five years old and I've loved him ever since. Bless you, Spike!
@jakegodfrey43203 жыл бұрын
A comedian who can make a room full of comedians laugh is several cuts above.
@markshaz86914 жыл бұрын
One of the funniest men of all time. Still laughing out loud in 2019.
@ommadammo3 жыл бұрын
2021 here, still laughing our asses off :-)
@IamSpartacus198412 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this on TV and it had me crying with laughter. Awwwwwww Spike we miss you!! Respect to a lovely man.
@david_g_barron10 жыл бұрын
Spike Milligan sent a message to the Prince Of Wales afterwards going "I suppose a Knighthoods out of the question then?" EDIT: Typed on 11.09.2022 and now The Little Grovelling Bastard is now King Charles III. Lol.
@fredferd9657 жыл бұрын
I heard about that, and for a while I was afraid that the Prince would die of laughter before Spike did. Fortunately, he did not, but it was probably a close call...
@ImYourHuckleberry_296 жыл бұрын
David Barron i just read that now in hos obituary
@Gribbo99995 жыл бұрын
I crossed the Spike Milligan Bridge in Woy Woy, NewSouth Wales on my bike a few weeks ago. Woy Woy's most famous son described Woy Woy as the only place where they bury the dead above the ground. They still built him a bridge. How could you not love that man?
@MrDaiseymay5 жыл бұрын
@George Job I'VE ALWAYS LIKED YOU--LEND US A TENNER
@MrDaiseymay5 жыл бұрын
@@fredferd965 WADDYA MEAN ? IT WOULD 'AVE BEEN A GREAT HAPPENING. I'M AFRAID HE LIVES TO BE KING COLE.
@informedchoice2249Ай бұрын
Never has anyone so succinctly demonstrated why they deserve a lifetime achievement award.
@linedanzer43028 ай бұрын
He was so genuine and funny. Love him to pieces. I've laughed long and hard at this man's comedy - to the poin where I needed to catch my breath! May he RIP.
@shinmenator10 жыл бұрын
So after seeing the comedy awards recently, it brought me straight back here. True comedy genius. even after all these years I cry with laughter.
@m3anthony8 жыл бұрын
I long to go back to the sea again. To that wonderful sea in the sky. I left my vest and socks there. I wonder if they're dry.
@wolfie4987 жыл бұрын
There are holes in the sky where the rain comes in, but the holes are very small that's why rain is thin.
@tayspuddy7 жыл бұрын
I thought I saw jesus sitting on a tram I said are you jesus? He said Yes! I am.
@probablygraham7 жыл бұрын
Said my happily splashing daughter "My legs are getting shorter" She must be dim to want to swim In shark infested water.
@jackrichardson43846 жыл бұрын
Anthony Scaife pret a porter
@lezzman6 жыл бұрын
Said Hamlet to Ophelia, "I'll draw a sketch of thee. What type of pencil should I use... 2B or not 2B?" Spike virtually raised me in my childhood even though we only met once when I was 18 in 1983. He signed my copy of "Unspun Socks from a Chicken's Laundry" and I wouldn't part with it for the world!
@jeffpickles844111 ай бұрын
Absolute joy to watch. Miss the guy so much. RIP Spike👌
@tonyjedioftheforest13643 жыл бұрын
What a legend. Growing up in the 1970’s I loved to watch him on TV and read his books which were hysterical.
@UltraPrimus12 жыл бұрын
What Make this Even More Funny is that, the Following day, He Called Prince Charles and Said "I Take it a Knighthood is out of the quetion" to which Prince Charles replied "Your going to have to do a Little more Groveling"
@GazBlacklock-rk2wg3 жыл бұрын
Even though 8 years ago.. im still so glad you put this comment on.. legend. 👍👍
@rectify20033 жыл бұрын
🤣
@jul30ie3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant 😂🤣😂
@lingonberriesofwrath18363 жыл бұрын
If that story is true, Prince Charles is funny as fuck. I have my doubts...
@bletheringfool3 жыл бұрын
@@lingonberriesofwrath1836 it was true as the comments were banter between the two
@Knappa223 жыл бұрын
Zero shits given. What a legend :)
@AmbleWeighty5 жыл бұрын
2019 and still makes me laugh 😂
@BF1GUN4 жыл бұрын
Me too, as does the Morecambe & Wise sketch with Andre “Preview” 😂
@francishall18032 жыл бұрын
2022, still laughing!
@artetas-army59822 жыл бұрын
@@francishall1803 can confirm
@MatthewJohnCrittenden Жыл бұрын
2023 here and God knows I need a laugh.
@bettyswallocks64113 жыл бұрын
Good grief we would benefit immensely if Spike was still doing his thing today.
@TheBigMclargehuge2 жыл бұрын
No we wouldn't. He would be cancelled.
@FUNKINETIK2 жыл бұрын
The same could be said of Bill Hicks. Spike was a comic genius and a true humanitarian. P E A C E : )
@peterkoller37616 жыл бұрын
I have to be for ever thankfull to Spike Milligan for putting my home town on the map of world literature. In his war memories, he mentions the place: "Krumpendorf, that famous disease of the groins..."
@Roctev5 жыл бұрын
No one else could have gotten away with it like Spike Milligan, a true comedy legend. R.I.P Spike Milligan you left us with comedy that will keep us laughing forever.
@garyrasberryjr.552 Жыл бұрын
Fortunately, Charles loved the Goons (even made reference to Harry Secombe in his speech when was formally invested as Prince of Wales, since Harry was Welsh). Spike sent a telegram the next day the following question: "I suppose a knighthood is out of the question?" (Charles supposedly offered as a reply "Keep groveling") ... Spike later got his KBE.
@rob.cglasto6478 Жыл бұрын
Utter genius, my favourite comedian ever, all the trauma he saw & suffered himself, more often than not made his humour even more astounding, dogged by serious bouts of dark depression, locking himself away in his room for weeks at a time, I think his headstone says "I told you I was ill", he really was a complete one off, never see the likes of him again
@chechestermansnr22854 жыл бұрын
Still crying with laughter at this in nov 2019❤️spike was a one off and a true comic genius🙏🔥❤️
@stuartlloyd-jones95834 жыл бұрын
I'm re-reading his war memoirs now (3rd tie). They are still hilarious, serious, sad and touching all at the same time. His friendship with Edgington was a thick vein through his novels, a beautiful relationship. He never missed his annual Battery D war reunions. A great, great man.
@chechestermansnr22854 жыл бұрын
Stuart Lloyd-Jones lovely bit of info ty mate I haven’t had the pleasure of reading those but I will now always looking for the next great read👊🏼👍🏼
@stuartlloyd-jones95834 жыл бұрын
Che Chesterman snr you won’t regret it.
@garethwilliams38197 жыл бұрын
Saw him do a one-man show at St David's Hall in Cardiff a few years ago, sat on the side above he came out. For some reason the sound was crap and afterwards they were giving refunds. I declined. I was just happy to be in the same room as my comic hero. Afterwards he signed some of his books and I got to shake his hand. Have to stop typing know as I'm filling up. Legend.
@mickm47713 жыл бұрын
This is a classic! I cry with laughter every time I see this.
@ethzero Жыл бұрын
On this day September 8th, 2022, of all days, I get this as a KZfaq suggestion ❤ Long live King Charles III, "The Grovelling Little Bastard"
@captpicard6894 Жыл бұрын
One of the very few genuine comedy geniuses the world has ever produced. Spike was the originator, the master of the absurd, the word Genius is not sufficient to honour his Brilliance, or to do him justice.
@stewarthamilton392811 ай бұрын
I've always loved Spike, me my brother and my late Dad always watched him. Never failed to make us laugh. I still think the Pakistani Dalek sketch is pure magic. Might not be PC today, But I always crease up 😂
@neilmccormick57685 ай бұрын
Yes brilliant
@rmstitanic81634 жыл бұрын
A true comedy genius. Whether on stage, TV or reading his books. He is from an age when comics were truly funny. To the point of making your belly hurt. And also to have the balls to say what he thought. Brilliant! RIP Spike! 👏
@kdp81334 жыл бұрын
Thanks for everything Spike. There'll never be another like you. And so many of the audience are no longer with us too.
@lindalogan5961 Жыл бұрын
I remember reading one of his war books going to school on the train. I was on my own, and couldn't stop giggling hysterically. People were throwing me sideways glances, I think they thought I was mad. Reading them all again, 50 years later - and still laughing like a hyena. I loved this man ❤
@briz1965 Жыл бұрын
so - I caught my dad reading them Sunday morning, giggling like mad, then, remember pissing off my wife as I used to read them on the bog - what are you doing? she would shout out, ha ha
@myalfie Жыл бұрын
I was exactly the same I read Rommel gunner who and Hitler my part in his downfall,in my teens in the early 80s and pissing myself laughing at the humour!
@fredferd9658 жыл бұрын
Oh, you British! To produce such a man as this!!!!! During your lifetime, you had him among you - the true Shakespeare of Comedy, walking about and making people laugh! You people are really, really Great - all of you!!!
@fredferd9658 жыл бұрын
Oh! Is THAT why he kept telling Irish Jokes!!!! It figures! An Irish Shakespeare WOULD HAVE TO BE a commedian! Genius! Bless the man!! -- Bob
@Reprodestruxion7 жыл бұрын
Laura C or Oscar Wilde
@TheBigMclargehuge7 жыл бұрын
Shakespeare was actually the Shakespeare of comedy. He's the Spike Milligan of comedy.
@herewardthewake55027 жыл бұрын
Wilde was Irish mate.
@patricka.crawley65727 жыл бұрын
Hereward the Wake Yes. Truly British.
@jwood3613 жыл бұрын
One of comedy's classic moments, I love the way Spike enjoys his own jokes and isn't shy in showing it, his shoulders shaking make it even funnier
@jasonmeek71972 жыл бұрын
"Oh the little groveling bastard" the 5 funniest words ever said. 😅
@mikeyk2125 жыл бұрын
Spike is the master. Way ahead of his time. No one to match him.
@Ash_Hudson7 жыл бұрын
His timing when he said that was absolutely perfect.