For those who want an excellent introduction to the mind of Milligan or a welcome return to a much-loved genius, this is the ultimate Milligan reader.

It was a proud day for the Milligan family as I was taken from the house. All the favourite and funniest stories are there. Spike Milligan, quote from Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall The die was cast. Interspersing such comic genius is also a touching collection of letters and his celebrated and liberating writings on depression, demonstrating the diverse talent of a man whose creative output spanned over half a century.Ī selection of children’s poetry and writings (‘Unspun Socks for A Chicken’s Laundry’, ‘A Book of Milliganimals’, ‘Silly Verse for Kids’ and much more) reveals Spike’s irresistible connection with the childlike imagination and a brillant sense of the ridiculous. Volume one of Spike Milligans legendary memoirs is a hilarious, subversive first-hand account of WW2 Format: Paperback Published: 2021 UK Publisher. This stunning anthology of Spike Milligan’s work comprises of favourites from his classic books (‘Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall’, ‘Goodbye Soldier’, ‘Puckoon’…) as well as scripts from the now-classic Goon Show.

'That absolutely glorious way of looking at things differently.A Spike Milligan opus, containing everything from classics to hidden gems, with a foreword by Eddie Izzard. I fell down a hatchway').įilled with bathos, pathos and gales of ribald laughter, this is a barely sane helping of military goonery and superlative Milliganese. Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall Michael Billington billicritic Fri 16. No ammunition') to the landing at Algiers in 1943 ('I closed my eyes and faced the sun. Made up of Michael Bentine, Harry Secombe, the bravura Peter Sellers, and the insane Spike Milligan, their seminal radio show (and eventual TV specials). 1) by Milligan, Spike and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In this, the first of Spike Milligan's uproarious recollections of life in the army, our hero takes us from the outbreak of war in 1939 ('it must have been something we said'), through his attempts to avoid enlistment ('time for my appendicitis, I thought') and his gunner training in Bexhill ('There was one drawback. Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall (War Memoirs Vol. I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train.

gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked 'This is your enemy'. 'Close in stature to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear in his command of the profound art of nonsense' Guardian The cast of Spike Milligan's Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall braved the rain outside Hampstead Theatre, to sing and play atop a WWII armoured car. 'The most irreverent, hilarious book about the war that I have ever read' Sunday Express Volume one of Spike Milligan's legendary memoirs is a hilarious, subversive first-hand account of WW2

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