Who is Spike Milligan

Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish actor, comedian, writer, musician, poet, and playwright. The son of an Irish father and an English mother, Milligan was born in British Colonial India, where he spent his childhood, relocating in 1931 to live and work the majority of his life in the United Kingdom. Disliking his first name, he began to call himself "Spike" after hearing the band Spike Jones and his City Slickers on Radio Luxembourg.Milligan was the co-creator, main writer and a principal cast member of the British radio comedy programme The Goon Show, performing a range of roles including the characters Eccles and Minnie Bannister. He was the earliest-born and last surviving member of the Goons. Milligan parlayed success with The Goon Show int...
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Spike Milligan Poems

  • Scorflufus
    There are many diseases,
    That strike people's kneeses,
    Scorflufus! is one by name
    It comes from the East ...
  • Mirror, Mirror
    A young spring-tender girl
    combed her joyous hair
    'You are very ugly' said the mirror.
    But, ...
  • The Dog Lovers
    So they bought you
    And kept you in a
    Very good home
    Cental heating ...
  • There Are Holes In The Sky
    There are holes in the sky
    Where the rain gets in
    But they're ever so small
    That's why the rain is thin....
  • I Must Go Down To The Sea Again
    I must go down to the sea again,
    to the lonely sea and the sky;
    I left my shoes and socks there -
    I wonder if they're dry?...
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Top 10 most used topics by Spike Milligan

Never 8 Night 8 People 8 Away 7 I Love You 6 Young 6 Love 6 Small 5 Hear 4 Life 4


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Ayeupbradford: bard, write a poem in the style of spike milligan about a man with one eye and a seagull. a man with one eye and a seagull sat on a rock, the seagull said, "what do you lack?" the man said, "i lack an eye." the seagull said, "i lack an eye too." 1/n
Ayeupbradford: chatgpt, write a poem in the style of spike milligan about a man with one eye and a seagull. there once was a man with one eye, and a seagull that loved to fly high, they'd wander along the shore, where the waves would endlessly roar. 4/n
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Annie Dawkins: A delight to young and all. A genius.
lilyloveesponies: spike milligan makes me laugh so much lol XD
Andrew P. Smith: No doubt a genius- just thinkin about him makes me smile- Terrific Stuff! They don't make'm anymore

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Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey Poem
Hem And Haw
 by Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey

Hem and Haw were the sons of sin,
Created to shally and shirk;
Hem lay 'round and Haw looked on
While God did all the work.

Hem was a fogy, and Haw was a prig,
For both had the dull, dull mind;
And whenever they found a thing to do,
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