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Voted the funniest person of the millennium in a BBC poll, the late great Spike Milligan remains an inspiration to a new generation of comedians. This extended version of director Cathy Henkel's 2005 documentary features interviews with family, friends, and colleagues revealing Spike as a brilliant but tortured man, treading a thin line between genius and debilitating depression. Performance footage, previously unseen home movies, and contributions from the likes of Michael Palin, Eddie Izzard, and Eric Sykes all help to paint an intimate and deeply personal portrait of the man widely considered to be the godfather of alternative comedy. DVD extras include: alternative commentaries by the director & Spike's daughters; six mini documentaries; bonus
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I feel compelled to write my first ever review to cancel out the 1 star review given a few days ago.
There is nothing wrong with this DVD, it's simply a memoir of Spike, with lots of home video footage, and interviews with family members and people who knew him. Lots of extras, too.
Don't buy this expecting any original Spike material. Just anecdotes and memories. Nothing wrong with that.
It achieves everything it sets out to do, and is only £3.50.
There is nothing wrong with this DVD, it's simply a memoir of Spike, with lots of home video footage, and interviews with family members and people who knew him. Lots of extras, too.
Don't buy this expecting any original Spike material. Just anecdotes and memories. Nothing wrong with that.
It achieves everything it sets out to do, and is only £3.50.
0 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Not at all what I expected! It was just as boring as those family reunions where you have to sit through pathetically amateurish videos(which these were.No one really said anything interesting, just people living off the back of Spike. The only good bits were the all-too-brief ones where he appeared. I really regret having bought this
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Spike Milligan - the edge of lunacy
31 Oct 2007
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
If you are an afficionado of the Goon Show, and of the many books that Spike wrote, then this video is a "must see item". If you are unfamiliar with the works of Milligan, or do not appreciate his humour, then this DVD is not for you. The DVD is full of personal family involvement and is of interest to those who aspire to greater knowledge of an unusual, talented, brilliant, comical and somewhat unbalanced personality. Many of the world's greatest comics have been manic depressives (Tony Hancock committed suicide) and Milligan fell into the category of manic depressive.
I will watch the DVD many times. I consider Spike Milligan to be one of the greatest humorists of all time.
I will watch the DVD many times. I consider Spike Milligan to be one of the greatest humorists of all time.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
BEFORE L.S.D. THERE WAS SPIKE!
9 Mar 2008
Format:DVD
Spike Milligan what can be said about the MADMAN? A comic genius!
To obvious. In a world of his own? Waiting for him to land on
any planet would be nice. Spike was part of THE GOON SHOW part
of three gifted actors/comedians who were so off the wall that
the phrase ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN complements them. To tell the
truth I am just now discovering the very rare/bizarre talent
of the late Milligan who's humor has greatly influenced such
talents as Monty Python and Kids In The Hall(also like to point
out that both Richard Lester's H.E.L.P. and the t.v. show THE
MONKEES stole a lot from MILL) He was the first to do t.v. show
sketches that if they were getting to weird(and they surely would)
he just stop them! Also was the first to pull the script out from
the back shirt to see where the act was going or if it should keep
going(something that every comedy act has stole since) Milligan
was not ahead of his time he was just not in our time. I myself
find his humor more to my liking and some of my Amazon friends as well.
His tombstone does read I TOLD YOU I WAS ILL...
The late great actor Peter Sellers said he was a living cartoon.
Some of his biggest fans are Emo Phillips-Frank Zappa & Terry Gilliam.
Give me punch but please SPIKE IT FIRST (sic)
To obvious. In a world of his own? Waiting for him to land on
any planet would be nice. Spike was part of THE GOON SHOW part
of three gifted actors/comedians who were so off the wall that
the phrase ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN complements them. To tell the
truth I am just now discovering the very rare/bizarre talent
of the late Milligan who's humor has greatly influenced such
talents as Monty Python and Kids In The Hall(also like to point
out that both Richard Lester's H.E.L.P. and the t.v. show THE
MONKEES stole a lot from MILL) He was the first to do t.v. show
sketches that if they were getting to weird(and they surely would)
he just stop them! Also was the first to pull the script out from
the back shirt to see where the act was going or if it should keep
going(something that every comedy act has stole since) Milligan
was not ahead of his time he was just not in our time. I myself
find his humor more to my liking and some of my Amazon friends as well.
His tombstone does read I TOLD YOU I WAS ILL...
The late great actor Peter Sellers said he was a living cartoon.
Some of his biggest fans are Emo Phillips-Frank Zappa & Terry Gilliam.
Give me punch but please SPIKE IT FIRST (sic)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I haven't got a knob on my side!
11 Feb 2007
Format:DVD
A poignant look at Spikes life through the eyes of those closest to him. Most Milligan fans are aware of his bouts of depression, but here we can see it's effect on his family and friends.
There are home movies which show a side of the man few of us have seen before, playing with his kids whom he adored.
The film makers almost break your heart by fading from a home movie of Spike in his living room at Christmas, to a shot of the same room, now empty since Spikes death.
I would have liked to see more clips from his TV shows, but you can't have everything can you?
The world is a sadder place without Spike in it, but Heaven must be a riot!
There are home movies which show a side of the man few of us have seen before, playing with his kids whom he adored.
The film makers almost break your heart by fading from a home movie of Spike in his living room at Christmas, to a shot of the same room, now empty since Spikes death.
I would have liked to see more clips from his TV shows, but you can't have everything can you?
The world is a sadder place without Spike in it, but Heaven must be a riot!
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