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To: Colleen M who wrote (22666)	2/27/2002 12:09:54 PM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Respond to of 62549

Zany comedian Spike Milligan dies aged 83 February 27 2002 at 01:38PM By Paul Majendie iol.co.za London - Spike Milligan, one of the founding fathers of 20th-century British comedy and zany genius behind BBC Radio's The Goon Show, died on Wednesday at the age of 83. Along with fellow Goons Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe, Milligan influenced a generation of comedians from Beyond the Fringe to Monty Python's Flying Circus with his surreal antics. He was the last of the comic trio to die. 'I suppose a knighthood is out of the question now?' His greatest fan was heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, once famously labelled "a grovelling little bastard" on live television by Milligan. Milligan made it up with Charles after his "bastard" remark by sending him a telegram saying, "I suppose a knighthood is out of the question now?" But it wasn't - Milligan was given an honorary knighthood two years ago. Charles was among the first to react after Milligan's death. "The Prince of Wales is deeply saddened to hear the news. He knew Spike Milligan over many years and had a great affection for him," a spokesperson said. British comedian Eddie Izzard, his own zany humour influenced by Milligan, told Sky Television: "He was a great man. I think he was the godfather of alternative comedy. He was a crazy, wonderful genius." 'The godfather of alternative comedy' Secombe once admitted that he and Sellers "rode on the thermal currents of (Spike's) imagination" and it was Milligan who wrote all the scripts for The Goon Show - 26 a year from 1951 to 1960. The gruelling task sparked one of a dozen nervous breakdowns, ending up with Milligan being the nation's most celebrated manic-depressive, a comic always on the edge of rage. Milligan's surreal 1970s television show Q was the direct precursor of Monty Python as Python star John Cleese has readily admitted. But the anarchic Milligan was equally renowed for his sharp tongue. He was scathing about modern comedy. "I watch American comedies and they are as funny as a baby with cancer," he said. - Reuters

To: Colleen M who wrote (22666)	2/27/2002 12:36:42 PM
From: Ian@SI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62549

A man is out shopping and discovers a new brand of Olympic condoms. Clearly impressed, he buys a pack. Upon getting home he announces to his wife the purchase he just made. "Olympic condoms?" she asks, "What makes them so special?" "There are three colors", he replies, "Gold, Silver and Bronze." "What color are you going to wear tonight?", she asks cheekily. "Gold of course", says the man proudly. The wife responds, "Really, why don't you wear Silver, it would be nice if you came second for a change!"