During WW2, Spike Milligan often wrote to Harry Secombe, and as usual, his manic humour filled every paragraph!
Here's a taste of just one of these short passages, which still brings tears to the eyes!
April 22nd
Invited to cocktails with the Captain. He's a real son of the sea. He first became interested in ships when his mother approached him.
"John, your father wants you to build a boat at once!" She said.
"Where is father?" Inquired John.
"In the middle of the lake, drowning." Was the reply.
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It's not difficult to imagine the great man telling this story, and I wish I could see him now, with that fabulous grin...
2 comments:
There are holes in the sky
Where the rain gets in,
But they're ever so small
That's why rain is thin.
He was just so funny AK!
I loved him, and as you know, he had some local connections in Rye, later on in life, but I never had the pleasure of meeting the man!
You don't put the 'modern' 'comedians' in the same stratosphere as Spike! The dour, silly, offensive, dull, leftie, lot some people put up with via the BBC aren't worth a light!
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