![]() Add in a wonderful turn by actor Jim Dale as the Spike substitute and fans should have flocked to it. It has all the trappings of a full blown anti-war farce: the WWII setting the goofball British army recruits the snooty upper crust officers the basic training buffoonery the occasional grim reminders of combat’s realities. Perhaps that’s why a movie made of Milligan’s humorous autobiographical memoir, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, never became the kind of cult hit one would expect. ![]() They are a funny business footnote, little else. Important players like Python would push the boundaries even further, but it was the Goons who laid the framework for outrageousness.įor many in the US, the collective hold little weight. No holds were barred and nothing was considered sacred or out of bounds. Silly, surreal, owing as much to satire as it did slapstick, it was a freewheeling and free associative form of wit that allowed for a kind of ultimate creativity. Made up of Michael Bentine, Harry Secombe, the bravura Peter Sellers, and the insane Spike Milligan, their seminal radio show (and eventual TV specials) would come to define English humor in the latter half of the 20th century. ![]() You can’t mention Monty Python’s Flying Circus without giving in to some ‘goons.’ Indeed, whenever the cast of that comedy landmark speak, they always reference the classic British humor troupe from their past. ![]()
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