Spike Milligan would have been 100 today and here are 13 favourite things people are sharing on Twitter
Spike Milligan would have been 100 today and people are sharing memories of the late, great man on Twitter.
Here are 13 of our favourites.
1.
Spike Milligan would have been 100, today – which gives me reason enough got post this, again. I had asked him (at 18) how to be rich and famous. His reply … #Spike100 pic.twitter.com/srTac0v9aU
— Steve Doherty (@SteveDoherty1) April 16, 2018
2.
Spike Milligan once placed a small ad in Private Eye: “Spike Milligan seeks rich, well-insured widow. Intention: murder.” He got 48 replies.
— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) April 16, 2018
3.
This might be the funniest thing I've ever heard. #SpikeMilligan100 pic.twitter.com/bXd6peCw26
— Michael Spicer (@MrMichaelSpicer) April 16, 2018
4.
Spike Milligan once jokingly sent a telegram to his paranoid friend, Peter Sellers. It simply read, “IGNORE FIRST TELEGRAM.”
— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) April 16, 2018
5.
Spike Milligan was born 100 years ago today!
Here he is being very naughty and destroying an Australian newscast that's attempting to relay a very important story about stamps in 1971. pic.twitter.com/KK68uE6mAT— BBC Radio 4 (@BBCRadio4) April 16, 2018
6.
Spike Milligan writes to a disgruntled fan.
Full letter which is definitely worth reading: https://t.co/AiVO1T9ms7 pic.twitter.com/SoF8tVU9Fl
— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) April 16, 2018
7.
As it’s Spike Milligan’s centenary, here’s my favourite poem of his. The last three lines, being so unexpected, make me laugh every time. pic.twitter.com/fZNDnBkiZY
— Dave Lee (@davelee1968) April 16, 2018