To quote the last goon show of all..... "Mr Secombes departure from the microphone is a timely one, any departure of Mr Secombes is a timely one." But Not this...
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Alan West
downsman@...
Apr 13, 2001 12:23 pm
I only just discovered (through the posting below) that Mr Secombe has left our stage. As far as I am concerned, this particular Pickwick has deservedly...
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Matthew Jarron
m.h.jarron@...
Apr 13, 2001 12:27 pm
Indeed, a great loss. I was lucky enough to see Pickwick twice on stage, and both times I found myself crying my eyes out at the encore of If I Ruled the...
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John Gray
jt.gray@...
Apr 13, 2001 12:28 pm
check out alt.fan.goons ... From: Alan West To: spikemilligan@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 1:26 PM Subject: [spikemilligan] neddy seagoon I...
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qorq@...
Apr 13, 2001 5:19 pm
Anyone know the particulars of of Harry's departure?...
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roger stevenson
roger@...
Apr 14, 2001 5:28 pm
Well he died at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon with his family around him. It was the prostate cancer that did for him in the end. As to where he went we...
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roger stevenson
roger@...
Apr 15, 2001 1:04 pm
John Clark has set up an account at john@... where he promises to collate any messages of condolence and pass them on to Myra and family. So...
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dcmccauley@...
Apr 17, 2001 10:19 am
Hi there, my first posting and I really hate to sound like a smart a***, but I did get a reply from Spike to a letter I sent him, however it was about 16 years...
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bellaluna@...
Apr 17, 2001 1:43 pm
yes you do seem a big smug.. but so would anyone with such a thing as you have ..a reply!..welcome and tell us about something you can't get.. just to make us...
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Art Neale
art.neale@...
Apr 17, 2001 3:31 pm
Does anyone know of a miniseries that Spike was involved in within the last few years? Is it available? If so, how? Art in Canada...
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Matthew Jarron
m.h.jarron@...
Apr 18, 2001 7:50 am
You'll need to give us some more to go on, Art. What sort of series do you mean? The last TV series Spike did was the children's show Wolves Witches & Giants...
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chris, emma and dunca...
baron@...
Apr 18, 2001 1:02 pm
The last appearence of spike in a mini-type series to my knowledge was as the headmaster in Gormenghast. he didn't last long though.... More I say. More Spike....
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Karma J. Mustafa
karma_j@...
Apr 19, 2001 5:31 am
He's not talking about that damn "gormenghast" is he? Terrible mini-series. -K. Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ....
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dcmccauley@...
Apr 21, 2001 4:43 am
-More on the Spike letter... as already mentioned it was sometime ago, I have dug out the treasure from its hidey hole and it is dated september 1984. I was in...
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Big_Brits@...
Apr 29, 2001 6:56 pm
Hello, New member here! Great to see a group dedicated to Spike, he is brilliant. I love all of his work but at the moment, I am trying to find episodes of his...
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roger stevenson
roger@...
Apr 29, 2001 7:01 pm
Hello Joanne Try getting the video "Comedy Greats - Spike Milligan" there is some Q stuff on there. It is a bone of contention between Spike and the BBC that...
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Joe Auger
qorq@...
Apr 30, 2001 2:14 am
Hey new member! Keep an eye on Ebay for video stuff. I've got a Q compilation video, BBC issue, that is 90 minutes long and eternally hilarious. "...and now...
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rhulvey@...
Apr 30, 2001 2:19 am
Welcome Joanne, I have found eBay.com to be a good source of Spike Milligan & Goon Show (probably John Bluthal too) collectibles. In fact, a Q collection just...
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chris, emma and dunca...
baron@...
Apr 30, 2001 10:40 am
with a hern, hern and the wallpaper coming off bluebottles, we say slow down you demon of the speed. Let me tell you a tale ... Walking BAckwards for christmas...
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Big_Brits@...
Apr 30, 2001 10:12 pm
Hello everyone and thanks for the welcome and the help you have given, it has been very usefull. Thanks again, Joanne....
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Matthew Jarron
m.h.jarron@...
May 1, 2001 5:25 pm
Welcome indeed, noble Joanne. Glad to hear you're a Q fan, and a devotee of the great John Bluthal. Regarding Q, the following videos have been released: ...
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Karma J. Mustafa
karma_j@...
May 2, 2001 5:43 am
On a similar note to that of Joanne's, I'm also fairly new to the mailing list, but more importantly, I've not yet seen a single Q episode! It's a serious...
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Matthew Jarron
m.h.jarron@...
May 2, 2001 8:21 am
Hi Karma, You're actually in a better position than most, as Australia is the only place as far as I know whether the Q series has been repeated, so surely...
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chris, emma and dunca...
baron@...
May 3, 2001 1:30 pm
I have found that the best way to find spike or goons related stuff, is the ABC shops. Also if you a really interested, second hand bookstores may have old...
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brigitte de smedt
bdesmedt@...
May 4, 2001 11:34 am
Dear members , I have a similar request : does anyone know how to get "Q"- tapes by mail (without credit-card ) from Great-Britain to Belgium ? Yours truly...
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David.ma@...
May 4, 2001 4:24 pm
Hi, I'm trying to research "Son of Oblomov", the Comedy Theatre production that relied on an improvising Spike but am having little luck, can anyone help...
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aawgoon@...
May 5, 2001 10:57 pm
I have been attempting to change my email address for the list. I went to yahoo and there is no record of this group. I thought that by re-subscribing, that...
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chris, emma and dunca...
baron@...
May 6, 2001 1:02 am
here's my webpage again. Updated and revealed. see you later. http://www.netspace.net.au/~baron/...
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Matthew Jarron
m.h.jarron@...
May 7, 2001 7:40 am
Regarding this web-site of which you speak Come on - even a semi-Spike fan knows he was born in 1918, not 1919! That's the trouble with the internet - none of...
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Matthew Jarron
m.h.jarron@...
May 7, 2001 7:51 am
David - you asked about Son of Oblomov. Well, I'm currently writing a book about all things Spike, and this is what I'd written about the show: A few months...
