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Not wholly unjustified re Spike's mental health issues, although perhaps a low blow without really understanding the man or his experiences.

Equally, he was a truly talented comic and musician, a soft, liberal kind hearted man in confused and dangerous times, finding his way in comedy in a nation blinking from the darkness of war into the bright new day of the modern.

A genuinely funny, touching and courageous comic, who pushed boundaries and helped set the stage for what is comedy today.

You want a sad facsimile of comedy, go to pretty much any country shaped by catholicism (germany, much of the US, southern europe and latin america) and you'll see comedy of the "this man is about to walk into a bear trap. He has walked into abear trap! HA!" genre.

Gervais is painfully, painfully unfunny, though, I have to agree. I worry what that says about the nation that is his audience...
(pounana abhors not the virgins womb, Sun 27 May 2012, 22:58, Reply)

I put Milligan in the category 'As funny as' and its just him and Gervais
Bit Marmite. You like or you dont. I found Milligsn to be a bit 'desperate' in his comedy. Kind of a manic 'I'll find the laugh in a bit' sort of way.
Gervais is just a massive cunt.
(jams find what you love, then let it kill you., Sun 27 May 2012, 23:12, Reply)

Milligan's broadcast comedy wasn't to my taste
His war memoirs however, are some of the funniest and most moving things I've ever read
( TownsendsPublisher Woooooooooooooooooooooooo!, Sun 27 May 2012, 23:32, Reply)

+1 on that. The Mussolini and Hitler books are amazing.
Also let's not forget the times, means and audience needs of the time he worked in.

The Muppet show episode with Spike is incredible. Took me a while to find the non-muppet.
( sinisterduck, Mon 28 May 2012, 1:05, Reply)

Absolutely
And thanks to my upstairs neighbour, hadn't seen the Milligan/Muppets episode but will now! *dons headphones*
(Danabnormal, Mon 28 May 2012, 9:18, Reply)