Subj : Spike Milligan cameo in Holy Grail
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Date : Mon Aug 18 2008 09:30 pm

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Hi group,

The Spike Milligan cameo in 'Life of Brian' is well-recognised, but did
 Spike Milligan *also* had a cameo role in 'Monty Python and the Holy
Grail'?

There are two quick shots in the 'Burn the Witch' scene that look
awfully like him.

The first shot is when the crowd of peasants are rushing towards
Bedivere with the witch in tow. The Eric Idle peasant holding the sickle
calls out, 'We've found a witch', and shortly afterwards, the Michael
Palin peasant puts his face in the camera and says, 'We've got a witch'.
 Almost imemdiately after that, we see a white-haired man in the crowd
with shaving cream on his face.

The second shot is immediately after the witch has been placed onto the
scales. There is a quick shot of the same white-heaired man with shaving
cream on his face, framed between a youth with a hat and a man with a beard.

The shots are otherwise unimportant, and seem to be there precisely in
order to serve as vehicles for a cameo. They look like Milligan, even
underneath the shaving cream.

I can't find any previous discussion on this matter. Any thoughts?

Douglas
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