Subj : Re: Spike Milligan cameo in Holy Grail
To : Reverend Ozone
From : Reverend Ozone
Date : Fri Aug 29 2008 07:45 am
From: "Reverend Ozone" <
[email protected]>
/Something/ spurred *Stacie* to post:
> On Aug 18, 11:30 pm, Newsgroups <
[email protected]> wrote:
>> 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.
>> I can't find any previous discussion on this matter. Any thoughts?
> I think this article seems to point to it being so.
>
>
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1386241/Spike-Milligan.html?mobile=true
I did some more - and extensive - research and come up with a few clues, some
yea, some nay, take your pick.
From this one would say no (from
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~mhjarron/spike/welcome.htm, under the
"Cinema"
category, 1/3 the way down the page):
"[NB - Many Spike filmographies include "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" -
Spike did not appear
in this, but "The Case of the Mukkinese Battlehorn" was re-released as a
supporting short]"
But wait, there's this (from
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=44737,
an obit page about Spike, citation very close to the bottom of the page):
"For those of us who didn't really follow the Goon Show, due to lack of age or
lack of Britishness, I might point out that Spike is probably known by more
people worldwide for his French Knight in Monty Python & The Holy Grail. Let's
not overlook his best-known performance."
French knight? News to me. Anyone else?
Lest we be further confused, according to this "Grail" quiz
(
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=104883. Play it, it's fun!) - and
mind you, it's not necessarily definitive - he does not. The first question
asks "Which of the actors does *NOT* star in the movie?".
According to the author/editor, the correct answer /is/ Spike Milligan.
Awright, I'm exhausted and hungry. Pizza awaits......and then, a HERRING!
--
Reverend Ozone
"Non illegitimi carborundum est"
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