Irish Astronauts

[Tomliner]

A visual joke from the late great Spike Millgan


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=esOiB_fanzI

EricT

[Vancouver]

I miss Spike. I enjoyed that.

[Dev One]

The king of visual gags alongside Dave Allen!
Thanks
Keith

[DaveB]

I sniggered a lot through that sketch and others I saw on the same page. Cheers Eric

ATB
DaveB

[cstorey]

Did I miss something ? I never thought Milligan was in the least bit funny, and that was just plain offensive

[airboatr]

It would have been so much easier to understand what in tarnation they was saying if they'd had used English subtitles!

Blast!

[DaveB]

Did I miss something ? I never thought Milligan was in the least bit funny, and that was just plain offensive

And they were courtesy of the BBC too!!

It's horses for courses Chris. I was a HUGE fan of Monty Python back in the day but I don't find their stuff so endearing these days. If you've never liked Milligan.. then I'm flogging a dead horse but taken in context, I was happy to drift back for a short while. I much preferred his books which, although not read for many years, sit on my bookshelf and I can still look at the sleeves and smile

ATB
DaveB

[grumpyoldb]

Hitler. My part in his downfall was brilliant.

[Airspeed]

Times have changed.
In its day, that was funny.
Remember, Chris, Irish jokes are still around today, and if they weren't offensive, they wouldn't be funny.
For some reason, Irish jokes seem to be exempt from the racist tag. Why?
Somebody has to be the butt of most jokes, we laugh even if they're a bit naughty.
You can laugh at me if you like, still, I'm not that funny.

[Vancouver]

then I'm flogging a dead horse
ATB
DaveB

Maybe you really meant to say, a pantomime horse.