Spike Milligan - Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall.
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- čas přidán 21. 02. 2024
- The first installment of Spike Milligans war memoirs.
Written and spoken by Spike himself.
Un-edited Version.
If you enjoyed this, please check out the series on my channel.
I have also created a playlist with all the war memoirs books in the correct order with a few other Spike related things.
Just click on the playlists section. - Komedie
Have read all of his war memoirs but years ago.
So nice to hear him read them out. RIP Spike, you were a genius comic and thank you.❤
same here . read them on the way to work many moons ago... great to hear the man reading them..
Thank You Spike for stopping Hitler.
Where would we be without Spike? Speaking German probably!
And stopping Mussolini too! What a man!!
Lol.
What a human being...found the funny in everything.
I dread to think where we'd be today were it not for Spike.
Spike came to South Africa in 1975 to perform 3 shows with the aim of raising money to buy a small plot of land near his home in the UK. He wanted to stop trees being felled on this land. My mother was a radio announcer producer for the SABC and arranged a series of interviews with Spike. Two of these interviews were at our home and Spike stayed over for lunch on one occasion.
The Goon Show had been broadcast on radio in SA for many years and was hugely popular. Spike's shows were sold out - which amazed him... he said he had no idea how popular he and the Goon Show was in SA.
I'd had a copy of Puckoon for a few years and Spike signed it for me. On the cover page we glued a photo of Spike with our family taken during the lunch. In 1995 it was stolen during a house robbery, and was never recovered.
Thankyou thankyou for uploading these.. bloody brilliant .. always loved Spike.. I was in the Army in the 70's80's.. i gotta say Military humour was still the same ..but spike just enhances it and takes it to another level.. brilliant..
read the hard backs years ago, note to self buy the audio version... brilliant, well played sir.
☘️Ah brilliant. I read this book many many many years ago or maybe a bit less and was delighted to stumble upon this video by complete chance. Don’t remember Spike stopping for an ad break throughout the book. RIP. Another genius sadly missed.☘️🇮🇪🇺🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧☘️💙💛☘️👍
Spike, gunning for all things bright and beautiful. Thanks for uploading ❤👍👍
These are great books, not just funny, but seeing the war from the soldier’s view.
I’ve read all 7 of Spike’s War Memoirs “ trilogy” and loved every one of them, currently own them as ebooks.
Never knew that audio version(s) were available, wonderful for listening in the car on a long drive.
by the end of book 1 i have screamed out laughing 3 times, spat tea out once and held my sides hearing about Plunger Bailey's genital manipulations.
Moving onto book 2 now, lord please have mercy upon me.
Been over 30 years since i read all of them and i have had it in mind to buy them all again, thank you for posting these :)
I read this book a couple of years ago. Terrific 👍
Read this back in the 70’s forgot how brilliant it is
Listening to the Goon Show on the radio, the next day we would all do the one liners and accents of the funny bits. Just remembered that now! I read his book Adolf Hitler, my part in his downfall and remember a particularly funny part about the sergeant telling Milligan “you idiots, you’ve put the tent up inside out!” “That’s okay sarge, we’ll sleep on the outside!” 🤣
I read this when I was 12, it`s very funny, yet at times incrediblly sad and very moving.
My parents were in forces during WWll. They loved the Goons. It reflected their war time experiences.
One of the funniest, brightest human beings to ever grace this planet, plus Rommel Gunner who, Mussolini his part in my downfall & Puckoon - never equalled
A wonderful book, entertaining, silly but real, honest. Sadly there is much I can relate to personally. Respect ❤🇬🇧xxxx
Thank you for posting this!!
I read this on the London Underground coming home from work. I was literally crying with laughter very embarrassing . Fabulous series of books.
everyone looking at you. i had that on a coach to work.
Like others here, i have read this book many times over the years, along with the other memoirs of his war, it becomes clear that Spike suffered all his life with PTSD and the depression it caused, his humour was both intelligent and wacky, in Africa his hope to see a tiger was met with 'Milligan there are no tigers in Africa', later when veering off the road in a truck, his commander said what went wrong, he said 'sorry sir a tiger ran out in front of us'.
When I was about 14/15 living in South Africa I read this book whilst listening to the Goon Show live on the radio, I was laughing so much my parents thought I was having a break down. I read Puckoon next
Is this John Lord ex East London?
@@davidscott156 yes it is but not Dr Lords son
Monty's John 😁
@@davidscott156 Monty's came after I had left SA (1991) but had chance to go there when I came over on holiday but I was already a cantankerous old man by then
Thank the moon and the stars for Spike Milligan (and Billy Connolly of course ). If you can’t have a laugh life has no joy.
1972,in traction and well smashed after bike accident,a mate gave my this book,so painfull when laughing i could barely read a page b4 stopping for a rest!!!
I went to visit your grave the other month to pay my respects to you my good Sir. you are most dearly missed.
Genius - thank you for uploading.
Good-old Spike - when he was still young
I was first introduced to Spike's humour when i was waiting with my sister, for my brother to come out of a Sootie show on Bournemouth pier. There was a book shop in the entrance to the pier (we couldn't afford to actually go on the pier). My sister picked up "Rommel" and was guffawing while reading it. It was late 70s, I'm ashamed to tell you my sister "lifted" the book and took it home where i read it once she'd finished it. I've since read and loved all these books ever since (i paid for them). Sorry Spike for the loss of revenue for that stolen book, but it was my sister's fault not mine lol
Like most of the people who had left comments. I also read the book when it first published. A few years later I went into the Army. Things that Spike mentioned still happened in my time too. Especially as Spike mentioned when on guard and finding a guy enjoying himself with a girl. At the time when I was on guard we found a guy with a young lady in the vehicle park. As spike described, waiting for the appropriate moment, and not shout who goes there. But instead shouted “hands up”. At which the did and dropped the girl on the floor with his hands in the air. Fart lighting continued to. However lighting the fart was done with a lighter. The description of the blue army PT was still fitted the ones we wore. The were nicked named grandad Pele shorts.
Well done Sir!
We all know his crazy humour, but we tend to overlook his poetic descriptions and his artistry ( seen in all his books).
Many thanks for uploading, it's wonderful to hear this read by the man himself, and his failure to do so with a straight face. It must be fifty years since I read it, interweb confirms it was published in '71, but I never realised there was a set of seven books. I only ever read this one and Rommel, and I'm off to that one next. Thanks again.
It started out as a trilogy but just grew and grew
@@tom52carey I am very familiar with that concept, being a huge fan of Douglas Adams's Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, ultimately a trilogy in five parts with a sequel by some Irish bloke I can't be bothered to try to spell.
I loved his war memoirs simply written and (mostly true) experiences 😂
Far, far, far too many advert breaks to be able to listen to and enjoy this great mans work. Very frustrating as Spike was a great storyteller.
I know, but I can't do anything about it unfortunately.
Never applied for the monetization side of youtube but as I don't own the rights to the content they can stick ads through it.
If i had it my way there would be none at all and it doesn't seem to affect everyone the same. Some have loads of ads, some have none.
What an incredibly serendipitous story for the misguided American citizens in 2024🎉🎉🎉
I laughed so much reading this book.
Loved this series.
Lovely stuff.
I read this when it first came out and enjoyed reading it as i commuted to my apprenticeship in London, i laughed out loud at some of the illustrations, got strange looks from fellow commuters.
Absolutely brilliant! I’ve the paperback as well.
I had to pause during the pig chase to recover from laughing.
i read the book some years ago and its still one the funnest books i have ever read
The shambolic antics of mostly young men in the army are hilarious. But as an ex serviceman I can vouch for their accuracy. How we won the war sure beats me. Maybe the Germans were as bad.😂
Is there a part two ?
This is so funny 😅
Yes, all 7 books are on my channel and there is also a playlist with them in the correct order
I have spent a lot of time in Bexhill so know these places.
Super
First book i read through, very funny a great read.
These books are so good👍😊
Spike/was is my hero. He told us he was ill..
"A wafer thin head came siiding under the door...." 😂
Read this book and the others in the series decades ago (Rommel Gunner Who Etc) great laugh.
Try to get hold of Puckoon it is a very funny book set in Ireland when the Ulster border was being set up as seen through Spike Milligans eyes😊
Very funny indeed, I found it on CZcams and put it on a playlist along with the war memoirs and a few other things
But he didn't write his own legs. He got a proper leg writer in for that. (i.e. Read the book.)
I cried laughing at this madness😭
Great book
4.32, time for lunch....
Very funny book 😂😂
Have you done where have all the bullets gone. On audio.
Yeah got the whole war memoirs series on my channel and a dedicated playlist for them.
Read all his books maybe 40 years ago
Great book, loved the sequel Rommel, Gunner Who took, never got my hands on the third, Adolf Hitler, His Part in My Downfall I believe it's called.
The third one is- Monty: his part in my victory.
I've got the whole series on here with a dedicated playlist with them all in the correct order
@@weegrant1980 nice one, I've not read them in about 25 odd years, it's nice to have 'em back in some form at least.
its like someone ay eyed Harry Seacombe narrating yeah?
Puccini! 😂😂😂
Caw said the crow!
Balls said milligan
Read the book - verrry funny, honest - to - god war story, on the Catch 22 scale
The funniest book ever.
Bang 😂
I have all six books in paperback.
And now i discover there's a seventh.
He was a lunatic.
He lived through a very harrowing experience especially in Italy, and STILL made it all sound funny.
My favourite Milligam moment however is when he's being given a lifetimes achievement award, and the hosts are reading him a letter from then Prince Charles, and he refers to the Crown Prince as a Grovelling B*stard.
ONLY Milligan, you never knew what he was going to say, but you could be certain it would be something no one else ever would.
Lol maybe
Navaho!