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Eccles (/ ˈ ɛ k əl z /), also referred to as 'The Famous Eccles' or 'Mad Dan Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by Spike Milligan, from the 1950s BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show. [1] In the episode "The Macreekie Rising of '74", Peter Sellers had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very ...
The Goon Show Companion – A History and Goonography. Robson Books. p. 88. ISBN 0-903895-64-1. Character descriptions were given in two of Milligan's books of scripts (he has written a back story to his characters which is not always consistent with the scripts) : Milligan, Spike (1973) [1972]. "Introduction". Goon Show Scripts. Sphere Books.
The Goons made a number of records, including "I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas" (originally sung by Milligan in the show to fill in during a musicians' strike), and "Bloodnok's Rock and Roll Call", the B-side of which, the "Ying Tong Song", soon became more popular and was reissued as an A-side in the mid-1970s, becoming a surprise novelty ...
After the war, Sellers made his radio debut in ShowTime, and eventually became a regular performer on various BBC Radio shows. During the early 1950s, Sellers, along with Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine, took part in the successful radio series The Goon Show, which ended in 1960. Sellers began his film career during the 1950s.
Henry Pitts Brown (17 March 1916 – 27 February 1985), [2] known professionally as Ray Ellington, was an English singer, drummer and bandleader.He is best known for his appearances on The Goon Show from 1951 to 1960.
The Wise family – left to right, Ceylon, Ashley, Caleb and Ceylon V – has a YouTube channel featuring motivational and educational videos set to their own music. The Galena family recently ...
Ruby Franke shared parenting advice with millions of people on her family YouTube channel. On the now defunct channel, “8 Passengers,” she chronicled life with her six children and husband in ...
Terence Alan "Spike" Milligan (16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002) was an Irish [a] comedian, writer, musician, poet, playwright and actor. The son of an English mother and Irish father, he was born in British India, where he spent his childhood before relocating in 1931 to England, where he lived and worked for the majority of his life.