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" /Something/ spurred *Stacie* to post: > On Aug 18, 11:30 pm, Newsgroups 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" --- NewsGate v1.0 gamma 2 * Origin: News Gate @ Net396 - Meridian, MS - USA (1:396/4) .