The book was made into a film with the same title and adapted into a stage play.
Milligan says in the preface: "All the salient facts are true" at the end of the preface: "There were the deaths of some of my friends, and therefore, no matter how funny I tried to make this book, that will always be at the back of my mind: but, were they alive today, they would have been the first to join in the laughter, and that laughter was, I'm sure, the key to victory." Aspiring jazz musician and future comedy legend Terence Spike Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery regiment. The presentation is an unusual format freely mixing narrative anecdotes, contemporary photography, excerpts from diaries, letters, rough sketches and performance programs, along with comic sketches and absurd fake memoranda from ranking Nazi officials the hard facts are usually apparent. In Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall, having been stung by a critic who called the biographies unreliable, Milligan wrote, "I wish the reader to know that he is not reading a tissue of lies and fancies, it all really happened." I know from experience with others that I find authors reading their own work a distraction from the work I had hoped for better I was disappointed.The preface anticipates the book will be part of a trilogy years later, the cover of the fourth volume said: "Don't be fooled this is the last, volume four of the war memoirs." Ultimately, however, Milligan published seven volumes covering his war service, his first nervous breakdown and reallocation to rear-echelon duties, his demob and early years trying to break into the entertainment industry. Not really, I persevered because i had no internet access to download another book Was Adolf Hitler worth the listening time? SPIKE MILLIGAN WITH JOHN WELLS, GRAHAM STARK, ALAN CLARE - Adolf Hitler, My Part In His Downfall, 12 inch LP, SCX 6636, cream label at Better On Vinyl. Breathless recitation of anecdote as he tried to suppress his own laughter at stories which were funnier to him than me as audience. How could the performance have been better?Īuthors should not read their own books Milligan's presentation was marred by too much 'Goonism' sniggering before a funny story - telegraphing that it was a funny story. very little really caught my attention, except the annoyance. Based on the first volume of Spike Milligans wartime memoirs, this brilliant transition from page to screen takes us into the 56th Heavy Regiment.
What were memorable moments in the book as read were not memorable in the recitation. What was one of the most memorable moments of Adolf Hitler? No - there are several more in this series, but I won't be buying them Would you try another book written by Spike Milligan or narrated by Spike Milligan? Spike Milligan's Adolf Hitler: My Part In His Downfall Hampstead Theatre 4.43K subscribers 8.2K views 13 years ago Spike Milligan's celebrated war memoirs are finally brought to the.
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