As these things tend to start with four inductees, who should be the first four in? And as we are all British-ish, let us have two lots of four: British and Non-British. My choices: British: Spike Milligan Ronnie Barker Bernard Manning Victoria Wood Non-British: Bill Hicks Dave Allen Eddie Murphy Richard Pryor
Did you know, Spike Milligan invented the word 'Lurgy'? The plot, such as it was, dealt with an outbreak of a previously unknown disease. It was solemnly announced in the House of Commons that “Lurgi is the most dreadful malady known to mankind. In six weeks it could swamp the whole of the British Isles.” Of course, there was no epidemic — it was a fraud perpetrated by those arch-criminals, Count Jim “Thighs” Moriarty and the Honourable Hercules Grytpype-Thynne (trading as Messrs Goosey and Bawkes, a barely-disguised reference to the music publisher Boosey and Hawkes) who put it about that nobody who played a brass-band instrument had ever been known to catch lurgi; this resulted in their disposing profitably of vast amounts of merchandise. https://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-dre1.htm
Dave Allen was British ffs. Whereas Spike, god rest his soul, had an Oirish passport. And Peter Cook has to top any list. @pompeymeowth , abort this thread, it’s a disaster
He was a Dubliner and never had a British passport, so stop trying wriggle out of making a **** of yourself. And as for Spike Milligan, he was refused a British passport for not swearing an Oath of Allegiance, so **** the fenian bastard.
What a gal https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/brit-sets-eating-record-4-27003480 Brit stunner sets eating record by demolishing four KFC meals in less than 12 mins
