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" 


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