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20 sats \ 40 replies \ @Bitman 14 Sep 2023 \ on: Orange Pill Diaries: The Lebowski Brothers bitcoin
Siggy, have you ever thought about writing your memoir?
That mad escapade was like something from A Confederacy of Dunces.
Ignatius! Boy, I must have read that 40 years ago. Fun story. Sad what happened to the writer though.
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All credit to his pushy mom though - hey, another bear mama!
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Now you have me thinking about Myrna Minx.
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Sheesh, you've got one helluva memory.
Here's another book for ya: Puckoon by a guy with the name of Spike Milligan.
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Don't know it, but I feel like I heard the name Spike Milligan before. I will check it out.
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Mind, it got him to form The Goons alongside Peter Sellers. Their humor undoubtedly influenced Monty Python.
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I was just reading about him. I always liked Peter Sellers. He was totally off my radar. Of course I'm also a big Month Python fan too. That was my generation
The influence of the Goon Show on Monty Python is pretty apparent and acknowledged by the likes of John Cleese etc. The two strains of comedy at that time in the UK were blue collar working men’s stand up acts (usually insulting their mother-in-law) and the university revue very media aware types (like Monty Python). The second type seemed to win with a television audience and directly influenced the likes of Blackadder, League of Gentlemen and later sketch shows. The stand up comedians these days are much more savvy and mother-in-law jokes thankfully binned.