![]() ![]() Boldface added to excepts by QI: 1982, The Best of Parkinson by Michael Parkinson, Chapter: Spike Milligan, Quote, Pavilion Books Limited, London in Association with Michael Joseph Limited. In 1982 the host published “The Best of Parkinson” containing extracts from the most memorable interviews of the show including Milligan’s remarks about his father. Quote Investigator: The Irish-English comedian Spike Milligan appeared several times on the U.K talk show of Michael Parkinson. ![]() Would you please help me to find out who crafted this jest? But the comedian employed a gleeful paraprosdokian by saying that his father was a lunatic. Normally, this type of claim is followed by effusive praise of the father. Spike Milligan? Michael Parkinson? Apocryphal?ĭear Quote Investigator: A popular comedian once asserted that his father had a major influence on him. ![]()
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