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...England. With Harry Secombe, Michael Bentine and Peter Sellers, Milligan ruled Britannia's radio waves in the comic series The Goon Show during the '50s. His absurd, mildly grotesque characters caught on with the Beatles generation: without his work, John Cleese said, there "would have been no Monty Python...
...music halls. Injured as a soldier during WW II, he first experienced the mental illness that was to haunt him for the rest of his life. When the The Goon Show ended in 1960, Milligan became a comedy-show host, and appeared in a number of films, including Monty Python's Life of Brian. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. See Eulogy. RETIRED. ALLAN DONALD, RETIRED. ALLAN DONALD, 35, South Africa's all-time leading bowler, from Test cricket; in Johannesburg. Donald, who had taken 330 wickets in 70 Tests, quit after mounting injuries. VISAS REVOKED...
...Amelie from Montmartre. Both Bong and Jeunet have an eye for eccentric detail, produce a bagful of tricks and visual kink and find the most unlikely "feel good factor." Dogs' bark is more hysterical and a notch or two rougher than Amelie. Part Hitchcock's Rear Window, part Monty Python's Parrot Sketch, Bong's Dogs may be this year's most inventive Asian film...
...George married the American Olivia Arias. By the late 1970s Harrison was as much entrepreneur as musician. He had started his own record label (Dark Horse, in 1974) and his own movie-production company, HandMade Films, which he set up to help his pal Eric Idle finish his Monty Python film Life of Brian. Other HandMade productions included the 1981 fantasy Time Bandits and the 1986 noirish drama Mona Lisa, which launched actor Bob Hoskins. Harrison's cinema dabblings also included a cameo in Idle's faux rockumentary All You Need Is Cash, about the Rutles--the "Prefab Four." According...
...George married the American Olivia Arias. By the late 1970s Harrison was as much entrepreneur as musician. He had started his own record label (Dark Horse, in 1974) and his own movie-production company, HandMade Films, which he set up to help his pal Eric Idle finish his Monty Python film Life of Brian. Other HandMade productions included the 1981 fantasy Time Bandits and the 1986 noirish drama Mona Lisa, which launched actor Bob Hoskins. Harrison's cinema dabblings also included a cameo in Idle's faux rockumentary All You Need Is Cash, about the Rutles - the "Prefab Four." According...