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Puckoon is a comic novel by Spike Milligan, first published in 1963.It is his first full-length novel, and only major fictional work. Set in 1924, it details the troubles brought to the fictional Irish village of Puckoon by the Partition of Ireland: the new border, due to the incompetence of the Boundary Commission, passes directly through the village, with most of the village placed in the ...
Spike, Snoopy's older brother who lived in the desert, was the most frequently seen sibling in the strip. [31] He was introduced in the August 13, 1975, strip. [ 32 ] He was a recurring character between 1984 and 1988, and was also used in one-off appearances sporadically through the rest of Peanuts history.
A key example of this is Count Jim "Drop 'Em" Moriarty followed by the sound of a slide-whistle to give the impression of trousers falling down. More than once he was introduced as "Count Jim 'Thighs' Moriarty", and Spike, as Moriarty, gave a knowing "Ooohh!".
The title characters are a pair of anthropomorphic puppet pigs, named Pinky and Perky, who were originally going to be named Pinky and Porky but there was a problem registering Porky as a character name. This was solved by Margaret Potter, the wife of their producer, Trevor Hill, who also discovered them, when she woke him up one night ...
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Butch (formerly known as Spike) is an animated cartoon character created by Tex Avery. Portrayed as an anthropomorphic Irish bulldog , the character was a recurring antagonist in the Droopy shorts, and appeared in his own series of solo shorts as well.
Eccles (/ ˈ ɛ k əl z /), also referred to as 'The Famous Eccles' or 'Mad Dan Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by Spike Milligan, from the 1950s BBC radio comedy series The Goon Show. [1] In the episode "The Macreekie Rising of '74", Peter Sellers had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very ...