Eccles - Revision history

Kurt at 23:20, 8 April 2023

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	'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[w:United Kingdom\|United Kingdom]] [[w:radio\|radio]] [[w:comedy\|comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "[[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.		'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[w:United Kingdom\|United Kingdom]] [[w:radio\|radio]] [[w:comedy\|comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "[[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.

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	'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[w:United Kingdom\|United Kingdom]] [[w:radio\|radio]] [[w:comedy\|comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "[[The ~~Macreekie~~ Rising of '74]]", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.		'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[w:United Kingdom\|United Kingdom]] [[w:radio\|radio]] [[w:comedy\|comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "[[The MacReekie Rising of '74]]", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.

	Eccles was originally one of the show's secondary characters, but like his counterpart [[Bluebottle]] (portrayed by Sellers), Eccles became extremely popular and he is regarded as epitomising the show's humour. The Eccles character and his distinctive voicing were strongly influenced by Milligan's childhood love for the classic [[w:Walt Disney\|Walt Disney]] cartoons and specifically Disney's [[w:anthropomorphic\|anthropomorphic]] [[w:buffoon\|buffoon]] dog character [[w:Goofy\|Goofy]]. When Milligan wrote ''[[w:The Idiot Weekly\|The Idiot Weekly]]'', an [[w:Australia\|Australia]]n version of ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Eccles often made appearances in the script.		Eccles was originally one of the show's secondary characters, but like his counterpart [[Bluebottle]] (portrayed by Sellers), Eccles became extremely popular and he is regarded as epitomising the show's humour. The Eccles character and his distinctive voicing were strongly influenced by Milligan's childhood love for the classic [[w:Walt Disney\|Walt Disney]] cartoons and specifically Disney's [[w:anthropomorphic\|anthropomorphic]] [[w:buffoon\|buffoon]] dog character [[w:Goofy\|Goofy]]. When Milligan wrote ''[[w:The Idiot Weekly\|The Idiot Weekly]]'', an [[w:Australia\|Australia]]n version of ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Eccles often made appearances in the script.

Kurt at 16:09, 12 September 2022

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	'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[w:United Kingdom\|United Kingdom]] [[w:radio\|radio]] [[w:comedy\|comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "[[The Macreekie Rising of '74]]", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.		'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[w:United Kingdom\|United Kingdom]] [[w:radio\|radio]] [[w:comedy\|comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "[[The Macreekie Rising of '74]]", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.

	Eccles was one of the show's secondary characters, but like his counterpart [[Bluebottle]] (portrayed by Sellers), Eccles became extremely popular and he is regarded as epitomising the show's humour. The Eccles character and his distinctive voicing were strongly influenced by Milligan's childhood love for the classic [[w:Walt Disney\|Walt Disney]] cartoons and specifically Disney's [[w:anthropomorphic\|anthropomorphic]] [[w:buffoon\|buffoon]] dog character [[w:Goofy\|Goofy]]. When Milligan wrote ''[[w:The Idiot Weekly\|The Idiot Weekly]]'', an [[w:Australia\|Australia]]n version of ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Eccles often made appearances in the script.		Eccles was originally one of the show's secondary characters, but like his counterpart [[Bluebottle]] (portrayed by Sellers), Eccles became extremely popular and he is regarded as epitomising the show's humour. The Eccles character and his distinctive voicing were strongly influenced by Milligan's childhood love for the classic [[w:Walt Disney\|Walt Disney]] cartoons and specifically Disney's [[w:anthropomorphic\|anthropomorphic]] [[w:buffoon\|buffoon]] dog character [[w:Goofy\|Goofy]]. When Milligan wrote ''[[w:The Idiot Weekly\|The Idiot Weekly]]'', an [[w:Australia\|Australia]]n version of ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Eccles often made appearances in the script.

	Milligan visualised Eccles as a tall, lanky, amiable, well-meaning, but incredibly [[w:Stupidity\|stupid]] teenager who often found himself involved—usually alongside Bluebottle—in one of the nefarious schemes created by arch-[[w:villain\|villain]] [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne]]. As well as being frequently referred to as being something other than an ordinary human, Eccles also possesses remarkable stupidity when dealing with physical objects; in "[[The Greatest Mountain in the World]]" he describes two sticks of dynamite as "What luck! Two big cigars and they're both lit!"		Milligan visualised Eccles as a tall, lanky, amiable, well-meaning, but incredibly [[w:Stupidity\|stupid]] teenager who often found himself involved—usually alongside Bluebottle—in one of the nefarious schemes created by arch-[[w:villain\|villain]] [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne]]. As well as being frequently referred to as being something other than an ordinary human, Eccles also possesses remarkable stupidity when dealing with physical objects; in "[[The Greatest Mountain in the World]]" he describes two sticks of dynamite as "What luck! Two big cigars and they're both lit!"

Kurt at 03:59, 1 September 2022

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	'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[United Kingdom]] [[radio]] [[comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "The Macreekie Rising of '74", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.		'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[w:United Kingdom\|United Kingdom]] [[w:radio\|radio]] [[w:comedy\|comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "[[The Macreekie Rising of '74]]", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.

	Eccles was one of the show's secondary characters, but like his counterpart [[~~Bluebottle (character)\|~~Bluebottle]] (portrayed by Sellers), Eccles became extremely popular and he is regarded as epitomising the show's humour. The Eccles character and his distinctive voicing were strongly influenced by Milligan's childhood love for the classic [[Walt Disney]] cartoons and specifically Disney's [[anthropomorphic]] [[buffoon]] dog character [[Goofy]]~~. {{Citation needed\|date=April 2022}}~~. When Milligan wrote ''[[The Idiot Weekly]]'', an [[Australia]]n version of ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Eccles often made appearances in the script.		Eccles was one of the show's secondary characters, but like his counterpart [[Bluebottle]] (portrayed by Sellers), Eccles became extremely popular and he is regarded as epitomising the show's humour. The Eccles character and his distinctive voicing were strongly influenced by Milligan's childhood love for the classic [[w:Walt Disney\|Walt Disney]] cartoons and specifically Disney's [[w:anthropomorphic\|anthropomorphic]] [[w:buffoon\|buffoon]] dog character [[w:Goofy\|Goofy]]. When Milligan wrote ''[[w:The Idiot Weekly\|The Idiot Weekly]]'', an [[w:Australia\|Australia]]n version of ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Eccles often made appearances in the script.

	Milligan visualised Eccles as a tall, lanky, amiable, well-meaning, but incredibly [[Stupidity\|stupid]] teenager who often found himself involved—usually alongside Bluebottle—in one of the nefarious schemes created by arch-[[villain]] [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne]]. As well as being frequently referred to as being something other than an ordinary human, Eccles also possesses remarkable stupidity when dealing with physical objects; in "The Greatest Mountain in the World" he describes two sticks of dynamite as "What luck! Two big cigars and they're both lit!"		Milligan visualised Eccles as a tall, lanky, amiable, well-meaning, but incredibly [[w:Stupidity\|stupid]] teenager who often found himself involved—usually alongside Bluebottle—in one of the nefarious schemes created by arch-[[w:villain\|villain]] [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne]]. As well as being frequently referred to as being something other than an ordinary human, Eccles also possesses remarkable stupidity when dealing with physical objects; in "[[The Greatest Mountain in the World]]" he describes two sticks of dynamite as "What luck! Two big cigars and they're both lit!"

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Kurt at 03:54, 1 September 2022

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	'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[United Kingdom]] [[radio]] [[comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "The Macreekie Rising of '74", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.		'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[United Kingdom]] [[radio]] [[comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "The Macreekie Rising of '74", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.

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	'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[United Kingdom]] [[radio]] [[comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "The Macreekie Rising of '74", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.		'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[United Kingdom]] [[radio]] [[comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "The Macreekie Rising of '74", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.

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	'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[w:United Kingdom\|United Kingdom]] [[w:radio\|radio]] [[w:comedy\|comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "[[The Macreekie Rising of '74]]", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.		'''"Mad" Dan Eccles''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|ɛ\|k\|əl\|z}}), also referred to as 'Field Marshall Eccles', is the name of a comedy character, created and performed by [[Spike Milligan]], from the 1950s [[w:United Kingdom\|United Kingdom]] [[w:radio\|radio]] [[w:comedy\|comedy]] series ''[[The Goon Show]]''. In the episode "[[The Macreekie Rising of '74]]", [[Peter Sellers]] had to fill in for the role in Milligan's absence. Very occasionally, he was referred to as 'Mad Dan' Eccles.

	Eccles was one of the show's secondary characters, but like his counterpart [[Bluebottle]] (portrayed by Sellers), Eccles became extremely popular and he is regarded as epitomising the show's humour. The Eccles character and his distinctive voicing were strongly influenced by Milligan's childhood love for the classic [[w:Walt Disney\|Walt Disney]] cartoons and specifically Disney's [[w:anthropomorphic\|anthropomorphic]] [[w:buffoon\|buffoon]] dog character [[w:Goofy\|Goofy]]. When Milligan wrote ''[[w:The Idiot Weekly\|The Idiot Weekly]]'', an [[w:Australia\|Australia]]n version of ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Eccles often made appearances in the script.		Eccles was originally one of the show's secondary characters, but like his counterpart [[Bluebottle]] (portrayed by Sellers), Eccles became extremely popular and he is regarded as epitomising the show's humour. The Eccles character and his distinctive voicing were strongly influenced by Milligan's childhood love for the classic [[w:Walt Disney\|Walt Disney]] cartoons and specifically Disney's [[w:anthropomorphic\|anthropomorphic]] [[w:buffoon\|buffoon]] dog character [[w:Goofy\|Goofy]]. When Milligan wrote ''[[w:The Idiot Weekly\|The Idiot Weekly]]'', an [[w:Australia\|Australia]]n version of ''[[The Goon Show]]'', Eccles often made appearances in the script.

	Milligan visualised Eccles as a tall, lanky, amiable, well-meaning, but incredibly [[w:Stupidity\|stupid]] teenager who often found himself involved—usually alongside Bluebottle—in one of the nefarious schemes created by arch-[[w:villain\|villain]] [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne]]. As well as being frequently referred to as being something other than an ordinary human, Eccles also possesses remarkable stupidity when dealing with physical objects; in "[[The Greatest Mountain in the World]]" he describes two sticks of dynamite as "What luck! Two big cigars and they're both lit!"		Milligan visualised Eccles as a tall, lanky, amiable, well-meaning, but incredibly [[w:Stupidity\|stupid]] teenager who often found himself involved—usually alongside Bluebottle—in one of the nefarious schemes created by arch-[[w:villain\|villain]] [[Hercules Grytpype-Thynne]]. As well as being frequently referred to as being something other than an ordinary human, Eccles also possesses remarkable stupidity when dealing with physical objects; in "[[The Greatest Mountain in the World]]" he describes two sticks of dynamite as "What luck! Two big cigars and they're both lit!"