Round and around went the girl on the roundabout
Lost in a world that nobody's found about

Sheer genius..

You can appreciate without liking, I find. I interviewed Ewan MacColl a few times and each time decided it was true that you should never meet your heroes. I even strongly rejected his fanciful take on what he condescendingly called the working people, but I still think he was an absolute genius and I constantly refer to him as the c20 Bard.

I doubt I would have liked Milligan as a person judging by the biographies, and his book Gershwin meets McGonagol just indicated his lithium needed reviewing, but it cannot alter his contribution to where we are today in entertainment.

I'd take my criticism as a compliment Michael if you would. I expected you to distinguish between personal taste and talent. I never quite got Wagner, but I agree with the compliments his music receives.