Wolease Woderic-The Monty Python Thread.

[Reply #120 on:]

One thing about the TV series is, that it is a little under-rehearsed, especially in the first series (from which the Parrot Sketch is taken).  They didn't get into their stride until the second series (which has some superior material:  Scott Of The Sahara, The Spanish Inquisition, etc.)

[Reply #121 on:]

Terry Gilliam's sketches are some of the funniest parts of the series.

@Ghoolishmoose, if you want to try another sketch, I recommend the Argument Sketch, or the ever popular Lumberjack Song.

[Reply #122 on:]

...or The Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook, The Ministry Of Silly Walks, Sir Philip Sidney And The Fight Against Tudor Pornography, and The Attila The Hun Show:

"There's a whole horde of them marauding Visigoths to see y'all."

There's too many to name.  Just don't download "The Cycling Tour", it's a whole episode, although one of my favourites.

[Reply #123 on:]

I forgot about the Cycling Tour. That is also side splittingly funny.

Or the Whizzo Chocolate sketch.

I like the chrunchy frog flavour the best.

[Reply #124 on:]

Paleface eat chocolate? Hmmm, Crunchy Frog, heap good.   

[Reply #125 on:]

I have a couple of MP box sets from A & E.. The Ants episode is underrated but very funny. I wanted to tell you all, if it had not been mentioned before, that they're rereleasing Life of Brian for a limited run as a response to The Passion. Everyone who can, go see it!

[Reply #126 on:]

I heard that The Life of Brian is being re-released in the USA.

[Reply #127 on:]

:bump:

I just watched some of the extras on my life of Brian dvd.  They included a documentary made about the pythons in 1979. It was great, but also tragic. Oh the hair!

EDIT: Heh, life of brain

[Reply #128 on:]

The Holy Grail one is better, Eric Idle runs off and covorts with the interviewer.

[Reply #129 on:]

I'll have to watch that one. I've already seen the follow the killer bunny feature.  <IMG SRC="http://peel.gotfuturama.com/ubb/biggrin.gif">

Do they sell the meaning of life on dvd at all? I've seen it in a box set with the other two films, but I'm not buying both of them again just to get the other one. Stupid marketing scams.  <IMG SRC="http://peel.gotfuturama.com/ubb/mad.gif">

[Reply #130 on:]

Yes, the Meaning of Life was recently released as a 2-disc special edition with documentaries, commentaries,blah, blah, etc.

[Reply #131 on:]

I'm waiting for that reunion. Come on, you guys still act.

[Reply #132 on:]

Life of Brian celebrates it's 25th aniversary this year and so it's back into movies (unfortunately not Germany so far ). 

[Reply #133 on:]

does anyone remember the confuse-a-cat skech?  the way they did the people jumping up and never coming down was great!  the background music is stuck in my head.  I am now going to quote the whole dennis skech.  anyone who bores esaly should leave

old woman!
MAN!
man, sorry.  who lives in that castle over there?
I'M 37
what?
I SAID I'M THERTY SEVEN, I'M NOT OLD!
well I can't just call you man!
YOU COULD SAY DENNIS.
I didn't know you were called dennis
WELL YOU DIDN'T BOTHER TO FIND OUT NOW DID YOU?
look, I said sorry about the old woman, but from behind you looked...
WHAT I OBJECT TO IS THAT YOU ATOMATICLY TREAT ME LIKE AN INFERIOR.
well, I am king.
OH, KING EH?  VERY NICE.  AND HOW'D YOU GET THAT THEN?  BY EXPLOITING THE WORKERS!  BY 'ANGING ON TO OUTDATED IMPERILOUS DOGMA WHICH PERPETUATES THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DIFERENCES IN OUR SOCIETY.  IF THERE'S EVER GOING TO BE ANY PROGRESS..
oh dennis, theres some lovely filth down 'ear.  oh, howdoya do
how do you do good lady.  I am Arthur, king of the Britans.
king of the who?
the Britans
who are the britans?
well, we all are.  we are all Britans, and I am your king.
did't know we had a king.  I thought we was an oltolavis colective
YOUR FOOLING YOURSELF.  WE'RE LIVING IN A DICTATORSHIP.  A SELF-PERPETUATING OTOCRASY, IN WHICH THE WORKING CLASS IS...
oh, there you go bringing class into it again.
WELL THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT! IF ONLY PEOPLE WOULD LISSEN...
please!  please good people I am in haste.  who lives in that castle over there.
noone lives there.
then who is your lord?
we dont 'av a lord.
what?
I TOLD YOU, WE'RE AN ANORCO SYNACLUS COMMUNE.  WE TAKE IT IN TURNS TO ACT AS A SORT OF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR THE WEEK.
yes..
BUT ALL THE DISITIONS OF THAT OFFICER HAVE TO BE RATIFIED AT A SPECIAL BI-WEEKLY MEETING..
yes I see!
... BY A CIVIL MAJORITY IN THE CASE OF PURELY INTERNAL AFFARES...
be quiet!
...BUT BY A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY IN THE CASE OF...
be quiet!  I order you to be quiet!
order eh?  who does he think 'e is?
I am your king.
well, I didn't vote for you
you don't vote for kings.
well how'd you become king then?
the lady of the lake.  her arm clad in the pureist shimering samite held aloft ecaleber from the bosem of the water, signefying by devine provedance that I, arther was to carry ecaleber.  that is why I'm your king!
LISSEN, SRANGE WOMEN LAYING IN PONDS, DISTRIBUTING SWORDS IS NO MEANS FOR A BASIS OF GOVORNMENT. SUPREAME EXECUTIVE POWER SHOULD DERIVE FROM A MANDATE OF THE MASSES NOT SOME FARCICAL EQUATIC CERIMONY.
be quiet!
YOU CAN'T EXPECT TO WEILD SUPREAME EXEXUTIVE POWER JUST BECAUSE SOME WATERY TART THREW A SWORD AT YOU.
shut up!
I MEAN, IF I WENT 'ROUND SAYING I WAS AN EMPORER, JUST BECAUSE MOISEND BINT HAD LOBED A SIMITAR AT ME, THEYED PUT ME AWAY.
sut up!  will you shut up!
AH, NOW WE SEE THE VIOLENSE INHERALED IN THE SYSTEM.
shut up!
COME AND SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERALED IN THE SYSTEM! HELP HELOP IM BEING REPRESED
blody pesent
OH WHAT A GIVEWAY.  DID YOU HEAR THAT THAT'S WHAT IM ON ABOUT DID YOU SEE HIM REPRESING ME? YOU SAW IT DIDN'T YOU

[Reply #134 on:]

I loved that sketch, very memorable.
They used "Help, Help, I'm being repressed!" in Warcraft 3 as well.

[Reply #135 on:]

They really seem to like Monty Python over at Blizzard Entertainment. They use it in several of their games.

[Reply #136 on:]

Not to mention some other Monty Python quotes.

[Reply #137 on:]

Is it just me, or did the brits have looser cesers back then?   
I mean, I've seen several topless woman on the show.  also, they get bolder as the show goes on.  in the crunchy frog sketch, it starts out as "I don't care about your sales." to "I don't give a damb about your sales." to "f*** your sales!" and you actualy get to see the man vomit in a later one as oposed to the one where he just ran from the room.

P. S. someone asked why they don't get back together.  Well, for starters, isn't Grahme (spelled wrong) Chapman dead?   

[Reply #138 on:]

The BBC did sometimes censor or try to censor Monty Python.  The most famous example is the sketch where a man says that one of his hobbies is masturbation.  The line was (badly) edited for the British broadcast, but aired intact in the USA.  And the version of the crunchy frog sketch in which the man vomits was done live and not made for TV, so they could do it however they liked.

[Reply #139 on:]

The British Censors have always been rather strict, but who could ever try to mess with the wonder of the Monty Python team?

Kiffan: Graham Chapman is dead, he died in the late 80's of liver faliure... I think. But the Remainder of the Python Team have always denied any re-union.

[Reply #140 on:]

But the Python team have kind of re-united now and again, not for sketches necessarily. The only example I can think of is the film The Wind In The Willows, which has Terry Jones, Michael Palin, John Cleese and Eric Idle in it.

[Reply #141 on:]

That kind of re-union, yes. They have worked together on different projects, but have never performed any Monty Pyton sketches. I beleive there was a falling out between John Cleese and Terry Jones.

[Reply #142 on:]

 

Originally posted by Coilette:
They have worked together on different projects, but have never performed any Monty Pyton sketches.

Oh, yes they have.  There's been at least one reunion, because I've seen one.  They said that they wanted to have all of the Pythons there, so they brought an urn that they claimed contained Graham Chapman's ashes.  Of course, they ended up spilling the ashes all over the stage.

[Reply #143 on:]

Of course, I remember that, ok forget all of my above statements then.....

[Reply #144 on:]

They also reunited for the 30 year anniversary and did some new stuff for the BBC.

[Reply #145 on:]

 

Originally posted by David A:
There's been at least one reunion, because I've seen one.  They said that they wanted to have all of the Pythons there, so they brought an urn that they claimed contained Graham Chapman's ashes.  Of course, they ended up spilling the ashes all over the stage.

That was in 1998, and it really was more of an interview and Python retrospective than a new comedy special.  However, after that, they considered doing either a new movie or a live stage tour.  The tour idea fell apart because Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam didn't want to do it.  I think Eric Idle was the driving force behind the idea of a movie, which would have been a sequel to The Holy Grail.  He talked to John Cleese about it and claimed Cleese was interested, but when the others got together to talk about it, Cleese said he didn't want to do it, so either he changed his mind or Idle exaggerated his level of interest.  Cleese said that he'd told Idle it was an interesting idea but never said he wanted to be involved.  The 30th anniversary special led to more disagreements between Cleese and Idle.  Idle ended up not doing much for the show because he thought the script wasn't in the Python style and that Cleese had given himself the best parts, leaving nothing for everyone else.  So maybe the falling-out Coilette heard about was between Cleese and Idle, not Terry Jones.

[Reply #146 on:]

Ah, yes, I heard about that.   
It's so sad, I would love to see another Monty Python movie. My friends laugh at me because I can quote huge passages of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and it would be nice to have another movie to quote...

figures I'd side with Eric Idle... I've always liked him the best.   

[Reply #147 on:]

 

Originally posted by 3/4 of a Jesus:
It's so sad, I would love to see another Monty Python movie. My friends laugh at me because I can quote huge passages of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and it would be nice to have another movie to quote...

You do know that there are other Monty Python movies besides Monty Python and the Holy Grail, right?  Try watching Life of Brian or The Meaning of Life.

Also, if you liked Monty Python and the Holy Grail, you'd probably like Jabberwocky.  It's not actually a Monty Python film, but Terry Gilliam directed it, and it stars Michael Palin.  Terry Jones is also in it.

[Reply #148 on:]

true, it doesn't have to be a monty python film to see some of the ponty python actors.  good examples: "time bandits" and "the advenures of baron munchusan"

[Reply #149 on:]

Or "A Fish Called Wanda" and "Fierce Creatures" with John Cleese and Michael Palin.

[Reply #150 on:]

Yellowbeard is another great film featuring some of the Pythons.

[Reply #151 on:]

Eric the Viking is a favorite of mine.

[Reply #152 on:]

my favarite one is dead parrot and cheese chop

[Reply #153 on:]

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

Monty Python bits make the best non-sequitur soundbites.
See here: http://www.intriguing.com/mp/holygrail.asp

Halfway down the page, with a yellow border.