Melllvar
DOOP Secretary
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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.)
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Melllvar
DOOP Secretary
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...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.
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EvilLunch
Professor
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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!
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catindisguise
Screamy
Liquid Emperor
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« Reply #127 on: 05-01-2004 21:04 »
« Last Edit on: 05-01-2004 21:04 »
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: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
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Mr. Potter
Professor
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Yes, the Meaning of Life was recently released as a 2-disc special edition with documentaries, commentaries,blah, blah, etc.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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I'm waiting for that reunion. Come on, you guys still act.
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kiffan
Bending Unit
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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
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Not to mention some other Monty Python quotes.
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Action Jacktion
Professor
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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.
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Melllvar
DOOP Secretary
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They also reunited for the 30 year anniversary and did some new stuff for the BBC.
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Action Jacktion
Professor
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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.
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David A
Space Pope
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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.
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EvilLunch
Professor
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Eric the Viking is a favorite of mine.
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