Fan of Monty Python.

[Hardbopjazz]

The five living members are getting back together. Hopefully it will be consists of a tour or at least a video of the performance.

Any other fans here?

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-57612927/monty-python-set-to-reunite-for-a-stage-show/

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Yeah, love their stuff, particularly 'Life of Brian'.

But they're all old men now...

We'll see.

MG

[ejp626]

Probably a poor idea, but one never knows.

[Blue Train]

Love them, but have to agree that it doesn't sound like a good idea.

[Jerry_L]

They must even smell funny by now.

[A Lark Ascending]

Think they shaped the way of thinking of many Brits who were young in the very early 70s. The sending up of British social and cultural pretension.

[robertoart]

They really understood the creative spirit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxRS6CGrhtM

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Yes - then was definitely then.

MG

[sidewinder]

'4 Yorkshiremen Sketch' reprise?

[Leeway]

Dead Parrots, Funny Walks, Ex-Police, Mrs Jean-Paul Sartre, so many funny skits. None of them seem to be doing anything very funny now, although I have hopes that Cleese can make it work. "Fawlty Towers" fan too, hilarious when you're not hiding your head in embarrassment. FT seems the ultimate extension of the Python tradition.

[Ed S]

Think they shaped the way of thinking of many Brits who were young in the very early 70s. The sending up of British social and cultural pretension.

I think they had the same impact on this side of the Atlantic as well - at least on those of us who were fortunate enough to see episodes of the Flying Circus.

I loved Monty Python back in the day. My friends and I used to gather on Friday nights to watch Flying Circus episodes on Friday evenings. They were on the local PBS station. Every now and again they'd have special Pythonathons and play multiple episodes. Good times...

Perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised, but I can't see this as a good idea at all.

[T.D.]

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Perhaps I'll be pleasantly surprised, but I can't see this as a good idea at all.

+1 on that.

OTOH, I expect (hope) they're a bright enough group to steer clear of utter fiasco...

I was a pretty big Stateside Python fan back in the day (late '70s and early '80s). For whatever reason, only discovered Fawlty Towers recently.

[mjzee]

I have a good feeling about this. Especially if they do all new material - the old stuff's been done to death. "The Meaning of Life" was pretty fresh when it came out, not much reliance on old tropes and bits. Hopefully, they can do the same now.

[romualdo]

Even their colonial cousins weren't spared - anyone remember the Australian table wine sketch

I remember at University & parties in the early 70's people reciting verbatim various MP skits (in retrospect, they were probably on the spectrum)

[mjzee]

Back in the summer of I think 1972, I found two of their albums in cutout bins. This was before the TV shows were shown in America, but I had heard about MP from reading Melody Maker and NME. I found these records (Monty Python's Previous Record and Another Monty Python Record) fresh and hilarious, and so did everyone I played them for. These records also had the advantage of being recorded in the studio - they were not audio from the TV shows. You therefore had better sound effects, and some transitions done specifically for the records.

[Jim R]

Think they shaped the way of thinking of many Brits who were young in the very early 70s. The sending up of British social and cultural pretension.

I think they had the same impact on this side of the Atlantic as well - at least on those of us who were fortunate enough to see episodes of the Flying Circus.

I loved Monty Python back in the day. My friends and I used to gather on Friday nights to watch Flying Circus episodes on Friday evenings. They were on the local PBS station. Every now and again they'd have special Pythonathons and play multiple episodes. Good times...

Ditto. Tried to never miss an episode, even if I'd already seen it.

Favorite film: (no contest) Holy Grail.

Favorite scene: (tough call)... either the holy hand grenade scene, or the castle guard ("You stay here, and make sure he doesn't leave"). Both scenes feature Palin and Idle, who always tended to be my favorites. I love Cleese also, but after those three it generally drops off considerably for me (Jones, Chapman, Gilliam).

[sidewinder]

Even their colonial cousins weren't spared - anyone remember the Australian table wine sketch

"This is a bottle with a message and the message is... beware !"

Favorite film: (no contest) Holy Grail.

Favorite scene: (tough call)... either the holy hand grenade scene,

Still got the original vinyl recorded 'Live at the Classic, Silbury Hill' and with Vincent Wong the Sino-Scottish projectionist.

Edited November 20, 2013 by sidewinder

[erwbol]

I guess the parrot sketch will not be included?

[Hardbopjazz]

Even their colonial cousins weren't spared - anyone remember the Australian table wine sketch

"This is a bottle with a message and the message is... beware !"

Favorite film: (no contest) Holy Grail.

Favorite scene: (tough call)... either the holy hand grenade scene,

Still got the original vinyl recorded 'Live at the Classic, Silbury Hill' and with Vincent Wong the Sino-Scottish projectionist.

Is 'Live at the Classic, Silbury Hill' the album that had several grooves to the vinyl and depending where the needle was place, you got an entirely different recording? I know one of their recordings was like this.

[mjzee]

Even their colonial cousins weren't spared - anyone remember the Australian table wine sketch

"This is a bottle with a message and the message is... beware !"

Favorite film: (no contest) Holy Grail.

Favorite scene: (tough call)... either the holy hand grenade scene,

Still got the original vinyl recorded 'Live at the Classic, Silbury Hill' and with Vincent Wong the Sino-Scottish projectionist.

Is 'Live at the Classic, Silbury Hill' the album that had several grooves to the vinyl and depending where the needle was place, you got an entirely different recording? I know one of their recordings was like this.

That was Matching Tie & Handkerchief.

[alankin]

Even their colonial cousins weren't spared - anyone remember the Australian table wine sketch

"This is a bottle with a message and the message is... beware !"

Favorite film: (no contest) Holy Grail.

Favorite scene: (tough call)... either the holy hand grenade scene,

Still got the original vinyl recorded 'Live at the Classic, Silbury Hill' and with Vincent Wong the Sino-Scottish projectionist.

Is 'Live at the Classic, Silbury Hill' the album that had several grooves to the vinyl and depending where the needle was place, you got an entirely different recording? I know one of their recordings was like this.

"Matching Tie and Handkerchief" is their one-platter three-sided album.

(As opposed to Rahsaan Roland Kirk's "The Case of the 3 Sided Dream in Audio Color", which was on two LPs.)

[A Lark Ascending]

I remember borrowing those LPs from friends. Before video that was how you got to know things like this.

The 'What have the Romans done for us?' segment of 'Brian' is a staple of history teaching these days!

I always liked the Spanish Inquisition sketch.

[mjzee]

The real problem with MP is that they've had no new material for 30 years. How long can you go on repeating the same old sketches? That's why I'm looking forward to the reunion, if it's inspired.

[Jim R]

The real problem with MP is that they've had no new material for 30 years. How long can you go on repeating the same old sketches?

Forever? I could watch the original cheese sketch at least once a month (and maybe more often than that).

[Clunky]

Even their colonial cousins weren't spared - anyone remember the Australian table wine sketch

"This is a bottle with a message and the message is... beware !"

Favorite film: (no contest) Holy Grail.

Favorite scene: (tough call)... either the holy hand grenade scene,

Still got the original vinyl recorded 'Live at the Classic, Silbury Hill' and with Vincent Wong the Sino-Scottish projectionist.

Sad to say it , I used to know that LP word- for - word. It was a clever idea ( again) to give the impression of the film ( complete with projector breakdowns) being screened at the Classic.