Jerry_L Posted November 20, 2013 Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 (edited) 10 reasons why John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin and the Monty Python team HAVE to come back Ryan Lambie highlights the reasons we all want more Monty http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/monty-python-reuniting-10-reasons-2809537 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). http://www.minderella.com/words/cheeseshop.htm Customer: What now?Owner: The cat's eaten it.Customer: (pause) Has he.Owner: She, sir. Edited November 20, 2013 by Jerry_L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Litweiler Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Sometime in about 1965 or so, friends and I went to the Second City nightclub in Chicago and were disappointed to find the resident cast wasn't there. We stayed to see the replacement show, some Britons called The Oxford-Cambridge Revue. One of their routines was one of the funniest I've ever seen in my life: How To Throw A Custard Pie. Decades later I saw the same How To Throw A Custard Pie in the movie Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl. Were some of the Pythons in that 1960s Oxford-Cambridge Revue? Also, did some of the Pythons perform on any of the Private Eye Christmas records? (Dear Sir, Is This A Record? and at least 2 others) Here is a somewhat weaker version of the custard pie routine: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Both Graham Chapman and John Cleese appear in the movie "The Magic Christian." I believe this was before Monty Python. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) 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. Plus the Eddie Waring impersonated commentator Edited November 21, 2013 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 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. Shaped the way of thinking of many Brits? How do you think we felt; we didn't have The Goon Show, or At Last the !948 show or such in preparation. First thing I know, I'm staring at a Scotsman on a horse wondering what the hell was going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry_L Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 (edited) They did help prepare me for working for a British corporation. I expect absurd behavior from management, and often get it. We have quite a few upper class twits making business decisions. Edited November 21, 2013 by Jerry_L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 "Fan of Monty Python"? I wish they only had one fan! Actually the're often funny, rarely more than just, but the fans who dead parrot it back are obnoxious! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 They did help prepare me for working for a British corporation. I expect absurd behavior from management, and often get it. We have quite a few upper class twits making business decisions. Ain't that the truth.. various shades of 'slightly silly' through to major concentrations of 'very silly'.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 So Terry Jones has revealed that the reunion shows will just be a rehashing of the old Python skits. (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/22/monty-python-reunion-o2-show-terry-jones) Pretty disappointing really. But hardly unexpected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 The shows all sold out within a few minutes, I gather. At £90 a seat as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted November 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Terry's comment about the fear of getting booed for doing new material is a lame answer. A mixture of new and old skits would have been the best mixture, that's my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted November 28, 2013 Report Share Posted November 28, 2013 Who will they have doing the Graham Chapman lines? Or will they just leave gaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted November 30, 2013 Report Share Posted November 30, 2013 Who will they have doing the Graham Chapman lines? Or will they just leave gaps? They could let the audience do them, kinda like a singalong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted December 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 (edited) Who will they have doing the Graham Chapman lines? Or will they just leave gaps? I read online Graham Chapman's urn with be on stage with them. Most likely not true, but if this were to happen, it would be in true Monty Python fashion. Offend as many as you can for the sake of the joke. Sort of like it was at his memorial service. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3f8_gMo1Ws Edited December 1, 2013 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted December 1, 2013 Report Share Posted December 1, 2013 (edited) Chapman did join them on stage one time after his death... http://youtu.be/JpL12ilpDnQ?t=3m52s Edited December 1, 2013 by mjzee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted December 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2013 (edited) So it might be true that his urn will be on stage. They really are sick bastards. :rofl: That had me laughing. I never saw this before. Edited December 2, 2013 by Hardbopjazz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Release date June 30 (see Amazon UK): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted June 3, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Update. AP Monty Python swansong will surprise. Troupe member Eric Idle assures fans they will get the old favorites — but they are also in for surprises. "I've got one or two up my sleeve that will absolutely freak people out," said Idle, who has taken the lead on assembling the 10 performances at London's O2 Arena. http://news.yahoo.com/ap-interview-monty-python-swansong-150450835.html;_ylt=A0LEV2DP5o1TlEYAi.NXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTB0Mjk3b2U1BHNlYwNzYwRjb2xvA2JmMQR2dGlkA1NNRTI4OF8x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejp626 Posted June 3, 2014 Report Share Posted June 3, 2014 Update. AP Monty Python swansong will surprise. Troupe member Eric Idle assures fans they will get the old favorites — but they are also in for surprises. "I've got one or two up my sleeve that will absolutely freak people out," said Idle, who has taken the lead on assembling the 10 performances at London's O2 Arena. I'm putting my money on a hologram of Graham Chapman... I don't begrudge them this tour -- I actually saw Eric Idle doing the best of his bits in a solo show -- but it does feel very much like they have actually dozed off in their laurels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Monty Python broadcast live in theaters nationwide - Fandango. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 "Your American beer is a little like making love in a canoe...it's fucking close to water." "You can always tell when you're in Los Angeles, all the kids are drugs and all the adults are on roller skates." "ALBATROSS!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_forumlogo.png.a607ef20a6e0c299ab2aa6443aa1f32e.png)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.