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PBS To Air Six New Monty Python Specials

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pining-for-the-fjords dept.

Freshly Exhumed wrote to mention a PBS release with good news for BritCom Fans. The Public Broadcasting Service is planning to air six new Monty Python specials. From the article: "Each of the exclusive-to-PBS six one-hour programs will focus on one member of the original Monty Python troupe - Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones - and showcase favorite clips from the group's television series and movies, mixed with new footage. The five living Pythons - Cleese, Idle, Gilliam, Palin and Jones - will each produce and write their own episode, with the five collaborating on a sixth special to honor deceased member Chapman."

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  1. fr1st NI pr0st by grub · · Score: 3, Funny


    Frist NI pr0st for the Knights who say "Ni"!

    Ni!

    Ni!

    Ni!

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    1. Re:fr1st NI pr0st by ehrichweiss · · Score: 3, Funny

      We are no longer the Knights Who Say Ni, weeeeeeeeee are now the Knights Who say, Ickyickyickynerfanerlpmphfp.

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  2. No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! by HangingChad · · Score: 3, Funny

    With our powers of surprise, fear and...what was that other one?

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  3. You had me at by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 5, Funny

    "new material".

    Any chance to see former Monty Ptyhon members with their favourite bits hanging out, with new material added, is a good thing.

    Well, except for that dead guy - hope they don't trot out his moldy corpse, wire its jaw to a computer, and make him some kind of animatronic "I'm feeling better" kind of bit.

    That would bring me down just a tad.

    Care for a cup of tea? I hear Sartre's going to pop in today ...

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    1. Re:You had me at by amliebsch · · Score: 5, Funny
      Well, except for that dead guy

      He's not dead, he's pining for the fjords.

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  4. obligatory by Bananatree3 · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?"

  5. Parrot Routine with Chapman's Body? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This Chapman is no more.

    No no no. He's just asleep.

  6. Their humor by propertechdotnet · · Score: 5, Funny

    Their humor is not dead. It's just pining for the fjords.

  7. Graham Chapman Sketch by AnalogDiehard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Customer: I wish to lodge a complaint about this Chapman parody!
    Clerk: Yes, what's wrong with it?
    Customer: It's dead, that's what's wrong with it.

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  8. 45 or 47? by SydShamino · · Score: 4, Funny

    The series' 45 episodes ran until December 1974. ... Beginning in Spring 2006, PBS stations will be able to introduce a whole new generation to the series when all 47 episodes will be available for broadcast.

    Methinks the PBS public relations team should spend more time watching Sesame Street and practicing numbers. =p

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  9. Re:No one really expects the Spanish Inquisition! by NoStrings · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, well, I never wanted to be a Slashdot troll. I always wanted to be...a lumberjack! Leaping from tree to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia!

  10. Re:Dead? So? by VRisaMetaphor · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think he meant he wanted Graham Chapman inserted into George Lucas.

    And in his final paragraph, he obviously wants Jar-Jar inserted into George Lucas as well.