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

    This Chapman is no more.

    No no no. He's just asleep.

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

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

  4. 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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  5. 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!