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Monty Python Members Reunite For Chapman Film

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

gregg writes "Monty Python members have reunited to voice a 3D animated film based on the memoirs of the late Graham Chapman. A Liar's Autobiography will feature recordings that Chapman made of his book before his death in 1989. From the article: '[Terry] Jones joked he had "no idea" until recently that Chapman was dead and "thought he was just being lazy". "However, I am now delighted to find myself working with him again on this exciting project," he added.'"

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  1. Like Mrs. Premise's cat by dtmos · · Score: 2

    Not quite dead yet ...

    1. Re:Like Mrs. Premise's cat by SilverHatHacker · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, he's definitely deceased! He's passed on! He's expired and gone to meet his maker! He's run down the curtain and joined the choir invisible! This is an ex-Python!

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    2. Re:Like Mrs. Premise's cat by dkleinsc · · Score: 2

      I don't want to go on the cart. I feel happy! I feel happy!

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  2. Eric Idle by Verdatum · · Score: 2

    Eric Idle is not involved?? He exploits his Python past more than any of them!

    1. Re:Eric Idle by Verdatum · · Score: 3, Informative

      He made a show, called "Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python". Need I say more?

    2. Re:Eric Idle by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 3, Funny

      Say no more, say no more.

    3. Re:Eric Idle by BobNET · · Score: 2

      Yes, this story should be tagged "!idle" despite being in the idle section.

  3. Stop that, stop that... by dorianh49 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... much too silly. Right! Now, nobody likes a good laugh more than I do, expect perhaps my wife... and some of her friends. Oh, yes, and Captain Johnson. Come to think of it, most people like a good laugh more than I do, but that's beside the point. Now! Let's have clean, healthy commenting.

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    1. Re:Stop that, stop that... by CaptainPatent · · Score: 2

      In other words:

      "And now, for something completely different"

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    2. Re:Stop that, stop that... by EdIII · · Score: 2

      You mention something completely different.

      I was introduced to Monty Python by a friend and did not initially understand how passionate he was about them. I came to understand it fairly quickly. It was different, quite different in fact, than American humor at the time. At least to me.

      I loved the parts of the shows that I did get to watch, and then of course... the Movie. "It's just a flesh wound", "Holy Hand Grenade", and the difference between an African and European Swallow.

      That being said, I think that Chapman was one of the best parts of Yellow Beard and how I remember him the most. Yellow Beard was pretty unusual considering it's cast for such a goofball movie. Madeline Kahn was already well established as an actress with Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder for such silliness, as well as Cleese and Idle, but it also had Peter Boyle (Everybody loves Raymond, Crazy Joe and Young Frankestein), and of course Marty Feldman came along for the ride.

      Stranger still it had James Mason and Peter Cook.

      Last, but certainly not least..... it had Cheech and Chong in it.

      You could not come up with a better movie with an all star cast in it if you tried and with a wonderful topping of Cheech and Chong added to it.

      THAT is my best memory of Chapman. I watch that movie at least once a year and still laugh my ass off.

  4. Re:No Eric? by osu-neko · · Score: 2

    Hmm. He doesn't seem to have been up to much since 2007, and I know they're all getting up there in years. Mind you, this is pure speculation, but I have to wonder if he's well these days. Maybe he just doesn't feel up to it anymore. It does not, otherwise, seem in character for him to pass up an opportunity to further "exploit Monty Python" (his own words).

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