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Origins of Monty Python

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-worth-it dept.

jyuter writes "CNN posts the first chapter of the new Monty Python book, 'Monty Python Speaks!' It's a bit long, but an interesting read. " Well, the topic icon seems very applicable today. Read it-really good stuff.

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  1. Hard to define by dmorin · · Score: 4
    Did everybody see the special on cable awhile back when they got some sort of award? They even brought Graham's ashes out with them on stage (and of course, knocked them over and had to vacuum him up).

    I think it was Terry Jones who had this quote: "We were going for something that would be completely indescribable. Given that 'python-esque' is now in the OED, I think we pretty much failed miserably."

    According to Michael Palin, John Cleese got up at Graham Chapman's funeral and said, "Graham Chapman, writer of the parrot sketch, is no more. He has ceased to be. He has gone to meet his maker..."

    --
    www.HearMySoulSpeak.com
  2. while we're on this topic.... by jammer · · Score: 4

    Nobody expects the Linux Inquisition!

    Did you expect that? Huh? HUH!?

  3. Seek out and enjoy The Goon Show. by Wohali · · Score: 3
    This article once again shows how Monty Python was directly influenced by The Goon Show. You should definitely seek out and purchase these fine radio programs. Prepare for 30 minutes of absolute and complete confusion to warp your fragile little mind. Peter Sellers went on record before his death and said his 9 years with the Goon Show were the best years of his life. Hey, who am I to argue?

    Be forewarned -- the first one you listen to will be so confusing that you might be tempted to stop listening. DON'T. Once you understand the basic characters (Major Dennis Bloodnok, Bluebottle, Neddie Seagoon, Eccles, and Hercules Grytpype-Thynne) and what the heck they're doing, you'll split your sides laughing.

    What's your favorite episode? Mine must be Six Charlies In Search Of An Author. Pirandello, eat your heart out!

    He's fallen in the water! Needle Nardle Noo!

    --
    "But always she's the spectre of uncertainty I first endured, then faded, then embraced..."
  4. I'm from Microsoft by drwiii · · Score: 5
    I'm from Microsoft and I'm OK
    I sleep all night and I sleep all day

    He's from Microsoft and he's OK
    He sleeps all night and he sleeps all day

    I code VB, I eat my lunch, I go to the lavat'ry
    On Wednesdays I do nothing
    But collect pay from Bill G.

    He codes VB, he eats his lunch, he goes to the lavat-ry
    On Wednesdays he does nothing
    But collect pay from Bill G.
    He's from Microsoft and he's OK
    He sleeps all night and he sleeps all day.

    I code VB, whilst taking a dump
    Ten lines done in two hours
    I wish I had GNU/Linux
    I just crashed my Windows taskbar

    He codes VB, whilst taking a dump
    Ten lines done in two hours
    He wishes he had GNU/Linux
    He just crashed his Windows taskbar     .. ??
    He's from Microsoft and he's OK
    He sleeps all night and he sleeps all day.

    I code VB, and MFC
    NT is such a crock
    I wish I'd learned BSD
    Just like my dear papa!

    He codes VB, and MFC
    NT is such a crock     .. ?!?

    He's from Microsoft and he's OK
    He sleeps all night and he sleeps all day!

    Yet another twisted drwiii presentation :P

  5. Re:It's...! by awrc · · Score: 3

    While we're talking about Monty Python's Flying Circus and A&E, I see A&E will be releasing all the TV shows on DVD starting in September. So far they've announced four 2-disc sets, with each disc containing roughly four hours worth of stuff (difficult to say how much of it's original shows though, since they're adding all the usual DVD goodies).

    Oh, and for that matter, the pseudo-movie "And Now For Something Completely Different" is due out on DVD on Monday.

    Al

  6. John Cleese at Cornell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3

    John Cleese came to speak at Cornell earlier this year. He's actually a professor at large here, believe it or not.
    First we watched 'A Fish called Wanda'. Then he took questions, where he demanded that everyone address him as 'Professor Cleese' before answering any questions ... absolutely hilarious.
    He's actually a very interesting, thoughtful and (when he wants to be) serious speaker.