Monty Python To Bid Farewell In a Simulcast Show 86
dacarr writes "The five remaining members of Monty Python will be performing in the O2 Arena, and their last show as a comedy troupe will be simulcast across hundreds of theaters in the UK, and roughly 1,500 more across the world, according to the Guardian. Michael Palin says this is really going to be the last time before the Pythons cease to be. Well, at least, before Monty Python, as a comedy troupe, runs down the curtain and joins the bleedin' choir invisible."
No Graham Chapman? (Score:5, Funny)
The only absent member will be Graham Chapman, who died in 1989 at the age of 48.
They could dig him up and have him fall out of cupboards, and other visual gags.
The audition would be a mere formality.
Re:No Graham Chapman? (Score:4, Insightful)
1989 really was the end of Monty Python, some partial reunions since then, some interviews....but if more than three or four members performed something together since then I don't recall it. They were already 45 years and older then, and all went on to other things. 20 years for a comedy group is a good run.
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Yes but those not performances. Live as Aspen show was talkshow/interview format with (very hilarious) reminiscing, not a perfermance except for the gag with the urn. Almost the Truth had interviews with them
I'm sure he'll be there. (Score:1)
-hint- he'll be the one in the urn.
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Whistling.
Re:No Graham Chapman? (Score:5, Insightful)
The members may perish but Monty Python itself is a remarkable show that has influenced later shows and will therefore live on long after the members playing have perished.
Not everyone likes their humor, and few likes everything, but they still mark a turning point in the history of humor shows - venturing into the "forbidden" part of humor so far and strong that it becomes absurd and it's no longer possible to take them seriously.
Re:No Graham Chapman? (Score:4, Insightful)
Though they were in turn inspired by the absurdism of the Goon Show.
http://www.thegoonshow.net/dow... [thegoonshow.net]
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what HAS become of the crispy bacon, we had before the war?
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Though they were in turn inspired by the absurdism of the Goon Show.
http://www.thegoonshow.net/dow... [thegoonshow.net]
While somewhat true, they were more inspired by Spike Millgan's "Q" TV series.
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Yes and no.. ..the Monty Python writing style was already visible in At Last The 1948 Show (1967-69), especially in the sketches that were reused, but the way the show was cut owed a lot to Q (69-82). Either way Spike was a major influence, so you say potato.. ..
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Ever since Chapman died, I thought Stephen Fry would make a terrific fill-in for any live performances. Of course, his schedule is probably pretty full...
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There aren't many Republicans in the UK
Nor in NZ either.
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Obama is a Democrat you insensitive clod!
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You should win a stupid comment award. How many Republicans do you think there are in the UK? Maybe a few visiting tourists.
Trying to drag party politics into this is just brain dead.
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This. It's quite boring. The only people I know that like that type of base humor are Republicans.
You need to broaden your social circle. Having said that, even Michael Palin has said a lot of their TV show was crap. When it does hit the mark, though, it can be very funny.
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The problem there is context. If you are told by an authoritarian figure that something is funny and forced to watch it against your will you are not going to find it funny.
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My English teacher used to show Monty Python and the Holy Grail in class. She gave extra credit to the people that could stay away and were also paying attention. No one got the extra credit.
Granted, it's no Gilligan's Island.
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MP comes from a different time. Is Spike Jones funny? Are the stooges? The Marx brothers? Personally, I don't "get" either of them. They're just not funny. Stupid, yes, odd, maybe, but funny, no.
I'm fairly sure in their time they were a riot. MP humor is one of absurdity. And that is of course dependent on a society that puts a lot of emphasis on "normality" and conformity, something that certainly was the case with Britain back in those days.
Of course that loses its effect today in a far more "permissive"
Their next step (Score:2, Insightful)
John Cleese wants to go back to making physics classroom videos. Eric Idle will be a singer-guitarist in a George Harrison tribute band, etc.
Re:Their next step (Score:5, Funny)
Don't worry, they're only splitting up to get their heads together. They'll reform in a fortnight as Heads Together, then become Dead Together, then Dead Gear, then Dead Donkeys, Lead Donkeys, and the inevitable split up. After another ten days, they'll reform again as Sole Marnier, then Dead Sole, Rock Cod, Turbot, Haddock, White Baith, the Plaices, Fish, Bream, Mackerel, Salmon, Poached Salmon, Poached Salmon In A White Wine Sauce, Salmon Marnier, and Helen Shapiro.
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John Cleese is one of the main voice actors in The Elder Scrolls Online.
Much as I love Monty Python (Score:1)
I have no more desire to see this than I do one of the Rolling Stones concerts. If I want to watch a Python Skit, I have the entire series on DVD.
Let dead parrots lie.
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Why not? I kind of get the "old guys can't be rock stars" thing, but I don't understand why you don't think old guys can't be funny.
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Because Cosby. Robin Williams. Jonathan Winters. David Letterman. Elizabeth Warren.
To be fair, Letterman wasn't funny when he was younger.
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Political Science eh? They really pay you not just to be this stupid but to teach others your stupidity?
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Why not? I kind of get the "old guys can't be rock stars" thing, but I don't understand why you don't think old guys can't be funny.
Because they won't be doing anything new.
It will be like those later "Rocky Horror Picture Shows" where the entire audience will be chanting out in unison "It is an ex-parrot" at the appropriate moment. We've seen it all a thousand times and now it's just not that funny anymore. Yes it was at first but there has been nothing new in decades.
Monty Python Reference (Score:1)
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This is an Ex-Monty Python reference!
Did I miss any? /Trying to save some time...
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Your references are out of control.
May I suggest BibTex for that?
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I was thinking the C++ standard library [cppreference.com] should take care of it.
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How about a "Not The Nine O'Clock News" reference then?
"In the words of John Cleese, whenever two or three are gathered together in one place, they shall perform the parrot sketch."
The Spanish Inquisition.. (Score:3)
Nobody expects The Spanish Inquisition, so does that mean we can expect them to put in an appearance?
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Saw them at the Hollywood Bowl in '80... (Score:2)
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There are multiple seasons. Also, the Holy Grail-movie was very important for their status.
Although The Flying Circus has a lot of comedy gold in it, few people would idolize Monty Python based on it alone. In fact, you can be fairly sure that a lot of people who haven't seen the Holy Grail-movie think Monty Python-stuff is dreadful.
BTW, a number of the Python-movies have been released on Bluray. Definitely worth a buy/download and subsequent rewatch.
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Show (Score:2)
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Don't be surprised if something new shows up.
At least they used to work unscripted from time to time, so something may show up in the heat of the moment!
I've been a fan all my life (Score:1)
When I'm out riding on my touring bike - Monty Python Is mixed into my cruise music.
This might be their last "Visit before the chorus Invisible" But their classic and awesome humor will live on far past their "bring out yer dead" bell clanging.
Thank you from the bottom of my humor warped heart, Monty Python is and was one of the greatest entertainment shows on the planet.
And if anyone disagrees, It's fishes on the wharf at dawn.
What's the penguin doing on the television set? (Score:1)
I can see that but what's it doing there?
How should I know I'm not Doctor Bloody Bronowski
"The penguin on your television set will blow up in 5 seconds"
***kaaboom***
Well....how about that!
My hovercraft is full of eels.....
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How you remember it.
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Standing
I can see that but what's it doing there?
How should I know I'm not Doctor Bloody Bronowski
"The penguin on your television set will blow up in 5 seconds"
***kaaboom***
Well....how about that!
How it actually was
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Second Pepperpot I can see that!
First Pepperpot If it lays an egg, it will fall down the back of the television set.
Second Pepperpot We'll have to watch that. Unless it's a male.
First Pepperpot Ooh, I never thought of that.
Second P
SHOCKER!? (Score:2)
Logo change - just this once? (Score:2)
This is when I get all nostalgic for the 'old' Slashdot and wish they'd never replaced the Monty's stamping foot for this sort of thing. :/
amazing talents (Score:4, Interesting)
Loved them when I was a kid, and have to watch their stuff from time to time (my wife, of course, finds them mostly unbearable).
Funny though ... the world that they were spoofing was largely gone (outside of rarefied circles) even in their prime, and now it is really ancient.
In a turnabout, it is today the hipsters and the snark-meisters who are the establishment at which you must not poke fun.
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I think that's not the point. They were poking fun at the establishment and everyone else, but not because they looked like the old Upper Class Twit of The Year people. That is called hyperbole -- and was used for humorous effect. Still works today -- need to talk to the ACA people about your insurance, please talk to the complaints department or the Ministry of Silly Walks.
still very funny. much funnier than that stupid big bang theory with it's boring math jokes
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There's still a lot of Python that's ahead of *today*, not to mention the time that they made it.
Try showing Life of Brian to your Christian buddies.
That old woman's tirade against the lady of the lake will always serve as a wake up call against mythical reasoning. Basically a quarter of Python highlights the vapidity of public figures and the perception of the figures. That will never get old.
The summarizing Proust competition will forever perfectly satirize doomed attempts to bring high art to the mass
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>old woman's
Right-O, Arthur.
Arthur: Old woman! ...
Dennis: MAN!
Arthur: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
Dennis: I'm 37.
Arthur: What?
Dennis: I'm 37! I'm not old!
Arthur: Well, I can't just call you "man".
Dennis: You could say "Dennis".
Arthur: I didn't know you were called Dennis.
Dennis: Well you didn't bother to find out, did you?
Arthur: I did say I'm sorry about the "old woman", but from behind you looked...
Arthur: The Lady of the Lake,... [Angel chorus begins singing in background]