What's up lately with Monty Python? - Democratic Underground

icymist

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Thu Mar-02-06 01:45 AM
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What's up lately with Monty Python?

Edited on Thu Mar-02-06 01:47 AM by icymist

PBS has quite a bit of Monty Python in retrospect lately. Has somebody died? My friend tells me that John Cleese died!... I don't believe it. I think it's a joke. Nevertheless, the PBS stations are playing Monty Python sketches and retrospectives a lot right now! Anyone hear anything?

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RevolutionaryActs

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Thu Mar-02-06 01:51 AM
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1. Yeah..... Graham Chapman died.

As far as I know all of the other boys are just fine and dandy.

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KitchenWitch

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Thu Mar-02-06 01:52 AM
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2. No way!

That is a bummer.

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democracyindanger

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Thu Mar-02-06 01:59 AM
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5. He died 15 years ago.

Not long after I was at the Aspen Comedy Festival and went to a Python reunion. They brought a big brass urn that they said were the ashes of Chapman. The urn did fittingly Pythonesque gags throughout. Good stuff.

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KitchenWitch

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Thu Mar-02-06 02:12 AM
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8. That's right...I had forgotten that.

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Oeditpus Rex

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Thu Mar-02-06 01:54 AM
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3. It's because the lads' 'Personal Best' DVDs

have been released — each of them (well, not Graham) talking about their favourite bits.

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Archae

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Thu Mar-02-06 01:57 AM
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4. Including...

Their favorite "naughty bits?" :D

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Oeditpus Rex

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Thu Mar-02-06 02:10 AM
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7. See for yourself

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000EDWM3Q/qid=1141282763/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-0766220-7936869?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130

I can't imagine there not being some naughty bits, since they were such an integral part of the show.

Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Brahms, Panties... I'm sorry...

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icymist

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Thu Mar-02-06 02:08 AM
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6. This is confusing because when John Cleese actually is dead...

we will ignore it until everybody else knows.

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