Monty Python reunion?

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/11/19/monty_python_reunion_confirmed_surviving_members_planning_stage_show_for.html

http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/19/showbiz/uk-monty-python-reunion/

Apparently Monty Python might be doing a reunion something!

still guaranteed to be funnier than SNL

Will they be digging Graham Chapman up then?

That bird is no more!

That should be well worth checking out. As far as 'SNL', after the original cast were all gone the thing just turned unwatchable, at least for me.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Will they be digging Graham Chapman up then?

He's the one who got them working together again...

"I'm not quite dead yet... geriatric, perhaps, but not quite dead."

"I think I'll go for a walk..."

At Graham's funeral:

John Cleese said: Graham Chapman, co-author of the "Parrot Sketch", is no more. He has ceased to be. Bereft of life, he rests in peace. He's kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, breathed his last, and gone to meet the great Head of Light Entertainment in the sky. And I guess that we're all thinking how sad it is that a man of such talent, of such capability for kindness, of such unusual intelligence, should now so suddenly be spirited away at the age of only forty-eight, before he'd achieved many of the things of which he was capable, and before he'd had enough fun. Well, I feel that I should say: nonsense. Good riddance to him, the freeloading bastard, I hope he fries. And the reason I feel I should say this is he would never forgive me if I didn't, if I threw away this glorious opportunity to shock you all on his behalf. Anything for him, but mindless good taste. Cleese continued after a break from the laughter in the audience and claimed that Chapman had whispered in his ear the night before while he was writing the speech, saying: "Alright, Cleese, you're very proud of being the first person to ever say 'E36 M3' on television. If this service is really for me, just for starters, I want you to be the first person ever at a British memorial service to say 'berkeley'!".

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: Will they be digging Graham Chapman up then?

I have read that Patrick Stewart is good friends with Cleese and would be the most likely replacement in such a case.

Python plus Picard? Perfect.

EastCoastMojo wrote: That bird is no more!

He is an ex-parrot!!!

I saw Cleese's stage show a few years ago. He's still got it. The show was essentially a retrospective on his career (I did not realize he worked with Marty Feldman).

I did feel a bit bad though. He is pretty old, and he made it clear the main reason why he was doing the tour was for the money. Apparently he was silly enough to get married in California and had his ex-wife essentially rape him of his money. One statement he made was the his ex-wife's kids will now get more of his money then his kids!

Maybe they'll dress Chapman up as a lumberjack and he'll be ok?

4cylndrfury wrote: still guaranteed to be funnier than SNL

everyone remembers the 5% of Python that was funny and forgets about the 95% that was almost unwatchable... that's about the same ratio as SNL..

also, one thing to keep in mind is the "L" part of "SNL"... it stands for "Live"- as in "seen across the country as it's happening with maybe a 5 second delay".. that's a tricky thing to pull off, and they absolutely nail it from time to time...

and where does MadTV fit into this conversation?

novaderrik wrote:

4cylndrfury wrote: still guaranteed to be funnier than SNL

everyone remembers the 5% of Python that was funny and forgets about the 95% that was almost unwatchable... that's about the same ratio as SNL..

yeah, but nobody quotes "Pat" skits.

novaderrik wrote:

4cylndrfury wrote: still guaranteed to be funnier than SNL

everyone remembers the 5% of Python that was funny and forgets about the 95% that was almost unwatchable... that's about the same ratio as SNL..

Ooh...yeah...

How do I quote all of Holy Grail?

I came in here for an argument.

novaderrik wrote:

4cylndrfury wrote: still guaranteed to be funnier than SNL

everyone remembers the 5% of Python that was funny and forgets about the 95% that was almost unwatchable... that's about the same ratio as SNL..

I remember finally watching some Python at someone's house, and finding it a incoherent mess. I'm sure it was nice for 70's Brit TV back then, but... it didn't age well. Some of the skits do much better live, which is where I heard it all for the first time thanks to another friend's tapes.

Gearheadotaku wrote: How do I quote all of Holy Grail?

with a frilly pink border, naturally

I meet a guy from Sweeden who loved Monty Python. He said he used to watch it all the time when he was a kid. I asked him if he watched it in English. He said yes, but he did not speak English at the time and had to read the subtitles. So... apparently Python is just as effective in subtitles, in Sweedish!

In their 70s, are they still up for the Silly Walk?

Actually, someone asked John Cleese specifically about this in the show I saw. He said something to the effect of "oh hell, I'm 70 years old, I am lucky enough to be able to walk!"

... So, no.

Gearheadotaku wrote: I came in here for an argument.

No you didn't.