ManfredSchaefer Posted March 4, 2015 Share Posted March 4, 2015 Michael Palin mentioned one scene that got cut from the Life of Brian was calling up a restaurant to book a table for the last supper, and giving all kinds of reasons why they couldn't fulfill the booking. "No you can't have everyone on one table, OHS regulations." Live at the Hollywood Bowl.... have not seen that for some time. There's several scenes that were left out of the final script that are in the book of Life of Brian, including one with Joseph talking to Mary about how she got pregnant. But the biggest cut that was made after filming finished was when Otto turned up with his crack suicide squad. In the movie that was released as the final version his troops are called the Judean People's Front. However originally Otto is portrayed as a Neo-Nazi Jewish extremist who wants to put the Sarmaritans into camps. All this is in the script however it was cut, making the final sequence a bit out of whack. Both Holy Grail and Life of Brian books have significant segments showing draft script material that never got into the films. For some reason Meaning of Life's book bucks that trend Smoggy and spectacular291 2 Link to comment
Kitto Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Got reminded of this sketch yesterday... DinoPresinger, wendybr, ManfredSchaefer and 1 other 4 Link to comment
ManfredSchaefer Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Got reminded of this sketch yesterday... Great sketch that, and when analysed it's quite simple. It's what a writer by the name of Roger Wilmut would call a 'format sketch' (the others typical of MPFC being an escalation sketch and a reversal sketch...the former shown in 'The World's Funniest Joke' where a comedic concept starts off and then builds to a logically illogical humorous ending, and the latter being say 'Hell's Grannies'). 'The Mouse Problem' takes a traditional format (in this case an expose on crime from a current affairs TV show) and empties it out, filling it with a ridiculous idea. All the traditional tropes are there (e.g. the supposed expert, the hidden camera footage, the self-confessed Joe Public), so you can get even more humour when you juxtapose the sketch with something like the real thing. wendybr 1 Link to comment
wendybr Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Interesting analysis Manfred! ManfredSchaefer 1 Link to comment
Kitto Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 This came to mind when reading my daughter a story last night... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MstyFwhLy4 DinoPresinger, ManfredSchaefer and wendybr 3 Link to comment
Kitto Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Gave this book a read today ManfredSchaefer 1 Link to comment
ManfredSchaefer Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Gave this book a read today Great book that one...and rather naughty in a surreptitious way. Off to see these guys when they tour Australia in March: wendybr 1 Link to comment
Kitto Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Oh I'll have to look for tickets wendybr 1 Link to comment
ManfredSchaefer Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Extremely disappointed in the Cleese & Idle show I saw last night whilst down in Canberra. So irked at it (admittedly partly due to other issues) I walked out during the intermission. For the cost (over $100 for a very average seat) I got to see EC & JC talk about the same personal histories that have been documented in books and TV shows since at least 1980, redo the same sketches you can find on any good DVD of their old shows like '...Python' or 'At Last The 1948 Show', and even recycle jokes I saw in their 'Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl' film from 1982 ('American beer is like making love in a canoe, coz it's fooking near water). If you came in having only just discovered Python, John C and Eric I then maybe you would enjoy it. Also, if you find endless regurgitation of the same routines you've watched for the last 20-30-40-50 years, done by two old men who have pocketed a good chunk of cash for their efforts, entertaining then sure, go. But if you have any deeper or abiding love of the wit, humour and originality of Cleese, Idle and the rest...steer clear wendybr and Smoggy 2 Link to comment
luisenrique Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 I'm glad I stayed clear, as much as I get no schadenfreude from your suffering. Here's an underrated one: wendybr 1 Link to comment
Kitto Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Extremely disappointed in the Cleese & Idle show I saw last night whilst down in Canberra. So irked at it (admittedly partly due to other issues) I walked out during the intermission. For the cost (over $100 for a very average seat) I got to see EC & JC talk about the same personal histories that have been documented in books and TV shows since at least 1980, redo the same sketches you can find on any good DVD of their old shows like '...Python' or 'At Last The 1948 Show', and even recycle jokes I saw in their 'Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl' film from 1982 ('American beer is like making love in a canoe, coz it's fooking near water). If you came in having only just discovered Python, John C and Eric I then maybe you would enjoy it. Also, if you find endless regurgitation of the same routines you've watched for the last 20-30-40-50 years, done by two old men who have pocketed a good chunk of cash for their efforts, entertaining then sure, go. But if you have any deeper or abiding love of the wit, humour and originality of Cleese, Idle and the rest...steer clear That's a shame. I'm going next Tuesday. wendybr 1 Link to comment
btron3000 Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 So many good videos on here. Can't believe that the whole sex education scene is not on youtube, and I know the part from when his wife comes in has been posted, but I have to post the intro. "What's wrong with a kiss boy" still kills me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqI-28meTZ8 and the classic wendybr 1 Link to comment
luisenrique Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I've been to more gala luncheons than you've had hot dinners! wendybr 1 Link to comment
ManfredSchaefer Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Extremely disappointed in the Cleese & Idle show I saw last night whilst down in Canberra. So irked at it (admittedly partly due to other issues) I walked out during the intermission. For the cost (over $100 for a very average seat) I got to see EC & JC talk about the same personal histories that have been documented in books and TV shows since at least 1980, redo the same sketches you can find on any good DVD of their old shows like '...Python' or 'At Last The 1948 Show', and even recycle jokes I saw in their 'Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl' film from 1982 ('American beer is like making love in a canoe, coz it's fooking near water). If you came in having only just discovered Python, John C and Eric I then maybe you would enjoy it. Also, if you find endless regurgitation of the same routines you've watched for the last 20-30-40-50 years, done by two old men who have pocketed a good chunk of cash for their efforts, entertaining then sure, go. But if you have any deeper or abiding love of the wit, humour and originality of Cleese, Idle and the rest...steer clear That's a shame. I'm going next Tuesday. Sorry if I've rained on your parade a bit there K....you can take what I said with two huge fücking lumps of NaCl. First off I wasn't really in the mood for the show, with the added wrinkle of running late & having hassles getting into the show. Secondly I've been consuming everything Monty Python related since about 1979. From The doco series about their history, umpteen books, al the original shows on DVD etc, meeting Palin...I'm not one if your card carrying every line quoting Python geeks, but I have heard or seen more than most when it comes to their work. I wanted the two icons to do more than have a leisurely love-in repeating well worn tropes and reciting an abbreviated history that I already knew. My attitude was wrong perhaps, and I do hope you enjoy Kitto and wendybr 2 Link to comment
btron3000 Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Haha https://teespring.com/whtr?ad=an Link to comment
Kitto Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Manfred, not sure you would have enjoyed the second half of the show. But I had a good time. Cleese came out and talked about black humour. Idle brought out his guitar. Overall a good night. ManfredSchaefer 1 Link to comment
Smoggy Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Extremely disappointed in the Cleese & Idle show I saw last night whilst down in Canberra. So irked at it (admittedly partly due to other issues) I walked out during the intermission. For the cost (over $100 for a very average seat) I got to see EC & JC talk about the same personal histories that have been documented in books and TV shows since at least 1980, redo the same sketches you can find on any good DVD of their old shows like '...Python' or 'At Last The 1948 Show', and even recycle jokes I saw in their 'Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl' film from 1982 ('American beer is like making love in a canoe, coz it's fooking near water). If you came in having only just discovered Python, John C and Eric I then maybe you would enjoy it. Also, if you find endless regurgitation of the same routines you've watched for the last 20-30-40-50 years, done by two old men who have pocketed a good chunk of cash for their efforts, entertaining then sure, go. But if you have any deeper or abiding love of the wit, humour and originality of Cleese, Idle and the rest...steer clear When I seen this advertised, I thought hmmmmm, Cleese whilst immensely talented can be a miserable bastard at the best of times, depending on which way the wind is blowing on any given day will determine what you get. Eric Idle is well known for his tightness when it comes to money, he would regurgitate any old shite at limited effort if the price was right, have been many comments regarding Eric and this kind of attitude over the years from fellow Pytons, from what I understand he was often the least popular within the group. This event needed Cleese, but a Cleese - Palin - Jones combination would have been more entertaining in my opinion. Palin is a great raconteur, probably the best of the lot of them and has so many little snippets from his diaries that are not so well known. Palin along with Jones wrote the fantastic 'Ripping Yarns' together post Python and play well off each other. Cleese and Idle for me whilst VERY talented, just those two is not a great combination in my opinion. wendybr 1 Link to comment
wendybr Posted November 9, 2016 Share Posted November 9, 2016 Can't be sure this hasn't been posted before, and can't be bothered looking to check, but I don't think it has. For any Python fans who need a laugh in these.... err... interesting, post US election times. So very silly! Smoggy and ManfredSchaefer 2 Link to comment
Kitto Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 (edited) Edited November 11, 2016 by Kitto Link to comment
wendybr Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 In these distressing times...and given that a a few forumites have resorted to a bit of a laugh thanks to Monty Python on the other threads, I thought I'd resurrect this...in case newcomers weren't aware it's here. So many good sketches in one place! Smoggy, sonar and Kitto 3 Link to comment
Smoggy Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 (edited) One of my all time favorites lol Tungsten carbide drills, what the bloody hells tungsten carbide drills lol...working class playright ...'you had to go poncing off to Barnsley' 'You know what he is like after a few novels', so many great lines in one short sketch Edited February 26, 2017 by WSWBoro wendybr and Kitto 2 Link to comment
wendybr Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 ^^^ Good inclusion here! Link to comment
luisenrique Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 I came in to post that one! I think it's the pinnacle of sketch comedy. Smoggy and wendybr 2 Link to comment
sonar Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 (edited) It's the day after the "Sanghai Shellacking" and the arguments are flying in all directions about what the problem with Aus Football is........................... A preview of the next FFA board meeting......? Edited February 28, 2017 by sonar100 Kitto, wendybr, mack and 1 other 4 Link to comment
GK21 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 (edited) Full Movie for you guys Edited May 12, 2017 by GK21 Smoggy and wendybr 2 Link to comment
wendybr Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 Just came across this sketch. LOL Kitto, Smoggy and sonar 3 Link to comment
Kitto Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Drove past a club advertising HOUSIE and immediately thought of this... wendybr 1 Link to comment
wendybr Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Good to see some action here Kitto! Link to comment
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