Monty Python [Archive] - Are You Being Served...and More!

DuranFan

06-10-2005, 07:16 AM

I think you should definetly give Monty a try ... it may take a while to get used to but once you start watching you'll have a hard time trying to give it up :wink:

I remember recording every single episode that was on when I was in elementary school -- I think I was the only one in my entire school who even knew what Monty was -- I started watching it 'cause I loved John Cleese in Fawlty Towers at the time.

Greg WibblyWobbly

06-10-2005, 05:18 PM

I think you should definetly give Monty a try ... it may take a while to get used to but once you start watching you'll have a hard time trying to give it up :wink:

Amen Bruvver Duranfan !!!!! I started like that with the DVD's. I put the first one and didn't stop watching till I got to the end of the first Season !!!

Tim

06-10-2005, 07:15 PM

I even have the Looney Bin CD with A Complete Waste of Time and The Holy Grail CD Game.

I recall getting dollar off tickets when I was in college to see MPHG by bringing coconut shells to clop with!

sonosun

06-10-2005, 09:11 PM

I recall getting dollar off tickets when I was in college to see MPHG by bringing coconut shells to clop with!

So then what did you wear with your grass skirt?

Greg WibblyWobbly

06-11-2005, 04:47 AM

I even have the Looney Bin CD with A Complete Waste of Time and The Holy Grail CD Game.

I recall getting dollar off tickets when I was in college to see MPHG by bringing coconut shells to clop with!
Did you go and see it ??? That CD sounds totally kewl !!!!!! :D

Tim

06-11-2005, 06:05 AM

sonosun, ha ha!

Yes, the first time I saw MP&HG was in a movie theater, a small one, but a theatre none the less.

"FOOM! FOOM!....FOOM!......Some call me Tim."

Among the games on the CD are "Catch the Cow", "Spank the Virgin", and an online Shrubbery Store!

Greg WibblyWobbly

06-11-2005, 10:04 AM

Sounds pretty neat !!! I wonder if the CD is still available ???? :shrug:

Assistant 134

02-01-2006, 09:55 AM

Starting February 22 at 9p and every Wednesday after, my PBS station will start Python.

It'll start off with Monty Python's Personal Bests then lead into the series.

I'm going to give it a try.

frankdicer

02-01-2006, 12:48 PM

Starting February 22 at 9p and every Wednesday after, my PBS station will start Python.

It'll start off with Monty Python's Personal Bests then lead into the series.

I'm going to give it a try.

I'm just off to pop in another MP DVD...you guys got me fired up....

Greg WibblyWobbly

02-02-2006, 01:27 AM

It's totally addictive !!! Once I started watching the DVD's, I couldn't stop. The earlier shows are my favs !!!

Assistant 134

02-02-2006, 05:55 AM

Thanks for the heads up :D

Assistant 134

02-19-2006, 05:45 AM

According to TV Guide, Python will be shown on every PBS station starting in April.

Can't wait!

"I DON'T LIKE SPAM!!!!!!" :lol:

Greg WibblyWobbly

02-19-2006, 05:29 PM

According to TV Guide, Python will be shown on every PBS station starting in April.

Can't wait!

"I DON'T LIKE SPAM!!!!!!" :lol:

Yeah but are they going to cut them ??? :shrug:

Assistant 134

02-21-2006, 04:48 AM

No. PBS aires the whole show. No interuptions. :D

Greg WibblyWobbly

02-22-2006, 02:17 AM

No. PBS aires the whole show. No interuptions. :D

I meant are they going to cencor some of the sauceier parts ????

Lucas The Tucas

02-22-2006, 04:18 AM

Blimey !
My PBS starts it tonight.

Lucas :)

But Montie isn't me fave. :shrug:

sonosun

02-22-2006, 08:01 AM

My PBS had a Monty Python Marathon in 1981. I suppose I'll watch all of the re-runs though. :lol:

matthewrose

02-22-2006, 12:55 PM

Ah Monty Python is a classic. Particularly the films "And Now for Something Completely Different" and "The Life of Brian". It is very British humour which does take some getting used to but once you're hooked, you're hooked! I also love the "Lumberjack song" and "sit on my face, and tell me that you love me"

frankdicer

02-22-2006, 04:54 PM

Today's DVD was MInister of Silly walks and the Spanish Inquisition.... :lol:

Greg WibblyWobbly

02-23-2006, 02:00 AM

Today's DVD was MInister of Silly walks and the Spanish Inquisition.... :lol:

Two of the best skits !!!!!!

Lucas The Tucas

02-24-2006, 04:50 AM

I watched about 12-15 minutes of the three shows that Channel 8 had on... :shrug:

I'm just not a Monty Fan... :shrug:

Lucas :|

Assistant 134

03-16-2006, 11:20 AM

Monty Python's Personal Best Collection will be released on DVD March 28th!

Greg WibblyWobbly

03-17-2006, 02:50 AM

Is it from A & E ??? They are milking the Python franchise for all it's worth.

Tiddles

03-17-2006, 08:00 PM

You can read some MP scripts here! http://www.intriguing.com/mp/scripts.asp

Palin: Hello, good evening and welcome to another edition of Blood,
Devastation, Death War and Horror, and later on we'll be
meeting a man who *does* gardening. But first on the show
we've got a man who speaks entirely in anagrams.

Idle: Taht si crreoct.

Palin: Do you enjoy it?

Idle: I stom certainly od. Revy chum so.

Palin: And what's your name?

Idle: Hamrag - Hamrag Yatlerot.

Palin: Well, Graham, nice to have you on the show. Now, where
do you come from?

Idle: Bumcreland.

Palin: Cumberland?

Idle: Stah't it sepricely.

Palin: And I believe you're working on an anagram version of
Shakespeare?

Idle: Sey, sey - taht si crreoct, er - ta the mnemot I'm wroking
on "The Mating of the Wersh".

Palin: "The Mating of the Wersh"? By William Shakespeare?

Idle: Nay, by Malliwi Rapesheake.

Palin: And what else?

Idle: "Two Netlemeng of Verona", "Twelfth Thing","The Chamrent
of Venice"....

Palin: Have you done "Hamlet"?

Idle: "Thamle". 'Be ot or bot ne ot, tath is the nestquoi.'

Palin: And what is your next project?

Idle: "Ring Kichard the Thrid".

Palin: I'm sorry?

Idle: 'A shroe! A shroe! My dingkom for a shroe!'

Palin: Ah, Ring Kichard, yes... but surely that's not an anagram,
that's a spoonerism.

Idle: If you're going to split hairs, I'm going to piss off. (Exit)

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Greg WibblyWobbly

03-18-2006, 04:59 AM

:lol2: :lol2:

Assistant 134

03-30-2006, 04:09 AM

According to TV Guide, the Python series will start airing on PBS Fridays at 10pm starting April 7th.

Check your local listings. Times may vary.

Tiddles

04-17-2006, 10:44 AM

I've been enjoying "The Best Of" for several weeks now. Hearing what eps and skits were the favourites of each of the boys. My fave skits always involve one or more of them playing Brit housewives in drag. :lol:

Captain Peacock's Carnation

03-11-2007, 07:37 PM

The Queen Victoria Horse Race, the fish slapping dance, the lumberjack song, Inspector my wallet's just been stolen, Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson, Piccasso painting on a bicycle, the twit of the year contest, bicycle repairman, olympic hide and seek, Eddie baby, Hungarian Phrase book, summerize Proust, Mr. Pither, intercourse the penguin, Montgolfier Brothers, the Money Programme and that's just for starters,

Yours Faithfully,
Harry "Snapper" Organs (Mrs.)

sonosun

03-11-2007, 07:46 PM

Spam, did Rach not mention Spam?

Greg WibblyWobbly

03-12-2007, 01:47 AM

Spam, spam, spam, spam.....

Captain Peacock's Carnation

03-14-2007, 06:31 PM

beautiful SPAM 8--}:grainger01: :grainger01: :grainger01: :grainger01: :grainger01: :grainger01: :grainger01:

offthefloor

03-14-2007, 06:39 PM

the spam sketch has got to be my favorite all time python sketch. i luahg so hard everytime i see it

spam spam spam spam bacon sausage and spam!!!

that and i love the scenes that tiddles loves, where they dress up as housewives, oh and the ministry of silly walks is up there as well.

CostaPlonka

12-03-2009, 11:24 PM

I'm a little surprised there was not already a thread on Monty Python!

Anyone else a fan?

Greg WibblyWobbly

12-04-2009, 01:22 AM

Here it is !!! :D
I like Python. Haven't watched them all in a while but I do like them. I should blow the dust off the DVD's and give them another whirl.

sonosun

12-04-2009, 06:45 PM

I love Monty Python. I must be just a little burnt out from having watched them so many times.

Lady Stableforth

12-08-2009, 10:53 AM

I love them all and i tivoed the special that was on IFC Channel, i can watch it over and over again. i have all their movies and tv as well. and the ones they did in German and Austria.

Greg WibblyWobbly

12-09-2009, 12:53 AM

I loved "The Life of Brian". I thought that was their best movie.

minki

12-27-2009, 08:34 AM

I just treated myself to the entire Flying Circus set for Christmas: Amazon finally dropped the price to under $50 so I grabbed one for me and one for my father (who is beyond estatic).

Greg WibblyWobbly

12-28-2009, 01:16 AM

:thumbup:

madeinengland

01-08-2010, 11:12 AM

I just treated myself to the entire Flying Circus set for Christmas: Amazon finally dropped the price to under $50 so I grabbed one for me and one for my father (who is beyond estatic).

Me too! :D I loved MP, they were a sort of visual realisation to the Goon Show, which I lovel listening to (repeated) as a teenager. It's hard to remember just how much doing such wacky-but-intelligent humour on mainstream tv was pushing back the boundaries back at the start of the '70s.

Greg WibblyWobbly

01-09-2010, 04:43 AM

:yes:

madeinengland

01-10-2010, 01:00 AM

I loved the stir it caused in the UK at the time; really showed the power and influence that comedy can have on people.

madeinengland

01-30-2010, 11:59 AM

Have just played the "cheese shop" sketch to some friends at work; result? IMMENSE peals of laughter!:thumbup:

Greg WibblyWobbly

01-30-2010, 06:45 PM

Nothing can cheer one up like some Python.

madeinengland

01-31-2010, 01:52 AM

Nothing can cheer one up like some Python.

:):):thumbup: Yep! Now whenever I see dancing, I refer to it as a "manifestation of the terpsichorian muse"!

Greg WibblyWobbly

01-31-2010, 03:56 AM

:lol: :lol:

madeinengland

01-31-2010, 02:31 PM

Cleese is brilliant in this; they were all good in very different ways, but Cleese excelled at the "weird bloke who thinks he's perfectly normal" type-character.

offthefloor

02-02-2010, 10:58 AM

Have just played the "cheese shop" sketch to some friends at work; result? IMMENSE peals of laughter!:thumbup:

That is one of my favorites, along with the little old ladies in the laundry mat....and who can forget Spam Spam Spam Spam :lol:

madeinengland

02-02-2010, 12:39 PM

That is one of my favorites, along with the little old ladies in the laundry mat....and who can forget Spam Spam Spam Spam :lol:

:lol::lol::lol: I love the Sartre - loving old ladies too :-) And of course, "Woody" and "tinny" words!

Captain Peacock's Carnation

02-02-2010, 06:33 PM

"Hello, good evening and welcome to It's The Arts with tonight's guest, one of the worlds foremost modern composers, Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson." 8-)

Greg WibblyWobbly

02-03-2010, 01:33 AM

"Hello, good evening and welcome to It's The Arts with tonight's guest, one of the worlds foremost modern composers, Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson." 8-)

I love that sketch :lol:

madeinengland

02-03-2010, 02:45 AM

I love that sketch :lol:

And how cross poor Arthur gets with the constant questioning about his nickname :) Another classic Python skit!

Melchett

02-04-2010, 08:42 AM

Or the man with three cheeks! :lol:

madeinengland

02-04-2010, 11:55 AM

Or the man with three cheeks! :lol:

And the not-so-sly camera moves in an attempt to see them!:lol::lol:

offthefloor

02-04-2010, 07:14 PM

Another one was the series of "Here we see such and such vs such and such" like queen elizabeth vs victoria, someone vs a cake.

Also, some of the animated sketches were really funny, one that stands out was the evil house that ate everything.

Greg WibblyWobbly

02-05-2010, 01:27 AM

Terry Gilliam's animation is Python. The show wouldn't have been the same without the animations.

madeinengland

02-05-2010, 02:05 AM

Terry Gilliam's animation is Python. The show wouldn't have been the same without the animations.

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Couldn't agree more; they really added to the show; even just the opening credits in each series were amazing.

offthefloor

02-05-2010, 07:51 AM

Terry Gilliam's animation is Python. The show wouldn't have been the same without the animations.

So very true, the man was a real genius with animation

madeinengland

02-05-2010, 10:10 AM

So very true, the man was a real genius with animation

And particularly given the fact it was 40 years ago, and he was using only basic cutout animation, the results are surprisingly sophisticated; I love watching them, there's just so much to see in them all. Did anyone see the extra that's in some of the dvd collections, where he talks you through the process he used, and mentions some of the old drawing collections he raided for his starting-points for characters?

The Green Man

02-05-2010, 11:52 PM

I love Brit television but I have to admit I find Monty Python unentertaining.

Greg WibblyWobbly

02-06-2010, 04:03 AM

And particularly given the fact it was 40 years ago, and he was using only basic cutout animation, the results are surprisingly sophisticated; I love watching them, there's just so much to see in them all. Did anyone see the extra that's in some of the dvd collections, where he talks you through the process he used, and mentions some of the old drawing collections he raided for his starting-points for characters?

:yes:

madeinengland

02-06-2010, 11:54 AM

I love Brit television but I have to admit I find Monty Python unentertaining.

It is certainly a specific brand of humour, and many people who like britcoms don't like MP because it's so individual in its sense of humour; just personal taste, I guess. Nice to hear from all points of view :)

I love Monty Python and other Britcoms, but even I see their vast differences in approach and appeal.

offthefloor

02-12-2010, 06:59 PM

Someone just sent me another good sketch that I completely forgot about, the defense against fresh fruit sketch...love it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w&feature=related

sonosun

02-12-2010, 07:25 PM

:emotlol:

madeinengland

02-13-2010, 01:00 AM

Someone just sent me another good sketch that I completely forgot about, the defense against fresh fruit sketch...love it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w&feature=related

"Ow to defend yourself against the banana fiend":D:D

One of their best earlier sketches IMO; the team lost a lot when Cleese couldn't do the 4th series.

Greg WibblyWobbly

02-13-2010, 04:28 AM

Love that one myself there OTF !!
What has happened to Youtube of late ? What's with all the commercials ?

humphries

05-17-2010, 05:55 PM

my fav episode was confuse a cat.

Greg WibblyWobbly

05-17-2010, 05:58 PM

I love "Spam"

Carrie Anne

05-18-2010, 12:11 PM

I love "Spam"
Me too! :D

Dean

05-21-2010, 10:17 PM

this is my fave all-time Monty python video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe1a1wHxTyo

Xymers

05-28-2010, 07:17 PM

:yes: Luxury! I had to wake up at 10 o'clock, a half-hour before I went to bed!

Greg WibblyWobbly

05-29-2010, 04:46 AM

:lol:

AYBSgirl

03-13-2011, 04:31 PM

I think Monty Python is really funny! There's a sketch, called "Interesting People", that mentions a cat named Tiddles.

anglophile31

03-18-2011, 02:09 PM

I like what I've seen of Monty Python. My favorite of their videos has to be The Holy Grail - I own that one, along with And Now For Something Completely Different, and The Life of Brian. I find myself quoting all of these on a regular basis. :)

I wasn't as impressed with The Meaning of Life, but it's not bad. That scene with the "World's Biggest Glutton" grosses me out, though. *shudder*

Greg WibblyWobbly

03-18-2011, 06:53 PM

I love "The Holy Grail" but honestly "Life of Brian" is my favourite movie from the Pythons.

anglophile31

03-19-2011, 01:51 PM

I love "The Holy Grail" but honestly "Life of Brian" is my favourite movie from the Pythons.

They're both great movies. :) Although for some reason, the Monty Python quote used most frequently in our house (usually by myself or my younger sister) is from And Now For Something Completely Different:

"Would you like to come over to my place, bouncy, bouncy?"