"Idle went on to create spoof Beatles band The Rutles and wrote the hit Spamalot musical."
Neil Innes could not be reached for comment.
― Ian from Etobicoke (Phil D.), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 14:06 (ten years ago) link
Eh, those reunion bits for the thirtieth anniversary special programming in the UK were pretty unspecial, and I can't imagine things being any better now. All feels like yet another Eric Idle attempt to keep functioning somehow.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 14:28 (ten years ago) link
the reunion sketches were dire yeah. supposedly it was always Palin who didn't fancy a reunion much, seems he's come round to the idea. it must be the early 1980s since they all last performed together onstage.
― piscesx, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 14:32 (ten years ago) link
Palin's diaries are really good value, apropos of nowt.
― Vic Arpeggio, Private Investigator (stevie), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 14:54 (ten years ago) link
true say. got a bit of a shock in Volume 2 when his sister killed herself :/
― piscesx, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 14:56 (ten years ago) link
NO SPOILERS!
― Vic Arpeggio, Private Investigator (stevie), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 15:17 (ten years ago) link
The 3000 Year Old Men
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link
Expecting the Spanish Inquisition.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
The 3000 Year Old Sketches
― Thomas K Amphong (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 15:58 (ten years ago) link
The Dead Horse Sketch
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
Did Cleese get divorced again or something?
― Ian Glasper's trapped in a scone (aldo), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
i've been watching these for the first time in yeeears, and last night i was thinking how awful it would be if they ever got together and tried to make it work again. and now this.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 20:26 (ten years ago) link
First it was the Pixies wo Kim Deal, now this. Ugh
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link
don't tempt fate, they could recruit Gervais
― eclectic husbandry (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 November 2013 20:40 (ten years ago) link
talk about not tempting fate, sheesh!
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 20:52 (ten years ago) link
He added on Tuesday: "Python meeting this morning. Can't wait. Press Conference Thursday will apparently be live on Sky News. I'll get you the online URL."
get us the offline URL you lazy shit
― ͼѾͽ (sic), Wednesday, 20 November 2013 09:35 (ten years ago) link
So, one show so far, at the O2 in London in July 2014.
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Thursday, 21 November 2013 13:13 (ten years ago) link
At a press conference, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones said they wanted to see if they "were still funny".
good one
― conrad, Thursday, 21 November 2013 14:04 (ten years ago) link
You aren't, go back to writing your memoirs
― Thomas K Amphong (Tom D.), Thursday, 21 November 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
John Cleese says, familiar sketches like “Dead Parrot” and “Crunchy Frog” won’t be done in “a predictable way,” but rather be given a “modern, topical, Pythonesque twist”
O___0
― piscesx, Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, no.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 21 November 2013 19:35 (ten years ago) link
this is going to be very shit isn't it.
i mean, at least with rocky horror, people can enjoy the songs, and shout at the appropriate times turning the show into a mass gathering 'event'.
if they try and be clever and make their so called classic sketches different who fuckin' wins from that ?
― mark e, Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
nah, they shd do a show of nothing but misanthropic spite where they shit on every fond memory their audience has, that wd be legit lol
― uk cheese board (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:28 (ten years ago) link
would still be crap though.
that said, i have never fallen for the MP groove - too many of my school classmates used to recite the classics every f*ckin' day ..
so, with that in mind, anyone want a full set of the reissued expanded albums i have in the archive ?
(could be good time to check ebay to see if they are worth posting at long last !)
― mark e, Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
“Dead Parrot” and “Crunchy Frog”
sigh
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:41 (ten years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25031520
but reiterated that there would also be "some new material".
― Autumn Almanac, Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
the sad thing is i always thought it was awesome that these guys went out at the top and refused to get back together, and that they went out on such an uncompromising, nihilistic, fuck-you note -- 'meaning of life' is one of the most disturbing and upsetting comedies i've ever watched. i guess everyone gets around to doing that tedious reunion that everyone wants but no one actually likes.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link
plus there are about a billion sketches and bits on the original python show that aren't tired at all because no one ever remembers or recites them, but i somehow doubt many of them will make their way into this.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
not everyone
xp
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link
I'd rather they appear in a film together than a stage show frankly; and maybe not a 'python' film, more along th elines of fish called wanda. What's going on with Absolutely Anything (terry jones film that was supposed to have them all but idle didn't wind up in it)?
― akm, Thursday, 21 November 2013 20:55 (ten years ago) link
They need to just re-create confuse-a-cat as a web series or something.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 21 November 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
Could happen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvhdWBBuBpA
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 21 November 2013 22:06 (ten years ago) link
there's going to be screens and such so the film aspect could mean a revival of such relative unknown classics as..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur5fGSBsfq8
― piscesx, Friday, 22 November 2013 00:41 (ten years ago) link
Hard to recreate Confuse-a-Cat and the Philosopher's Football match live on stage :(
― Thomas K Amphong (Tom D.), Friday, 22 November 2013 09:00 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcsVz6jo5MM
― panic disorder pixie (Sanpaku), Monday, 30 June 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link
decent new 90 minute Yentob doc for the Britishers
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b048ry6w/imagine-summer-2014-4-monty-python-and-now-for-something-rather-similar
― piscesx, Tuesday, 1 July 2014 06:38 (ten years ago) link
they bleeped them, they bleeped out the swearing omg
― blap setter (darraghmac), Sunday, 20 July 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
The fuckers.
― Welcome to the dessert of the real (snoball), Sunday, 20 July 2014 18:57 (ten years ago) link
friend went to one of the O2 shows and said a guy in front of him was aggressively shouting the punchlines before the team got to them, which was, tbh, exactly what I would have expected.
― a biscuit/donut hybrid called “bisnuts” (stevie), Sunday, 20 July 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
http://uproxx.com/filmdrunk/2014/07/john-cleese-wrote-this-amazing-letter-to-a-14-year-old-monty-python-fan/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_article
― Randall "Humble" Pie (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 18:27 (ten years ago) link
anyone read Cleese's book? goes up to start of MP, i think?
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 22:18 (nine years ago) link
I haven't yet, but Palin's diaries are an absolute joy to read.
― Nixon head is essential. (stevie), Thursday, 18 December 2014 09:54 (nine years ago) link
I'd be surprised if there's much joy to be had from the Cleese book.
― Root It Oot (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2014 10:21 (nine years ago) link
The boys were back in town, being interviewed after a fashion by John Oliver.
https://tribecafilm.com/stories/tribeca-film-festival-2015-monty-python-holy-grail-reunion
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Monday, 27 April 2015 22:02 (nine years ago) link
Oh no :(
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37451043
Monty Python star Terry Jones has been diagnosed with a severe variant of dementia.The 74-year-old is suffering from primary progressive aphasia, which affects his ability to communicate.As a result, Jones "is no longer able to give interviews", his spokesman said.The news was confirmed as Bafta Cymru announced the Welsh-born comedian is to be honoured with an outstanding contribution award.The National Aphasia Association describes primary progressive aphasia as a neurological syndrome in which language capabilities become slowly and progressively impaired."It commonly begins as a subtle disorder of language, progressing to a nearly total inability to speak, in its most severe stage," their website states.
The 74-year-old is suffering from primary progressive aphasia, which affects his ability to communicate.
As a result, Jones "is no longer able to give interviews", his spokesman said.
The news was confirmed as Bafta Cymru announced the Welsh-born comedian is to be honoured with an outstanding contribution award.
The National Aphasia Association describes primary progressive aphasia as a neurological syndrome in which language capabilities become slowly and progressively impaired.
"It commonly begins as a subtle disorder of language, progressing to a nearly total inability to speak, in its most severe stage," their website states.
― Cumstaun (Phil D.), Friday, 23 September 2016 14:46 (eight years ago) link
grievous
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 September 2016 14:50 (eight years ago) link
awful
― tongue and cheek (stevie), Friday, 23 September 2016 15:02 (eight years ago) link
Wow. I could have sworn Jones was active and busy even recently. Dementia is the worst. Once it's been diagnosed you often realize it's been going on for some time, and that you've already been living with the steady decline.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 September 2016 15:07 (eight years ago) link
:(
― Autotune the Sky (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 23 September 2016 15:37 (eight years ago) link
That is sad. Terry Jones rules.
― jmm, Friday, 23 September 2016 15:38 (eight years ago) link