Dave Bryce Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 You know, one of the ways that I can tell how well I will get along with someone and/or how warped they are is to ask them what their favorite Monty Python bit is. Something tells me that it's more than likely that I'm not the only Python fan here... My faves: TV show - probably the Dead Parrot sketch, although it varies depending on the day.... Movie - hard to say between between the Grail and Life of Brian. Both brilliant. If push came to shove, I'd probably have to say the Grail. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackpine Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 From the show it has to be the lovely little party in the park that ends with everyone dead or maimed and bleeding profusely. jim www.relayerstudios.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP3 Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Piranna bros rule!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guerillatheater Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 I'd have to go with JP salad days is the best, just ... all that blood, so fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbox Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 There are far too many great Python bits to pick the best! Fave lines from "Life Of Brian" - "Yes, we're all individuals!"..."I'm not!" Enthusiasm powers the world. Craig Anderton's Archiving Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Olsson. Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Great MP moments: "The mouse organ" "The fish-slapping dance" "Dpt. of silly walks" "All you need is cash - meet The Rutles" (not really a product of the MP collective, more of an off-spring, a very memorable one) BTW, does anyone remember a movie called "The great McGonnagal"? (Featuring Spike Milligan). /Mats http://www.lexam.net/peter/carnut/man.gif What do we want? Procrastination! When do we want it? Later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steadyb Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 "Crunchy Frog" and The "Deja vu" episode of Flying Circus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobro Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Life of Brian. Probably in a deep way the most accurate movie on the subject, too, LOL. I like the "Python family" movies: Time Bandits, Brazil, Jabberwocky, Munchausen, AFCW (had an asthma attack laughing), and the series Fawlty Towers. Michael Palin's world travels series are great, Antarctica left a big impression. There are a couple of shorter movies- the one with Michael Palin, ambitious wife and the pig, and a John Cleese short which I think is based on a Chekov story but can't remember. Very sweet...something with a double bass, anybody remember? The series...the skit where the great explorer is putting together an expedition to climb the "double peaks..." of some mountain is the first one that comes to mind. Heeheehee! -CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbox Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 ...and don't forget Fawlty Towers ! Enthusiasm powers the world. Craig Anderton's Archiving Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Que? My Music I always wondered what happened after the fade out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfjunkie Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 my favorite? blue. no, yellow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenthplanet Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Hello. Yes,yes,yes,9 1/2,yes,yes. "Your dung sir." "I didn't order any dung!" By far the funniest thing I ever saw was the short film about the insurance firm that precedes "The Meaning of Life". Now I've got this bloody albatross to get rid of. Michael -------------------------------------------------------------- "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!" Q:What do you call a truck with nothing in the bed,nothing on the hitch, and room for more than three people in the cab? A:"A car".... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusker Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Life of Brian first and Holy Grail a close second for me. Fish called Wanda became part of my family's language in the 80's. (Damn, there I go dating myself again.) The only think I can't stand about Python movies is that they attract this strange denizen of the movie world, the Pythonite. You can tell this species by the dazed religious trance with which the individual recites lines while the movie is playing. Pythonites always find the row of seats behind me and mutter their lines ahead of the action on screen, like short-range prophets of the celluloid world. So I find myself waiting for their mistakes, which I celebrate with a vicious and gleeful, hah! I am a tolerant movie goer and have never used my tub of hot buttered on a Pythonite. It's a delicious thought though, and quite in keeping with the refined aesthetic of Python. I think I'll try it someday. Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Keelan Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Spanish Inquisition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rog Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 "The Four Yorkshiremen" "That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." - Banky Edwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillW Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Gotta be "The Architect" (rotating knives?) and it's seque into "The Spanish Inquisition" (which nobody expects....). Honorable mention to the Cat Detector Van and Eric the Half-a-Bee..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R_dup1 Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 LOB - "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries. Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time" HG - "We are the knights who say 'Ni'" and of course the Black Knight fight sequence. "You've got no arms or legs, what are you going to do, bleed on me to death?" - "Come back here you coward, I'll bite your legs off!" TV - "My name is Smokestoomuch" and "Do you like photography, candid photos, nudge, nudge, wink, wink?" The "Just One More" mint sequence from the last movie, whose title escapes me right now. Any many, many more. I always liked the cartoon sequences too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Azzarello Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Every sperm is sacred Every sperm is great ... Pat http://www.patazzarello.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magpel Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 I could never choose just one. When I was growing up, my dad watched precisely three TV shows--Laugh In, Carol Burnett, and Python, the latter of which had a formative effect on me. Grail is the best movie, IMO. Matching Tie and Handkerchief may be the best album (they were a damn fine audio troupe back in the day when comedy albums actually sold a touch). As for the best sketches. Pirhana brothers is great. The Church Police. Cheese shop. Many of Gilliam's inspired interstices. Best "solo" python work, in my book, goes to the collected films of Terry Gilliam. Who knew? Though it's hard to discount the Rutles--which includes the hefty contribution of the other invisible python, Neil Innes. And let's hear it for Carol Cleveland. Check out the Sweet Clementines CD at bandcamp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Dirty Vicar, Twit of the Year competition, Confuse a Cat Limited, The Marriage Councelor... That sketch where they're all wearing ridiculous hair pieces and accousing Eric Idle of wearing one... That sketch where a guy's on trial for the Hungarian to English phrase book. "You actually translated; 'Where is the bus station' into 'Fondle my bum!' Hey, 'The Meaning of Life' is a great flick too! www.pythonline.com -David http://www.garageband.com/artist/MichaelangelosMuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steadyb Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Spam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted February 20, 2002 Author Share Posted February 20, 2002 Originally posted by steadyb: Spam. http://www.freakygamers.com/smilies/s2/contrib/anym/pyth.gifhttp://216.40.201.155/s/contrib/ruinkai/spam1.gif dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meccajay Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Originally posted by BKeelan: Spanish Inquisition? Ohhhhhh Noooooooooooooo, Not the Spanish Inquisition!!!! The comfy chair......Nooooooo, not the comfy chair!!!! TROLL . . . ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peake Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 The Silly Party elections, Mr. Neutron (Teddy Salad: "I've......gotta go walkies...."), Raymond Luxury Yacht ("Throat-Warbler Mangrove!") and the naughty translation phrase book ("My nipples explode with delight!"), Mr. SmokedTooMuch, ANY of the Gilliam animations, etc. How can you choose only one? Give me the ANALOG and no one gets HURT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meccajay Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 Originally posted by TinderArts: Piranna bros rule!!!!!!! "That's when he chained me to his tank and took me for a SCRAPE over to Dinsdale's!!!" "Then Dinsdale got mad, and proceeded to nail the coffeetable to my head. "Dinsdale!!!" TROLL . . . ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillW Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 The majesty of Gumby Theatre! (My brain hurts!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Keelan Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 The dirty fork skit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFOracle Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!!He's f*ckin' snuffed it!..... THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!! Other than the Dead Parrot sketch, my next favorite is "Spot the Braincell" from Live at the Theatre Royal. This is the one where John Cleese is the game show host and Terry Jones (in drag) is a contestant for the prize of "A blow on the 'ed" Our country is not the only thing to which we owe our allegiance. It is also owed to justice and to humanity. Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong: James Bryce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spigotsaol.com Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 "Oh, intercourse the penguin!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roto Posted February 20, 2002 Share Posted February 20, 2002 "I like Chinese" No! Really, I do! nudge, nudge, say no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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