Comments | chamekke: I'll come as the Trojan Rabbit

chamekke

I'll come as the Trojan Rabbit

Nov 26, 2011 15:26

...or maybe just a rabbit wearing a Trojan.

Our local movie theatre is kicking off a participatory-cinema series with Quote-Along Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I can hardly wait. And OK, I'm not so hard-core that I know all the lyrics to "Brave Sir Robin", but I do sort of adore this film. Plus the spouse is seriously gung ho! So, sounds like a ( Read more... )

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thirdbird_fic November 26 2011, 23:40:14 UTC

Oh my god I'm pretty sure I can recite that entire movie from memory. One of my high school notebooks had the lyrics to "Brave Sir Robin" written on the back. I WISH I WERE KIDDING.

I also wish I lived near you! The witch hat & paper nose sounds good to me.

chamekke November 27 2011, 00:06:50 UTC

I used to have most of the movie memorised, too. Not so sure I could manage it now, but huge gobbets of the script are still engraved in my grey matter.

Suddenly I have a craving to get some special buttons made. Such as:

- I'm not a witch, I'm not a witch!
- Alsø alsø wik
- What, the curtains?
- That's no ordinary rabbit!
- A møøse once bit my sister...
- Blue. No, green. AAAUGH!

Yeah. I guess I'm starting early.

(Really I want to go as Tim, but cool hornèd helmets are hard to find hereabouts.)

draycevixen November 27 2011, 05:06:15 UTC

Oh really?

chamekke November 27 2011, 05:17:12 UTC

Ack! Ack! AAAACK!!!! *desperately wants*

Hmm. The movie's on December 10, it's currently November 26, I'm in Canada, shipper's in the States, it ships in 2-6 business days... erm, unlikely to arrive in time. Maybe I'll buy it for the next time they put it on <3333

Seriously though? If I had the time and money and talent (and inclination) to make my own costume, I would dress up as an African swallow. How cool would that be?

Or maybe a coconut on legs. *remembers To Kill a Mockingbird, "Po-ORK!", etc.* ...Or maybe not.

Or -- I could go as the CURTAINS <3333

Sorry, now I'm just being silly. *mumbles to self* Stop it, stop it...

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vermin_disciple November 27 2011, 01:18:00 UTC

I don't have any helpful costume ideas - I'm just here to express envy. I WANNA GO TOO!!! :P

chamekke November 27 2011, 04:55:11 UTC

I know, right? How excellent is it that someone thought of this? *marvels*

So many lines will be fun to hear chorused by an entire cinema audience, but I'm especially looking forward to "She's beautiful, she's rich, she's got HU-U-U-UGE... tracts of land" (with accompanying hand gestures). And of course singing along with "Camelot" <333

Really I just love that we're giving Grail the Rocky Horror treatment. *hopes there will be coconuts*

BTW I've no idea what other films are in the series, but I'm sort of hoping for "All About Eve", since I just learned that my husband hasn't seen it. My first time, I watched it in a Toronto mini-cinema with an audience of gay men. And yeah... they chorused the best lines :-D

currently my only Python icon... draycevixen November 27 2011, 04:11:47 UTC

I like your current costume idea. :D

And how lovely is that you'd be concerned that your cat liked Monty Python too before making it wear that collar. *g*

Re: currently my only Python icon... chamekke November 27 2011, 04:59:08 UTC

But, but, if the cat isn't into Python, wearing that collar would only... CONFUSE IT!!!!

Re: currently my only Python icon... draycevixen November 27 2011, 05:09:51 UTC

I really think dogs are more in to Python and cats are big mime fans.

Re: currently my only Python icon... chamekke November 27 2011, 05:22:22 UTC

cats are big mime fans

True. Not to mention the mouse organ sketch.

You could be right about dogs, but now you've got me puzzling over something. Do any dogs appear in any Python skits? No, not penguins: DOGS. I can't think of any... but then, my Python IQ is not what it was. *hangs head shamefacedly*

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gritsinmisery November 27 2011, 04:37:55 UTC

(cool story bro on) When the actors were first rehearsing for the stage musical version, the director was astounded at how quickly they all learned their parts. One of them (don't remember who) told him, "Are you kidding? I've been "off-book" since I was fourteen!" There are just that many Holy Grail geeks and freak abounding. Hubs has been able to quote the whole thing since he was seventeen, because that's when the movie came out. We own a copy of The Screenplay of the Story of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, as well as a vinyl LP of the good bits, and the movie itself on both VHS and DVD. The script is falling apart at the binding. Our children could quote large chunks of it before they were even old enough that we'd actually let them watch it.

chamekke November 27 2011, 05:08:23 UTC

I love your story about the stage musical! Of COURSE they memorised all of it. I remember a documentary, years ago, that looked at the young American fandom. For some reason the bit that stayed in my mind the most was when some fans were chatting amongst themselves about the crew in the credits. Someone said, "Hazel Pethig," and the others all chorused, "Hazel Pethi-i-ig YAAAAAYYYYY". It was just so endearing and adorable :-D

I'm impressed by your collection, too. It is clear that you are serious! I no longer have my copies of the holy texts, but do remember studying them as a teen, e.g. the Brand New Monty Python Bok (although I think I owned only the Papperbok version), reciting the wonderful LLAP-GOCH advert in its entirety, etc.

Aaaaand I just realised that we're all going to get to recite the anarchosyndicalist sketch together, too. LIFE IS GOOD. Hazel Pethi-i-ig YAAAAAYYYYY!!!

grassle November 27 2011, 11:32:30 UTC

Oh, how amazing. You're so lucky! Bet you have a brilliant time! (I wanna go!)

chamekke November 27 2011, 19:01:02 UTC

*hugs* I wish you could go, too!

Usually this is the sort of awesome thing that only happens in other cities. I'M SO EXCITED I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU.

Anyway, I'll report back on it to let you all know how it goes. *starts counting the days*