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A Monty Python sketch in real life
I was amazed when I read this:
"July 26, 1996 Iberia Flight 6621, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-30 flying from Madrid to Havana was hijacked mid-flight. The hijacker, a Lebanese national named Ibrahim Saada demanded the flight be diverted to Miami International Airport. Saada was later apprehended and faced up to 20 years in prison. No one was hurt ( Read more... ) -
A new Monty Python film?!
Cleese, Palin and the Welsh git are all signed, Idle knows about it but has not yet committed. The source article, Entertainment Weekly, does not mention Gilliam, but as they do mention Robin Williams voicing an animated dog, presumably Gilliam will be involved. movie news, monty python, moviesJohn Cleese was on BBC Radio 4's Scotland's Funny Bits!
SQUEEE!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/sfb
SO looking forward to listening to this! Scotland's Funny Bits is a podcast with the funniest bits from a Radio Scotland show called MacAulay & Co. I wish I could get the whole show, maybe there's a stream of it somewhere...Not the Messiah (He's a very naughty boy)
I knew nothing at all about this and stumbled upon it yesterday while looking for some movie trailers on the iTunes store. Apparently this started in 2007, Eric Idle et al staged Life of Brian as an oratorio, complete with full orchestra, chorus, pipers, and four major opera singers (the mezzo is an O.B.E.) at the Royal Albert Hall ( Read more... )Monty Python's 40th Anniversary
Wired has a nice little article including some video clips of their reunion in New York, and Fresh Air/NPR also had a good piece.
Wired article
NPR article with link to audio clipI was first exposed to/corrupted by Python in the late 70's whilst in high school. They had probably already completed their BBC run at that point and the Phoenix PBS ( Read more... )DVD Review: The John Cleese Comedy Collection
We picked this up recently at Barnes & Noble for around $25. It collects three John Cleese movies made in the mid 70's and include: How To Irritate People, The Strange Case of the End of Civilization As We Know It, and Romance with a Double Bass. Aside from Cleese, Connie Booth is the only Python to appear in all three. (I think she deserves ( Read more... )More YouTube goodness: Star Trek meets Monty Python!
Clips from the original series done to the Knights of the Round Table song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luVjkTEIoJc&mode=related&search=Monty Python Meets Star Wars
This is one funny clip! Pretty good edits.