Monty Python's Flying Circus

[Brad_Rush]

<p>So I was sitting here flipping through the channels and I happened to stop on PBS.&nbsp; What do I find you ask?&nbsp; Well John Cleese's smiling face in one of my favorite sketches from Monty Python's Flying Circus (Ministry of Funny Walks).&nbsp; That got me thinking, does anyone else&nbsp;enjoy this like I do?&nbsp; I guess I could understand a lot of people not getting&nbsp;this kind of humor, especially amongst us Americans under 30.&nbsp; I know my girlfriend does not enjoy it at all.&nbsp; I personally find it hysterical but I was basically raised on all things Monty Python, from The Holy Grail to Fawlty Towers.</p><p>&nbsp;Anyone else out there still enjoy this?</p>

[FezPaul]

<strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">I love it! I have the TV shows on DVD.</font></strong>

[Midkiff]

I celebrate his whole catalog!

[Landblast]

<p>Love anything Python.</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s</a>&nbsp;</p>

[Brad_Rush]

<strong>Landblast</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Love anything Python.</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s</a>&nbsp;</p><p>My second favorite sketch!</p>

[FezPaul]

<strong>Brad_Rush</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Landblast</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Love anything Python.</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s</a>&nbsp;</p><p>My second favorite sketch!</p><p><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Michael Palin said anyone who doesn't find that sketch funny is hopeless.</font></strong></p>

[Landblast]

<strong>FezPaul</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Brad_Rush</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Landblast</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Love anything Python.</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s</a> </p><p>My second favorite sketch!</p><p style="background-color: #00ffff"><strong><font face="courier new,courier" size="2">Michael Palin said anyone who doesn't find that sketch funny is hopeless.</font></strong></p><p>I never heard that quote, that fuckin hilarious.&nbsp;</p>

[docgoblin]

<p>I'm a fanatic. I put Holy Grail up with the greatest movies of all time. If you watch the DVD extra of Palin and Jones showing how this &quot;Epic&quot; movie was filmed on such a shoestring budget... These guys are geniuses.</p><p>Fawlty Towers was a fantastic show as well.&nbsp;</p>

[sailor]

<font size="2">i love monty python as well, how can you not?&nbsp; my favorite sketch is the dead parrot.&nbsp; a buddy of mine had all the sketches taped off of pbs when we were in college, and we'd all watch them way too many times.&nbsp; my favorite tv show of all time is fawlty towers.&nbsp; just brilliant shit! </font>

[Brad_Rush]

<strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:<br /><p>I'm a fanatic. I put Holy Grail up with the greatest movies of all time. If you watch the DVD extra of Palin and Jones showing how this &quot;Epic&quot; movie was filmed on such a shoestring budget... These guys are geniuses.</p><p>Fawlty Towers was a fantastic show as well.&nbsp;</p><p>I would put Life of Brian up there too, slightly below The Holy Grail.&nbsp; The Meaning of Life was not quite on par with the other two for me, but it was&nbsp;still a very funny movie.&nbsp; Any film with a song called &quot;Every Sperm Is Sacred&quot; has to be genius.</p>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000080">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I love Monty Python more than life itself. I bought my first Monty Python record in 1970, it was a British import compilation album of sketches from the TV show. I bought it cuz I liked the cover, I knew nothing about them til I got that record home and plopped it on the ol' turntable, &amp; I fell in love!!!</font></strong></p><p><strong><font color="#000080">&nbsp;<img src="http://www002.upp.so-net.ne.jp/uto-pia/python/mp01.jpg" border="0" width="142" height="142" /></font></strong></p>

[Judge Smails]

<strong>sailor</strong> wrote:<br /><font size="2">i love monty python as well, how can you not?&nbsp; my favorite sketch is the dead parrot.&nbsp; </font><p>I was just going to post that <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H6DSoqZz_s">Dead Parrot</a> was my favorite.</p><p>I think a close second for me would be <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMSic0V-Xww">The Upper-Class Twit of the Year</a>.</p>

[Chigworthy]

<p>Anyone who doesn't enjoy some of the Python is hopeless.&nbsp; That stuff was great.&nbsp; And I'll agree with the pro Faulty Towers too.&nbsp; The Bart Simpson gimmic where he's writing a different thing on the black board each episode is a rip off of the opening of Faulty Towers, where the letters would be mispelled on the sign each time.&nbsp; My favorite was &quot;Farty Towels&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Of Python bits, the &quot;Cheese Shop&quot; was one of my favorites.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Chigworthy on 1-27-07 @ 11:05 PM</span>

[Brad_Rush]

<strong>Chigworthy</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Anyone who doesn't enjoy some of the Python is hopeless.&nbsp; That stuff was great.&nbsp; And I'll agree with the pro Faulty Towers too.&nbsp; The Bart Simpson gimmic where he's writing a different thing on the black board each episode is a rip off of the opening of Faulty Towers, where the letters would be mispelled on the sign each time.&nbsp; My favorite was &quot;Farty Towels&quot;.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Of Python bits, the &quot;Cheese Shop&quot; was one of my favorites.</p><span class="post_edited">This message was edited by Chigworthy on 1-27-07 @ 11:05 PM</span> <p>My favorite, Flowery Twats.</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>Love what I've seen from this show, need to see more.&nbsp; Always loved sketch comedy shows, and it seems this was like the original and best one.</p><p>I guess I started backwards, seeing The State 1st, Kids in the Hall 2nd and Monty Pythons 3rd.&nbsp; But they're all great.</p>

[MellySmelly]

I am the president of a Monty Python fanclub

[MellySmelly]

oh yeah, and I slept with Michael Palin

[thepaulo]

she did not!!!!!!

[PapaBear]

<strong>thepaulo</strong> wrote:<br />she did not!!!!!!<p>&nbsp;Technically, you're right. From what I heard, there was no actual &quot;sleeping&quot;.</p>

[MellySmelly]

then why is my son named Michael Palin?

[Brad_Rush]

<strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br />then why is my son named Michael Palin? <p>I don't see how anyone could argue with that logic.</p>

[docgoblin]

<strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br />I am the president of a Monty Python fanclub<p>&nbsp;Oh My God! I am now SOOOOOOO in love with you..... Uh, sorry Paul-O.&nbsp;</p><p>Seriously... What is the fan club?&nbsp;</p>

[TheMojoPin]

<strong>Death Metal Moe</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Love what I've seen from this show, need to see more.&nbsp; Always loved sketch comedy shows, and it seems this was like the original and best one.</p><p>I guess I started backwards, seeing The State 1st, Kids in the Hall 2nd and Monty Pythons 3rd.&nbsp; But they're all great.</p><p>What about <em>Mr. Show</em>?</p><p>Love the Pythons, even if they've been kind of ruined by obsessive nerds over the decades.&nbsp; Of the movies, I love <em>Life of Brian</em> the most.&nbsp; What a ballsy (at one point literally) and hysterical and smart&nbsp;movie.</p>

[MellySmelly]

<strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br />I am the president of a Monty Python fanclub <p>&nbsp;Oh My God! I am now SOOOOOOO in love with you..... Uh, sorry Paul-O.&nbsp;</p><p>Seriously... What is the fan club?&nbsp;</p><p>the pythonism fanclub, by the way if you love python you have to see Little Britian, brilliant!!!!</p><p><img src="http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8596/67494431mou6.jpg" border="0" width="170" height="128" /></p>

[docgoblin]

<strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br />I am the president of a Monty Python fanclub <p> Oh My God! I am now SOOOOOOO in love with you..... Uh, sorry Paul-O. </p><p>Seriously... What is the fan club? </p><p>the pythonism fanclub, by the way if you love python you have to see Little Britian, brilliant!!!!</p><p><img src="http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8596/67494431mou6.jpg" border="0" width="170" height="128" /></p><p>&nbsp;Do you have a website?</p>

[MellySmelly]

<strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br />I am the president of a Monty Python fanclub <p>Oh My God! I am now SOOOOOOO in love with you..... Uh, sorry Paul-O. </p><p>Seriously... What is the fan club? </p><p>the pythonism fanclub, by the way if you love python you have to see Little Britian, brilliant!!!!</p><p><img src="http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8596/67494431mou6.jpg" border="0" width="170" height="128" /></p><p>&nbsp;Do you have a website?</p><p>I closed the website a few years ago, we have a rarely visited messageboard at pythonism.proboards32.com, by the way I am only with paulo because he looks like John Cleese</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[thepaulo]

do not!!!!!

[MellySmelly]

<strong>thepaulo</strong> wrote:<br />do not!!!!! <p>Oh, my mistake, I guess I should find someone else then</p>

[MellySmelly]

I almost forgot..........................&nbsp; <img src="http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1750/violentsterb1796xc.gif" border="0" width="47" height="39" />

[docgoblin]

<strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br />I am the president of a Monty Python fanclub <p>Oh My God! I am now SOOOOOOO in love with you..... Uh, sorry Paul-O. </p><p>Seriously... What is the fan club? </p><p>the pythonism fanclub, by the way if you love python you have to see Little Britian, brilliant!!!!</p><p><img src="http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8596/67494431mou6.jpg" border="0" width="170" height="128" /></p><p> Do you have a website?</p><p>I closed the website a few years ago, we have a rarely visited messageboard at pythonism.proboards32.com, by the way I am only with paulo because he looks like John Cleese</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Yes... I've seen his various images on the web many times. He could definitely pass for John Cleese. I've never connected the two until now. </p>

[docgoblin]

<strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>docgoblin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>MellySmelly</strong> wrote:<br />I am the president of a Monty Python fanclub <p>Oh My God! I am now SOOOOOOO in love with you..... Uh, sorry Paul-O. </p><p>Seriously... What is the fan club? </p><p>the pythonism fanclub, by the way if you love python you have to see Little Britian, brilliant!!!!</p><p><img src="http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8596/67494431mou6.jpg" border="0" width="170" height="128" /></p><p> Do you have a website?</p><p>I closed the website a few years ago, we have a rarely visited messageboard at pythonism.proboards32.com, by the way I am only with paulo because he looks like John Cleese</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;BTW... I just registered for your board. And I think all other Python fans here should do the same. Lets get this chat cranking.</p>

[cougarjake13]

ive seen a few episodes and i always wanted to see the holy grail but as of yet i still havent gotten around to seeing it

[moochcassidy]

<strong>TheMojoPin</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Death Metal Moe</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Love what I've seen from this show, need to see more. Always loved sketch comedy shows, and it seems this was like the original and best one.</p><p>I guess I started backwards, seeing The State 1st, Kids in the Hall 2nd and Monty Pythons 3rd. But they're all great.</p><p>What about <em>Mr. Show</em>?</p><p>Love the Pythons, even if they've been kind of ruined by obsessive nerds over the decades. Of the movies, I love <em>Life of Brian</em> the most. What a ballsy (at one point literally) and hysterical and smart movie.</p><p>mr show was one of the best sketch shows which actually tried to follow the connected stream of consciousness format of monty python.</p><p>check out 'that was the week that was' show from the 60's where some of the members met.&nbsp;</p>

[bobrobot]

<p><strong><font color="#000080">I slept w/ Carol Cleveland in 1976. I chose her becuz she was the only&nbsp;Python w/out a trouser snake!!!</font></strong></p><p><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/bobogolem/carol-fabfive.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="404" /></p><p><strong><font color="#000080"></font></strong></p>

[Brad_Rush]

<strong>bobogolem</strong> wrote:<br /><p><strong><font color="#000080">I slept w/ Carol Cleveland in 1976. I chose her becuz she was the only&nbsp;Python w/out a trouser snake!!!</font></strong></p><p><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y46/bobogolem/carol-fabfive.jpg" border="0" width="500" height="404" /></p><p><strong><font color="#000080"></font></strong></p><p>Good use of logic, Bobo</p>

[Landblast]

BOBO DO YOU HAVE ANY COOL PYTHON ART? I DON'T KNOW THE COMPANY THAT DID THERE STUFF.

[booster11373]

<p>My local PBS also shows Python reruns on Saturday night at 11 pm</p><p>Its amazing how well Python holds up after 35/40 years now, In comparaison I recently watched some of the first season episodes of SNL and they do not hold up at all</p>

[DonInNC]

<strong>cougarjake13</strong> wrote:<br />ive seen a few episodes and i always wanted to see the holy grail but as of yet i still havent gotten around to seeing it <p>Easily my favorite movie of all time. Live at the Hollywood Bowl and Life of Brian are&nbsp;also worth checking out.&nbsp;</p>

[bobrobot]

<strong>Landblast</strong> wrote:<br />BOBO DO YOU HAVE ANY COOL PYTHON ART? I DON'T KNOW THE COMPANY THAT DID THERE STUFF. <p><strong><font color="#000080">I have a buncha original books that were published by Eyre Methuen back in the day. Is that what U mean? I have some original photos &amp; posters too, &amp; some of the figures, I think Macfarlane made them... OH &amp; I have a plush version of the bunny from Holy Grail (but that's everywhere!!!)!!!</font></strong></p><p>&nbsp;<img src="http://www.methuen.co.uk/images/0413774201-large.jpg" border="0" width="364" height="475" /></p><p>(HA HA HA... IT'S BLUE!!!)</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by bobogolem on 1-28-07 @ 9:17 PM</span>

[Landblast]

<p>god bobo you hit on alot of stuff.. the company that did the opening banners and animation..</p><p><img src="http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r37/pbrstreetgang1/Birdman.jpg" border="0" />&nbsp;</p>