Monty Python

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[Nomoreheroes]

Not really my cup of tea. Was a bit too young to appreciate it at the time and just found it all a little too 'silly'. Some amusing moments, but not enough to draw me in. Thought the same of the films too.

[Nemo]

Bloody love Monty Python. The films are better than the TV show, but some (not all) of the sketches are brilliant to this day.

'Tis but a flesh wound!

[sonicyouth]

I understand the whole personal taste thing but how can you not like Python? Absurd.

The brilliance of the films is down to Gilliam's direction IMO.

[Amir]

The World's Funniest Joke sketch is one I remember finding hysterical when I was a kid, along with The Lumberjack Song and Ministry of Silly Walks.




The Life of Brian is surely one of the greatest films ever made.

[thepeoplesgame]

And now, for something close to the average TEFr's heart

I used to listen to a cassette as a kid that was basically a 'best of' collection of Monty Python sketches and excerpts from the films. It was bloody brilliant and the Cheese Shop was one of my absolute favourites. Until this day I had not actually seen the sketch, despite listening to it a hundred times, so thanks very much for that. A Cleese masterclass.

[Honkytonk]

The Gilliam animations for me are still some of the funniest I've seen. Struggled to study medieval literature at uni without imagining Holy-Grail-like silliness going on in the margins of the books.

I think the explosion of comedians of that era was partly down to python- they showed something that was 'just' silly could work. Step up Rowan Atkinson, step up Spitting Image etc. etc.

[Nomoreheroes]

Silliness sums it up. Admittedly there are some mildly amusing bits and they influenced some very clever and funny people. But all a bit OTT for me.

Spike Milligan was the same. Some incredibly clever and funny stuff, but some absolute lunacy too.

[Honkytonk]

Silliness sums it up. Admittedly there are some mildly amusing bits and they influenced some very clever and funny people. But all a bit OTT for me.

Spike Milligan was the same. Some incredibly clever and funny stuff, but some absolute lunacy too.

I do think the Goon Show is the obvious precursor to Python- but the way Python 'broke into' TV (which is an infinitely more expensive medium and therefore more risky if something goes wrong) set the stage for the rest of comedy.

Dara O'Brian making lorryloads of cash has the Pythons to thank.

Weirdly, I went through a stage of not finding it funny, but now find it funny again.

[4D]

Laurel and Hardy, 80+ years and still funny. The "look to camera" that Oliver Hardy did has been used many.times since.

[Ardiles]

I used to listen to a cassette as a kid that was basically a 'best of' collection of Monty Python sketches and excerpts from the films. It was bloody brilliant and the Cheese Shop was one of my absolute favourites. Until this day I had not actually seen the sketch, despite listening to it a hundred times, so thanks very much for that. A Cleese masterclass.

'Well it's certainly uncontaminated by cheese.'

Vintage Cleese.

[Anteater]

Although some stuff will clearly now be dated they were geniuses and ahead of their time. Take for example the 'Mr Neutron' sketch where Graham Chapman as Mr Neutron (but making a passing resemblance of Julian Alsop dressed as a banana) chats up a character called Mrs S.C.U.M.

[Batch]

Good luck getting tickets for their gig. A one off at O2

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a532870/monty-python-to-play-one-off-show-at-londons-o2-arena-in-2014.html

[Nemo]

Aaand there goes Monday morning.

[donkey]

A more accurate representation you'll never see...