The surviving members of legendary comedy troupe Monty Python will reunite in October to commemorate their 40th anniversary.John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam are expected to appear together at an event in New York City on October 15.
They apparently will be honoured by BAFTA with a special award that commemorates their "outstanding contribution to film and television". It will be their second recognition as they also received one in 1987, when they were presented with a Michael Balcon Award for outstanding British contribution to cinema.
Why they decided to issue a Brittish award in New York will have to be left unanswered but I don't think anyone can disagree with the means behind it. Isn't it funny how people don't realise the level of comedy or influence they have on others and only time can tell. As with music, its not how great the song is now, its how great it STILL is after 10/20/30 years.
Everyone knows who Monty Python are and there isn't a week go by when I don't hear someone quote something of theirs from a skit or movie around the office. Considering they stopped shooting in 1974, 'Monty Python And The Holy Grail' was 1975 and the 'The Meaning Of Life' reunion was 1983 that's a bloody good achievement.
For what its worth my favourite skits are:
Dennis Moore "Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore dum dum dum the Night!"
Knights Who Say Ni "Confess old woman or we will force you to sit in....The Comfy CHAIR!"
Dead Parrot "This...parrot..is...no...more"
Lumberjack Song "I cut down trees, I wear high heels, suspenders and a bra!"
and The Meaning Of Life - Part 7: Death "Shut up! Shut up you American you always talk you Americans you talk and you talk and you say let me tell you something and I just wanna say this, well your dead now so just shut up!"
2 comments:
c'mon...
"why are you dressed as a tiger?"
hahaha - what about the first bit of that one
Doctor: "Eh, I'd better come clean with you about this, it's not a virus im afraid. You see a virus is what we doctors call very, very small. So small it could not have possibly made off with a whole leg. What we are looking for here is some sort of multi cellular lifeform with stripes, huge razor sharp teeth, about 11 foot long and of the genus Feelus Horribilious - what we doctors in fact call - a tiger"
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