Monty Python. An Attempt to Revive a Dead Parrot?

[shouldbeinbed]

I think John Cleese is a talented comedy actor - I can't see him handling drama convincingly. Brilliant in Fawlty Towers of course. Michael Palin is (I feel) a talented comedy actor and a not bad straight actor (also a lovely bloke).

Michael Palin was brilliant in GBH 20 odd years ago. Vastly underrated talent all round IMO.

 

[djb1971]

Started to watch the 'live' version of the Monty Python last show but gave up within 30 minutes... the best bits were the old clips [The Olympics extracts particularly].

I would've been very unhappy sitting in the O2 watching it on that big screen.

The race for people with no sense of direction cracks me up, reminds me of my wife


View: http://youtu.be/bYvbaqfq9mI

 

[Archie_tect]

.... the timing of the start just makes me laugh out loud every time, that + the race for non-swimmers.

 

[djb1971]

.... the timing of the start just makes me laugh out loud every time, that + the race for non-swimmers.

As you say, it's a shame but the clips were the best part. At least they've had a final fling 'Enjoy it - it's your last chance
anyhow'

 

[CopperBrompton]

Couldn't disagree more! Saw it on Friday, was enormous fun, both of us emerged with faces aching from laughing so much and sore hands from applauding.

Sure, there was very little new material, but it was a glorious nostalgia-fest and fantastic to watch some classic sketches performed live, fluffed lines and all. I think you probably had to be there to appreciate the atmosphere, but I've never seen such an engaged audience having so much fun.

Very, very glad to have gone.

 

[djb1971]

Couldn't disagree more! Saw it on Friday, was enormous fun, both of us emerged with faces aching from laughing so much and sore hands from applauding.

Sure, there was very little new material, but it was a glorious nostalgia-fest and fantastic to watch some classic sketches performed live, fluffed lines and all. I think you probably had to be there to appreciate the atmosphere, but I've never seen such an engaged audience having so much fun.

Very, very glad to have gone.

TV is very different to being there, maybe it didn't help with the beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepppppppppppp on Gold every time the language turned blue before 9.00pm.

I did love Stephen Hawkings part though.

 

[Saluki]

I gave up and switched off before Stephen Hawkings. As it's on Gold or wherever it was, it will be repeated ad nauseum for the forseeable future so I'll watch it again, hopefully without the incessant bleeping.

 

[djb1971]

I gave up and switched off before Stephen Hawkings. As it's on Gold or wherever it was, it will be repeated ad nauseum for the forseeable future so I'll watch it again, hopefully without the incessant bleeping.

I think it's repeated tomorrow, post watershed with all of the sweary bits*

* the bits everyone was laughing at, and we couldn't hear it!

 

[ufkacbln]

The race for people with no sense of direction cracks me up, reminds me of my wife


View: http://youtu.be/bYvbaqfq9mI

Sorry this beats it for me:

 

[ufkacbln]

The race for people with no sense of direction cracks me up, reminds me of my wife


View: http://youtu.be/bYvbaqfq9mI

Sorry this beats it for me:

 

[ufkacbln]

The race for people with no sense of direction cracks me up, reminds me of my wife


View: http://youtu.be/bYvbaqfq9mI

Sorry this beats it for me:

 

[srw]

Started to watch the 'live' version of the Monty Python last show but gave up within 30 minutes... the best bits were the old clips [The Olympics extracts particularly].

I would've been very unhappy sitting in the O2 watching it on that big screen.

I turned over to it after the TdF highlights expecting not to last long - I was never a huge Python fan - but it held me very nearly up till the end (the Chapman tribute song was just cheesy - thank God for the Life of Brian spontaneous encore). The filmed sequences were the weakest in the main - low production values, weak scripts and cheap animations have had their day.

 

[robrich]

Absolute joke that this group of unfunny, overpaid, over adulated and privileged schoolboys with their sycophantic fanbase have lasted quite as long as they have.

So much better comedy talent around.

 

[CopperBrompton]

They speak highly of you too, Robrich.

 

[AndyRM]

[QUOTE 3191586, member: 1314"]Bunch of posh white boys with a sense of entitlement who said nothing to me about my life.[/QUOTE]

Gilliam and Idle might take issue being described as posh and entitled.

White and meaningless is fair enough, though I wonder how much meaning you'd hope to get from a surreal comedy programme.