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Posted: October 05 2009 at 20:39
chopper wrote:
I have to nominate the genius of the Argument sketch -
"This isn't an argument, it's just contradiction"
"No it isn't"
and the Hungarian phrase book sketch ("my hovercraft is full of eels").
Yes!! That whole episode was particularly brillant. (Ditto for Royal Episode 13)
Also like the Mr. hilter sketch, the cycling tour, the golden age of ballooning, chemist sketch, buy a bed sketch, ministry of silly walks, the cheese shop...etc
Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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Posted: October 05 2009 at 05:53
After the brilliance of the first three seasons the first two episodes of the fourth were embarrassingly unfunny. I haven't watched it further yet, it was so bad. Does it get better?
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Posted: October 05 2009 at 05:46
A few years ago i had the chance to see the original episodes for the first time (some 45 i believe,between 1969 and 1973, someone please correct me if im wrong),
I must admit i found it more silly than funny with few real laughs( i am more a fan of "The Goodies").Having said that i have always liked the "Oscar Wilde" sketch.
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Posted: October 05 2009 at 05:05
^ for all above.
Fish slapping, Upper class twit of the year, Bicycle repair man, rival documentaries, Pantomime horse is James Bond, Silly job interview, Confuse-a-cat, Pearl Harbour, Semaphore version of Wuthering Heights, the Gumby brain surgery... I could go on for a while
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Posted: October 05 2009 at 02:34
a personal favorite is the bicycle race with famous painters-- "It's Braque. Georges Braque, the Cubist, painting a
bird in flight over a cornfield and going very fast down the hill
towards Kingston and...Piet
Mondrian - just behind, Piet Mondrian the Neo-Plasticist, a
gap, then the main bunch, here they come, Chagall, Max Ernst, Miro,
Dufy, Ben Nicholson, Jackson Pollock and Bernard Buffet making a break
on the outside here..!"
also the Mouse Problem, and the one when the horrible guests come over.. really too many to count
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Posted: October 05 2009 at 02:22
The fish slapping dance is an absolute classic, but as far as trying to pick a favorite... their first ever sketch in the first ever show (I believe ) - flying sheep:
"Notice how they do not so much fly... as plummet"
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Posted: October 05 2009 at 01:59
Celebrating 40 years since their first TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus still remains very influential and topical, it was well documented that Genesis, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd invested in the Holy Grail movie which was a huge success.
The Ministry of Silly Walks and Fish slapping sketches never fail to roll me up, what s your favourite Python sketch?
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chopper wrote:
for all above.
) - flying sheep:
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