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Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:48 am

[quote="Artemis"]praying to their leader JC (was that from Not the Nine O'clock News?)[quote]

Indeed it was: The Not! team ran a sketch parodying the Malcolm Muggeridge interview of Michael Palin shortly after the Life of Brian was realeased.
If you ever see that interview, watch Palin; he looks ready to strangle Muggeridge who is (was? not sure) a smarmy pretentious prat

The roles were reversed in the Not! sketch and 'Pythonists' were being interviewed about the General Synods (UK "council" of the Church of England) new film 'Life of Christ'

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Pamela Steophenson: Bishop; you directed the film. Did you expect this kind of reaction?
Gryf Rhys Jones: Indeed I directed the film but I certainly didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition

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PS: In the words of Pythonists: whenever two or more people are gathered together then they shall perform the parrot Sketch.
It is an Ex-Parrot
All the cast: It has ceased to be!

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Ah, yes now the last scene is disgraceful. We have this Jesus Christ character clipping literally 100's of Spanish waiters about the head - it is clearly a lampoon of our comic genius' finest hour

My 12 y.o. has just watched Life of Brian on DVD - loved every minute of it Very Happy

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:14 am

^^^^One of the classic lines of cinema...."He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy"And, if I remember correctly, the next line to the assembled throng is..."Now f*ck off"<waits to be corrected>

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iMike wrote:

As a slight digression, has the US been subjected to Royston Vasey yet?

Are you Local?

--J.D.

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llamedos wrote:

Indeed it was: The Not! team ran a sketch parodying the Malcolm Muggeridge interview of Michael Palin shortly after the Life of Brian was realeased.

If you ever see that interview, watch Palin; he looks ready to strangle Muggeridge who is (was? not sure) a smarmy pretentious prat.

If I remember correctly, John Cleese is involved and also goes after Muggeridge. The Old Prat was one of those smarmy types that Sunday School teachers thought was an theological intellectual because he could use big words to brush aside childhood cancer.

Old Prat actually admits he has not seen the film he is attacking.

--J.D.

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:46 am

^^^^^
You're quite right; Cleese was involved - It was Palins reaction that sticks in my mind although Cleese was also pissed at that hypocrites "interview"
Muggeridge had that habit of steepling his fingers together, placing them just under his chin and talking 'over them' in a smary "holier than thou" tone of voice
That sort of thing would get up anyones nose Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:37 pm

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ykN-00i7VVs <--- the News sketch (not for those easily offended by religious parody)

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:56 pm

@ Wayne

Thank you for the link....that brought back such memories Laughing

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In the words of Wierd Al Yankovic...

"I memorized HOly Grail really well.
I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL"

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:24 pm

Here's the interview

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-eaX1QKhmGE

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:30 pm

^^^^ Thanks for that link Wayne, I've never seen it before!
Don't you think that Muggeridge is Victor Meldrew?
(Listen to the voice again) Maybe that's who the character was based on Laughing

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:38 pm

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P.S. Raymond Luxury Yacht, what do you think? Laughing

B.A. Ware: This is not my <A HREF="http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/raymond.htm">name</A> ! Very Happy

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Raymond Luxury-Yacht wrote:

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P.S. Raymond Luxury Yacht, what do you think? Laughing

B.A. Ware: This is not my <A HREF="http://orangecow.org/pythonet/sketches/raymond.htm">name</A> ! Very Happy

Throatwarbler Mangrove?

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:52 pm

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Throatwarbler Mangrove?

Anti-semite !

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:54 pm

Guys! Get a tent and go on a camping holiday!

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:39 pm

The financial backers for 'Holy grail' were Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin Shocked

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yastreb wrote:

Guys! Get a tent and go on a camping holiday!

HE ASKED M! HE ASKED ME! Laughing

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wayne wrote:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ykN-00i7VVs <--- the News sketch

Thank you SO much for that!

bow_down

--J.D.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:33 pm

I think no one's theological education is complete until they've watched both The Passion of the Christ and Life of Brian. They're on my list of "films every Christian should see".

Any two films that get that many people who haven't bothered to see them to protest after not seeing them have to be worth watching.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:39 pm

^^^^^^I thought for one horrible minute there you were going to spoil it and tell me how they end. Shocked

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 4:35 pm

I found this interesting

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Monty Python's song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" from the film Monty Python's Life of Brian rated third among Britons as the song people would like played at their funeral. Robbie Williams' song Angels, recently declared best song of the last 25 years at the Brit Awards, was ranked number one, followed by Frank Sinatra's My Way.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 5:00 pm

^^^^ http://youtube.com/watch?v=fsHk9WC7fnQ NSFW. Bad language.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:36 pm

I visited Doune Castle in Scotland last week. They filmed a lot of The Holy Grail there.
Here is a small clip of me and a guy I met at the castle utilizing the coconuts they'll let you borrow when you visit.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:39 pm

^^^^ LOL...Good one.. Cool

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Just going away from Python(blessed be ) Smile

Does anyone remember a Not the 9 sketch where someone rides a bike through the room with a girl on the back ? She appeared to be nude but it was so quick you blinked and it was over

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:04 pm

I missed that!

I must have blinked Embarassed