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Happy 40th Anniversary, Monty Python!
BBC News ^ | 10/05/09 | BBC News

Posted on 10/05/2009 11:26:59 AM PDT by Reaganesque

I came across this in my surfings this morning. Here is the blurb that accompanies a video of celeb favorite Python moments:

Monty Python was first aired on British television screens on October 5 1969. Famous for the ministry of silly walks and the dead parrot sketch, the legacy of the series lives on.

The BBC spoke to Ricky Gervais, Justin Lee Collins, Jeremy Clarkson and Stephen Merchant to find out their favourite Monty Python moments.

Click here to watch the video.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: anniversary; bbc; comedy; monty; montypython; python
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To: strider44

Holy Hand Grenade!!!


21 posted on 10/05/2009 11:42:41 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Pick up your weapon and follow me.)
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To: Reaganesque

A moose once bit my sister!


22 posted on 10/05/2009 11:43:15 AM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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To: Hacklehead

“What’s so special about the cheese makers?”

I have both the DVD and the original screenplay.
Great for picking apart the best piece of satire of the 1970s.


23 posted on 10/05/2009 11:44:26 AM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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To: Reaganesque

THE CHEESE SHOP!!!!!!!!
Customer(after naming every type of cheese possible, only to find the cheese shop has none): “It’s not much of a cheese shop, is it?” Vendor: “Finest in the district, sir!” Customer: “Explain the logic underlying that conclusion, please.” Vendor: “Well, it’s so clean, sir.”
Customer: “It’s certainly uncontaminated by cheese!”


24 posted on 10/05/2009 11:45:14 AM PDT by RenegadeNC
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To: RenegadeNC

Cleese was/is my favorite Python!


25 posted on 10/05/2009 11:47:54 AM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: Reaganesque; uglybiker

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Client 2: We’re sorry you feel that way but we did want a block of flats, nice though the abattoir is.
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Client 1: (politely) Thank you.
Mr. Wiggin: ...I’ve got a second-hand apron.
Client 2: Thank you.
(Mr. Wiggin hurries to the door but stops...)
Mr. Wiggin: I nearly got in at Hendon.
Client 1: Thank you.


26 posted on 10/05/2009 11:47:56 AM PDT by egannacht (Vote YES for statism: Why burden yourself with civic duty when Idol and Oprah are on?)
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To: Reaganesque
Now for something completely different - The Lumberjack Song.
27 posted on 10/05/2009 11:48:31 AM PDT by jellybean (Bookmark http://altfreerepublic.freeforums.org/index.php for when FR is down)
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To: RenegadeNC

“I want to buy some CHEEESE!”


28 posted on 10/05/2009 11:49:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Lazamataz
Is your name not BRUCE?
29 posted on 10/05/2009 11:52:51 AM PDT by egannacht (Vote YES for statism: Why burden yourself with civic duty when Idol and Oprah are on?)
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To: dfwgator
Der ver zwei peanuts valking along der strasse und von vas assaulted....peanut. Ho ho ho ho.

Although the German V-Joke was feared by the Britons, it never really had the combat effectiveness of the original.

30 posted on 10/05/2009 11:52:51 AM PDT by Charles Martel (NRA Lifetime Member since 1984; TSRA rookie)
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To: Reaganesque

Funny stuff. The Cheese Shop sketch is one of my all-time favorites. The typical day in the boring life of a big city stock broker was also pretty funny.

Some of my other favorites included:
The Spanish Inquisition;
Dead Parrot;
World’s Funniest Joke and Joke Warfare;
The space creatures that turned everybody into Scottsmen in order to win Wimbledon;
The Lumberjack Song


31 posted on 10/05/2009 11:55:21 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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To: Reaganesque
Here's another short favorite...

Military Fairy

32 posted on 10/05/2009 11:57:26 AM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: Reaganesque

“I wanted to beeeee.. a LUMBERJACK!”


33 posted on 10/05/2009 12:01:31 PM PDT by theDentist (fybo; qwerty ergo typo : i type, therefore i misspelll)
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To: Reaganesque

Nigerian email scammers tricked into performing Monty Pythons “Dead Parrot”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IQqd17p9_0


34 posted on 10/05/2009 12:11:06 PM PDT by Karma Police (Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!!!)
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To: Reaganesque

My hovercraft is full of eels.


35 posted on 10/05/2009 12:41:26 PM PDT by real saxophonist (The fact that you play tuba doesn't make you any less lethal. -USMC bandsman in Iraq)
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To: Reaganesque

I accidentally stumbled on this - Star Trek Monty Python:

http://www.ffwd.com/videos/476650


36 posted on 10/05/2009 12:48:57 PM PDT by DManA
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To: Reaganesque

...And now for something completely different...


37 posted on 10/05/2009 1:39:18 PM PDT by greatplains
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To: Reaganesque; June K.
Ahhhh ... so many to choose from, not enough time ....

"The Bishop"

"Spanish Inquisition"

"Upper Class Twit Of The Year"

"Argument Clinic"

"Funniest Joke In The World (the Killer Joke)"

.... just to rattle some off the top of me 'ead

38 posted on 10/05/2009 3:25:53 PM PDT by Mr_Moonlight
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To: VRWCmember

39 posted on 10/05/2009 3:28:09 PM PDT by paulycy (Screw the RACErs)
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To: Reaganesque
My all time favorites are the pilot banter sketch and the philosopher’s football game.

Let me tell you, if you’re trying to get a bunch of youngsters moving and say: “Grab your egg n’ fours and let’s get the bacon delivered...” You’ll get some mighty strange looks.

Darn kids nowdays....

40 posted on 10/05/2009 6:01:36 PM PDT by El Sordo
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