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Ripping Yarns |
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The Magic Christian |
The Rutles |
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The Odd Job |
Time Bandits |
This section contains things done by (or to) the various members of Monty Python, individually and together--before, after, and during the lifetime of the troupe.
Since most of the existing base of Python info (transcribed sketches, scripts, and songs) is pretty stable by this point in time, I'm going to concentrate on adding information here. Some major updates were added on September 11, 1995, but there's still more to come.
Chapman and Cleese contributed to this Peter Sellers vehicle, based on the Terry Southern book, which also starred Raquel Welch and Ringo Starr. They both had brief appearances in the film as well. (A bit of trivia: the Mouse Problem sketch from the very first episode of MPFC was originally written for this film.)
Graham Chapman instigated this take on pirate lore, with himself in the starring role and appearances by fellow Pythons John Cleese and Eric Idle, plus Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Peter Cook, and Cheech & Chong. The cast was a sort of merger between British and American comedy cliques, the Pythons and Peter Cook joining forces with Cheech & Chong and veterans from Mel Brooks' films. (Boyle and Feldman had worked together in Young Frankenstein, and several Pythons had written for Feldman's TV series, thus making Marty Feldman the link that holds this band of loonies together... sort of.)
Perhaps the best known offshoot of Monty Python, a British sitcom
lasting two six-episode seasons, about the life and times of Basil Fawlty, a
cantankerous owner of a hotel in Torquay, and his
wife Sybil. Co-written by John Cleese and his then wife (or soon
to be ex-wife) Connie Booth, who had worked with MPFC and who
also played the hotel's maid, Polly.
Cleese starred and co-wrote this very successful, and extremely hysterical film which garnered Kevin Kline a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
Terry Gilliam's dystopian masterpiece featuring Jonathan Pryce and Robert deNiro, with eerie special appearance by Michael Palin.
Gilliam's latest movie, opening December 27, 1995 in selected cities, and early in January all over the rest of the world. Set in a postapocalyptic near-future time, the film stars Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Plummer.
The Pre-Fab Four, a legend that will last a lunchtime, etc. From
the parody of the life of the Beatles by Eric Idle and Gary Weis
(of Saturday Night Live fame) originally called "All You
Need Is Cash", shamelessly ripped off from two real Beatles
documentaries, "The Compleat Beatles" and "All
You Need is Love". Neil Innes wrote a set of brilliant songs,
some of which parody (rather well, actually) more than four Beatles
tunes in the same song. (Check out "(Please Please) Hold
My Hand" which includes references to--at last count--Eight
Days a Week (intro), All My Loving (backbeat), She Loves You (the
"yeah yeah"s), Can't Buy Me Love (the guitar break),
Please Please Me and I Wanna Hold Your Hand (the titles alone).)
"THE RUTLES ANTHOLOGY VOLUME ONE" TRACK LISTING:
FREE AS THE BYRDS (Feb 94)
Nasty's moving piano and voice demo tribute to Roger McGuinn. In February 94, the surviving Rutles overdubbed drums, guitars, vocals, accordion, marimba, glockenspiel, harmonica, tea-chest bass, alpenhorn and electric clarinet. "It really sounds just like Nasty would've wanted it," says Dirk.
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