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David Morgan. Monty Python Speaks! Revised and Updated Edition: The Complete Oral History
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FOREWORD. BY JOHN OLIVER
INTERVIEWEES. THE PYTHONS. JOHN CLEESE
TERRY GILLIAM
ERIC IDLE
TERRY JONES
MICHAEL PALIN
CO-CONSPIRATORS. BARRY TOOK
IAN MACNAUGHTON
DAVID SHERLOCK
CAROL CLEVELAND
JOHN GOLDSTONE
MARK FORSTATER
JULIAN DOYLE
TERRY BEDFORD
HOWARD ATHERTON
NANCY LEWIS
DOUGLAS ADAMS
HANK AZARIA
INTRODUCTION
PRE-PYTHON. IN THE OLD DAYS WE USED TO MAKE OUR OWN FUN
I MEAN, THEY THINK WELL, DON’T THEY
NOW WHICH ONE OF YOU IS THE SURGEON?
WITH A MELON?
HAVE WE SHOWN ’EM WE GOT TEETH?
BIRTH
LEAVE IT ALL TO US, YOU’LL NEVER KNOW WHAT HIT YOU
ALL BRONTOSAURUSES ARE THIN AT ONE END, MUCH MUCH THICKER IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN THIN AGAIN AT THE FAR END – (MISS) ANNE ELK
DIRECTOR: CLOSE UP, ZOOM IN ON ME
TAKE-OFF. LET’S GET THE BACON DELIVERED
THIS YEAR OUR MEMBERS HAVE PUT MORE THINGS ON TOP OF OTHER THINGS THAN EVER BEFORE
THAT’S MY FLANNEL
PERT PIECES OF COPPER COINAGE
TEN, NINE, EIGHT AND ALL THAT
WHY DON’T YOU MOVE INTO MORE CONVENTIONAL AREAS?
FRANKLY I DON’T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT MYSELF, THE KIDS SEEM TO LIKE IT
BUT IT’S MY ONLY LINE!
IF THEY CAN’T SEE YOU, THEY CAN’T GET YOU
HE WANTS TO SIT DOWN AND HE WANTS TO BE ENTERTAINED
THE PYTHONS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. APART FROM THAT HE’S PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT
THE CONTROL FREAK
SPLUNGE!
THE NICE ONE
THE CHEEKY ONE
THE ZEALOUS FANATIC
THE MONOSYLLABIC MINNESOTA FARM BOY
THE GROUP DYNAMIC
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY … THE SAME? I’VE HAD AN IDEA FOR THE NEXT MOVIE I’M GOING TO PRODUCE AND I WANT YOU BOYS TO WRITE IT
WENN IST DAS NUNSTÜCK GIT UND SLOTERMEYER?
BE CAREFUL: YOU KNOW WHAT HE’S LIKE AFTER A FEW NOVELS
FEAR AND LOATHING AT THE BBC. I’LL DO WHAT I LIKE BECAUSE I’M SIX FOOT FIVE AND I EAT PUNKS LIKE YOU FOR BREAKFAST
THE BBC WOULD LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO EVERYONE IN THE WORLD FOR THE LAST ITEM
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. COME SEE THE VIOLENCE INHERENT IN THE SYSTEM
IN A VERY REAL AND LEGALLY BINDING SENSE
‘WELL, WHAT DO I THINK?’ ‘I SAY LET’S BE NICE TO HIM!’
I SEEK THE BRAVEST AND THE FINEST
FOLLOW ONLY IF YE BE MEN OF VALOUR
’COURSE IT’S A GOOD IDEA
I DIDN’T EXPECT A KIND OF SPANISH INQUISITION
WE MUST EXAMINE YOU
BRING OUT YOUR DEAD
OUR QUEST IS AT AN END
WHY DO YOU THINK I HAVE THIS OUTRAGEOUS ACCENT?
THE US INVASION BEGINS. CABBAGE CRATES COMING OVER THE BRINY
THE FOURTH (AND FINAL) SORTIE. I DON’T THINK WE HAD ENOUGH OF THE REALLY GROSS AWFULNESS THAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
OUR RATINGS GAVE US 97,300,912, AND ITV NOUGHT
IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT FILLING MY MOUTH IN WITH CEMENT
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CAUGHT IN PYTHON’S ORBIT
HELP ME? YEAH, I’LL SAY YOU CAN HELP ME
LIFE OF BRIAN. NOWADAYS PEOPLE WANT SOMETHING WITTIER
AND I SHOULD KNOW, I’VE FOLLOWED A FEW
SPARE A TALENT FOR AN OLD EX-LEPER
AS MUCH GOLD AS THEY COULD EAT
I’M BRIAN, AND SO IS MY WIFE
MY HOVERCRAFT IS FULL OF EELS
WHERE IS THE NEW LEADER? I WISH TO HAIL HIM
I’VE GOT BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN COME DOWN TO THE DAIRY
NO ONE IS TO STONE ANYONE UNTIL I BLOW THIS WHISTLE
ALWAYS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE OF LIFE
FLYING SOLO ’COS THINGS ‘BREAK’, DON’T THEY?
THERE’S VIOLENCE TO BE DONE
I DIDN’T KNOW AN ACCEPTABLE LEGAL PHRASE, M’LUD
THE MEANING OF LIFE
IN FACT I WILL PERSONALLY MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A DOUBLE HELPING
ALL MIXED UP IN A BUCKET
AH! AND WHAT SORT OF THING IS THAT?
PEOPLE ARE NOT WEARING ENOUGH HATS
WELL, THAT’S CAST RATHER A GLOOM OVER THE EVENING, HASN’T IT?
LE MORTE D’ARTHUR. FORGET ABOUT YOUR SIN – GIVE THE AUDIENCE A GRIN
THE ‘IF YOU COULD SAVE ONLY ONE THING YOU’VE PRODUCED’ CHAPTER
LORD BARTLESHAM:
LADY BARTLESHAM:
TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY PYTHON
THANK GOD FOR THAT. FOR ONE GHASTLY MOMENT I THOUGHT I WAS … TOO LATE
SPAMALOT. WE’RE OPERA-MAD IN CAMELOT, WE SING FROM THE DIAPHRAGM A LOT
BUT MANY TIMES WE’RE GIVEN RHYMES THAT ARE QUITE UN-SINGABLE
HE HASN’T GOT SHIT ALL OVER HIM
DÉJÀ REVUE. REMEMBER, IT’S YOUR LAST CHANCE ANYHOW
WELL, I’LL ASK HIM BUT I DON’T THINK HE’LL BE VERY KEEN
YOU TRY TELLING THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF TODAY THAT, AND THEY WON’T BELIEVE YOU
THAT INCREDIBLE FEELING THAT WE’VE EXPERIENCED SOMETHING BEFORE
HE USED TO MAKE THEM HAPPY IN LITTLE WAYS
WELL, WHY ARE ANY OF US HERE? WHEN YOU COME DOWN TO IT, IT’S ALL SO MEANINGLESS
MY NIPPLES EXPLODE WITH DELIGHT!
I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE YOU WERE INTERESTED IN ME AS A HUMAN BEING
EXITING THE STAGE. LIFE’S A GAME, YOU SOMETIMES WIN OR LOSE …
FINAL THOUGHTS. OF COURSE IN THOSE DAYS I WAS ONLY A TEA BOY
YOU ALWAYS TALK, YOU AMERICANS, YOU TALK AND YOU TALK AND SAY ‘LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING’ AND ‘I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS’
‘YOU MUST TRY AND MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY AND BRING PEACE AND CONTENTMENT EVERYWHERE YOU GO.’ SO, I BECAME A WAITER
FOOTNOTES. PRE-PYTHON
BIRTH
TAKE-OFF
THE PYTHONS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
FEAR AND LOATHING AT THE BBC
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
THE US INVASION BEGINS
THE FOURTH (AND FINAL) SORTIE
CAUGHT IN PYTHON’S ORBIT
LIFE OF BRIAN
FLYING SOLO
THE MEANING OF LIFE
LE MORTE D’ARTHUR
TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY PYTHON
DÉJÀ REVUE
FINAL THOUGHTS
THE PYTHON OEUVRE
SOURCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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