25 December 2014
Merry Christmas from Our Favorite Cardinal
Christmas is a very special time if you're a member of the Spanish Inquisition.
22 December 2014
Michael Palin honours Graham Chapman with the unveiling of a green plaque at his childhood home
A green plaque, which recognises local people and places of importance, was installed at Graham Chapman’s former family home in Molton Mowbray on 10 December 2014 to honor the late founding member of Monty Python.
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19 December 2014
Monty Python Wins the British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award 2014
Monty Python was presented with the British Comedy Academy Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s British Comedy Awards, on Tuesday 16th December.
Sam Holmes, who starred alongside the group in their O2 shows in July, accepted the award on behalf of the Pythons under the guise of the group’s physician. Terry G sent the above “acceptance” illustration and you can watch Michael Palin's "acceptance" speech here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQeTsdXbA_I.
Click "More" to read Sam Holmes’ acceptance speech in full (written by Michael Palin)...
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14 December 2014
Terry Jones Screens Robin Williams as Dennis the Dog in ‘Absolutely Anything’
Attendees at Saturday night’s American Cinemateque screening of Monty Python’s iconic “Life of Brian” at the Aero received a bonus — six minutes of footage from the Pythonesque sci-fi farce “Absolutely Anything,” screened by director Terry Jones.
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13 December 2014
Brian Is Released on the Big Screen in Truro 30 Years After Ban
A very naughty boy finally got his face on the screen at Truro's Plaza Cinema – 35 years after the Monty Python film Life Of Brian was banned.
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10 December 2014
Plaque for Monty Python star Graham Chapman's former home
A plaque has been unveiled at Monty Python star Graham Chapman's childhood home by one of his former colleagues.
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10 December 2014
One More ‘Messiah’ From Eric Idle
An Oratorio Inspired by Monty Python.
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6 December 2014
Python Archive Build Begins
Last week saw the start of building the definitive Python archive.
Boxes of memorabilia, photographs, artwork, costumes, posters, merchandise, books and more, including a pink pinball machine, much of which hasn’t been looked at for decades and needs a good dusting-off, have been pulled together under one roof.
Over the coming months, all this fascinating and priceless material will be sorted through, restored where needed and eventually scanned to create the ultimate Python archive.
As we delve deeper into this Python treasure trove we will post news and images of what we find, sharing parts of the forgotten Python journey and embellishing it with some never-before-seen material.
This is a really exciting development in the Python [journey] that will unearth a whole new collection of material from which we can produce new products for all to enjoy. Who knows, it might even inspire some new Python productions.
Keep up to date with the #PythonArchive by checking our Twitter, Facebook, and here on our website.
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28 November 2014
Monty Python Apps Roundup – ‘The Silly Walk’, ‘Python Bytes’ and ‘Holy Book of Days’
‘The Silly Walk’ app is the latest addition to the Monty Python app collection, joining ‘Python Bytes’ and ‘Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days’, so we thought we’d do a round up of these Monty Python apps.
The Silly Walk
‘The Silly Walk’ app invites you to join that British bastion of eccentric loco-motion - 'The Ministry of Silly Walks'. Your assignment as a member of this venerable organisation is to showcase your increasingly frantic promenading as far as you possibly can. As you and your stiff upper lip travel through the streets of London take care to avoid obstacles and pesky pigeons. Bank coins and collect power ups to help take your walk to new heights of silliness.
Highlights include:
- Voice acting by the Minister of Silly Walks himself, Mr John Cleese
- Randomised obstacles and scenery so you never play the same game twice
- Use your banked coins to buy sillier suits and enhanced power ups
- Sumptuous 3D Graphics
- Realistic physics and ragdoll
- Regular updates
www.thesillywalk.com
Python Bytes
The ‘Python Bytes’ collection - made up of ‘Series 1’, ‘Series 2’ and ‘Series 3’ to reflect the ‘Monty Python Flying Circus’ sketches featured - puts the very best of Python in your pocket.
‘Python Bytes 1’ brings you 22 of the best sketches from the first series of ‘Monty Python’s Flying Circus’; ‘Python Bytes 2’ brings you 21 of the best sketches from the second series; and ‘Python Bytes 3’ brings you the 20 best sketches from the third series. Not just that, it includes ‘Sketch Commentaries’ where you can listen to the Pythons describe how the sketches got made.
Python Bytes is complete anarchy. Just shake your iPhone and up pops another random sketch. The genuinely laugh-out-loud sketches are yours forever, packed into your iPhone and watchable anywhere.
Probably the most fun you can have with one hand....
http://www.heuristicmedia.tv/python-bytes.php
Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days
‘Monty Python: The Holy Book of Days” provides a comprehensive, day-by-day look at the filming of The Holy Grail, with particular attention paid to the pitfalls and failures that the Monty Python comedy troupe experienced in trying "to make an epic film in just 28 days."
Following an unsurprisingly dry and self-depreciating introduction by John Cleese, the user is presented with two sections: "The Book of Days" – which breaks the filming down into 28 days, with content focused on whatever scene was being shot that day - and "The Holy Chapters" – which provides an alternate way to view much of this content; instead of organizing it by shooting date, it follows along with the film scene-by-scene
With a total of 70 minutes of never-before-seen video, including recent visits by the cast to various filming locations around Scotland like the "Bridge of Death" and "Castle Aaargh"; a day-by-day diary from Michael Palin (who played Sir Galahad); and 360-degree views of key props this app provides a ton of new content.
http://www.holybookofdays.com
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24 November 2014
'Monty Python Live (mostly) - One Down Five to Go' - Celebrity Blackmail
One of the “modern Pythonesque twists” added to the live shows at The O2, London was to introduce a guest celebrity to the classic ‘Blackmail’ sketch.
Michael Palin, together with 10 dancers wearing bespoke Agent Provocateur lingerie, hosted the spoof game show in which contestants must pay to stop their dirty secrets being revealed to the nation.
Each show featured a different, surprise celebrity guest. The guest was brought out with a paper bag on their head, revealed to the audience after a countdown and cries of “Is it a celebrity or non-entity” and then asked to explain why they had ended up on the game show. The answers were unscripted, with each guest left to come up with their own reasons.
The guests were: Stephen Fry (Show 1), Lee Mack (Show 2), Bill Bailey (Show 3), Noel Fielding (Show 4), Matt Lucas (Show 5), Warwick Davis (Show 6), Simon Pegg (Show 7), David Walliams (Show 8), Eddie Izzard (Show 9) and Mike Myers (Show 10).
You can see Mike Myers’ appearance in the film of the live show, out now on DVD, Blu-ray and Deluxe Edition, and in our new documentary, ‘Monty Python – The Meaning of Live’.
