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Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by acqq »

c420 wrote: post #89
INTPenis wrote: post #76

In this day and age I think Life of Brian needs a re-launch more than the Holy Grail.

You're kinda in luck: next year there's a not-musical stage show produced by Cleese being released. The backstory is pretty contentious though, Idle and Palin have completely disowned it via Twitter for various reasons, not the least being Cleese politicizing it with changes to the Loretta scene and removing the closing "Always look on the bright side of life." https://www.comedy.co.uk/live/news/7343/life-of-brian-st…

"Eric Idle denies collaborating with John Cleese on Life Of Brian stage show: ‘I have nothing to do with this’"

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dan...

Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by nickserv »

crazygringo wrote: post #97
daoboy wrote: post #21

Wonderful! My wife and I just showed this movie to our kids last month, and they loved it. I'd always assumed "Your mother was a hamster and your father stank of elderberries" was just a meaningless bit of Monty Python absurdity. When my wife explained to the kids that meant your mom is a slut and your dad is a drunk I was flabbergasted. I had never reevaluated that iconic insult from my initial ignorant teenage assu…

Maybe I'm dumb, but why does hamster mean slut? I'm trying to google it and look in slang dictionaries and I'm not finding a thing. (Elderberry wine makes sense.)

Hamsters breed like rodents, because they are.

Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by jhbadger »

dekhn wrote: post #95

I saturated out on Monty Python years ago (after a 24-hour Monty Python marathon) but this movie is still a gem. The scene with Denis the Constitutional Peasant ( https://notallwhowanderarelost268.wordpress.com/2018/04/08/m... ) is absolute genius parody of socialism and republicanism (hope that's the right term).

And similarly the scene with the various anti-Roman groups that hate each other more than they hate the Romans in Life of Brian was a brilliant satire of how rival progressive groups acted in the 1960s and 1970s

Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by dan_quixote »

c420 wrote: post #89
INTPenis wrote: post #76

In this day and age I think Life of Brian needs a re-launch more than the Holy Grail.

You're kinda in luck: next year there's a not-musical stage show produced by Cleese being released. The backstory is pretty contentious though, Idle and Palin have completely disowned it via Twitter for various reasons, not the least being Cleese politicizing it with changes to the Loretta scene and removing the closing "Always look on the bright side of life." https://www.comedy.co.uk/live/news/7343/life-of-brian-st…

> And, spoiler alert, Brian does not get crucified. But rest assured he will still sing Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life."

Seems like they keep it for the most part. What would this production be without Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life ???!!!

Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by chucksta »

__s wrote: post #38
mrbonner wrote: post #36

Ok I tried so many times to watch this after so many people recommended but I just can’t get it! There are some parts I feel the jokes. Most of the time, I’m clueless about why they are even funny. Is this just the culture difference between the old Brits and American?

You don't need to get it. They're memeing

It is a cult following. They even turned it into a musical in 2005.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spamalot

Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by nickserv »

CoastalCoder wrote: post #54
genter wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't worry, it took me years to figure out that "South Park, Bigger Longer and Uncut" was a double entendre.

I was over 40 when I someone explained to me that "kaaa-nigt" was just a strange pronunciation of "knight".

More of an archaic pronunciation, although maybe emphasized for comedic effect.

Orthography is typically more conservative than pronunciation, so when the language was written down, all letters were pronounced.

Comparing cognates can be interesting.

For example English 'night' with German 'nacht', the original English pronunciation was closer to the German one.

Or 'knife' with French 'canif' (pronounced like it's spelled, for once).

Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by FredPret »

ralfd wrote: post #50
laejoh wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10155385528966778

Are they into the joke, knowing that this is comedy, and are playing the straight man? I can't imagine a normal person not laughing in utter disbelief.

The whole clip is a joke. Here's another one like that:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM

Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail 48 1/2 year anniversary in theaters December

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Post by rightbyte »

CoastalCoder wrote: post #55
rightbyte wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a word play in the title I am missing or what do you mean? :/

Bigger, longer, and uncut can all refer to a human penis, or to a movie release.

No way! How could I have not ... got that. All these years ...
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