PBS To Air Six New Monty Python Specials

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Posted by Zonk on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:17PM from the pining-for-the-fjords dept.

Freshly Exhumed wrote to mention a PBS release with good news for BritCom Fans. The Public Broadcasting Service is planning to air six new Monty Python specials. From the article: "Each of the exclusive-to-PBS six one-hour programs will focus on one member of the original Monty Python troupe - Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones - and showcase favorite clips from the group's television series and movies, mixed with new footage. The five living Pythons - Cleese, Idle, Gilliam, Palin and Jones - will each produce and write their own episode, with the five collaborating on a sixth special to honor deceased member Chapman."

PBS To Air Six New Monty Python Specials

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fr1st NI pr0st (Score:3, Funny)

by grub ( 11606 ) writes: <slashdot@grub.net> on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:18PM (#14771149) Homepage Journal

Frist NI pr0st for the Knights who say "Ni"!

Ni!

Ni!

Ni!

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! (Score:4, Funny)

by HangingChad ( 677530 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:19PM (#14771154) Homepage

With our powers of surprise, fear and...what was that other one?

You had me at (Score:5, Funny)

by WillAffleckUW ( 858324 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:20PM (#14771166) Homepage Journal

"new material".

Any chance to see former Monty Ptyhon members with their favourite bits hanging out, with new material added, is a good thing.

Well, except for that dead guy - hope they don't trot out his moldy corpse, wire its jaw to a computer, and make him some kind of animatronic "I'm feeling better" kind of bit.

That would bring me down just a tad.

Care for a cup of tea? I hear Sartre's going to pop in today ...

obligatory (Score:4, Funny)

by Bananatree3 ( 872975 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:21PM (#14771182)

"I don't think there's a punch-line scheduled, is there?"

Parrot Routine with Chapman's Body? (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:22PM (#14771189)

This Chapman is no more.

No no no. He's just asleep.

Their humor (Score:5, Funny)

by propertechdotnet ( 932592 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:22PM (#14771197)

Their humor is not dead. It's just pining for the fjords.

Re:A good reason to watch TV for a change... (Score:3, Funny)

by Otter ( 3800 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:31PM (#14771285) Journal

Are we getting less funny?
Prediction: It'll turn out that they've gotten less funny. (Except Cleese.)

OK I'll bite (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:32PM (#14771293)

I DON'T LIKE SPAM!!

Just a flesh wound (Score:2, Funny)

by mackil ( 668039 ) writes: <movie@@@moviesoundclips...net> on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:38PM (#14771346) Homepage Journal

This is a terrific idea really. It's too bad Graham Chapman can't be a part of it though. Quite a tragedy when he died. No doubt he thought it was only a flesh wound at the time.

PBS: "We were in the nick of time. You were in great peril."
Pythons: "We don't think we were."
PBS: "Yes, you were. You were in terrible peril."
Pythons: "Look, let us go back in there and face the peril."
PBS: "No, it's too perilous."
Pythons: "Look, it's our duty as comedians to sample as much peril as we can."
PBS: "No, we've got to find great ratings. Come on!"
Pythons: "Oh, let us have just a little bit of peril?"
PBS: "No. It's unhealthy."
Pythons: "We bet you're gay."
PBS: "Your point?"

Graham Chapman Sketch (Score:5, Funny)

by AnalogDiehard ( 199128 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:39PM (#14771361)

Customer: I wish to lodge a complaint about this Chapman parody!
Clerk: Yes, what's wrong with it?
Customer: It's dead, that's what's wrong with it.

Re:You had me at (Score:5, Funny)

by amliebsch ( 724858 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:42PM (#14771388) Journal

Well, except for that dead guy
He's not dead, he's pining for the fjords.

45 or 47? (Score:5, Funny)

by SydShamino ( 547793 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:44PM (#14771407)

The series' 45 episodes ran until December 1974. ... Beginning in Spring 2006, PBS stations will be able to introduce a whole new generation to the series when all 47 episodes will be available for broadcast.

Methinks the PBS public relations team should spend more time watching Sesame Street and practicing numbers. =p

Re:*Yawn* (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:48PM (#14771440)

14/15?? What kind of age is that? Why don't you just say you're one whole year old?

Re:fr1st NI pr0st (Score:4, Funny)

by ehrichweiss ( 706417 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:49PM (#14771456)

We are no longer the Knights Who Say Ni, weeeeeeeeee are now the Knights Who say, Ickyickyickynerfanerlpmphfp.

where is the Carol Cleveland episode? (Score:2, Funny)

by Brit_in_the_USA ( 936704 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @05:55PM (#14771519)

The (unofficial) member of team, that I remember most fondly at a young impressionable age, was Carol Cleveland. I hope we see plenty of her appearances!

Carol Cleveland [Wiki] [wikipedia.org]

Re:No one really expects the Spanish Inquisition! (Score:5, Funny)

by NoStrings ( 622372 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @06:02PM (#14771606)

Yes, well, I never wanted to be a Slashdot troll. I always wanted to be...a lumberjack! Leaping from tree to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia!

Re:No one really expects the Spanish Inquisition! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @06:04PM (#14771621)

Come and see the repression inhierent in the system!!

He's Stone Dead (Score:3, Funny)

by Ranger ( 1783 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @06:08PM (#14771654) Homepage

I watched Monty Python in my formative impressionable years. All I can say is you lousy rotten b...

The original poster has been sacked.

As I was saying Monty Python was the best most wond..

...astards! You cocks...

The original poster has been really been sacked

I cannot say enough good things about Monty Python. In fa...

...uckers! You ruined my li..

The original poster has been really REALLY been sacked. *BANG*

My llama can sing and it has a huge d...

*BANG*

This posting has been terminated because it was determined to be no longer funny.

Re:AAAARRRRGHH! (Score:2, Funny)

by Frank Battaglia ( 787673 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @06:16PM (#14771719)

You, sir, obviously lack taste. Pity.

Re:AAAARRRRGHH! (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @06:36PM (#14771920)

Well then, why don't you call them up and tell them you are suspending your donations until they get content more to your liking?

Titles (Score:3, Funny)

by FrankDrebin ( 238464 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @06:37PM (#14771928) Homepage
1. I'd like a PSF license for my snake, Eric (Idle)
2. A mööse once bit my self (Gilliam)
3. I'd paid for good keyword arguments (Palin)
4. Every whitespace is sacred (Jones)
5. And now for something completely __init__ (Cleese)
6. Nobody expected a Guido van Rossum! (All)
Just the 5 minutes (Score:2, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @07:16PM (#14772238)

AC:
(exasperated) Oh, this is futile!!

(pause)

coaxeus:
I couldn't agree more

AC:
Agreement is an intellectual process. Affirmation is just the automatic declaration of anything the other person says as true.

coaxeus:
I couldn't agree more

I'll reply in Hungarian (Score:3, Funny)

by Aggrajag ( 716041 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @07:29PM (#14772331)

My hovercraft is full of eels!

Re:fr1st NI pr0st (Score:2, Funny)

by chris_eineke ( 634570 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @07:55PM (#14772546) Homepage Journal

So... are you guys African or European knights?

Re:Nah, don't need the Pythons any more (Score:2, Funny)

by lexical ( 842527 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @08:01PM (#14772599)

No they cant....

Re:Dead? So? (Score:4, Funny)

by VRisaMetaphor ( 87720 ) writes: on Tuesday February 21, 2006 @08:02PM (#14772609)

I think he meant he wanted Graham Chapman inserted into George Lucas.

And in his final paragraph, he obviously wants Jar-Jar inserted into George Lucas as well.

Re:AAAARRRRGHH! (Score:2, Funny)

by littlecharva ( 924275 ) writes: on Wednesday February 22, 2006 @08:04AM (#14775530)

Just goes to show that don't get British humour, maybe if you search Google Video for 'banana skin' you'll find some simple American humour more to your liking.

"Don't mention the war!" was not Monty Python (Score:3, Funny)

by sczimme ( 603413 ) writes: on Wednesday February 22, 2006 @08:20AM (#14775563)

doesn't seem nearly as funny as seeing John Cleese go bananas and start shouting "DON'T MENTION THE WAR!"

That wasn't a Python (Monty) sketch: that was Python cast member John Cleese in another series called 'Fawlty Towers'. Cleese plays Basil Fawlty, a right awful (and funny) b*st*rd of a hotel owner manager.

German Guest: "Will you stop talking about the war??!?"

Basil Fawlty: "You started it!"

German guest: "We did not!"

Basil Fawlty: "Yes, you did - you invaded Poland!"

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fr1st NI pr0st (Score:3, Funny)

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! (Score:4, Funny)

You had me at (Score:5, Funny)

obligatory (Score:4, Funny)

Parrot Routine with Chapman's Body? (Score:5, Funny)

Their humor (Score:5, Funny)

Re:A good reason to watch TV for a change... (Score:3, Funny)

OK I'll bite (Score:2, Funny)

Just a flesh wound (Score:2, Funny)

Graham Chapman Sketch (Score:5, Funny)

Re:You had me at (Score:5, Funny)

45 or 47? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Yawn (Score:1, Funny)

Re:fr1st NI pr0st (Score:4, Funny)

where is the Carol Cleveland episode? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:No one really expects the Spanish Inquisition! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:No one really expects the Spanish Inquisition! (Score:1, Funny)

He's Stone Dead (Score:3, Funny)

Re:AAAARRRRGHH! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:AAAARRRRGHH! (Score:1, Funny)

Titles (Score:3, Funny)

Just the 5 minutes (Score:2, Funny)

I'll reply in Hungarian (Score:3, Funny)

Re:fr1st NI pr0st (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Nah, don't need the Pythons any more (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Dead? So? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:AAAARRRRGHH! (Score:2, Funny)

"Don't mention the war!" was not Monty Python (Score:3, Funny)

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fr1st NI pr0st (Score:3, Funny)

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! (Score:4, Funny)

You had me at (Score:5, Funny)

obligatory (Score:4, Funny)

Parrot Routine with Chapman's Body? (Score:5, Funny)

Their humor (Score:5, Funny)

Re:A good reason to watch TV for a change... (Score:3, Funny)

OK I'll bite (Score:2, Funny)

Just a flesh wound (Score:2, Funny)

Graham Chapman Sketch (Score:5, Funny)

Re:You had me at (Score:5, Funny)

45 or 47? (Score:5, Funny)

Re:*Yawn* (Score:1, Funny)

Re:fr1st NI pr0st (Score:4, Funny)

where is the Carol Cleveland episode? (Score:2, Funny)

Re:No one really expects the Spanish Inquisition! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:No one really expects the Spanish Inquisition! (Score:1, Funny)

He's Stone Dead (Score:3, Funny)

Re:AAAARRRRGHH! (Score:2, Funny)

Re:AAAARRRRGHH! (Score:1, Funny)

Titles (Score:3, Funny)

Just the 5 minutes (Score:2, Funny)

I'll reply in Hungarian (Score:3, Funny)

Re:fr1st NI pr0st (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Nah, don't need the Pythons any more (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Dead? So? (Score:4, Funny)

Re:AAAARRRRGHH! (Score:2, Funny)

"Don't mention the war!" was not Monty Python (Score:3, Funny)

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