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[teufelhund]

From the set of Monty Python and the Holy Grail:

One of the best films of all time.

 

[cmdrmcbragg]

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[teufelhund]

Fixed it. Thanks again and enjoy!

 

[natibo]

I forgot Graham Chapman was a pipe smoker. Those guys were geniuses.

 

[teufelhund]

Yeah... Definitely. I saw Spam-a-lot this past summer and it was awesome. I can only imagine how good it was back in the day.

 

[blendtobac]

They're going to be doing a reunion show in London next year, and may do a tour, as well.
Russ

 

[simnettpratt]

Couple of nuggets you may not know from Holy Grail:
They had originally planned on real horses, but couldn't afford them. I can picture them sitting around in a room saying, screw it, we'll use coconuts! Being Pythons, this was of course accepted.
Best scene that didn't make it into the movie:
MERLIN'S WORKSHOP
A knight in full plate mail armour hangs from the ceiling with a horseman's lance stuck though the center of his chest. Merlin tinkers on the armour with a spanner.
MERLIN: Well, all magic armour does this when it's new.

KNIGHT: It just went right through.

MERLIN: Well, there's always a break-in period.

KNIGHT: Just went right through.

MERLIN: I mean, it's supposed to give a little with the body.

KNIGHT: Right through.

 

[woodsroad]

I saw "The Holy Grail" six times when it came out. I have the published version of the script. I know most of the movie by heart. I am one of those painfully annoying people that you are very sorry that you sat down next to and and innocently mentioned "Monty Python".
Graham Chapman is one of the most effective pipe-wielders of all time. He could hold that thing and wax poetic on anything at all and look authoritative and very funny at the same time.

 

[scrapyardape]

...you are very sorry that you sat down next to and and innocently mentioned "Monty Python".

I am curious as to how often that happens to you. :wink:

 

[sablebrush52]

My fianceé can recite all of the Monty Python episodes from memory. I still plan to marry her.

 

[drwatson]

One of the best movies!

 

[jmill208]

Ni!

 

[allan]

I am going to have to watch it again. It's been so many years.

 

[simnettpratt]

@woodsroad: You know from the scene above I also had the script. For the others' sake, we must vow to never sit down next to each other and mention Python. We're getting pretty close here. In fact, I order you to be quiet!

 

[philobeddoe]

Icky, icky, icky pataang woo boin rauw!

 

[teufelhund]

@simnettpratt: "You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!"

 

[andypandy]

"Come and see the violence inherent in the system!"

 

[simnettpratt]

Bloody peasants.

 

[kashmir]

The last Act of the two gentlemen sharing a bench.
- This is fellow Python John Cleese delivering the eulogy at Graham Chapman's funeral (for which he was not late for).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkxCHybM6Ek&sns=em
See YouTube for full video.

 

[pstlpkr]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGvxoWytMig