Ever want to watch a HoYay-filled cello duet? Today is your lucky day! [link]
I'm just trying to tell you that we have nothing in common besides both of us liking your penis.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Jon B. - Feb 04, 2011 12:53:50 pm PST #4106 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
DavidS - Feb 04, 2011 7:36:33 pm PST #4107 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Back before Monty Python there was a British children's show called Do Not Adjust Your Set which had most of the Pythons plus musical interludes by the great Bonzo Dog Band.
See a fabulously 1968-campy clip here.
Further evidence that Do Not Adjust Your Set was the Pee Wee's Playhouse of 1968 Britain: The Bonzos do Beautiful Zelda.
And if you ever wondered where Death Cab for Cutie got their name, well, It's a Bonzo song. (That's the fabulous Vivian Stanshall singing lead there.)
Jon B. - Feb 05, 2011 5:09:12 am PST #4108 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Thanks for those clips, David. Of course, The Pythons & the Bonzos were also responsible for the Rutles: [link]
Frankenbuddha - Feb 05, 2011 4:33:55 pm PST #4109 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SET was one of those "kids" shows that got found by adults in the know. It was THE big reason John Cleese wanted to work with Palin, Jones and Idle (and Gilliam came along for the ride). Mainly Palin if I remember my Python history correctly. But then again, Michael Palin is just so damn likable.
It's counterpart was AT LAST THE 1948 SHOW which had Cleese and Chapman (and Marty Feldman and Tim Brooke-Taylor later of THE GOODIES).
Why yes, I am a Python nerd. Why do you ask?
DavidS - Feb 05, 2011 5:03:36 pm PST #4110 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It was THE big reason John Cleese wanted to work with Palin, Jones and Idle (and Gilliam came along for the ride).
Well, he actually knew Gilliam from working with him on Harvey Kurtzman's Help magazine in the early sixties. When Gloria Steinheim was an intern.
Man, that'd make a good sitcom.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 05, 2011 5:27:27 pm PST #4111 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Well, he actually knew Gilliam from working with him on Harvey Kurtzman's Help magazine in the early sixties. When Gloria Steinheim was an intern.
You are correct sir. He even helped get Giliam a job when he came over (doing sketches of people on a chat show).
But I think Palin and Jones were the ones he most wanted to work with.
DavidS - Feb 05, 2011 5:43:40 pm PST #4112 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
But I think Palin and Jones were the ones he most wanted to work with.
Oh, it was definitely Palin. They all readily admit that Python formed because Cleese had a comedy-crush on Palin.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 05, 2011 5:49:51 pm PST #4113 of 6436
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
They all readily admit that Python formed because Cleese had a comedy-crush on Palin.
Well who wouldn't? The man easily takes the most lovable Python prize by a mile.
DavidS - Feb 05, 2011 5:56:07 pm PST #4114 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Well who wouldn't? The man easily takes the most lovable Python prize by a mile.
It's true. Though they all seem to have a great deal of affection for Chapman, as well.
What's funny about watching those Do Not Adjust Your Set bits is that so many of them play out as preludes to Holy Grail, as Jones deploys all of his varied historical interests.
DavidS - Feb 05, 2011 8:17:00 pm PST #4115 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Huh, I didn't realize that was Neil Innes as the troubadour in Holy Grail ("Brave Sir Robin ran away...").
Note how they kept themselves entertained while shooting on various cold Scottish mountains. Grammar games:
It was Chapman, dear old Graham, he taught me how to do crosswords. And also I suggested at one stage we do a little game called declining the verb to sheep worry. "I am sheep worried," "you are sheep worried," and Cleese came up with the best one, I think it's a future pluperfect tense, "I am about to have been sheep worried."