I was watching the news last night and it was mentioned it was Michael Palin's of Monty Python's b'day yesterday. I remember one of his famous sketches where he was the game show host of a series called Blackmail. Or when he said, paraphrasing, the man who swam the English channell was in the BBC's studio's in Ealing,(?), which is somewhat of a shame as we're all here in London.
"The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow...How did it come to this?"
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"I've just bought a house. It's got a Buck Rogers Toilet. One yank, all gone!"
Scholar/Gentleman/Weirdo
Palin is probably my fave Python. I love his "Sir Gallyhad -- the Chaste" in HG; I love his skipping "old ex-leper" and his "forgetful prophet" in LoB, and I love his "sensible-yet-daft" clerk - the foil to John Cleese's "daft-yet-logical" customer in numerous sketches on the BBC show. Mike, I love yer!
Pat Troughton in disguise
My favourite Python too...used to be Cleese but when I saw "Holy Grail" he just blew me away (especially his face when he screams out "Buuuuurn her" )...loved the stuff in some of the docs about how Cleese always tried to make him corpse in the parrot sketch during live performances by varying his "pining for the Fjoooooords!"
....nobody expects the spanish inquisition.....
ENGLISH AND DAMN PROUD OF ITBritish by birth....English by the grace of God.
Yes Jamie...it is big isn't it....
Scholar/Gentleman/Weirdo
Mike's chief weapon is fear... fear and surprise. His two chief weapons are fear, surprise... and ruthless efficiency. His three weapons are fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency... and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope. (Damn! I did it again!)
Amongst Mike's weaponry are such diverse elements as: Fear. Surprise. Ruthless Efficiency. An almost fantasical devotion to the Pope... and a nice red uniform.
I love Monty Python.
Just last week I showed my neice "A Fish Called Wanda" ... one of the few films I have watched more than once.
I like Michael's travel series too.
Pat Troughton in disguise
Two ..no three to the old bailey.....oh bugger!Originally Posted by Vortigern99
ENGLISH AND DAMN PROUD OF IT
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