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Showing posts with label Monty Python. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monty Python. Show all posts
Monday, February 17, 2020
Music Deaths: Neil Innes, the Seventh Monty Python Member
NEIL INNES, 74
Died 29 December 2019
Musician, comedian. member of the satire bands Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and the Rutles. Considered the seventh member of the Monty Python troupe.
All I can say is go to You Tube and watch videos. Especially the George Harrison "Pirate Song"
Real funny guy.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Monty Python's "Holy Grail"-- Part 2
And, October 5, 1968, was the anniversary of the debut of Monty Python's Flying Circus. I didn't miss this show when it started airing on PBS, Channel 11 WTTW here in Chicago, Sunday nights. The level of silliness knew no boundaries.
Continuing with "Cue the coconuts: 'Holy Grail' gallops on" by Steve Johnson in the May 6th Chicago Tribune.
4. YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS-- Originally, the movie was to be set in the past and in the present. The Holy Grail was to be found in Harrods, the store that has everything.
5 THE MONEY-- It cost 229,000 pounds to make the film. Half came from theater impresario Michael White,the other from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Tim Rice and Lloyd Webber. These investors made a 6,00 percent return. Not bad.
6. BY THE NUMBERS-- 2.1 million people on Netflix give it an average of 4.1 out of five stars. I'd give it a 5. DVD gross since 2991: $120 million.
7. STEADY STAYING POWER-- Continues to be shown on college campuses. DVDs kicked it into high gear and then "Spamalot" didn't hurt either.
Loved the French Taunting the British and the Coconuts. --RoadDog
Continuing with "Cue the coconuts: 'Holy Grail' gallops on" by Steve Johnson in the May 6th Chicago Tribune.
4. YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS-- Originally, the movie was to be set in the past and in the present. The Holy Grail was to be found in Harrods, the store that has everything.
5 THE MONEY-- It cost 229,000 pounds to make the film. Half came from theater impresario Michael White,the other from Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Tim Rice and Lloyd Webber. These investors made a 6,00 percent return. Not bad.
6. BY THE NUMBERS-- 2.1 million people on Netflix give it an average of 4.1 out of five stars. I'd give it a 5. DVD gross since 2991: $120 million.
7. STEADY STAYING POWER-- Continues to be shown on college campuses. DVDs kicked it into high gear and then "Spamalot" didn't hurt either.
Loved the French Taunting the British and the Coconuts. --RoadDog
Monday, October 5, 2009
Monty Python's "Holy Grail"-- Part 1
One of my all-time favorite comic troupes was that zany group of Brits called Monty Python and a favorite all-time movie of theirs "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Reporter Steve Johnson, in the May 6th Chicago Tribune, listed seven facts about the movie and had pictures including the entire cast.
1. "HOLY GRAIL" PROVES TEST-MARKETING ISN'T ALL BAD-- Ran it initially before film investors and received dead silence. Toned down grisly sound effects and added mock-heroic adventure music and it got laughs when it was shown later.
2. SHOOTING THE MOVIE WASN'T A LOT OF FUN-- Editing and redoing soundtrack long and tedious. Making it worse, the filming weather was wet and cold.
3. ONLY #2 IN ENGLAND TO TO MONTY PYTHON-- "Grail" is the most popular Python movie in US, but in England "Life of Brian" more popular. The group feels "Life" is their best work as well.
One REALLY Funny Movie. "Runaway, Runaway!!"-- RoadDog
Reporter Steve Johnson, in the May 6th Chicago Tribune, listed seven facts about the movie and had pictures including the entire cast.
1. "HOLY GRAIL" PROVES TEST-MARKETING ISN'T ALL BAD-- Ran it initially before film investors and received dead silence. Toned down grisly sound effects and added mock-heroic adventure music and it got laughs when it was shown later.
2. SHOOTING THE MOVIE WASN'T A LOT OF FUN-- Editing and redoing soundtrack long and tedious. Making it worse, the filming weather was wet and cold.
3. ONLY #2 IN ENGLAND TO TO MONTY PYTHON-- "Grail" is the most popular Python movie in US, but in England "Life of Brian" more popular. The group feels "Life" is their best work as well.
One REALLY Funny Movie. "Runaway, Runaway!!"-- RoadDog
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