Monty Python
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A lot of programmers say they are into Monty Python books and films. I really can't figure why. I once tried watching a Monty Python sketch, it was unbearable!. Someone enlighten me, what's the big deal with Monty Python?
My own take: Some of their humor may seem pretty tame nowadays. But back then, it was groundbreaking. They were pioneers. I'd qualify a lot of today's humor as derivative. Just like Elvis and The Beatles predate me - I wouldn't necessarily spend a lot of my time listening to their music, but I can appreciate and respect their contributions, and the doors they've opened for others.
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Well, it's an acquired taste - and for their TV series, I hadn't acquired it. It was a funny at first, but as is often the case, there's a cultural side to the humor which, having fortunately not been brought up in the UK, I have mercifully avoided.* The movies - Holy Grail and Life of Brian - now that was a time for something completely different. * How to take these comments: 1 - Just havin' some fun, and/or 2 - Just rubbing it in.
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I probably learned more about British culture from Monty Python than from anywhere. I was 16 and a friend of mine had recently moved from the UK with 5 or 6 Monty Python LPs that we'd listen to. Most of it works quite well without video. I still remember the diatribe from the Travel Agency sketch, which is packed with cultural references.
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A lot of programmers say they are into Monty Python books and films. I really can't figure why. I once tried watching a Monty Python sketch, it was unbearable!. Someone enlighten me, what's the big deal with Monty Python?
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A lot of programmers say they are into Monty Python books and films. I really can't figure why. I once tried watching a Monty Python sketch, it was unbearable!. Someone enlighten me, what's the big deal with Monty Python?
You are not english... nuff said :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :laugh: Neither am I
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Yes, they're like an ALBATROSS!
An african or an european one? yes, I do know it is not regading an albatross in the original context
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I'm surprised by the responses. When this topic has come up before it's usually met with a lot of replies similar to "you just don't get British humour." I haven't watched much of it but mostly because it is not very funny. I had friends who loved it though.
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Well, it's an acquired taste - and for their TV series, I hadn't acquired it. It was a funny at first, but as is often the case, there's a cultural side to the humor which, having fortunately not been brought up in the UK, I have mercifully avoided.* The movies - Holy Grail and Life of Brian - now that was a time for something completely different. * How to take these comments: 1 - Just havin' some fun, and/or 2 - Just rubbing it in.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote:
...having fortunately not been brought up in the UK...
Fortunately for you, or for the Ukians? :-\
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Monty Python aka The Emperor's New Clothes
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It's difficult stuff, because humour is very personal. Watch Dave Allen - if you can find his stuff, and I'll howl with laughter the whole way through. But even when Falwty Towers was brand new I found it funny, but only in small, five minute doses. Any more, and I'd be chewing my knuckles with embarrassment. Take this bit: Whose Fault is It? | Fawlty Towers | BBC Comedy Greats - YouTube[^] and it still works perfectly despite all the time that has passed.
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A lot of programmers say they are into Monty Python books and films. I really can't figure why. I once tried watching a Monty Python sketch, it was unbearable!. Someone enlighten me, what's the big deal with Monty Python?
The television shows were funny when first seen, at the age of 12 or whatever I was back then. Likewise, Douglas Adams' books were good at first reading. Even the Dirk Gently books. There are a lot of works like that (And I don't mean to poke at Brits...these examples are just the first to pop into my head.) But except for bits and pieces, now and again, they don't do anything for me. Shrug
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A lot of programmers say they are into Monty Python books and films. I really can't figure why. I once tried watching a Monty Python sketch, it was unbearable!. Someone enlighten me, what's the big deal with Monty Python?
If someone has to explain to you why it's funny, it stops being funny! For me, it was a bunch of very clever people observing life and putting a different spin on it. It was absolutely ground breaking in its day because it was a new and unique form of comedy that appealed to a generation. To be fair, it was also very experimental, so although it is revered now by those who remember it and appreciated it in the context of its time, equally there was a lot of it that didn't really work and was quietly forgotten.
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I probably learned more about British culture from Monty Python than from anywhere. I was 16 and a friend of mine had recently moved from the UK with 5 or 6 Monty Python LPs that we'd listen to. Most of it works quite well without video. I still remember the diatribe from the Travel Agency sketch, which is packed with cultural references.
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Did he have the three sided "Matching Tie and handkerchief"? Yes, it had three sides, I believe they were label side 2 and side 2! :)
Yes! Side 2 had two parallel tracks, so you had to reposition the stylus until it found the one you wanted.
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W∴ Balboos, GHB wrote:
...having fortunately not been brought up in the UK...
Fortunately for you, or for the Ukians? :-\
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
Fortunate for me in that I didn't get that horrid accent and accept eating food I'd otherwise be ashamed to give away. And, of course, the bad teeth and most of all, they're stuck with "The Royals". Fortunate for them in that they already feel bad enough about themselves - and such a shining example would only cause them more hurt.
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010
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A lot of programmers say they are into Monty Python books and films. I really can't figure why. I once tried watching a Monty Python sketch, it was unbearable!. Someone enlighten me, what's the big deal with Monty Python?
It's not important how funny they are now. It's the groundbreaking work they did for every comedian that came after them. I still find most of the things that they did very funny. And we can be eternally grateful for introducing us to the 'joys' of SPAM. Even now the spam sketch is bloody funny. They will always have a special place in my life. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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A lot of programmers say they are into Monty Python books and films. I really can't figure why. I once tried watching a Monty Python sketch, it was unbearable!. Someone enlighten me, what's the big deal with Monty Python?
It's primarily right place at the right time. I'm old enough to remember (just) the original broadcasts and it felt revolutionary then. Twenty years ago I bought the entire collection on DVD and enjoyed about 85% of it then. Last time I took a look I enjoyed about 50%. Doesn't devalue the historical importance of what they did though. I think this is just part of the ageing process; I can barely listen to the Goon Show today, but loved it thirty years ago. Comedy evolves, I find little makes me laugh out loud now while the kids laugh uproariously at stuff I find cliched and generic. So, what makes me smile these days? Beef And Dairy Network Podcast[^] BBC - Search results for John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme[^] Any suggestions for other titles?
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A lot of programmers say they are into Monty Python books and films. I really can't figure why. I once tried watching a Monty Python sketch, it was unbearable!. Someone enlighten me, what's the big deal with Monty Python?
