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And Now for Something Completely Different

Author : Kate Egan

Publisher : Edinburgh University Press

Page : 256 pages

File Size : 37,84 MB

Release : 2020-09-21

Category : Electronic books

ISBN : 1474475175

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Examining Monty Python's enduring status as an unconventional, anti-authoritarian comedy touchstone, this book reappraises Python's comedy output from the perspective of its 50 years of cultural circulation. Reconsidering the group's originality, impact and durability, a range of international scholars explores Python's influences, production contexts, frequently controversial themes, and the cult status and forms of fandom associated with Python in the present day. From television sketches, including The Funniest Joke in the World, Hell's Grannies, Dead Parrot and Confuse-a-Cat, to the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life, to songs from the albums and live shows, this book is a ground-breaking critical analysis of the Monty Python phenomenon.



The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus

Author : Monty Python

Publisher : Pantheon

Page : 350 pages

File Size : 39,10 MB

Release : 1989-11-12

Category : Humor

ISBN : 0679726470

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***ALMOST CERTAINLY NOMINATED FOR SOMETHING SOMEWHERE*** The complete scripts from the four Monty Python series, first shown on BBC television between 1969 and 1974, have been collected in two companion volumes. Characters' names, often not spoken, are given as in the original scripts, along with the names of the actual performer added on their first appearance in each sketch. This first volume contains twenty-three classic episodes, featuring some of the most entertaining writing to have gone into television anywhere. The minister of silly walks, the dead parrot, banter in a cheese shop - here is every silly, satirical skit, every snide insult, every saucy aside.



And Now for Something Completely Different

Author : Jodi Taylor

Publisher : Headline

Page : 72 pages

File Size : 11,76 MB

Release : 2019-01-01

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1472264533

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A Chronicles of St Mary's short story that is sure to entertain. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor. Here's a question for you. What's the most exciting thing ever found in a fire bucket? And don't say 'fire' because you'll be wrong. Suppose - just suppose - it was the technology to take a pod to Mars? Yeah, now we're talking! Every Christmas, for reasons which seem good at the time - especially after an eggnog or two - Max and the others leap into the nearest pod and indulge in their illegal Christmas jump. It's a tradition. This year, however, just to be different, they find themselves part of someone else's illegal Christmas jump. It's time to don a spacesuit and bring your own urine! Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'



Monty Python Speaks!

Author : David Morgan

Publisher : Harper Collins

Page : 360 pages

File Size : 36,60 MB

Release : 1999-06-01

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 0380804794

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Monty Python, the genius comedy troupe from Britain, single-handedly revolutionized sketch comedy and paved the way for everything from Saturday Night Live to Austin Powers. Now, in their official oral history, founding members John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin take readers behind the scenes in this no-holds-barred look at their lives and unforgettable comic works like "The Spanish Inquisition," "Dead Parrot," Monty Python's Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Spamalot), and many, many more, with never-before-seen photos and rare interviews from friends and collaborators.



Families and how to Survive Them

Author : A. C. Robin Skynner

Publisher :

Page : 308 pages

File Size : 40,46 MB

Release : 1984

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 9780195204667

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'It achieves what it set out to do- explaining in ordinary language to ordinary people just how relationships work.' -Sun



Monty Python at Work

Author : Michael Palin

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 38,35 MB

Release : 2014

Category : Monty Python's flying circus (Television program)

ISBN : 9781848423602

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Book Description

The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most famous alternative comedy group, told as it happened.



Professor at Large

Author : John Cleese

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 40,2 MB

Release : 2018

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9781501716577

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"Comedian and actor John Cleese in the role of Ivy League professor at Cornell University, where he is currently professor-at-large. This book includes a selection of talks, essays, and lectures and provides a unique view of Cleese's endless pursuit of intellectual discovery across a range of topics"--





The Road to Mars

Author : Eric Idle

Publisher : Pan Publishing

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 21,13 MB

Release : 2014-07-31

Category : Comedians

ISBN : 9781447275022

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Carlton is an android working for Alex and Lewis, two comedians from the twenty-second century who travel the outer vaudeville circuit of the solar system known ironically as the Road to Mars. Being a computer he can't understand irony, but is nevertheless attempting to write a thesis about comedy, its place in evolution, and whether it can ever be cured. He is studying the comedians of the late twentieth century (including obscure and esoteric comedy acts such as Monty Python's Flying Circus) in his search for the comedy gene. Meanwhile, during an audition for a gig on the Princess Di (a solar cruise ship), his two employers inadvertently become involved in a terriorist plot against Mars, the planet of showbiz. Can Carlton prevent Alex and Lewis from losing their gigs, overcome the love thing and finally understand the meaning of comedy in the universe? From one of the original members of Monty Python's Flying Circus.



Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Author : John Cleese

Publisher : Methuen Publishing

Page : 124 pages

File Size : 32,72 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Drama

ISBN :

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The Monty Python team's first feature film is a mock-heroic tale set in Medieval Britain.