Monty-python

https://www.tumblr.com/singeratlarge/784758937851445248/song-of-the-week-its-going-to-be-different?source=share

#Retro vibes at #ESC2025: Lucio Corsi is a great musician, but his costume, his song, his whole performance... isn't it just #Bowie and #LiveOnMars repackaged for middle school theater evening with 50+ years delay? (Which is saying more about our current #music scene than either #LucioCorsi or #DavidBowie.)

https://youtu.be/AZKcl4-tcuo?feature=shared

And OK, #KAJ with #Sauna are funny... but I can't help it. It won't beat #MontyPython's #LumberjackSong.

https://youtu.be/pfRdur8GLBM?feature=shared

No Kings, in the US.

Goeiemorgen allemaal!

#LiesbethList in #MontyPython
https://youtu.be/cuwJ5K2c-Zk?si=9SielVL3oukYPMPv

Weird Glasgow Continued: A Ministry of Silly Walks sign I came across today by the children's play area in Kelvingrove Park.

So, just to make sure I get this right...

There's a senile codger who sits at home at night, alone with his grievances, no friends, a wife that detests him and refuses to be in the same room with him. He stews and stares at the TV, flipping around hoping to find people saying nice things about him.

Then, possibly triggered by whatever he sees on TV, or perhaps thermal noise in his degrading neurons, he comes up with some random, crazy thing, and he posts it to social media.

And then the US cabinet jumps up and says "Yes sir, what a great idea sir, we're on it sir".

Do I have that right?

I think others are correct. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords would be a *much* better basis for a system of government.

Benny Banzai picked this up at a flea market today, so Monty Python’s Contractual Obligation Album (1980) is the #WeekendUnwind. So many good bits, which episode(s) to use them in? Don’t worry, we already know. #80s #80smusic #MontyPython

#DeadComposers #MontyPython https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiQOaK8Mv6E&pp=ygUVZGVjb21wb3NpbmcgY29tcG9zZXJz

Expecting a woman to come out of the pool at Mar-a-Lago and give #DonaldTheDeplorable a sword any day now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sprrQ1OLW6g

"The #MontyPython troupe famously made #HolyGrail on a shoestring budget—so much so that they couldn't afford to have the knights ride actual horses. (There are only a couple of scenes featuring a horse, and apparently it's the same horse.) Rather than throwing up their hands in resignation, that very real constraint fueled the Pythons' creativity. The actors decided the knights would simply pretend to ride horses while their porters followed behind, banging halves of coconut shells together to mimic the sound of horses' hooves—a time-honored Foley effect dating back to the early days of radio."

https://arstechnica.com/culture/2025/04/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-turns-50/

Hmm, #MontyPython #HolyGrail is 50 years old! I feel so young!

"And now! At last! Another film completely different from some of the other films which aren't quite the same as this one is," was the tagline of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," which was released 50 years ago this month. The team at @arstechnica discuss the things they love about this absurdist masterpiece.

https://flip.it/QIce-G

'What is a knight without a steed? About as powerful as a king without a court, both of which apply to poor, hamstrung Arthur here, as he trudges vainly across England in search of who-knows-exactly-what, earning only the contempt of his sceptical, mud-stained subjects (“Just because some watery tart threw a sword at you,” one mutters) and mysteriously invading French adversaries along the way. It’s a healthily republican rejoinder to reams of awed Arthurian lore, sneaking some startlingly pithy class commentary in amid the loopy japing. “I didn’t vote for you,” says one unimpressed countryman to our horseless hero. “You don’t vote for kings,” Arthur counters, as if that answer raises no further questions.'
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/28/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-50th-anniversary

Film contemplation (more than just a review) but a good one

Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Today - 50 years after the release and 25-30 years before they were born, out sons still quote this (and The Life of Brian) as do many of their friends. The daughter remains out of it! She thinks they just smell of elderberries.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/28/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail-50th-anniversary

But did Cleese really have to be such a sh1t?

Today I was listening to "Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album" (1980)
#music #listening #MontyPython