"Monty Python" team was established in the late 1960s, including Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. These six members have been familiar with each other before the group, first in the university era - Graham, John and Eric in Cambridge in Cambridge, Terry J and Michael are in Oxford; later they have cooperated with each other in some TV comedy programs. For example, the famous THE FROST REPORT. In 1967, John and Graham were working together and starred in the "At Last, The 1948 Show" show, while the Marty Feldman, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Aimi MacDonald, ERIC also appeared in the play. The second year, ERIC, Michael and Terry J made up for children's programs "Do Not Adjust Your Set" (DNAYS), and David Jason2 and The Bonzo Dog (DOO DAH) band (Neil Innes in the band came back. One of the important members of the Python subsidiary), more importantly, Terry Gilliam is responsible for the animation part of this program.
In early 1969, Michael and Terry J were written and played a series of live short dramas called "The Complete and Utter History of Britain". John also participated in this drama, and he had decided to cooperate with Michael. A producer Barry TOOK of BBC arranged a meeting for two. John brings its own writing partner Graham, Michael also brings a DNAYS crew colleague Terry J, Eric and Terry G. When six people met, I wiped sparks (they all love the Goons combination and Spike Milligan's Q5 TV show), and BBC did not hesitate to provide funds and let them make a thirteenth episode.
Circus flying by the flying circus
The first episode "Monty Pythons Flying Circus broadcast on October 5, 1969, the program was put in midnight, and often to move to other programs, and the audience in the British regional audiences even see Not it. Despite this, the program has gone a certain reputation, which is enough to make BBC to continue to make the second season in 70 years.
Before the start of the second season, Python began to get involved in the movie, and launched the "and now for Something Completely Different". The main purpose of this movie is to let Python open the US market, but unfortunately, the result is not ideal, the team returns to TV. In the third quarter, during the period from 1972 to 1973, in the third quarter, John decided no longer participating in the Flying Circus program. The fourth quarter (name is changed to simple Monty Python) in 1974, only 6 episodes have been maintained, and most people are considered to be the worst episode of the entire series.
the film
The lessons learned from the previous movie "And Now for Something Completely Different" decided to have complete autonomy in the next movie.
In the third quarter and the fourth quarterly Flying Circus show, the team slipped to Scotland, completed "Monty Python and THE HOLY GRAIL", Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam at a very low cost, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam Served a director. Although many difficulties have encountered many difficulties during the filming - especially the bad weather in Scotland - the group is still completed, it has completed a huge success. More fortunately, "Holy Grail" is released in the United States. The Python program is now popular in the United States. This greatly promotes the success of the film and firmly firmly strengthens the team as a belief in the development direction. The next Python movie is the "Monty Pythons Life of Brian" that has attracted great controversial "Monty Pythons Life of Brian" is shown in 1979. The idea of the movie is from an unhappy answer of Eric IDle. He claims that their next movie will be called "Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory" (Jesus Christ: The desire of glory). After several rewritten, the final script was almost unreasonable, but the story was concentrated in a young man who was misconducted as a savior. Since the original exit of the original restriction EMI, the film is likely to be stranded. Fortunately, George Harrison (former Bearer member), this Python's fan is too want to see this movie, for this, he has a danger of increasing production, and created his own production company. " Handmade Films to fund this movie. After the movie was released, he was strongly attacked by some believers and was banned in some areas. Despite this (perhaps because of this), the movie has gone a huge success.
Next, Python has released a movie called "Monty Python Live In Hollywood Bowl" recorded their 1980 in the stage performance of the Hollywood Bowl of the Los Angeles Hollywood. The team performs some of their most popular prices, and the lively scene is like a rock concert.
The next movie of Python eventually became their last movie. "Monty Pythons The Meaning of Life" was released in 1983, and the two harvests of comments and box office have also won the Jury Awards. The movie contains some of the crazy Python paragraphs, including the song "Every Sperm is Sacred" attacking the Catholic anti-contraceptive policy (every sperm is sacred), the field education class in the school, Graham Chapman is almost The naked woman rushed down the cliff, and of course, there is also the vomiting of Creosote.
at the same time......
While busy with TV series and movies, Python also participated in some other work, especially a series of books and recording. These works and their TV, movies are innovative, and the record "The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief" is also the world's first "three-sided" record - the reverse side of the record The groove is divided into two parts, what is the content of the singer depends on the singer. As the tradition of Python, their books and recordings also caused some controversy, and the book "Monty Pythons Brand New Bok5" specially made a simulated dirty handprint, causing a certain chaos in the bookstore; record "Monty Pythons "Instant Record Collection" also added a lot of trouble to the owners, Terry Gilliam designed folding envelopes (after the combination, it seems like a recorded alchemy) too complicated, often unintentional by customers, and later released Don't replace a simple envelope; the record "Monty Pythons Contractual Obligation Album" (the album of the giant contract) also arouses disputes in another aspect, of which the small product "Farewell to John "A small Denver Famous song" Annies Song "is a voice of someone being killed in the later version (replaced by a blank and Terry Jones apologize), and another" SIT "On my face" Since the alleged plagiarism is also the same fate. Today, Python is continuously maintained in the form of a website, and their official website www.pythonline.org. This website is more like an eric IDle's personal work, but several other people will occasionally participate. Of course, today's popular culture is also a reference to Python, phrase "this is an an ex-parrot" and "Nudge, Nudge, Wink Wink, Say no more" have become English terms, and the words "pythonesque" also enters English dictionary, it is such a definition: Pythonesque, adjective, meaning humorous, singular and super-realism, from BBC TV comedy program "Monty Pythons Flying Circus".
Scientists (especially computer scientists) often look for inspiration from Python when naming new things: The term "spam" (spam) comes from a Python product, while programming language "Python" is a direct stealing. A huge serpentine found in 1985 was also named Latin "Montypythonoides Riversleighensis6" (Riversleigh is the discovery of fossil).
At last
Although "Meaning of Life" finally became the last work of Python, but through the 1980s, Python had to be restructured, another stage show, another movie, another TV series drama ... The problem is that each independent Python member is busy with their own (or mutually) career, it is difficult to find the time to let them get together. In 1988, Graham Chapman was diagnosed with cancer, although he once claimed that has been overwriting the disease, but eventually died on October 4, 1989, as a result of the 20th anniversary of the "Flying Circus" program. The Python group was reorganized in 1998 attended a stage show in the ASPEN, Koro, USA, and the British comedian Eddie Izzard replaced the location of Graham. Graham also "appears" on the stage (in a cassette), after the performance, Terry Gilliam "accidentally" kicked down. The statement on the new movie or the stage performance has begun to spread, but it has not been implemented. In 1999, the team gathered in BBC and participated in the 30th anniversary celebration. Sadness is that although they are still friends, they are all too busy, so that they can't re-get a new plan together. Moreover, there is no Graham Chapman, nor will there be a real Python ...
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