Hah, it's appropriate coz vikings.

You're just going to make me dig out my Monty Python dvds, aren't you, Biggles?

[lol] Between the badgers, potters and canned meats I'd say this thread is coming along nicely ;P

Haha, ooooh the Spam sketch is probably one of my favorites. That and probably the lumberjack sketch. :)

I have the lumberjack song memorized in English and German.

Do it! You excited for all this reunion stuff?

Reunion stuff? o.o

And my favorites are How Not to Be Seen, and Defense Against Fresh Fruit. :P

Mythos and I are watching John Cleese in Rat Race at the moment. Did you know that he voiced the butler in Fable 3?

True story.

Oh man, my favorites. Um. Dennis Moore, definitely. The Bishop. The Cycling Tour. Science Fiction Sketch. The Queen's MacKamakazi Highlanders. The Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights. Oh man, so many!

I don't think I've seen Rat Race, but I rewatched a Fish Called Wanda the other day!

Monty Python reunion: Surviving members to reform for a stage show - News - Comedy - The Independent

Ooooh... I'll have to keep an eye out for that... likely they won't be touring anywhere near me, but awesome nonetheless!

*stalk thread, then comes out of the shadows to...!*

Mythos:

BAHAHA you've been pinged *runs*

Have fun, everybody... I'm gonna go get some sleep!

goodnight Wyrmskyld: !!
sweet dreams :)

*Jumps back in and looks around comically* Who-What-Where? :O
Kasumi!! [illgetu]

Night Wyrm!

And to be on topic- I haven't seen any of the reunion stuff for MP yet but I'm sure I'd enjoy it... I've loved most of their old work.

Goodnight, Wyrm.

I am wondering what they have in store for us...

People all over England will be menaced once again by pepperpots and slappy fish!

Same... each of their particular types of humor have kind of matured in the time that they've been apart.

one of my first python.7 language projects was to make a hangman game...
The solution I chose was "pepperpot" only because it was in python. [heart]


*I just subscribed to this thread, Mythos :) *
*Monty Python, Asgard, and great company*

I'm off to bed as well.

[hug] Night everyone!

That's very true. And It's not that I think the argument that comedians lose their edge as they get older is particularly true, but there was something about the kind of comedy* the did that drew itself from the vigor of youth. I'm wondering what they will work on translating...

*The kind of comedy they did was very specific I think. People say that they broke women down into two categories in their comedy: the sexpot and the pepperpot. And it's not that it's not true, they did. But the kind of comedy they were doing, especially as a male troop (Carol is a gem, and she doesn't get enough recognition, but that's an aside) just doesn't lend itself to having real women in it. They have to parody, because their comedy is of the absurd variety, and... they have no personal experience what it means to be a woman. If they were just to work a real, smart woman in to be a full fledged comedic character, they would fail. Going back to Carole, I remember reading something about how they had several women they took on for trial when the show was starting out, and it just kept falling apart. The women didn't understand what they were trying to do, and the fellows didn't... know how to do anything else. But Carol was a match, they all just clicked.
This isn't like a great argument in their favour. Their women aren't nuanced or real. And that's a shame. I'm just saying I think I get why they weren't able to do that.

Asgard! [eager]

That is a good thing. [:)]
Thanksgiving is fast approaching.
I have to work that day, but I still am looking forward to the
turkey and fixings.
Then, Christmas will be here before we know it.

When I see Asgard... I keep thinking..


They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard-gard-gard...

The hobbits the hobbits the hobbits to Isengard! to Isengard!

I have no idea what I am doing for Thanksgiving. Other than watching the parade, obvs. Could get myself a tofurky.
Man, being an adult is weird. Holidays used to be my thing, especially Thanksgiving. Now I'm all "Oh, what?"

We finally found out my uncle's family is coming to Thanksgiving after all... which means we have to plan, and then Wednesday we get the crazyfun day of cooking. I'm looking forward to it. I love to cook, especially for a large group.