Monty Python Speaks!
The Complete Oral History of Monty Python, As Told by the Founding Members and a Few of Their Many Friends and Collaborators
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · July 5, 2005
Broadcast by the BBC between 1969 and 1974, Monty Python’s Flying Circus introduced something completely different: a new brand of surrealistic, stream-of-consciousness comedy that pushed the traditional boundaries of format, style, and content.
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- Who it’s for
- Interviews trace the people behind Python’s collision of surreal satire and slapstick.
- Themes
- Surrealist comedy, Satire and slapstick
- Genres
- Lives in Entertainment, Television History & Criticism, Celebrity & Pop Culture Humor
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Broadcast by the BBC between 1969 and 1974, Monty Python’s Flying Circus introduced something completely different: a new brand of surrealistic, stream-of-consciousness comedy that pushed the traditional boundaries of format, style, and content. Blending brilliant satire with slapstick silliness, The Pythons—Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin—spoke to a generation eager to break free of the conventional.
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Making their way across the Atlantic and the world, the Pythons’ zany approach to comedy would have a monumental influence on modern popular culture, paving the way for farcical entertainment from Saturday Night Live to The Simpsons to Austin Powers. In Monty Python Speaks, David Morgan has collected interviews with Monty Python’s founding members, actors, producers, and other collaborators to produce a no-holds-barred look at the Pythons’ legendary sketches and films, including Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Spamalot), and The Meaning of Life.
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Interviews trace the people behind Python’s collision of surreal satire and slapstick.
Come here for
- The voices behind comedy that pushed at convention
- A cultural lens on sketches and films that traveled widely
Expect
- Founding members and collaborators speaking in interviews
- A look at sketches and films, including Life of Brian and Holy Grail
Where it sits
| Lives in Entertainment | 32% |
|---|---|
| Television History & Criticism | 32% |
| Celebrity & Pop Culture Humor | 25% |
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- Lives in Entertainment
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- Circus Arts
- Film Reference
- Comedy Films
- TV Resources
- Authors
- David Morgan
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- July 5, 2005
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Surrealist comedy · Satire and slapstick
- Reading lane
- Lives in Entertainment