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Jonathan Trevithick
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 - posted November 19, 2013 03:07 PM      Profile for Jonathan Trevithick   Email Jonathan Trevithick   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
Nobody expected this. Not even the Spanish Inquisition!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24999401

ps on the hunt for Walton Holy Grail part Two and anything Python on 16mm.

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Osi Osgood
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Yes! ... and it's most welcome!

NI! NI! NI!

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David Ollerearnshaw
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Its just SPAM!

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Dominique De Bast
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE

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Ernie Zahn
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If I'm lucky enough to go to one of the shows, I'll sneak in my Super 8 camera!

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Jonathan Trevithick
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 - posted November 20, 2013 06:41 PM      Profile for Jonathan Trevithick   Email Jonathan Trevithick   Send New Private Message       Edit/Delete Post 
On the subject of Python and super 8, there was a Python sketch featuring Terry Jones as a hopeless film maker who shot some very bad productions of classic films on his super 8 camera.

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Maurice Leakey
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I never thought the Pythons remotely funny. The Goon Show, now, that's completely different.

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Jonathan Trevithick
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I love Milligan and the Goons, too, in terms of radio. I respect their stuff enormously. The surreal anarchic humour is very similar. However, Python understood how to send up the mediums of television and film in a slightly more structured way. Maurice, watch the fish slapping sketch on Youtube. You can't not laugh at that.

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Maurice Leakey
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Python announce a one-off show for 1 July 2014.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25031520

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Christian Bjorgen
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This is great, really really great, and I will definately do my best to get tickets for it.

I've been a Python fan since I learned English really, and I'm glad to say I have "The Holy Grail" on 16mm [Smile]

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Jonathan Trevithick
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I am certainly keen on going but as Cleese said last night, there are planets closer to London than Australia.

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Jonathan Trevithick
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Did anyone get a ticket? I was lucky to get one for opening night, a long way from the stage. Will need binoculars. Big ones!

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Mark Williams
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I was unlucky as the initial batch of tickets sold out in 43 seconds [Frown] By the time I saw the second wave of tickets available for the other 4 night they had all sold out:(

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Jonathan Trevithick
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Sorry you missed out, Mark. They put me in a queue at 9.50am and I got my first night tickets after waiting 35 minutes. Not sure how that happened if they sold out after 45 seconds. Anyway, i'm very happy with the result!

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Mark Williams
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Cheers Jonathan

I will probably have to resort to eBay nearer the dates now as there are bound to be tickets available due to people can't making certain dates etc

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Terry Sills
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Having watched the Goons only film (I think) 'Down among the Z Men' the Goons were obviously much more suited to radio. The film was absolutely dire. I couldn't raise a smile once. At least I can laugh at the Python stuff. Having said that Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers were brilliant comedians. But in that film - oh dear - wasted talent.

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Jonathan Trevithick
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I agree, Terry. Milligan's ideas were better suited to radio.None of the Goon-inspired films are terribly good. GHOST IN THE NOONDAY SUN must be the worst. I think Peter Sellers realised this during filming as he seemed to do his best to sabotage it.However, moments of the Q series were brilliant and I can understand why Milligan felt the Pythons had copied his format.

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