Which Monty Python member’s autobiography is entitled So, Anyway?
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British independent slapstick comedy film concerning the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, and directed by Gilliam and Jones. It was conceived during the hiatus between the third and fourth series of their BBC television series ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"". In contrast to the group's first film, ""And Now for Something Completely Different"", a compilation of sketches from the first two television series, ""Holy Grail"" draws"
"passed off as a real event. It is not known how much material the other writers contributed. The book was re-released in 1991 with an afterword by Eric Idle, which has been included in all subsequent releases. A semi-sequel, ""Calcium Made Interesting"", was released in 2005. In June 2011, it was announced that Bill and Ben Productions was making an animated 3D movie based on the memoir. The full title is ""A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman"". Although not a Monty Python movie, all but one of the remaining Pythons are involved in the project."
"was announced that Bill and Ben Productions were making ""A Liar's Autobiography"", an animated 3D film based on the memoir. The full name is ""A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman"". Although not a Monty Python film, all but one of the remaining Pythons are involved in the project. Asked what was true in a deliberately fanciful account by Chapman of his life, Terry Jones joked: ""Nothing… it’s all a downright, absolute, blackguardly lie."" The film uses Chapman's own voice—from a reading of his autobiography shortly before he died of cancer—and entertainment channel EPIX has announced"
"as a species until 11 November 2005. John Cleese John Marwood Cleese (; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on ""The Frost Report"". In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" and the four Monty Python films: ""And Now for Something Completely Different"", ""Monty Python and the Holy Grail"", ""Life of Brian"" and ""The Meaning of Life"". In the mid-1970s, Cleese and his first wife, Connie"
"The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons is the official autobiography of the Monty Python team, released in 2003. It covers the whole of Python history, from their childhoods all the way through to the 30th anniversary celebrations in 1999. The book was edited by Bob McCabe from interviews held with John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Interspersed with these are archive interviews with Graham Chapman as well as new contributions from Chapman’s partner David Sherlock, his brother John, and sister-in-law Pam. The book also features excerpts from the personal"
"John Cleese John Marwood Cleese (; born 27 October 1939) is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on ""The Frost Report"". In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" and the four Monty Python films: ""And Now for Something Completely Different"", ""Monty Python and the Holy Grail"", ""Life of Brian"" and ""The Meaning of Life"". In the mid-1970s, Cleese and his first wife, Connie Booth, co-wrote and starred in the British"
"and then outer space, before being rolled up in the map by the Supreme Being. Terry Gilliam wrote the screenplay with fellow Monty Python alumnus Michael Palin, who appears with Shelley Duvall in the small, recurring roles of Vincent and Pansy. The London-based independent company was backed in part by former Beatle George Harrison, who wrote and performed the closing credits song ""Dream Away"" especially for this film. He is credited, together with Denis O'Brien, as being one of the executive producers of the film. In his book ""Monty Python: The Case Against Irreverence, Scurrility, Profanity, Vilification, and Licentious Abuse"","
"diaries of Terry Jones and Michael Palin, alongside many previously unseen photographs from the team’s personal archives. Originally released as a large format hardback, in the style of ""The Beatles Anthology"" book, it was later issued as a smaller paperback version. A 2-CD set of interviews recorded for the book was released simultaneously. The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons is the official autobiography of the Monty Python team, released in 2003. It covers the whole of Python history, from their childhoods all the way through to the 30th anniversary celebrations in 1999. The book"
"a poem about the sex life of ants. It starts as follows: Idle is an accomplished songwriter, having composed and performed many of the Pythons' most famous comic pieces, including ""Eric the Half-a-Bee"", ""The Philosophers' Song"", ""Galaxy Song"", ""Penis Song"" and, probably his most recognised hit, ""Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"", which was written for the closing scene of the Monty Python film ""Life of Brian"", and sung from the crosses during the mass crucifixion. The song has since been covered by Harry Nilsson, Bruce Cockburn, Art Garfunkel and Green Day. Idle, his fellow Pythons, and assorted"
"A Liar's Autobiography A Liar's Autobiography, Volume VI is a comical autobiography written by Graham Chapman of Monty Python fame, featuring a fictionalised account of his life. First published in Britain in 1980, it was republished in 1991, 1999 and 2011. Unusually for an autobiography, the work is credited inside to five authors: Chapman, his partner David Sherlock, Alex Martin, Douglas Adams, and David A. Yallop. Adams' sole contribution was in the form of a sketch written by himself and Chapman for the television pilot ""Out of the Trees"", which was rewritten for the book in the first person and"
"of 2013, Yentob catches up with each Python as they go their separate ways before reuniting in the Summer of 2014. John Cleese is seen performing solo on his Alimony Tour and attending a book launch for his upcoming memoirs, ""So, Anyway"". Michael Palin is in Yorkshire filming the supernatural drama ""Remember Me"" for the BBC. Like Cleese, he is also preparing for the launch of a book, in this case his third volume of diaries, ""Travelling To Work"". Meanwhile, Terry Gilliam introduces a private screening of his new film ""The Zero Theorem"" and is also busy directing another opera,"
"and for stage shows. These include the ""Four Yorkshiremen sketch"" (which was later performed by Monty Python on ""Live at Drury Lane"" and ""Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl""). The sketches ""Top of the Form"" and ""Beekeeper"" were performed in Secret Policeman's Ball stage shows. Another, ""The Bookshop Sketch"", was recorded in modified form for ""Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album"". ""Psychiatrist"", ""Tea Boy on a Mission"", and ""Grubnlian Holidays"" were also performed again by ""The Two Ronnies"". Monty Python's catchphrase, ""And now for something completely different,"" originated in ""At Last the 1948 Show"", and was originally spoken by Aimi"
"Absolutely Anything Absolutely Anything is a 2015 British science fiction comedy film directed by Terry Jones, and written by Jones and Gavin Scott. The film stars Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Rob Riggle, Eddie Izzard and Joanna Lumley, with the voices provided by John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Robin Williams in his final film role. It was the first film to feature all living Monty Python members since 1983's ""Monty Python's The Meaning of Life"". Principal photography and production began on 24 March 2014, and ended on 12 May 2014. The film was"
"might be anything other than a one-off event. Amnesty's Assistant Director Peter Luff approached John Cleese of the Monty Python comedy troupe to seek his participation. Cleese was taken with the idea and volunteered to assist the event by helping to ""round up a few friends"". Cleese's ""few friends"" turned out to be colleagues in Monty Python, pals in the earlier British comedic ensemble ""Beyond The Fringe"", his ""Footlights"" and ""I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again"" peers (including ""The Goodies""), and other members of the British comedy community from the 1960s and 1970s (primarily those described as ""Oxbridge"" comedians). Luff,"
"lack of confidence. The suddenly visible ""other"" Arthur Wilson tells ""both"" clearly visible George Heads that he's ""still game"" for the trip. Kilimanjaro Expedition Kilimanjaro Expedition is a sketch from the episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus ""The Ant, an Introduction"", also appearing in the Monty Python film ""And Now For Something Completely Different"". It has been compared to a comic episode in Franz Kafka's ""The Castle"" in which the protagonist, K., is confused by twins assigned to assist him. Arthur Wilson (Eric Idle), a young mountaineer, visits the office of Sir George Head, OBE (John Cleese), who is leading"
"is a visiting professor at the University of New South Wales. In 2009, Williams joined the council of Voiceless, the animal protection institute. Williams has written ten books, three of which were used in high school reading lists. His autobiography is ""And Now For Something Completely Different"", a reference to an interview (on psychiatry) with Monty Python star John Cleese. His book, ""Future Perfect"", focuses on cities, transport, communication, education and science. He is the author of a dystopian novel ""2007"" (published in 2001) describing a rebellion of animals. Robyn Williams is in a long term relationship with Dr Jonica"
"becomes irritated by the line of questioning and asks Idle, directly, what he is implying. Idle forwardly admits that he really wants to know whether Jones has ever ""slept with a lady,"" and when directly answered ""yes,"" curiously asks ""What's it like?"", making it one of the few Monty Python sketches to end on a clear punch line. The sketch appears in the 1971 spin-off feature film, ""And Now for Something Completely Different"" and the 1982 concert film ""Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl"". It was also performed when the Pythons appeared on ""The Midnight Special"". In its original"
"A Pocketful of Python A Pocketful of Python is a series of five books by the Monty Python team, in which each of the surviving members selects their favourite material from the group’s TV series, films, records and books. The first two volumes, by Terry Jones and John Cleese, were released in 1999 as part of the team’s 30th anniversary celebrations. Two further volumes, by Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, followed in 2000 while the final volume, by Eric Idle, was eventually released in 2002. Each team member’s volume includes a preface written by one of the other Pythons. In"
"never been released on CD, although a remix containing alternate vocal takes from the session was included on the compilation album ""Monty Python Sings"". The common theme was of an average man (usually Michael Palin, but in the City Center and Hollywood Bowl versions by Eric Idle) who expresses dissatisfaction with his current job (as a barber, weatherman, pet shop owner, etc.) and then announces, ""I didn't want to be [the given profession]. I wanted to be... a lumberjack!"" He proceeds to talk about the life of a lumberjack (""Leaping from tree to tree""), and lists various trees (e.g. larch,"
"out, however, that before Bob Hope obtained the joke from him, Abner had read the joke, not understood it, and substituted his own favourite joke. It is this joke that Bob Hope reads on the air, to no harmful effect whatsoever. The sketch was later remade in a shorter version for the film ""And Now for Something Completely Different"". It is also available on the CD-ROM video game version of the film ""Monty Python's The Meaning of Life"". If the German version of the joke is entered into Google Translate, instead of an English translation the program returns “[FATAL ERROR]”."
"Idle and collaborator John Du Prez. The 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony in London featured a live performance of the song by Idle. English heavy metal band Iron Maiden play it over the PA system at the end of every concert. The song is almost always played during the conclusion of the John DeBella Show on WMGK. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life ""Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"" is a comedy song written by Monty Python member Eric Idle that was first featured in the film ""Monty Python's Life of Brian"" and has gone on"
"musical works included on the album. They comprise, for the most part, self-penned Python songs plus two pieces of library music from Ready Music Ltd. Grammy Awards Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album is the final studio album by Monty Python, released in 1980. As the title suggests, the album was put together to complete a contract with Charisma Records. Besides newly written songs and sketches, the sessions saw re-recordings of material that dated back to the 1960s pre-Python shows ""I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again"", ""The Frost Report"", ""At Last The 1948 Show"" and ""How"
"the two scenes in which Jesus and Brian were shown as two separate people at the same time. The comedians expressed disappointment in Muggeridge, whom all in Monty Python had previously respected as a satirist. Cleese said that his reputation had ""plummeted"" in his eyes, while Palin commented, ""He was just being Muggeridge, preferring to have a very strong contrary opinion as opposed to none at all."" In 1982, aged 79, he was received into the Catholic Church along with his wife Kitty. This was largely under the influence of Mother Teresa, about whom he had written a book, ""Something"
"that accompanied the original script publication of ""The Life of Brian"" and then subsequently reused. The song ""All Things Dull and Ugly"" and the parody scripture reading ""Martyrdom of St. Victor"" were performed on ""Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album"" (1980). The idea of a violent rugby match between school masters and small boys was filmed in ""Monty Python's The Meaning of Life"" (1983). A sketch about a boy who dies at school appeared on the unreleased ""The Hastily Cobbled Together for a Fast Buck Album"" (1981). An album was also released by Monty Python in 1979 in conjunction with the"
"written and provided additional material for ""Would I Lie to You?"". In 2008 Punt wrote the script for and performed in ""Rockford's Rock Opera"", a critically acclaimed ecological musical story created with school friend, Matthew Sweetapple, which has been published as an audiobook. In 2011, he began as presenter of a new quiz show on BBC Radio 4, called The 3rd Degree. Punt played Eric Idle in the BBC adaptation ""Holy Flying Circus"", covering the controversy surrounding the release of ""Monty Python's Life of Brian"". Unlike his comedy partner Dennis, Punt has mostly done screenwriting and script editing for various"
"Pegg and Kate Beckinsale head up an awful sci-fi comedy from Terry Jones. It’d be very sad if this is the last Python collaboration to hit screens."" Absolutely Anything Absolutely Anything is a 2015 British science fiction comedy film directed by Terry Jones, and written by Jones and Gavin Scott. The film stars Simon Pegg, Kate Beckinsale, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Rob Riggle, Eddie Izzard and Joanna Lumley, with the voices provided by John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Robin Williams in his final film role. It was the first film to feature all living Monty Python"
"books artfully offer an education in understanding the world.""—What's So Funny? Wit and Humor in American Children's Literature, by Michael Cart Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst (1984) is a young-adult novel by Lois Lowry. It is part of a series of books that Lowry wrote about Anastasia and her younger brother Sam. Feeling in desperate need of psychotherapy, seventh-grader Anastasia buys a plaster bust of Sigmund Freud at a garage sale and consults him as her life takes a series of twists and turns. Freud remains enigmatic and unjudgmental as Anastasia's science project goes hopelessly awry and"
"have gone on to prompt the publication of a book, edited by Joan E. Taylor, the conference organiser, ""Jesus and Brian: Exploring the Historical Jesus and His Times via Monty Python's Life of Brian"", published by Bloomsbury in 2015. Monty Python's Life of Brian Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 British comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin). It was also directed by Jones. The film tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Chapman),"
"Monty Python: And Now for Something Rather Similar And Now for Something Rather Similar is a documentary about the Monty Python team as they prepare for their first live performances in 34 years. Airing on BBC 1 on 29 June 2014 as part of the ""Imagine"" series, the programme is presented by Alan Yentob, who tracks down the five surviving Pythons in the months leading up to their ""Monty Python Live (Mostly)"" shows at the O arena in July 2014. Following the press conference announcing the shows and the team’s subsequent appearance on ""The Graham Norton Show"" at the end"
"this area. And what do you think the Argylls ate in Aden? Arabs? Yours etc. Captain B.J. Smethwick in a white wine sauce with shallots, mushrooms and garlic."" The letter is followed by a highly cannibalistic Terry Gilliam animated cartoon, a brief plea for decency from Terry Jones in a false moustache, and finally the equally offensive ""Undertakers sketch"". Lifeboat sketch Monty Python's Lifeboat (Cannibalism) sketch appeared on ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"" in . It was also performed on the album, ""Another Monty Python Record"", retitled ""Still No Sign Of Land"". The sketch was inspired by the famous 1884 English"
"each other for hardship, this time in the context of how far and how slowly they had to walk to get to various places in former days. It even ends with the same payoff line ""...and if you tell that to the young people today, they won't believe you..."" Cleese and Chapman were later among the founder members of the comedy group Monty Python. The ""Four Yorkshiremen"" sketch has been performed by Python during their live shows, ""Live at Drury Lane"" (1974, no video recording available), ""Live at the Hollywood Bowl"" (1982) and Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014, performed at"
"to look on the bright side. He was usually thwarted in his endeavours by the people he encountered. He also appeared in the first series of the UK comedy show ""Whose Line Is It Anyway?"". In 2001 he appeared in a short film called ""Coconuts"" with Michael Palin, in which they did a demonstration on how coconuts can be used in place of horses. This film can be seen on the second disk of the collector's edition of ""Monty Python and the Holy Grail"". He played the lead role in the 2007 film ""Trust Me"", a comedy about a pair"
"performers collaborated with their stunts to perform a combined set of acts. Differing, somewhat confusing accounts are given of the origins of the Python name, although the members agree that its only ""significance"" was that they thought it sounded funny. In the 1998 documentary ""Live at Aspen"" during the US Comedy Arts Festival, where the troupe was awarded the AFI Star Award by the American Film Institute, the group implied that ""Monty"" was selected (Eric Idle's idea) as a gently mocking tribute to Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, a legendary British general of World War II; requiring a ""slippery-sounding"" surname, they"