I was thinking of one based on the 7 deadly sins where these old bastards try and kill Blakey cos he's a bastard parky. But he gets the last laugh cos he's the devil and he stabs them in the bum.
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Quote: sootyj @ December 20 2010, 11:22 AM GMTDidn't there used to be a trend for portmanteau comedy movies in the UK in the 70s?
You know 3 lonigsh vaguely related epsidoes
The only thing that comes immediately to mind along those lines is The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins. And some old soft porn films.
nb with regards to Python cultural mores change from era to era. So Python came out a few years after homosexuality was legalised and censorship in the theatre collapsed.
So what was shocking then is common place now.
On that basis I think they have a pretty impressive hit count to this day..
Quote: Griff @ December 20 2010, 11:42 AM GMTAlso we live in a much less religious society today than 30 years ago when Life Of Brian came out.
There was a right kerfuffle with cinemas refusing to show it, church groups demonstrating outside cinemas etc.
"Down with dis sort of ting!"
Quote: Griff @ December 20 2010, 11:42 AM GMTAlso we live in a much less religious society today than 30 years ago when Life Of Brian came out.
There was a right kerfuffle with cinemas refusing to show it, church groups demonstrating outside cinemas etc.
I think one council only just approved it.
It was in Wales, so they probably still have fire under consideration.
Quote: Aaron @ December 20 2010, 11:23 AM GMTOnly on screen, mind. He still wrote for Series 4.
I think his few contributions for Series 4 were written with Chapman before the series was commissioned - and included bits dropped from the Holy Grail script. He's not credited on every episode and wasn't writing with the team for Series 4.
Quote: Kenneth @ December 20 2010, 11:21 AM GMTMinus Cleese for the final series. He'd had enough and wanted to do something better.
Better? I think he just wanted out for fear of repeating himself. From what I've read, he was wanting to leave during the second series; he comes across in books about Python as quite a difficult person, really.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ December 20 2010, 12:06 PM GMTBetter? I think he just wanted out for fear of repeating himself. From what I've read, he was wanting to leave during the second series; he comes across in books about Python as quite a difficult person, really.
That too. His reasons for not doing Series 4 are outlined over pages 293-300 of The Pythons' Autobiography: didn't have enough time to work on other projects with Connie; he felt Python was claustrophobic; Chapman was increasingly drunk and very possessive of him; the others never listened to him; their material was becoming repetitive/derivative so it was pointless to continue unless for money; he wanted to do different things even if that meant less money.
Quote: Griff @ December 20 2010, 10:37 AM GMTHaven't seen AWOTM Kenneth. But I like your suggestion of The Onion Movie. I love The Onion so I should probably check that out.
The Onion movie is EXCELLENT.
Quote: Matthew Stott @ December 20 2010, 11:01 AM GMTPython went for four series, didn't it?
Yes, Matthew, but the final series only consisted of 6 episodes. Which is sort of why I didn't mention it.
Quote: Tim Walker @ December 20 2010, 4:56 PM GMTYes, Matthew, but the final series only consisted of 6 episodes. Which is sort of why I didn't mention it.
I ignored both series of Fawlty Towers for the same reason.
Quote: Tim Walker @ December 20 2010, 12:17 AM GMTThen again, the writers of that show didn't have to produce 13 episodes of material for three series in a row?
Yes, that's very true. When did six episodes for a series become the norm?
Quote: Ben @ December 20 2010, 6:27 PM GMTYes, that's very true. When did six episodes for a series become the norm?
If memory serves, it was around the mid-1980s, when the BBC and 'The Establishment' calculated that more than 6 episodes in a row of The Lenny Henry Show, featuring Lenny shouting "Katanga, my friends!" every 5 seconds, might lead to dangerous levels of laughter and excitement amongst the proletariat - possibly precipitating decadent behaviour and social unrest.
Quote: Tim Walker @ December 20 2010, 6:52 PM GMTIf memory serves, it was around the mid-1980s, when the BBC and 'The Establishment' calculated that more than 6 episodes in a row of The Lenny Henry Show, featuring Lenny shouting "Katanga, my friends!" every 5 seconds, might lead to dangerous levels of laughter and excitement amongst the proletariat - possibly precipitating decadent behaviour and social unrest.
