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Opinion: The missing Monty Python link
There was a different appearance from Eric Idle's "Nudge-Nudge" character which I can't find anywhere. It was in a TV advert for Breakaway chocolate bars which also featured Idle's blazered buffoon, though this time, if my memory is correct, he wouldn't shut up about the chocolate and crispy biscuit combination.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 21st May 2014To celebrate BBC2's 50th anniversary, the channel exhumed an hour of so-called hidden treasures from The Comedy Vaults, including un-aired pilots, cult classics and first television appearances from comedy legends such as French & Saunders, Steve Coogan and Billy Connolly. There was even rare archive footage of Harry Hill with hair.
Monty Python's Eric Idle was also on hand to puncture the general air of self-congratulation, suggesting BBC2 should actually be charged with crimes against humanity for losing or wiping so many tapes containing classic comedy episodes and performances.
One tape the station would have done well to lose featured the band Madness, starring in an eponymous sitcom written for them by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis. It would be hard to pick out one band member for opprobrium, as they were all so dreadful.
Harry Venning, The Stage, 15th May 2014Terry Gilliam on Monty Python Live: 'I find it depressing'
Terry Gilliam has said he finds it depressing that Monty Python are reuniting and admits the team have 'sold out' with their farewell shows.
British Comedy Guide, 14th May 2014Game of Thrones hides secret Monty Python reference
n the episode Breaker of Chains, the show's linguist David Peterson created the ultimate in-joke with series creator Dan Weiss, by translating Monty Python quotes into Low Valyrian, a language used by a clan on the show. More specifically, he took the insults hurled by a French soldier in the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, such as "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries."
Ben Beaumont-Thomas, The Guardian, 13th May 2014Monty Python interview
GQ talks to the iconoclasts who challenged the British establishment and ended up global comedy royalty. John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle discuss the glory years, blazing rows, groupies and the Knights Who Say Ni... Say no more!
John Naughton, GQ, 16th April 2014Monty Python reinvented British comedy
Michael Palin is typically self-deprecating about the Pythons' work. Their gleaming jewels more than make up for any 'dross'.
Natalie Haynes, The Guardian, 10th April 2014Arlene Phillips is ready to unveil John Cleese's body
Arlene Phillips says there will be flesh on display when the members of the Monty Python team appear in their reunion show in July.
Tim Walker, The Telegraph, 9th April 2014Michael Palin: A lot of Monty Python was 'crap'
Michael Palin announces his first solo tour of Britain, as he discloses the highlights and lowlights of his long career and admits a lot of Monty Python was c--p.
Hannah Furness, The Telegraph, 9th April 2014Monty Python: 19 facts about them that you may not know
Here are 19 facts about Monty Python that you might not know...
Alun Palmer, The Mirror, 8th April 2014Monty Python comedy group gets comic book treatment
Blue Water Productions announced plans to release a new comic book biography on the life of pop-culture icons Monty Python who will be part of the popular Comics series.
Comic Book Resources, 8th April 2014