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When legendary comedy troupe Monty Python staged “Live (Mostly): One Down, Five to Go” in 2014, its surviving members filmed themselves taking what they promised would be their final bows together. So how can we then speak of a new Python movie in the headline? Because, according to entertainment industry outlet Deadline, the …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
    1. deadlockvictim

      Don't forget the other two holy words

      Peng & Nyugen

      1. David 132 Silver badge

        Re: Don't forget the other two holy words

        Semprini?

        1. The Oncoming Scorn Silver badge
          Coat

          Re: Don't forget the other two holy words

          Spamprini.

        2. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

          Re: Semprini?

          Out!!

        3. Graham Marsden
          Holmes

          Re: Don't forget the other two holy words

          > Semprini?

          Arrest that man!

      2. Michael H.F. Wilkinson Silver badge
        Coat

        Re: Don't forget the other two holy words

        Eki eki eki patang zoo poing zzraazrroohhhh...

        Nice word isn't it?

        I'll get me coat (and the helmet with the stag antlers on, please)

      3. Shades

        Re: Don't forget the other two holy words

        Ecky ecky fatang

    2. J. R. Hartley

      Spam, spam, egg and spam.

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        *stands up with the vikings*

        Spam spam spam spam spammity spam spammity spam!

        Spam spam spam.

        Spammity spam spammity spaaaam!

    3. J. R. Hartley

      Are you saying Ni to that old woman?

    4. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Well I didn't expect that!

    5. Ugotta B. Kiddingme
  2. TRT Silver badge

    Shovelling shedloads of sheet glass in the shithouse?

    That's hard to swallow.

    1. Vulch

      Re: Shovelling shedloads of sheet glass in the shithouse?

      African or European?

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: Shovelling shedloads of sheet glass in the shithouse?

        unladen?

    2. User McUser

      Re: Shovelling shedloads of sheet glass in the shithouse?

      When I get my membership card and blazer badge back from the League of Agnostics, I shall urge them to launch a formal protest against that religious racket.

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Always dreamed of this comedy collaboration

    Monty Python, Father Ted, and Rowan Atkinson and his buddies e.g. Stephen Fry

  4. Pomgolian
    Coat

    Sounds like....

    ...daylight shrubbery to me

    1. 45RPM Silver badge

      Re: Sounds like....

      And then you must cut down the mightiest tree in the forest—with a herring

      Seems a bit fishy to me. Are you sure this is legit?

      1. Anonymous Coward
        Anonymous Coward

        Re: Sounds like....

        given the opportunity I will post this link. Every. Single. Time.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhJQp-q1Y1s

  5. allthecoolshortnamesweretaken

    Well, I'm a golfer member of The Church of Python, so yes, I'll pay my dues.

  6. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Cardinal Fang ..!

    Fetch the comfy chair ...

    1. austint

      Re: Cardinal Fang ..!

      The comfy chair?

  7. brizo2478

    Help! Help! I'm being repressed! Come and see the violence inherit in the system!

    1. Chunky Munky
      IT Angle

      Bloody peasant!

      1. Aladdin Sane

        A method of government where the ruler is decided by a watery tart distributing swords is looking pretty good right about now.

        1. Anonymous Coward
          Anonymous Coward

          You sir, owe me a glass of water.

        2. Throatwarbler Mangrove Silver badge
          Thumb Up

          You know Trump would never be able to wield Excalibur with those tiny hands of his . . .

  8. Jay 2
    Meh

    I'm a bit bemused, but it's not the first time of such a merry-go-round. The same happened with The Producers. Original film in 1967, stage musical in 2001 and then a film of the musical (eh?) in 2005.

    1. Aladdin Sane

      Same with Hairspray.

      1. VinceH
        Thumb Up

        They should therefore extend the cycle more fully. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (and the other fillums) probably wouldn't have happened if there wasn't the original TV series, Flying Circus.

        So the full cycle would actually be:

        TV Show -> Fillums -> Musical based on one of them -> Fillum based on that musical -> TV show.

    2. macjules

      What is next, Brian, The Musical to be followed by Brian, The Musical, The Movie?

      Anybody else feel like a little... giggle... when I mention my fwiend...

      1. David 132 Silver badge
        Headmaster

        ROMANES EUNT DOMUS

        (Pedantic grammar nazi icon for obvious reasons)

  9. Androgynous Cupboard Silver badge

    Short of cash?

    Has John Cleese remarried again?

    1. Spanners Silver badge
      Go

      Re: Short of cash?

      I think he's still paying for a previous one+.

      1. TRT Silver badge

        Re: Short of cash?

        Look, he didn't come here for an argument.

        1. Huw D

          Re: Short of cash?

          Yes he did.

          1. TRT Silver badge

            Re: Short of cash?

            No. He didn't.

            1. Sgt_Oddball
              Facepalm

              Re: Short of cash?

              Now you're just contradicting me. That's not an argument!

              1. TRT Silver badge

                Re: Short of cash?

                Yes it is.

  10. TheProf
    Pint

    Been done before

    The Mel Brooks film The Producers (1967) that led to the musical play based on the film The Producers (2001) that lead to the film based on the musical play based on the film The Producers (2005).

    Good for the Pythons! If they (continue to?) make more money than the current crap crop of funny people then good on 'em.

    Of course I'm still waiting for the Marx Brothers revival.

    Edit: Ah what @Jay 2 said.

    1. Tom 7

      Re: Been done before

      Most of the Marx Brothers films are out of copyright so you can find them in various states online. Need a safe machine to watch them on I'd guess.

  11. Jove Bronze badge

    Spare a thought for Artu; He has had no royalties out of Monmouth's fantasy twist.

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      > Spare a thought for Artu

      Have we moved to Star Wars now??

  12. Kane
  13. Bob Wheeler
    Angel

    When I was a lad...

    ... I had an evening job in the local cinema. I got to see the films, always in small parts, and out of sequence depending on actually doing some work. We had a double bill of "Blazing Saddles" and "Holy Grail" on for about three weeks - shows how popular the films were.

    The jokes in Blazing Saddles got stale after the first week, but Holy Grail kept us laughing every night for three weeks.

    1. Arthur the cat Silver badge

      Re: When I was a lad...

      The jokes in Blazing Saddles got stale after the first week,

      Back in the 90s Channel 4 used to broadcast some films with subtitles for the deaf, one of which was Blazing Saddles. The bean eating scene started off with short onomatopoeic captions on one line which got longer and longer, eventually taking two entire lines, and ended around half way through the scene with a final caption that read "The farting continues …". That's stuck in my memory longer than the actual jokes in the script.

  14. Aristotles slow and dimwitted horse

    Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?

    Hopefully all tickets will come with a free shrubbery. And sorry, I can't resist...

    But how do you knoooow she's a witch?

    Well, she turned me into a newt... but I got better.

    1. Fungus Bob

      Re: Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?

      What else floats?

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