Monty Python Live!
Monty Python Live! is a book detailing the various live performances of the Monty Python team between 1971 and 1980.[1]
Edited by Eric Idle, the book was released in 2009 as part of the team’s 40th anniversary celebrations and features recollections from team members John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, alongside archive interviews with Graham Chapman. Also contributing are Python regulars Carol Cleveland and Neil Innes, promoter Tony Smith, US manager Nancy Lewis, biographer Kim Howard Johnson and also Carl Reiner.
The book also contains the script for the 1980 Hollywood Bowl shows (minus the animation and Neil Innes songs), alongside a selection of lesser performed sketches plus some new comedy pieces written specially for the book.
Contents
- Foreplay by Eric Idle
- Pythons on the Road – An Oral History…
Origins – 1971, The Lancaster Arts Festival, Coventry
UK Tour – April–May 24, 1973, Monty Python’s First Farewell Tour
Canada – Summer 1973, Monty Python’s First Farewell Tour of Canada
London – March 1974, Monty Python Live at Drury Lane
New York – April 14-May 2, 1976, Monty Python Live at City Center
Hollywood – September 26–29, 1980, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl - Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl – Official Programme
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl – Act I
The Llama
Gumby Flower Arranging
Michelangelo and the Pope
International Wrestling
The Silly Olympics
World Forum
The Ministry of Silly Walks
The Bruces
Crunchy Frog
Travel Agent
Custard Pie
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl – Act II
Sit On My Face
Camp Judges
Albatross
Nudge Nudge
Pepperpots
International Philosophy
Never Be Rude to an Arab
International Philosophy Part 2
Argument
I've Got Two Legs
Four Yorkshiremen
Fairy Tale
Parrot
Salvation Fuzz
The Lumberjack Song - In Their Own Words – the Pythons Recall the Touring Years
John Cleese: What I Remember
Michael Palin: What I Remember
Terry Jones: What I Remember
Eric Idle: What I Remember
Graham Chapman: What He Remembered
Terry Gilliam: What I Remember
Neil Innes: What I Remember
Carol Cleveland: What I Remember
Carol Cleveland FAQ
Python on Broadway - How to be a Great Fucking Actor
- Occasionally Performed Pieces – Act III
Anagrams
Bee Keeper
Children’s Story
Butcher’s Shop
Hungarian Phrase Book
The Dirty Fork
The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots
Hearing Aid
Ken Shabby
Michael Miles Game Show
Minister Falling to Pieces
Secret Service
Cocktail Bar
Undertaker
Blackmail
Courtroom
R.A.F. Banter
Silly Election - Book Credits by Stanley Baldwin
- Monty Python would like to thank…
- Spot the Difference
- At Booksellers Near You!
Credits
- Writers – Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
- Contributing writers – Carol Cleveland, Neil Innes, Tony Smith, Nancy Lewis, Kim Howard Johnson, Carl Reiner
- Editor – Eric Idle
- Art editor – Steve Kirwan
References
- ^ Monty Python Live!.
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- Another Record
- Previous Record
- Matching Tie and Handkerchief
- Holy Grail
- Life of Brian
- Contractual Obligation
- The Meaning of Life
- Flying Circus
- Live at Drury Lane
- Live at City Center
- The Pythons
- Life of Python
- Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut)
- And Now for Something Rather Similar
- The Meaning of Live
- Spamalot
- Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)
- An Evening Without Monty Python
- Live (Mostly)
- Big Red Book
- Brand New Bok
- Holy Grail (Book)
- Life of Brian/SCRAPBOOK
- The Meaning of Life
- Just the Words
- Song Book
- A Pocketful of Python
- The Pythons Autobiography by The Pythons
- Live!
- Flying Circus
- Complete Waste of Time
- Quest for the Holy Grail
- The Meaning of Life
- Cow Tossing
- The Ministry of Silly Walks
- Mr Praline
- The Colonel
- Mr Creosote
- Rabbit of Caerbannog
- Other characters
- Albatross!
- Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses
- Architects
- Argument Clinic
- Bruces
- Cheese Shop
- Colin "Bomber" Harris vs Colin "Bomber" Harris
- Crunchy Frog
- Dead Parrot
- Dirty Fork
- Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook
- Election Night Special
- Fish Licence
- Fish-Slapping Dance
- Four Yorkshiremen
- The Funniest Joke in the World
- How Not to Be Seen
- Kilimanjaro Expedition
- Lifeboat
- Marriage Guidance Counsellor
- Ministry of Silly Walks
- Mouse Problem
- Nudge Nudge
- Patient Abuse
- Philosophers' Football Match
- Piranha Brothers
- Sam Peckinpah's "Salad Days"
- Seduced Milkmen
- Spam
- Spanish Inquisition
- Undertakers
- Upper Class Twit of the Year
- Vocational Guidance Counsellor
- World Forum/Communist Quiz
- "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life"
- "Brian Song"
- "Bruces' Philosophers Song"
- "Decomposing Composers"
- "Eric the Half-a-Bee"
- "Every Sperm Is Sacred"
- "Finland"
- "Galaxy Song"
- "I Bet You They Won't Play This Song on the Radio"
- "I Like Chinese"
- "I've Got Two Legs"
- "The Lumberjack Song"
- "Medical Love Song"
- "Oliver Cromwell"
- "Sit on My Face"
- List of Monty Python projects
- The Foot of Cupid
- Cambridge Circus
- I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again
- The Frost Report
- At Last the 1948 Show
- Twice a Fortnight
- Do Not Adjust Your Set
- We Have Ways of Making You Laugh
- Broaden Your Mind
- How to Irritate People
- The Complete and Utter History of Britain
- The Fred Tomlinson Singers
- Teach Yourself Heath
- Tiny Black Round Thing
- Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls
- Rutland Weekend Television
- Fawlty Towers
- Ripping Yarns
- Out of the Trees
- A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick)
- Monty Python v. ABC
- Python On Song
- All You Need Is Cash
- The Secret Policeman's Ball
- A Liar's Autobiography: Volume VI
- The Hastily Cobbled Together for a Fast Buck Album
- The Wind in the Willows
- Monty Python Live
- Concert for George
- Diaries 1969–1979: The Python Years
- The Seventh Python
- Holy Flying Circus
- A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman
- Absolutely Anything