Monty Python Speaks: The Complete Oral HistoryWith a Foreword by John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight In celebration of the 50th anniversary of its BBC debut, a revised and updated edition of the complete oral history of Monty Python—an insightful, in-depth portrait of the brilliant and hysterically funny show that transformed modern comedy. In Monty Python Speaks, David Morgan has collected interviews with Monty Python’s founding members, actors, producers, and other collaborators to produce a no-holds-barred look at the Pythons’ legendary sketches and films, including Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Spamalot), and The Meaning of Life. Featuring four new chapters that focus on the group’s oeuvre since the first edition’s publication twenty years ago, as well as a new foreword and updated resources, Monty Python Speaks offers a fascinating peek behind the scenes of the Pythons’ creative process—including the friendships and feuds—that catapulted a comedy revolution. |
Contents
Birth | |
TakeOff | |
The Pythons Through the Looking Glass | |
And Now for Something Completely the Same? | |
Fear and Loathing at the | |
Monty Python and the Holy Grail | |
Flying Solo | |
The Meaning of Life | |
Le Morte DArthur | |
The If You Could Save Only One Thing Youve Produced | |
Spamalot | |
Déjà Revue | |
Exiting the Stage | |
Final Thoughts | |
The U S Invasion Begins | |
The Fourth and Final Sortie | |
Caught in Pythons Orbit | |
Life of Brian | |
The Python Oeuvre | |
Sources | |
Index | |
About the Author | |
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Monty Python Speaks, Revised and Updated Edition: The Complete Oral History David Morgan No preview available - 2019 |