Monty Python Live (Mostly): One Down, Five To Go

Welsh Megaman

Anyone tuning in?

Starts at 7.30 on GOLD.

The_Morrigan

The behind the scenes programme has just started...settled into the couch now for the evening :-)

Welsh Megaman

This could be brilliant, or an absolute car crash!

Or a bit of both

The_Morrigan

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

This could be brilliant, or an absolute car crash!

Or a bit of both

One can only hope!!

Welsh Megaman

My god, every comedian on the planet is there.

And Lee Mack :pac:

Welsh Megaman

Harry Shearer...comedy legend

F1ngers

Settles in on couch.
Beer - check.
PopcornAlbatross - check.

Let the hilarities commence.

umop.episdn

Skyplus for me

RayM

Palin is the best so far. Although he does have a slight advantage over the others in the Yorkshiremen Sketch.

Welsh Megaman

Rude bits

ShagNastii

Was going to go see this in the cinema.

Bit sickened I didn't know. This is going to be censored to the hilt by the looks of it.

The_Morrigan

Disgusted with the cut away - it's Monty Python, it's gonna be rude.

RayM

I can just about tolerate the censorshit if it means more Michael Palin.

Welsh Megaman

Oh well, the price you pay for the pre-watershed

Welsh Megaman

Love Terry Gilliam's animations

GastroBoy

Pretty good so far, bit annoying with the censorship but that's what ye get before 9 I guess. Terry Jones still hilarious!

The_Morrigan

They allowed nudity....but not some cursing lol

RayM

I love that they have a massive ejaculating penis on the stage, but mild swearing is bleeped.

ShagNastii

Old woman Jones is always hilarious.

Welsh Megaman

A few choice words slipped through the net there

Birneybau

Bit flat this...

Welsh Megaman

Yay!

RayM

It's strange seeing Carol Cleveland in the Lumberjack sketch, rather than Connie Booth.

lertsnim

They are showing it uncensored on Tuesday night.

RayM

lertsnim wrote: »

They are showing it uncensored on Tuesday night.

Thank **** for that.

GastroBoy

RayM wrote: »

It's strange seeing Carol Cleveland in the Lumberjack sketch, rather than Connie Booth.

Thought the same

hoodwinked

i am loving this though!

GastroBoy

It won't be heavily censored after 9 hopefully, some of the jokes are totally lost with the dreaded beep!!

Welsh Megaman

Didn't quite bleep out the f-word there

It's a disgrace, Joe!

The_Morrigan

I'd say the 'bleeper' is losing the will to live in the production box.

RayM

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Didn't quite bleep out the f-word there

It's a disgrace, Joe!

I bet whoever is operating the bleeping machine did that deliberately, as a cheeky little nod to all the censorship complaints on Twitter.

It reminded me of this scene from The IT Crowd:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwVmgrhxe2M

GastroBoy

Class!!

Jijsaw

Watching this on arte as I'm in France, they're showing the first episode during the break

Welsh Megaman

I'll say it now during the intermission...

Mr. Palin is my favourite Python

Jijsaw

Chapman is my favourite I think followed by Palin, Cleese, Idle, Gilliam and finally Jones.

Skid X

It's not doing it for me. Maybe it's not transferring from the stage to the television well (Bleeping out the punchlines doesn't help).

If it was an unknown troupe performing on RTE, this thread would be full of people ranting about how RTE can't do comedy.

GastroBoy

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I'll say it now during the intermission...

Mr. Palin is my favourite Python

Must say I'm fond of Graham Chapman myself. Sod the bugger for not being there tonight!!

Welsh Megaman

I'm waiting for Dara to knock on Terry Jones's door, only for him to say 'NOW GO AWAY/P*** OFF!'

Welsh Megaman

GastroBoy wrote: »

Must say I'm fond of Graham Chapman myself. Sod the bugger for not being there tonight!!

I say to him good riddance, the freeloading b*st*rd!

The_Morrigan

I must say the corpsing was hilarious; this is one of the few shows that you can have that happen and it won't ruin the scene.

grey_so_what

I think it may be a feeling of "you have to be there" for me.....

I'm still ready to be convinced though....

The_Morrigan

grey_so_what wrote: »

I think it may be a feeling of "you have to be there" for me.....

I'm still ready to be convinced though....

I think the censorship is creating that sense of isolation for the tv viewers, but that should ease off now for the second half.

Welsh Megaman

I saw 'Spamalot' in London when Warwick was in it, with Joe Pasquale

Great show

RayM

I must say, since the World Cup ended, I've really missed half-time analysis. This is very enjoyable.

Welsh Megaman

You can stop doing the funny voice now, Mr. Coogan

The_Morrigan

Is Steve Coogan drunk? He keeps slurring words...

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

I saw 'Spamalot' in London when Warwick was in it, with Joe Pasquale

Great show

That was on here too, Phill Jupitus and Todd Carthy were in it, I enjoyed it.

I was sitting behind Gay Byrne and Kathleen Watkins. I wouldn't have had them down as Monty Python fans, but he did have most of them on the LLS at one time or another.

Welsh Megaman

It's the guy from D:Ream!!

Welsh Megaman

Yay...swearing!

Skid X

They should have spent the last 10 minutes showing us the bits they bleeped out before 9pm

The_Morrigan

Skid X wrote: »

They should have spent the last 10 minutes showing us the bits they bleeped out before 9pm

Tuesday night 9pm Gold - Repeats are uncensored Dara says :cool: