For all you PYTHONOPHILES . . .

[bennettoons]

. . . there's a new feature film coming soon celebrating the life of Graham Chapman. Here's the two minute trailer. Looks supremely silly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbW842eMNtI

>>>Graham Chapman, probably best remembered as 'the dead one from Monty Python', writes and stars in the animated movie of his own life story, A LIAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. Although Chapman selfishly dropped dead in 1989, he had taken the trouble to record himself reading his book, A Liar's Autobiography -- and those recordings have now ingeniously been used to provide Chapman's voice for the 3D animated feature of the same name. Fellow Pythons John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam also turn up, playing themselves and other characters, along with a few surprise guests.

Not a documentary, not a Monty Python film, A LIAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY is Chapman's own take on his bizarre life and his search for self-knowledge, bringing Chapman back to life in an ingenious tour de force of animation, told through 17 different animation styles from 14 different animators.

Incredible, yes. Surreal, certainly. True? Who knows? At his memorial service, John Cleese called Chapman "a freeloading bastard". Now, as the film re-unites Chapman with Cleese, Jones, Palin, and Gilliam for the first time in 23 years, he is set to earn a new title -- the most prolific corpse since Elvis.<<<

[youpiao]

Thanks for that, 'toons. I can't wait to silly-walk to my nearest theater and fart in their general direction.

Stay completely different, my friends.

Tedski

[michael78651]

Yes, sounds GREAT!

Hmmm, I wonder if he ever found out how those coconuts got to England?

[youpiao]

What? Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?

[librarianc]

I certainly hope there aren't penguins on top of the movie screen......................

[bennettoons]

" Now, as the film re-unites Chapman with Cleese, Jones, Palin, and Gilliam for the first time in 23 years . . . "

I find it curious that Eric Idle wa not mentioned. Do you know if Chapman and Idle had some kind of falling out . . . or is Idle just trying to distance himself from his Python days?

[youpiao]

While not directly answering your question, Wikipedia provides some grist for the mill:

In recent years Idle has been criticised for commercialising the legacy of Monty Python. In Slate, Sam Anderson wrote in the article "And Now for Something Completely Deficient" that though Idle "has earned a spot in Comedy Heaven for his Python days... his jokey 'exposure' of his own exploitation (he has called tours 'Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python' and 'The Greedy Bastard Tour') is more irritating than funny." Of Spamalot, Anderson opined that "Python was formed in reaction to exactly the kind of lazy comedy represented by Spamalot – what Michael Palin once described as the 'easy, catch-phrase reaction' the members had all been forced to pander to in their previous writing jobs".[20]

Spamalot had mixed reactions from other Python members. John Cleese lent his support by voicing God in a recorded performance that was integrated into the musical. Michael Palin observed: "It's a great show. It's not ‘Python’ as we would have written it. But then, none of us would get together and write a ‘Python’ stage show."[21] Terry Gilliam had a mixed reaction to the show, calling it "Python-like".[22] Terry Jones described it as "utterly pointless and full of air".[23][24]

Perhaps he considers this new film as guilty of exploiting the Python legacy as has been accused of him.

Stay on the bright side of life, my friends.

Tedski

[bennettoons]

Interesting!

Thanks.

[michael78651]

Looks like they're spending too much time in The Argument Clinic.

[youpiao]

No they're not.

[michael78651]

...and I suppose you expect a response?

[youpiao]

That's not an argument.

Tedski