I'm not at all a fan. Option 4 for me. It's a little too abstract for me, kinda like watching a live action cartoon. British humor doesn't really tickle my funny bone. Although I sometimes find British people funny when they're being serious.
Monty Python: Who doesn't love it?
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Monty Python is very hit and miss, much like every other sketch show. People remember the good stuff, as is evidenced by the numerous videos posted (I'm glad someone posted the 'how not to be seen' vid), but there was a lot of crap as well.
Option 1 heck yes!
I can only somewhat understand when people say "Not my thing" because although it's quite easy to have a differing taste in humour, Monty Python have done pretty much EVERY type of humour at one point or another.
Meanwhile I'm slightly shocked no-one's posted about Woody and Tinny Words [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwXJsWHupg] or Silly Job Interview [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP0sqRMzkwo&NR=1]
I can only somewhat understand when people say "Not my thing" because although it's quite easy to have a differing taste in humour, Monty Python have done pretty much EVERY type of humour at one point or another.
Meanwhile I'm slightly shocked no-one's posted about Woody and Tinny Words [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gwXJsWHupg] or Silly Job Interview [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP0sqRMzkwo&NR=1]
Well teh first bit of Monty Python that I saw was Holy Grail. The whole thing is comedy gold and me and my friends are those type of people who love to recite it when its relevant. Because of that I had a very high opinion of Monty Python, so I went into Monty Python's Flying Circus with the same expectation. It was there that I found that not all of their stuff is that good. Some of its just weird, but I still find some of it absolute hilarious as well. So my opinion of them is that they had a very odd sense of humor that was very hit or miss (as it usually is with such things), when they're good I can't stop laughing and when they're not I just feel awkward watching. I have found that they have influenced how I joke around though. I sometimes like the act as absurd as they used to.
Here's one of their sketches that I really like:
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Hell I'm not even that familar with the British idea of the Upper Class Twit (are rare species that is found only on the British Isles) and I find this funny.
Here's one of their sketches that I really like:
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Hell I'm not even that familar with the British idea of the Upper Class Twit (are rare species that is found only on the British Isles) and I find this funny.
This is the main problem with them, to me. Some of their stuff is very, very good, but the popular perception of them is that everything they ever did was brilliant, when in fact for every good sketch they made, they also made 10 unspeakably terrible ones; John Cleese himself has admitted this.GodsAndFishes said:
Holy Grail is a perfect example of this; one of my friends described it, very accurately, as being like a sixth form drama script: there are moments of absolute genius, which are followed by vast amounts of stupid, unfunny rubbish. The Knights Who Say Nee are the main offenders here; I honestly can't understand why everyone seems to think that scene is so good.
I love the fact they went all out in the absurdity of their ideas. I'd rather someone be bold and produce 80% crap and 20% genius compared to 100% indifferent forgettable meh (I think of several sitcoms that fit this mold).
Also, I'm a big history and politics nerd so much of the obscure stuff actually really makes me laugh.
Also, I'm a big history and politics nerd so much of the obscure stuff actually really makes me laugh.
There's quite a few of their sketches that really just aren't good, but people still seem to love. You could say "everyone has their own taste", but it's just terrible and you're therefore not allowed to like it.
On the other hand, there's a lot of sketches i utterly love. "How to annoy people", the military dancing - infact most of their military sketches are great - and the 'woody' words one.
CARIBOU...GOOOORN!
On the other hand, there's a lot of sketches i utterly love. "How to annoy people", the military dancing - infact most of their military sketches are great - and the 'woody' words one.
CARIBOU...GOOOORN!
I'm in the 'Much of it is comedy gold...some of it is kinda meh' camp - but that's only reasonable - no comedy group can be on the top of their game *all* the time.
In short: Monty Python = awesome, but not *always*.
What I really can't stand are the people who are like Python weaboos, and spend all their time endlessly quoting the stuff. A well placed monty python quote is hilarious and nostalgic. Watching two university-age guys sit in the corner of a room, heads together, quoting monty python at each other, verbatim, Every Single Day, because they thing it makes them witty and highbrow (???)...that's just sad. Especially since I think that if the Monty Python crew heard that you thought their stuff was highbrow, they'd immediately create a sketch taking the piss out of you...
In short: Monty Python = awesome, but not *always*.
What I really can't stand are the people who are like Python weaboos, and spend all their time endlessly quoting the stuff. A well placed monty python quote is hilarious and nostalgic. Watching two university-age guys sit in the corner of a room, heads together, quoting monty python at each other, verbatim, Every Single Day, because they thing it makes them witty and highbrow (???)...that's just sad. Especially since I think that if the Monty Python crew heard that you thought their stuff was highbrow, they'd immediately create a sketch taking the piss out of you...
Defintely Option 1 for me...but it's not just the fact I have the entire collection on DVD that qualifies me for that choice. Under the Chinese Zodiac I was born a Wood Rabbit...I am a Minnesotan, home of both SPAM and Terry Gilliam...and, of course, I look like a Gumby minus the hankerchief.
By the way, I apologize for not respoding earlier, but my walk has gotten rather sillier as of late...
By the way, I apologize for not respoding earlier, but my walk has gotten rather sillier as of late...
