Monty Python's Flying Circus is my favorite TV show, so being biased I think it's better viewed than listened to. The records lack Terry Gilliam's animations, the facial expressions and body language of superb performers like John Cleese and Michael Palin, and the many sketches that rely on visual humor ("Deja Vu," "Lake Pahoe," "Sam Peckinpah's Salad Days," "Confuse-a-Cat" and so on). As an all-encompassing parody of television, MPFC works best in its original medium, even if many sketches have been successfully exported to records and live shows. Incidentally the 2014 live show was better than expected, though in retrospect poor Terry Jones was showing early signs of dementia. But 1982's Live at the Hollywood Bowl is still the best recording of Python onstage.
Oscar night 1974, when movies were movies! When exactly did the Oscar broadcast become so tedious and unwatchable, even with Will Smith assaulting Chris Rock? TCM recently ran Rosemary's Baby and I had never really watched it before and came away thinking it was a good psychological thriller and not so much a horror movie. Watching it now, one thinks of the horrors to come: Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders and The Dakota building where the movie was filmed showing the entry way where John Lennon would be murdered going home in 1980.
Monty Python's Flying Circus is my favorite TV show, so being biased I think it's better viewed than listened to. The records lack Terry Gilliam's animations, the facial expressions and body language of superb performers like John Cleese and Michael Palin, and the many sketches that rely on visual humor ("Deja Vu," "Lake Pahoe," "Sam Peckinpah's Salad Days," "Confuse-a-Cat" and so on). As an all-encompassing parody of television, MPFC works best in its original medium, even if many sketches have been successfully exported to records and live shows. Incidentally the 2014 live show was better than expected, though in retrospect poor Terry Jones was showing early signs of dementia. But 1982's Live at the Hollywood Bowl is still the best recording of Python onstage.
Phenix City Story
I know. Typo.
I live in Phenix City. Autocorrect tries to do that to me all the time.
Fixed it. Thank you!
Oscar night 1974, when movies were movies! When exactly did the Oscar broadcast become so tedious and unwatchable, even with Will Smith assaulting Chris Rock? TCM recently ran Rosemary's Baby and I had never really watched it before and came away thinking it was a good psychological thriller and not so much a horror movie. Watching it now, one thinks of the horrors to come: Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders and The Dakota building where the movie was filmed showing the entry way where John Lennon would be murdered going home in 1980.