Monty Python

MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS An English comedy troupe (names & pics below) that had an incredibly funny television show on the BBC from 1969 to 1974. When the show went off the air, the group began some of the funniest and most intelligent films ever made.

"I haven't time to go chasing after him! There's violence to be done!"

"He doesn't know when he's beaten, this boy. He doesn't know when he's winning either. He doesn't have any sort of sensory apparatus known to man."

"I'm afraid I'm not personally qualified to confuse cats."

"SHUT YOUR FESTERING GOB, YOU TIT! YOUR TYPE MAKES ME PUKE! PUKE! YOU VACUOUS STUFFY-NOSED MALODOROUS PERVERT!!!" "Yes, but I came here for an argument." "OH! Oh! I'm sorry! This is abuse!"

"I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.... This is an ex-parrot. 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch, 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisible! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!"

"In the future, I suggest you replace 'crunchy frog' with the legend 'CRUNCHY, RAW, UNBONED, REAL DEAD FROG' if you want to avoid prosecution."

GRAHAM CHAPMAN Born: January 8, 1941, in Leicester, England Died: October 4, 1989

"Pointed sticks? Ho, ho, ho! We want to learn how to defend ourselves against pointed sticks, do we? Fresh fruit not good enough for you, eh? Well, I'll tell you something my lad: when you're walkin' home tonight and some homicidal maniac comes after you with a bunch of loganberries, don't come cryin' to me!"

"Is your wife interested in...photography, ay, he asked him knowingly?" "Photography?" "Snap snap, grin grin, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more!"

"Right. Who's got a boil on his semprini then?"

JOHN CLEESE Born: October 27, 1939, in Weston-Super-Mare, England

"My nipples explode with delight!"

"You got an alarm clock in there, sir?" "No! No, heavens, no, no...just vests." "Sounded a bit like an alarm clock going off." "Oh, it can't have been. It must have been a vest...uh...go- going off."

"If I could walk that way, I wouldn't need the aftershave."

"Well, I noticed the lad with the thermonuclear device was the Chief Constable for the area."

ERIC IDLE Born: March 29, 1943, in Durham, England

"I'm afraid I'm going to have to operate. It's nothing to worry about, although it is EXTREMELY dangerous."

TERRY JONES Born: February 1, 1942, in Colwyn Bay, North Wales

"No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise, fear and surprise; two chief weapons, fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency! Er, among our chief weapons are: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, and near fanatical devotion to the Pope! Um, I'll come in again..."

MICHAEL PALIN Born: May 5, 1943, in England

"Mr. Notlob, there's nothing wrong with you that an expensive operation can't prolong!"

"And now for something completely different: a man with three buttocks."

"In accordance with our principles of free enterprise and healthy competition, I'm going to ask you two to fight to the death for it."

"Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you."

TERRY GILLIAM Born: November 22, 1940, in Medicine Lake, Minnesota

POSTSCRIPT "Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness...the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living." SEAN O'CASEY

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