| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 11/16/09 02:23 AM | 5 days ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I was unable to watch it, but keep me posted on future reshowings. Thanks.
danny d:
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part 3 reairs tonight at ten. it's about making "the holy grail". could be they're reairing all the episodes sat. @ ten,i haven't been paying attention. this was a particularly informative installment,though.
peterpuck9:
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I missed it. I didn't realize that I had the IFC Channel until it was too late.
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| danny d |
| Artist | Offline | 11/14/09 04:14 PM | 6 days ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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part 3 reairs tonight at ten. it's about making "the holy grail". could be they're reairing all the episodes sat. @ ten,i haven't been paying attention. this was a particularly informative installment,though.
peterpuck9:
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I missed it. I didn't realize that I had the IFC Channel until it was too late.
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| Stavro Arrgolus |
| Editor | Offline | 10/27/09 12:04 AM | 25 days ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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They add channels around here without telling anyone. Mostly HD channels. Their lame cable lineup has been catching up with the rest of the country quietly so as to not let on how much their overpriced crap sucks.
There's always reruns. You would think they'd have saved Python Week for November sweeps. Maybe their channel's too small an operation to care about ratings. |
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| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 10/26/09 11:49 PM | 25 days ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I missed it. I didn't realize that I had the IFC Channel until it was too late.
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| Stavro Arrgolus |
| Editor | Offline | 10/26/09 01:50 PM | 25 days ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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I always picture Carol Cleveland doing the singing for some reason.
I saw it all and I was going to post right after I saw the last episode, but I couldn't think of any good and/or snide wording for it all. ...I still can't. I thought it was good and more informative than I thought it'd be. The more inflammatory stuff- or most of it anyway- was left out, so they called it 'lawyer's cut' in case viewers ask why this or that got left out. |
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| danny d |
| Artist | Offline | 10/26/09 01:39 PM | 25 days ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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wha-wha- whaaaat? no one else saw it,or has an opinion??? ok, well i forgot to mention the opening song for the show was a reworking of the "life of brian" theme ("brian, the babe they called brian...."),but each part was different. the singer sounded exactly like the one in the movie (probably was),and the lyrics had her getting progressively tired of singing the song. here are the lyrics from part 5......
PYTHON. I'M SO F*CKING SICK OF MONTY PYTHON. AND THIS DAMN DOCUMENTARY,IT JUST AINT WHAT IT'S MEANT TO BE. AND IF YOU'RE STILL BLOODY WATCHIN' ,WHY DON'T YOU GET A LIFE? SIX SODDING HOURS OF PYTHON! I CANT SING ANYMORE ABOUT PYTHON! THERE MUST BE LIFE AFTER PYTHON! NO MORE! NO MORE MONTY MONTY BLOODY F*CKIN' F*CKIN'...... AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! THEY'RE NOT FUNNY ANYWAY!!!! AAAAAAAAAAA!!!
by part 5 she'd apparently had enough. she goes off the tune halfway through and just starts screaming the words. pretty funny. she wasn't back for part six.
here's the original demo for the original song...
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| danny d |
| Artist | Offline | 10/24/09 03:07 PM | 27 days ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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anyone else get through all six parts? i thought it was well made. i found out some things i didn't know,and heard first hand stories that i did. know,so it was informative as well as entertaining. i've never seen documentary footage from the films which was cool. seeing the crew throwing stuff at the cameras during "grail" filming was funny. i saw one person with an umbrella as the animals and trash rained down. the stories of having the two terrys direct was interesting,too.
seeing the guys talk frankly about graham as well as at the memorial was pretty emotional. something you don't expect in a python documentary. for the most part it seems like they're all happy with their past,but ready to live in the future.
one memory that made me laugh was the decision to put out "matching tie..." as a 3 sided record....and not tell anyone. i forget who told the story,but he sounded so satisfied with the prank that you could feel it as he talked. i found out about the record on my own just as they had wanted it to be. playing side one two or three times before i figured it out. it was a totally inside joke that they could never really see the punch line of,but they did it all the same. i wonder if dr. d got taken by that.
one thing i didn't find out was why "the liberty bell march" was chosen as their theme song. i suppose it was terry gilliam who chose it since the opening animation for "flying circus" matches the beats of the song perfectly.
if you didn't see it,you can buy it soon when it's released on DVD. |
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| danny d |
| Artist | Offline | 10/19/09 12:23 PM | 1 month ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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after the documentary each night they show an episode of the series,and one of the python films. those are followed by a rebroadcast of the documentary.
if you like to veg a lot in front of the tv adding the movie tier to your time warner service is a pretty good deal along with IFC you can get sundance,FLIX,TCM (which used to be a basic channel),three or four ENCORE movie channles,and others. it's like the middle ground between HBO/SHOWTIME/CINEMAX and basic commercial movie channel like TBS,USA and TNT. broadcast channels (ABC,CBS,NBC) don't seem to show very many movies anymore. remember the old days when it was a big deal for a network to premiere a movie like star wars or E.T.? times have certainly changed in TV LAND. |
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| knowtalentagency |
| Artist & Donator | Offline | 10/18/09 09:49 PM | 1 month ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Yep ... I pay plenty for Time-Warner Cable. When I first saw the previous message, I had never heard of IFC. I turned on the TV, and learned that they have it ... but it's not included in my package. |
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| Stavro Arrgolus |
| Editor | Offline | 10/18/09 05:58 PM | 1 month ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| Considering the excessive expense of cable, I'd be pissed if I didn't get IFC. "Lawyer's Cut" suggests there's a lot not being broadcast. The 'Life of Python' 20th anniversary special from 1989 I still have may be more informative than these shows. The longer you have to go back to remember a series, the more these documentaries lean toward nostalgia and away from accurate detail. I'll still watch it- as long as nothing on top of the telly explodes. |
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| MarlinsGirl |
| Participant | Offline | 10/18/09 04:29 PM | 1 month ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| peterpuck9 |
| Participant | Offline | 10/18/09 02:02 PM | 1 month ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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| aduerksen3 |
| Member | Offline | 10/18/09 11:11 AM | 1 month ago | You must be logged-in to reply |
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