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    The Monty Python circus keeps rolling on after 40 years
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    Python tweaked a still-stuffy British society but avoided topical humor, which lets today's fans enjoy it without having a knowledge of, say, English politics in the 1970s. "We followed a satire boom in England, and therefore, we couldn't do satire" Idle says. "Our humor had to be generalized, so it was satire about generalized comedy figures rather than particular names" future generations might not recognize. Full Article at USA Today
    We followed a satire boom in England, and therefore, we couldn't do satire
    – Eric Idle SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago
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The Monty Python circus keeps rolling on after 40 years
  1. There was a lot of pure farce, just antics. You didn't have to know anything about the Spanish Inquisition. You'd just see guys coming in at the wrong time and getting the words wrong.
    SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago
  2. because we all thought a lot of what each other did, everybody had a respect for the other writers. So if they said it's not funny, well, you thought, 'Oh, it's not funny.'
    SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago
  3. I keep bumping into people with children and they all keep saying, 'Oh, my kid, he just discovered Python.' And I say, 'How old is he?' And, invariably, 11 is the number
    SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago
  4. but that's because I don't watch much comedy these days, as I get better laughs from Sean Hannity's show.
    John Cleese – John Cleese SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago
  5. Well, maybe not ... He can be a bit grumpy on those occasions.
    – Eric Idle SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago
  6. Our humor had to be generalized, so it was satire about generalized comedy figures rather than particular names
    SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago
  7. The dead parrot became a classic because of the brilliance of my writing, and the Silly Walk sketch became a classic because of the brilliance of my performance, in spite of Michael Palin's performances
    SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago
  8. I think it's fair to call their stuff timeless and classic
    SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago
  9. I don't really see it. I think we kind of stultified other people. They'd say, 'Oh well, they've done that.'
    SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago
  10. We should have had the 37⅓ anniversary or the 41½ anniversary; 40 seems too predictable for Python
    – Michael Palin SOURCE: USA Today 1 month ago

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