Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Sure.

Um, but, but so earlier you said the thing that I was, I should have had, you know, the buzzer who was going to say Monty Python and the Holy grail first.

Yeah.

Because this is only my second watch of this movie.

Um, and the first watch was in high school because my friend had it on VHS and he was like the big, my big Monty Python source.

Um, And my memory of the movie was like, I don't remember it being very funny, but I remember being like, this is weird and I like it.

But it was very, very different than what you would expect with a Monty Python movie.

And that was the case at the time of them making the movie and releasing it.

Down for it.

Monty Python co-founder Eric Idle...

83 years old,

Eric.

You know that reference? Yeah.

No, okay.

That's a Monty Python, Holy Grail.

Holy Grail.

And but there were these gems within.

were absolutely brilliant and those are the ones that got remembered and then of course the movies which are you know absolutely incomparable Life of Brian and um um Holy Grail.

Holy Grail.

Probably the best things ever made.

But, yeah, that was the thing is a lot of dross in those early television ones.

I really loved Fawlty Towers.

And the first thing Tom showed me was Monty Python's Flying Circus.

And of course, I've seen both the films and I've even seen the Holy Grail, the musical on Broadway.

It's

also, I mean, it's got incredible pedigree because it's not just got Bowie in, but it's directed by Jim Henson, isn't it? And it's written by Terry Jones, Monty Python.

Monty Python, yeah.

Yeah, and...

Produced by George Lucas.

That's a very

muckety, but

also quite kind of Monty Python-y as well, I think.

And rounding out FPBs for October the 27th is the one and only John Cleese, who is 87 years old today.

John of Monty Python fame.

He's at other projects as well.

But Monty Python, you a fan, Adam?

You know, I didn't grow up with a lot of Monty Python, but the little bit I've seen, how can you not just love it, right? It's brilliant.

I was first exposed to Monty Python when I was like 12 years

old.

I saw the Holy Grail.

I'll try King Arthur and his knights.

Who played Sir Galahad in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

It's a good question.

I don't know.

good.

Question 18.

Who played Sir Galahad in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

I'm not 100% sure.

I love that.

Eric Idle, Monty Python and the Holy Grail was released in 1975, and you played many roles, including Sir Robin, the not-quite-so-brave Sir Lancelot, Knight of Camelot.

Was he one of your favourite roles?

Yes, I like, I think Robin's quite funny because certainly in the musical, you know, he really milks it when he comes on and he's saying, you know, they talk about all the bits he's going to be cut off and facing at war.

And you have to cut all the dead trees.

And you don't get rid of the smell for two years, right?

You adapted Monty Python and the Holy Grail into the musical Spamalot in 2005.

It won a Tony Award, ran for over 20 years and was staged in 14 countries around the world.

We're at Don Juan.

Do my Monty Python Holy Grail game day watch ritual.

I fought in your general direction.

Put them on speaker.