The second best reunion of the decade (after Black Sabbath) :-)

jamesg1213
I think it's a terrible idea. Python was very much 'of it's day' IMO. Moments of sheer genius of course, but also a lot of self-indulgent rubbish. Fawlty Towers has stood the test of time because of the writing..every line and scene is honed to perfection, nothing wasted or overdone.

Moshkiae

sharke
My girlfriend is 24 and American. I've just introduced her to the brilliance of John Cleese via Fawlty Towers, which she had never even heard of until I suggested we watch it on Netflix. She thinks it's the best thing ever and falls into hysterics every time she sees Manuel...plus Sybil's laugh when she's on the phone: "na-a-a-a-a-a-a....I know!"
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You really ought to turn her on to the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore stuff, which is very well written, and off its rocker. Warning: Do not play anything from "Ad Nauseum" for her, specially the horse race. She might find it cleverly funny, though! After that, the original Bedazzled is very well written.
 
If you're not too tired after this, get a few Goon Shows. Start with "Six Charlies in Search of An Author", "The Great Bank of England Robbery", "The Phantom Head Shaver of Brighton", "The Last Tram" ... for starters. Monty Python was more visual, but the Goons ... were all in your mind you know? ... because it was live radio!
 
Ohhh .. run over the the Internet and gift her with a set of the Black Adder DVD's! That should do the job.
 
There is some really good American stuff, but most of it will never be released. More than half the stuff that Richard Pryor did was very good, but will never be heard from. Specially his stuff with Red Foxx, which was so insane, and also would be considered offensive these days, and badly so!
 
Favorite line: "I was robbed! My dick is not getting bigger!"

sharke

Moshkiae

sharke
My girlfriend is 24 and American. I've just introduced her to the brilliance of John Cleese via Fawlty Towers, which she had never even heard of until I suggested we watch it on Netflix. She thinks it's the best thing ever and falls into hysterics every time she sees Manuel...plus Sybil's laugh when she's on the phone: "na-a-a-a-a-a-a....I know!"
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You really ought to turn her on to the Peter Cook and Dudley Moore stuff, which is very well written, and off its rocker. Warning: Do not play anything from "Ad Nauseum" for her, specially the horse race. She might find it cleverly funny, though! After that, the original Bedazzled is very well written.
 
If you're not too tired after this, get a few Goon Shows. Start with "Six Charlies in Search of An Author", "The Great Bank of England Robbery", "The Phantom Head Shaver of Brighton", "The Last Tram" ... for starters. Monty Python was more visual, but the Goons ... were all in your mind you know? ... because it was live radio!
 
Ohhh .. run over the the Internet and gift her with a set of the Black Adder DVD's! That should do the job.
 
There is some really good American stuff, but most of it will never be released. More than half the stuff that Richard Pryor did was very good, but will never be heard from. Specially his stuff with Red Foxx, which was so insane, and also would be considered offensive these days, and badly so!
 
Favorite line: "I was robbed! My dick is not getting bigger!"

I really like Bedazzled. The best part, however, is the music. Dudley Moore was a fantastic musician. I really wish I could find that clip of a BBC documentary that was on TV years ago where they took him to a beach on which they'd arranged a small ensemble to play some music he'd written as a young man that he'd never heard performed. Even through the confusion of the brain disorder which affected him in later life, you could see he was moved. Really great TV. Never been able to find the clip anywhere. 
 
I've tried getting her into Black Adder. I really don't think it gels with her. Maybe a little to "historic" for her tastes? Perhaps I'll try her with the final series in World War I.