...and several butchers' aprons. The Queen denies all allegations. In other news, Monty Python is reuniting on stage for the first time in 15 years. Well, the five that are still left, The official Monty Python web page is just a picture of a big foot with the words, “One Down, Five to Go.”
John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones will perform as Monty Python in a live one-off show in London. They haven’t done that since the Aspen Comedy Festival in 1998. Graham Chapman, who was the sixth member of the troupe, died of cancer in 1989.
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Terry Jones says they’re doing it for the money “We’re getting together and putting on a show — it’s real. I’m quite excited about it. I hope it makes us a lot of money. I hope to be able to pay off my mortgage!”
Monty Python actually did a pre-reunion reunion at the Playhouse Theater in London’s West End for a press conference. The Playhouse Theater is where Spamalot, Terry Idle’s musical based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail that broke all kinds of records and won dozens of awards.
At the conference Eric Idle, who is directing the show, promised "comedy, pathos, music and a tiny piece of ancient sex."
Monty Python is doing their live, one-off reunion show in London next July to see if they "were still funny." Their press release said they will perform "some of Monty Python's greatest hits, with modern, topical, Pythonesque twists.”
Monty Python performed at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in September 1980. This is their first U.K. show in 40 years.
Warwick Davis, who recently made a small appearance in Spamalot. He announced the winner, Qatar, then Meryl Streep. Then he announced that the Monty Python reunion would happen in London at the O2 Arena on the 1 July. Tickets will be priced from £95 and the lowest will be £26.50. Eric Idle said "only £300 cheaper than the Stones,” and will go on sale on Nov. 25.
John Cleese said “some new material” will be snuck in among classic Python bits like “The Crunchy Frog” and “The Dead Parrot.” The exact words he used were "People do really want to see the old hits but we don't want to do them in a predictable way." But warned "The main danger we have is that the audience know the scripts better than we do. … It's more than just a performance - people enjoy the experience of performing with us."
Eric Idle said there would be some pieces that the troupe’s never done live. Idle said it would be "a big show" kind of like "a huge musical," with dancing choreographed by Arlene Phillips. Not to worry about it being a one-off. Everyone can buy it later. "We'll be filming it and we'll try to flog it later."
Cleese said "at first" the show will be "a one and only" but that’s for now "The problem is getting us all together in one room."
Palin says when they are in that room they "still enjoy getting together to be very silly.”
Gilliam admitted "After you turn 70, you can be absolutely shameless."
SOURCE: BBC
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