Though the remaining members of the Monty Python troupe manage to stay busy with their own projects, their paths must inevitably collide from time to time. They’ve rarely appeared together as Monty Python since the death of Graham Chapman in 1989, but a new project is in the works and it will bring them together once again.
Absolutely Anything is a live-action/CGI sci-fi comedy that will feature the Monty Python gang voicing a group of aliens.
Plans are for filming to begin in the U.K. this spring, with the Pythons voicing key roles as a a group of aliens who endow an earthling with the power to do “absolutely anything” to see what a mess he’ll make of things — which is precisely what happens. There’s also a talking dog named Dennis who seems to understand more about the mayhem that ensues than anyone else does. Robin Williams will voice the character.
The director, Terry Jones, told Variety, “it’s not a Monty Python picture, but it certainly has that sensibility.” And this is coming from the guy responsible for co-directing Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and solo directing Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
I’ll take it.
(Variety via /Film)
This horse action figure is a true action figure. When they are sitting on a table your friends may wonder about your fascination with coconuts. They certainly won’t be envisioning a horse. But pick them up and bang them together to make the sound of a horse trotting and they will understand immediately. Unless they are poor saps who have never seen Monty Python’s Holy Grail.
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I can’t think of a better way to relieve some stress than to hack a few limbs off this Black Knight doll based on Monty Python’s “Holy Grail”. To give you some feedback the doll will spout off some of the famous lines from the movie, such as “Tis nothing but a scratch!”. Just annoying enough to further enrage you. All of your fellow cubemates will know just how stressed you are by how many times they hear this guy talk every day.
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Send your kid to school with this backpack and you will be the parents that all the others talk about. Straight from Monty Python’s ‘Holy Grail’, the reason for his losing his limbs now becomes apparent. This backpack would quite unwieldy if it had arms and legs still attached. We have King Arthur to thank for that.
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