Terry Jones - RIP
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I saw holy grail at the cinema in the 70s , this was the era when you got a B movie then the main feature.
Only the B movie was the dullest documentary about italy I've ever seen with droning narration
Then it gets to a point 20 minutes in and the shot goes back to venice
The narrators tone changes
What , what , Venice again , I can't take any more of those f@#$%g Gondalas , I've had enough of this **** , mike hits the desk and the door slams
Everybody in the cinema is thinking WTF then we realised , it was John Cleese
Only the B movie was the dullest documentary about italy I've ever seen with droning narration
Then it gets to a point 20 minutes in and the shot goes back to venice
The narrators tone changes
What , what , Venice again , I can't take any more of those f@#$%g Gondalas , I've had enough of this **** , mike hits the desk and the door slams
Everybody in the cinema is thinking WTF then we realised , it was John Cleese
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Nudge,nudge,wink,wink. Reported that he suffered from a rare form of dementia. Well we knew that,it's a requirement for membership of Monty Python's flying circus innit ! No-one,but no-one in the circus is sane,and we wouldn't have it any other way. I suppose we now have to endure more day time TV repeats of Python in homage to his "pissing",er,"passing". I,for one,know the script word perfect,so no more naughty boys on TV thanks.
I expect he & Graeme Chapman will be banished to a special naughty boy corner in Heaven ?
I expect he & Graeme Chapman will be banished to a special naughty boy corner in Heaven ?
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I remember that but I'd swear it was The Life Of Brian. Bit, I've seen LoB again and the featurette was something about the Crimson Alliance Insurance Company, the building actually being a ship and cut itself free from the the city and sailed off. Was funny.
I've never seen THG at the flicks.
False memory, me, you, or both of us!?
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I could be, though I also have no memory of seeing the Meaning of Life at the flicks either...
First let me say how very pleased I was to be asked on the 4th inst. to write an article on why accountancy is not boring. I feel very very strongly that there are many people who may think that accountancy is boring, but they would be wrong, for it is not at all boring, as I hope to show you in this article, which is, as I intimated earlier, a pleasure to write. I think I can do little worse than begin this article by describing why accountancy is not boring as far as I am concerned, and then, perhaps, go on to a more general discussion of why accountancy as a whole is not boring. As soon as I awake in the morning it is not boring. I get up at 7.16, and my wife Irene, an ex-schoolteacher, gets up shortly afterwards at 7.22. Breakfast is far from boring and soon I am ready to leave the house. Irene, a keen Rotarian, hands me my briefcase and rolled umbrella at 7.53, and I leave the house seconds later. It is a short walk to Sutton station, but by no means a boring one. There is so much to see, including Mr Edgeworth, who also works at Robinson Partners. Mr Edgeworth is an extremely interesting man, and was in Uxbridge during the war. Then there is a train journey of 2 2 minutes to London Bridge, one of British Rail's main London terminals, where we accountants mingle for a moment with stockbrokers and other accountants from all walks of life. I think that many of the people to whom accountancy appears boring think that all accountants are the same. Nothing could be further from the truth. Some accountants are chartered, but very many others are certified. I am a certified accountant, as indeed is Mr Edgeworth, whom I told you about earlier. However, in the next office to mine is a Mr Manners, who is a chartered accountant, and, incidentally, a keen Rotarian. However, Mr Edgeworth and I get on extremely well with Mr Manners, despite the slight prestige superiority of his position. Mr Edgeworth, in fact, gets on with Mr Manners extremely well, and if there are two spaces at lunch it is more than likely he will sit with Mr Manners. So far, as you can see, accountancy is not boring. During the morning there are a hundred and one things to do. A secretary may pop in with details of an urgent audit. This happened in 1967 and again last year. On the other hand, the phone may ring, or there may be details of a new superannuation scheme to mull over. The time flies by in this not at all boring way, and it is soon ,when there is only 1 hour to go before Mrs Jackson brings round the tea urn. Mrs Jackson is just one of the many people involved in accountancy who give the lie to those who say it is a boring profession. Even a solicitor or a surveyor would find Mrs Jackson a most interesting person. At 10.00am, having drunk an interesting cup of tea, I put my cup on the tray and then...( 18 pages deleted here - Ed .) .. and once the light is turned out by Irene, a very keen Rotarian, I am left to think about how extremely un-boring my day has been, being an accountant. Finally may I say how extremely grateful I am to your book for so generously allowing me so much space.
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Could've been lob though I'm fairly certain it was the grail , 45 years ago
, I was 14 in 1975 , I think it was U - A -AA - X so I'd have got into a AA with me platforms on
Just had a quick google , the italian feature seems to have been wiped from the internet, couldn't find any reference to it , life of brian was 79 so it could've been on with it
I have been reminded of 2 films I need to watch again though , time bandits and brazil
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Time Bandits! Show me; subscriber trunk dialling!Could've been lob though I'm fairly certain it was the grail , 45 years ago
, I was 14 in 1975 , I think it was U - A -AA - X so I'd have got into a AA with me platforms on
Just had a quick google , the italian feature seems to have been wiped from the internet, couldn't find any reference to it , life of brian was 79 so it could've been on with it
I have been reminded of 2 films I need to watch again though , time bandits and brazil
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The 60s & 70s were a source of many "on the edge" comics, Monty Python, Derek & Clive and even earlier the Goons all balanced precariously on the edge of sanity
The 60s & 70s were a source of many "on the edge" comics, Monty Python, Derek & Clive and even earlier the Goons all balanced precariously on the edge of sanity
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Always loved Derek and Clive (especially Peter Cook) I bought 'Ad Nauseam' when I was about 17 and still love listening to it to this day. Very well educated and off the cuff humor!
PS. RIP Terry!
PS. RIP Terry!
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Yep it was Meaning of Life.
BTW if you can get the CD or download of the album "Monty Python Sings" it will give you a compilation of their hilarious music. Highly recommended.
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