Monday, February 4, 2008

A Monty Python's Funeral

Graham Chapman, one of the members of the Monty Python, died on October 4th, 1989, aged forty-eight. He wasn't one of my favorite Monty Pythons, however, in my opinion, Graham, together with Cleese, was the most Monty Pythonist of this comedy troupe. He always tried to find for something completely different.

Yesterday, I found the video below (the Graham Chapman's funeral), where you can see Cleese delivering Chapman's eulogy, and it couldn't have been any other way, Cleese took this opportunity to scandalize the audience, in a great example of consistence.


Sunday, February 3, 2008

British Classic Comedy

Everyone who really knows me knows that I love British Comedy, in particular British Classic Comedy.

Brit Sitcoms like Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, or Yes Minister, and the sketch comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus are among my favorite television series.

Today, I have found the Beekeeping sketch with John Cleese as a beekeeping expert and Rowan Atkinson as a terrible television show host. This is a post-version of the original sketch, that was aired for the first time in 1967 as part of At Last the 1948 Show. It has been a surprise for me to find JC and RA working together. Enjoy it.