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"It's satire."
"No, it isn't. This is zany madcap humour."
With that immortal exchange, nearly everything Pythonian is summed up. For those who haven't memorized every single Python skit (or for those who have and who are looking to free up some short-term memory), this book and its companion volume ("All The Words, Volume I") are must-haves. Every single word from every single bit ever done on "Monty Python's Flying Circus" is in here. It's a joy and a treasure and a non-stap laff riot.
Every Python nut is familiar with the "wink, wink, nudge, nudge" tale, the dead parrot sketch, the Ministry of Silly Walks and so on. But even beyond these justly famed classics, there is wonderfully silly stuff herein. I never realized until buying this and the companion Volume I how utterly the Python crew had mastered the gorgeously silly non-sequiter. To wit:
"Would Albert Einstein ever have hit upon the theory of relativity if he hadn't been clever?"
"Don't call me señor! I'm not a Spanish person. You must call me Mr. Biggles, or Group Captain Biggles, or Mary Biggles if I'm dressed as my wife, but never señor."
"I'm afraid we are unable to show you any more of that letter. We continue with a man with a stoat through his head."
"Were you worried when his head started to come loose?"
It just doesn't get any better than this, and being able to sit and peruse the scripts without watching the frenetic activity on the screen only goes to strengthen the generally accepted view that these guys were genius writers. As the book back states, these volumes are the winners of "the 1989 PYTHON PRIZE for their own books." ARE there higher honors than this?
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a wonderful collection of the scripts to the BBC television series. The only thing missing are the animated sequences by Terry Gilliam, but I can't see those translating well into the written word.
Even if you have all the videos, this book is worthwhile. Seeing the skits played out in your mind without any limitations in budget or special effects or with audience laughter is often superior to watching the TV show, especially since many of Python's skits are driven largely by dialogue or easily imagined visuals (e.g. the Parrot sketch). Even the more surreal skits can be more surreal when imagined from the scripts.
Don't be silly. Buy it.
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For all you folks who have ever been engaged in a wonderfully intense conversation about Monty Python, but didn't know all the words to their sketches...READ THIS BOOK! Believe me, your friends who all know the words are probably snickering behind your back at this very moment at how pathetic a rendition you do of the "Cheese Shop"sketch, or perhaps it's the famous "Pet Shop" sketch, that everyone else knows incredibly well, that you keep messing up. Just think, with this published companion, you too can enter the realm of the Python, making others laugh, and helping your social life at the same time. Oh, and the book is incredibly hilarious too.
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Read along at home...Sing the praises of Spam with a horde of Vikings at the Green Midget Cafe...(S. Frog sir - SHUT UP!) Take a cycling tour of North Cornwall... BINGO!!! Who are the worst familes in Britain? And try to find Teddy Salad for the United States Government Ballet. BURMA!!! Mr. Neutron must be stopped!!! Dimsdale!!!
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