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Eric Idle Says No to Monty Python Reunion

Submitted by Alyk

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Tags: Eric Idle, Monty Python, Reunion

For all of you hoping for a Monty Python reunion, uncross your fingers. Star Eric Idle said in no uncertain terms the reunion will never happen, regardless regardless Michael Palin’s wishes.

According to BreakingNews.ie, Idle said: "All this talk about, 'You guys should get back together,' is a complete load of bullocks. And let's not forget, when we were together, there were lots of people who fucking hated us."


It doesn’t help that Graham Chapman passed away seventeen years ago


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handsome_rob

handsome_rob

Burlington, IA
May 2004

OCT 15, 2006 08:35 PM

i feel like anything they'd try to do now would pale by comparison to the movies or the tv show. i think cheech said it best. how many bands/troupes/groups lose a vital member and keep going, only to fizzle soon after, or continue on but produce inferior quality work?

they lost graham and quit at the top of their game. any other way would be to their and their fans' detriment.

SonOfAPunk

SonOfAPunk

Maple Ridge, BC
January 2006

OCT 16, 2006 03:10 PM

frown

The_Happy_Pig

The_Happy_Pig

United Kingdom
December 2004

OCT 16, 2006 03:13 PM

Signon said:

starblood said:
He also had the Eric Idle Exploits Monty Python tour.

Anyway, it's just as well. Everyone knows it would only be a pale recreation. Now if they would get together and create something totally new (a la the movies Cleese made with Palin) that might be worthwhile.



Agreed. I suspect that's part of the reason Idle's against it. I mean, think of it, how shitty has it got to be that you're celebrated for shit you did over half your life ago? At least SpamALot, while derivative, has new elements to it. The Dead Parrot Sketch was a throwaway gag, a goddamned thesaurus joke, designed just to fill out the extra time for a show. Yeah, it's funny, but from their perspective, it's also without much value - they didn't have to do much for it.

So yeah, while I love Python and its derivations and solo works (and oh, how I wish I could get The Wind in the Willows), there is something intrinsically depressing about old men doing the exact same shit they did thirty-plus years back. Let it be new, or let it be.



Well said.

Just let it lie, it would never fulfil your expectations.

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