RIP Terry Jones
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January 22nd, 2020 at 8:54 AM ^
I believe this was voted the best line in British comedy film history, twice.
Brilliant talent, tremendous loss.
January 22nd, 2020 at 11:37 AM ^
"Are you a virgin? I mean, if it's not a personal question."
"NOT A PERSONAL QUESTION? HOW MUCH MORE PERSONAL CAN YOU GET?? NOW FUCK OFF!!!"
"Yeah, she is."
January 22nd, 2020 at 8:40 AM ^
I was an MP too. Oh. Wait. You mean Monty Python. I miss Jones more than I miss the Army.
RIP, you — to borrow another "mp" moniker — merry prankster.
January 22nd, 2020 at 8:47 AM ^
OP: I'm "of age" and should maybe immediately recognize the name, but a more informative title ("... of Monty Python fame") might be helpful.
January 22nd, 2020 at 11:41 AM ^
Fair enough. A Terry Jones tribute mashup (would have been better without the music, admittedly):
A witch!!! A witch!!!
January 22nd, 2020 at 3:59 PM ^
The witch weighing scene is a brilliant example of pseudoscience.
January 22nd, 2020 at 4:27 PM ^
The mattress shopping sketch was great, especially with Graham Chapman playing a salesman who put a bag on his head whenever someone said "mattress":
"You put a bag over your head the last time we said mattress."
January 22nd, 2020 at 8:50 AM ^
(edit: oh wait, wrong Terry...but the video is still funny!)
January 22nd, 2020 at 9:01 AM ^
Timeless comedy.
He'll be missed.
January 22nd, 2020 at 10:33 AM ^
He’s not dead. He’s just pining for the fjords.
January 22nd, 2020 at 10:40 AM ^
Chapman and Cleese wrote that one, but a non-working point to you anyway for being funny.
January 22nd, 2020 at 11:17 AM ^
But Palin said it and he was Jones’ writing partner.
January 22nd, 2020 at 9:06 AM ^
I thought this had to do something with Michigan athletics. Then I realized this site is just a place where people (mostly Michigan fans) gather to talk about random stuff that sometimes includes Michigan sports. But hell, whatever creates traffic to increase revenue.
January 22nd, 2020 at 9:09 AM ^
Welcome to the internet?
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January 22nd, 2020 at 10:04 AM ^
Have at you!
January 22nd, 2020 at 11:10 AM ^
Perhaps this should have been signaled OT to alert those unfamiliar with the name, but in the catalog of annoyances one encounters in the comments on MGoBlog, this barely ranks for me.
My personal favorite is Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which, my avatar insists, is the best Arthurian movie (in English).
And of course one way of coping with BPONE is to cultivate a sense of humor.
January 22nd, 2020 at 12:21 PM ^
Catapulting cows. Minstrels singing of the Kings cowardice. Castle Anthrax and it's eight score young blondes and brunettes. Genius.
January 22nd, 2020 at 1:52 PM ^
You fundamentally do not understand this site if you thought a member of the Monty Python troupe dying wouldn't be a massive thread of mourning. Fuck off to some rivals board mate, this site is for nerds.
January 22nd, 2020 at 2:05 PM ^
We're an eclectic bunch.
January 22nd, 2020 at 9:19 AM ^
Sad day but seemed inevitable once the dementia set in a couple years back. I'm binge watching the old TV episodes now that they are on Netflix. Python never gets old for me
January 22nd, 2020 at 9:27 AM ^
I'm doing my best to give my kids my warped sense of humor so I had them watch the Black Knight scene in Holy Grail. British humor is quite subtle so may take some time but I'm willing to put in the effort. Got my 10 year old daughter asking to watch MST3K episodes with me so I'm hopeful. For sure Monty Python will be in that mix. One of the greatest TV shows of all time for me.
January 22nd, 2020 at 3:54 PM ^
Are You Being Served and Benny Hill are among my all time favorites.
January 22nd, 2020 at 9:23 AM ^
Bring out your dead
January 22nd, 2020 at 10:24 AM ^
I'm not dead!
January 22nd, 2020 at 10:52 AM ^
i feel happy! think i'll go for a walk.
January 22nd, 2020 at 9:30 AM ^
I know no one cares and this is just one of dozens of posts that this applies to and I’m about to rant on an RIP post but does no one use the “OT” heading anymore? I thought this was Terry Mills for two seconds. Again probably no one cares but There is literally no moderation on this board. Is this because HUEL sucks or just no one cares?
January 22nd, 2020 at 9:31 AM ^
Is he ok?
January 22nd, 2020 at 10:02 AM ^
Just a flesh wound
January 22nd, 2020 at 10:17 AM ^
Since we're talking about whatever we want..... HOLY SHIT I'm sick of the way the ads make this page jump all over the place.
January 22nd, 2020 at 11:16 AM ^
IT'S DA BISHOP!
January 22nd, 2020 at 11:36 AM ^
Man,this sucks. He had had some major health issues over the past few years, but he was maybe my favorite Python (split between him and Eric Idle). His comedy chops are obvious, but he was a very good and very entertaining historian as well. He will really be missed.
January 22nd, 2020 at 12:07 PM ^
"I think he said 'Blessed are the cheese makers.' "
The Pythons were a unique crew; never to be replicated. And to this day, we still don't know the flight speed of a swallow, African or European.
January 22nd, 2020 at 2:03 PM ^
Laden or unladen?
January 22nd, 2020 at 12:18 PM ^
Whenever anyone speaks of heaven I imagine Castle Anthrax
January 22nd, 2020 at 1:05 PM ^
RIP. In addition to his brilliant work with MP, he also wrote the screenplay for Jim Henson’s 1986 classic “Labyrinth” starring David Bowie. A true genius.
January 22nd, 2020 at 1:12 PM ^
Three cheers for his history stuff. His Crusades doco was one of the best things we got to see in school growing up, and his book Who Murdered Chaucer? is a classic.
January 22nd, 2020 at 1:31 PM ^
Floreat Aula
January 22nd, 2020 at 2:31 PM ^
RIP Terry Jones. So many great characters, but Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson will always be a favorite. And easier to cite than Karl Gambolputty... de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumble-meyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitzweimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.
January 22nd, 2020 at 3:02 PM ^
Nigel Incubator Jones, one of the competitors for Upper Class Twit of the Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1FfrnOXGHg