| 1 | The Monty Python |
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| 4 | .. contents:: Table of Contents |
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| 6 | Monty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the creators of Monty |
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| 7 | Pythonâs Flying Circus, a British television comedy sketch show that first |
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| 8 | aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. |
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| 10 | The Montys: |
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| 12 | .. figure:: monty.jpg |
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| 13 | :alt: The Python team |
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| 15 | The Python team. Top row: Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam. |
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| 16 | Bottom row: Terry Jones, John Cleese, Michael Palin |
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| 18 | Who are the Pythons ? |
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| 19 | --------------------- |
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| 21 | The Pythons are: |
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| 22 | |
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| 23 | - Graham Chapman |
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| 24 | - John Cleese |
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| 25 | - Terry Gilliam [1]_ |
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| 26 | - Eric Idle |
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| 27 | - Terry Jones |
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| 28 | - Michael Palin |
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| 30 | |
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| 31 | Where the name comes from ? |
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| 32 | --------------------------- |
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| 34 | There are differing accounts of the origins of the Python name although the |
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| 35 | members agree that its only *significance* was that they thought it sounded |
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| 36 | funny. In the 1998 documentary `Live At Aspen` the group implied that *Monty* |
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| 37 | was selected as a gently-mocking tribute to Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, |
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| 38 | a legendary British general of World War II; requiring a "slippery-sounding" |
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| 39 | surname, they settled on **Python**. Get more infos in `References`_ |
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| 40 | |
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| 41 | Famous quotes |
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| 42 | ------------- |
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| 44 | In **The Holy Grail**:: |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | âOh! Come and see the violence inherent in the system! |
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| 47 | Help, help! I'm being repressed!â |
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| 49 | In **The life of Brian**:: |
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| 51 | Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front? |
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| 52 | Reg: Fuck off! We're the People's Front of Judea |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | References |
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| 55 | ---------- |
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| 57 | The `Wikipedia article`_ gives a lot of informations. |
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| 60 | .. _`Wikipedia article`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_python |
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| 61 | |
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| 62 | Footnotes |
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| 63 | --------- |
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| 65 | .. [1] Also director of **Brazil** in 1985 |
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| 66 | |
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| 67 | :Author: Wikipedia |
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| 68 | :Contact: info@wikipedia.org |
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