Just smart enough to be into Monty Python

[Triple Zero]

I used to quote Monty Python when I was younger. But only with a certain group of friends, and those friends did it more, anyway.

For some reason, it never really was a problem during tabletop D&D RPGs. Probably because the two groups I played with for the longest were either not the Monty Python quoting type and/or everybody had their own unique original brands of humour so they didn't really need to quote much. Except maybe the latest stupid movie or "joecartoon" Internet Flash cartoon they watched, which barely managed to be uncommon enough to get really irritating. Plus, we were playing a game of D&D and Monty Python just wasn't in it.
The first time my character used Dimension Door (short-range teleport) to get us out of a deep pit, I mimed touching something on my chest and said "Energize". It got a few groans and giggles, but mostly the reaction was that it was out-of-character for my character to say this, and the other player characters responded like I just said something crazy/confusing.

I did make a lot of puns, though.

Oh ... and I just recalled that I did name my first and longest-playing character "Tim", indeed after the wizard in Search for the Holy Grail, but by the time he finally got the ability to throw fireballs (like in the MP movie), the character was developed so far that he was never really anything like MP's "Tim". Also, his full named was Timothy Dalton, after the guy that played James Bond. No reason, definitely not a James Bond type, I just thought it was funny. Then I believe I named some people in his family character background story after the Daltons from Lucky Luke.

I do quote the Simpsons sometimes, too, though. But only when they're relevant. Sometimes a Simpsons quote is just terribly relevant. I expect that's rather different than quoting entire scenes.

It's interesting that you mention internet memes because I hate them so much.

Partially because they're retarded most of the time, but the other part is just the sheer repetition.

[EK WAFFLR]

Ok, you guys. You're fucking up the space-time continuum.

I just got home to my mother's for Christmess. Two hours ago we got surprise visitors from Spain who're staying here until new years, and they've been asking me about the minutest details of my life since they arrived.

So, it IS true that no one expects them. 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Ok, you guys. You're fucking up the space-time continuum.

I just got home to my mother's for Christmess. Two hours ago we got surprise visitors from Spain who're staying here until new years, and they've been asking me about the minutest details of my life since they arrived.

So, it IS true that no one expects them. 

[Triple Zero]

The pinacle of humor is Walmart at 5-6AM on Black Friday.  It is the perfect, hilarious snapshot of the human condition.

Somehow this has been the most compelling reason for visiting AMERICA I've seen so far.

We have experience hosting Eurospags.  Come play!

WE FORGOT TO GO SEE A WALMART

But regardless of that oversight, I can heartily recommend the hosting-Eurospags-expertise of these Providence-spags.

Plus, if you can make a reasonable attempt at a conversation in German, they know a place where that will get you tons of free beer! TRY to order a beer while politely answering the old German expat dudes! You will fail!

[Triple Zero]

There is also an element of OCD about it, to me.  I don't know about anyone else, but unless I watch a film obsessively, I have trouble remembering more than a few lines of it after a couple of weeks. 

I dunno, maybe. But the Monty Python films are the kind of films that I happened to catch 2-3 times or so, well some of them. And even then, some lines (the oft quoted ones) are really quite memorable. Add to that, if people around you quote them, you don't need OCD to remember a bunch. Either way, it's nerdery

I can quote some lines from the Big Lebowski and Pulp Fiction, too. Some films are just very quotable Though, if I need to use such a line, for a parody or something, I usually look them up, because I want to get the exact wording right (now that may be OCD )

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Thats not ocd thats caution. Because theres always someone nerdier ready to correct even the most minute of misquotes.

[Freeky]

I just wish they would quote other things.  Like today, I was able to sneak in "If we die [we had entered a dungeon because a magical storm kicked up], I'm going to blame it on the rain."  and when we were trying to find out who was killing beggars at night, and we decided on a stakeout, I said "Hey guys.  You could be up on the rooftop, reindeer pause.  Out comes good old Santa Claus."  And during the smoke break I got a second lunc, so I went out and told everyone "I'm irritated, because the Hunger, its never ending."  I was trying to figure out how to sneak in IM ON CRACK too, but we broke too soon.

I know there was a fourth one that I did make, but I can't for the life of me remember it.

Oh!  It was a "Bitces are unaware of his tomahawks."

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I just wish they would quote other things.  Like today, I was able to sneak in "If we die [we had entered a dungeon because a magical storm kicked up], I'm going to blame it on the rain."  and when we were trying to find out who was killing beggars at night, and we decided on a stakeout, I said "Hey guys.  You could be up on the rooftop, reindeer pause.  Out comes good old Santa Claus."  And during the smoke break I got a second lunc, so I went out and told everyone "I'm irritated, because the Hunger, its never ending."  I was trying to figure out how to sneak in IM ON CRACK too, but we broke too soon.

I know there was a fourth one that I did make, but I can't for the life of me remember it.

Oh!  It was a "Bitces are unaware of his tomahawks."

I like this, because it's surreal and slightly confusing. Also because you aren't repeating the same things over and over again.

The first couple of times someone quoted Monty Python it was probably totally fresh and funny.

[Freeky]

I just wish they would quote other things.  Like today, I was able to sneak in "If we die [we had entered a dungeon because a magical storm kicked up], I'm going to blame it on the rain."  and when we were trying to find out who was killing beggars at night, and we decided on a stakeout, I said "Hey guys.  You could be up on the rooftop, reindeer pause.  Out comes good old Santa Claus."  And during the smoke break I got a second lunc, so I went out and told everyone "I'm irritated, because the Hunger, its never ending."  I was trying to figure out how to sneak in IM ON CRACK too, but we broke too soon.

I know there was a fourth one that I did make, but I can't for the life of me remember it.

Oh!  It was a "Bitces are unaware of his tomahawks."

I like this, because it's surreal and slightly confusing. Also because you aren't repeating the same things over and over again.

The first couple of times someone quoted Monty Python it was probably totally fresh and funny.

It was actually tis thread that inspired me to make totally non-MP references (not that I usually do anyway), and wat's awesome is I could fit tem in without being totally non sequiter HOW THE FUCK DO YOU SPELL THIS

[Triple Zero]

The first couple of times someone quoted Monty Python it was probably totally fresh and funny.

That might have been the rehearsals for the movie script, though.

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I enjoyed Monty Python, but I just never got into the quoting thing. Part of that is that I'm generally just bad at quotes, I end up paraphrasing or even adding information that wasn't there unless I wrote it down.

I recommend that next time someone gets irritated by Monty Python tards that you mimic whatever they said in a parrot voice and throw in a few BAWKS for good measure. Eventually, I think they ought to get the point.

....totally non sequiter HOW THE FUCK DO YOU SPELL THIS

It's "non sequitur", which does not follow from rules of english.

[Bruno]

You could probably try talking about sports with them.


I bet that would be awkward.

[Elder Iptuous]

So, it looks like we might get some new quotes before too long...
Monty Python Stars Reuniting for 'Absolutely Anything'

There may be a little more life in Brian, after all.

Monty Python-ers John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin and Terry Jones are reuniting for the science-fiction comedy "Absolutely Anything," TheWrap has confirmed.

Eric Idle, the other surviving member of the Flying Circus, may join the project, as well, producer Mike Medavoy told TheWrap.

Graham Chapman, the other member of the troupe, died in 1989.

Jones will direct the film, with Cleese, Palin and Gilliam playing aliens and possibly several other additional roles, in true Python tradition.

In addition, Robin Williams is in talks to play a dog and a pompous Frenchman, Medavoy said.

But those expecting a follow-up to "The Holy Grail,"  be warned.

"It's not a Python film," Jones told TheWrap. "It's a different thing. It's not really that we're all getting back together."

The movie centers on a group of aliens who grant unlimited powers to a human being. Unable to handle his newfound abilities and apparently ignoring the sage advice of his talking dog, the earthling causes chaos.

"The film looks at the whole notion how funny unintended consequences can be," producer Chris Chesser told TheWrap. "It's the whole thing about the genie granting three wishes."

Although its is not a true Monty Python reunion, the film's producers describe its humor as "Pythonesque" -- a term Jones himself disagrees with.

"I don't know what it means," Jones said. "When we were doing Python, we  tried to avoid any kind of style. We kept doing different things all the time, so people couldn't say what it was they were looking at. The fact that 'Pythonesque' is a word in the dictionary, is the gravestone to all of the goals that we were hoping to achieve."

The film is expected to start shooting in the United Kingdom this summer on a budget of between $15 to $20 million.

For Medavoy, the chairman of Phoenix Pictures, the film is a chance to work with some of his favorite comedians.

"'Life of Brian' was one of the funniest movies I was ever involved with," he said. "I put it up there with 'Arthur' and 'Caddyshack.'"

Since their final film, 1983's "The Meaning of Life," the surviving Python members have appeared together at the 1998 Aspen Comedy Festival. Jones also directed Idle, Palin and Cleese in 1996's "The Wind in the Willows."

In addition to Chesser and Medavoy, David Thwaites and Bill and Ben Productions will produce the film.

[Triple Zero]

Oh boy! That sounds great!