Monty Python Live (mostly)

Monty Python Live (mostly) (also billed as Monty Python Live (mostly): One Down, Five To Go) was a stage show by the Monty Python comedy group in the The O₂ in London in July 2014.

Overview

The ten stage shows were held on 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 and 15, 16, 18, 19 & 20 July 2014.Vorlage:Cn

The first night of the show sold out in 45 seconds of being available to purchase. All five of the living Pythons performed on stage together for the first time in 34 years, with clips of Graham Chapman interspersed throughout the show. The three-hour show had a 30 minute intermission.

The last of the ten stage shows was broadcast in England on Gold TV and internationally in theaters by Fathom Events through a DishNetwork satellite link on Sunday, July 20th, 2014. The Pythons performed a generous selection of fan favourite sketches, many updated to include contemporary references. Carol Cleveland, who appeared in many of the original episodes, joined in the fun. Eddie Izzard made a small guest appearance as a 'Bruce' on the final night, as well as having appeared the previous evening as the 'Blackmail' special guest. There were also surprise guest appearances by (amongst others) Stephen Fry, Mike Myers, and Professors Brian Cox and Stephen Hawking.

Critical reception

Critical reviews of the show were generally positive. Negatively-tinged reviews from the Daily Mail led to references in the last show to the editor of the paper.

Cast

The Pythons:

• John Cleese
• Terry Gilliam
• Eric Idle
• Terry Jones
• Michael Palin
• Graham Chapman (archived footage)

Also featuring:

• Carol Cleveland
• Samuel Holmes

Special Guests: (in the 'Blackmail' sketch)

• Stephen Fry - on the July 1 show
• Lee Mack - on the July 2 show
• Bill Bailey - on the July 3 show
• Noel Fielding - on the July 4 show
• Matt Lucas - on the July 5 show
• Warwick Davis - on the July 15 show
• Simon Pegg - on the July 16 show
• David Walliams - on the July 18 show
• Eddie Izzard - on the July 19 show (also appearing as a celebrity 'Bruce' on July 20)
• Mike Myers - on the July 20 show

Cameos (pre-recorded)

• Professor Brian Cox
• Professor Stephen Hawking (In the July 20 show, Hawking is seen in the audience following his recorded appearance.)

Sketches and songs

According to Dominic Cavendish at The Telegraph

Act One

• Llamas
• Opening Sequence
• Four Yorkshiremen
• The Fish-Slapping Dance (video)
• Not The Noel Coward Song - expanded with a vagina verse and a bum verse
• The Naval Medley/Ypres 1914
• Colonel Stopping It (video)
• Batley Townswomen's Guild Presents the Battle of Pearl Harbour (video)
• The Last Supper
• Every Sperm Is Sacred
• Mr And Mrs Blackitt
• Silly Olympics (video)
• Vocational Guidance Counsellor
• The Lumberjack Song
• The Philosophers' Football Match- First Half (on screen)
• Bruces
• Bruces' Philosophers Song
• The Philosophers' Football Match- Second Half (on screen)
• Crunchy Frog
• Blood, Devastation, Death, War And Horror
• I Like Chinese

Act Two

• Spam Lake (dance routine)
• Sit on My Face
• The Death Of Mary Queen Of Scots
• Penguin On The Television
• Gumby Flower Arranging
• Camp Judges
• Albatross
• Nudge Nudge
• Nudge Rap (dance routine)
• Blackmail
• Miss Anne Elk
• Spanish Inquisition
• The Galaxy Song
• Brian Cox and Stephen Hawking
• The Silly Walk Song (dance routine)
• Argument Clinic
• I've Got Two Legs
• Captions
• Spam
• Dead Parrot / Cheese Shop / Come Back To My Place
• Christmas In Heaven
• Always Look on the Bright Side of Life as an encore.

There were also animations by Terry Gilliam between sketches.

External links

• Linkkatalog zum Thema Monty Python Live (mostly) bei odp.org (ehemals DMOZ)
• 2014 interview on return to live shows