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Post by Grape on Nov 1, 2008 10:04:31 GMT -5
"When they did use Python references, I think they deliberately tried to do more obscure ones." Ehhh...maybe. Though they still managed to trot out old chestnuts like "It's the People's Front of Judea!" and other well-known Pythonisms pretty regularly. One of my favorite Python-related obscure riffs was "No! I won't hear of it! There's a place in Eastborn..." which was from my favorite Fawlty Towers episode. Definitely felt some spirits kindering with the Brains when I heard that one. Sorry to be pedantic but it's actually Eastbourne not Eastborn.
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Post by Jose BxR on Nov 1, 2008 22:17:30 GMT -5
They actually combined two Python references during "Secret Agent Super Dragon" - probably accidentally - when they brought up "Conrad Pooh and his inflatable knees," a combination of "Conrad Poohs and his dancing teeth" and "Ken Buddha and his inflatable knees."
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Post by fireballil on Nov 9, 2008 4:47:57 GMT -5
Cabbage crates coming over the briney! The room is full of milkmen, some of whom... are... very... old. [.....] Top-hole. Bally Jerry, pranged his kite right in the how's-your-father; hairy blighter, dicky-birded, feathered back on his sammy, took a waspy, flipped over on his Betty Harpers and caught his can in the Bertie. [....] OK, none of these were every referenced... Sadly. Hmmm, I thought that the quotes that you quoted that I left in my quote were referenced at one time or other. A contributor at MST3K.booyaka.com points out another great one, from Manos: "And now the Manos Women's Guild will re-enact the BATTLE OF PEARL HARBOR." - Ah, Python. This is a variation of a Monty Python sketch in which a number of women re-enact the Battle of Pearl Harbor mostly by fighting in the mud, hitting each other with their purses. The original line: "The Battle of Pearl Harbor, re-enacted for us now by the women of Batley Townswomen's Guild." Then, a bit later: "The premiere of the Batley Townswomen's Guild's re-enactment of the Battle of Pearl Harbor." From episode 11, first shown on Dec. 28, 1969. Oooh! And another one, this time from the Touch of Satan page at TV.com:
When Jodie and Melissa are out in the shed, Crow said that if she had another one, she would be known as 'Melissa 'Two Sheds' Strickland.' This is a reference to the 'Arthur 'Two Sheds' Jackson' sketch in the Monty Python's Flying Circus episode Whither Canada?. Later, when the shed burned down, Crow said she would then be known as Melissa 'No Sheds' Strickland. Thanks for referencing my work. As the editor of MST3K at TV.com(see my signature) I had to rewrite that to correct grammar and spelling, so I just rewote the whole blurb.
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Post by fireballil on Nov 9, 2008 4:49:50 GMT -5
Besides the Python alum, they riff, "Mitchell, will you stand up please?" in #512, again done by Mr. Trace/Crow. Tried to rack my brain for another reference, but ah joost cahn't do eet! They did several "How not to be seen" riffs in other eps, but I cahn't do eet either!
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Post by JLH on Nov 26, 2008 5:27:52 GMT -5
One Monty Python ref I didn't get until actually watching MP years later was from 312, "Gamera vs Guiron". Crow does his 'The Bishop' impression when the two boys eat the drugged donuts. "No kids! Don't eat da donuts! But it was too late, the kids had ate da crullers!"
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Post by Donna SadCat Lady on Nov 29, 2008 0:21:46 GMT -5
One Monty Python ref I didn't get until actually watching MP years later was from 312, "Gamera vs Guiron". Crow does his 'The Bishop' impression when the two boys eat the drugged donuts. "No kids! Don't eat da donuts! But it was too late, the kids had ate da crullers!" They made several other references to "The Bishop" sketch in other eps as well. Must have been a favorite of at least one of the writers at the time.
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Post by spackle on Oct 1, 2009 15:17:04 GMT -5
Yayyy! I was wondering if anybody else here caught Carol Cleveland in Moon Zero 2, so I'm glad to find this thread. Another Python skit that's been referenced more than once is the "Oh, sorreee, sorry everyone, sorry!" bit from Mr Neutron, when we see some bombed-out-looking buildings. Of course right now I can't think of what episodes I've seen that in...
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