1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:06,727 --> 00:00:10,606 And now, a short introduction from the producers' legal representative, 2 00:00:10,647 --> 00:00:12,160 Mr Abe Appenheimer. 3 00:00:12,207 --> 00:00:15,324 Hello, and welcome to this documentary 4 00:00:15,367 --> 00:00:17,642 containing new and exclusive interviews 5 00:00:17,687 --> 00:00:20,406 with the five surviving members of Monty Python. 6 00:00:20,447 --> 00:00:24,156 The producers wish to make it clear that any views or opinions expressed herein 7 00:00:24,207 --> 00:00:27,517 are those of the individuals speaking and hold no truth whatsoever. 8 00:00:27,567 --> 00:00:29,444 Pursuant, therefore, to clause 4.6 9 00:00:29,487 --> 00:00:32,559 of the Broadcasting, Video, Television Act, 1989, 10 00:00:32,607 --> 00:00:35,485 subsection 4, 3 and 2, clause... 11 00:00:46,207 --> 00:00:48,516 ..subject to clause 4.123, 12 00:00:48,567 --> 00:00:52,276 no viewer or watcher may copy, repeat, impersonate, mime, 13 00:00:52,327 --> 00:00:54,795 either contextually or noncontextually, 14 00:00:54,847 --> 00:00:57,236 any material whatsoever in any public place, 15 00:00:57,287 --> 00:01:02,486 such as a street, pub, club, hotel, oil rig, Baptist church... 16 00:01:22,247 --> 00:01:24,158 Sorry 17 00:01:24,207 --> 00:01:27,882 We are so bleeding sorry 18 00:01:27,927 --> 00:01:31,078 What happened to that last singer 19 00:01:31,127 --> 00:01:34,563 Well, she's been through the wringer 20 00:01:34,607 --> 00:01:37,883 From singing this bloody song 21 00:01:37,927 --> 00:01:41,078 Which just goes on and on 22 00:01:41,127 --> 00:01:44,039 So l thought l'd have a go at it 23 00:01:45,047 --> 00:01:47,038 Just for the hell of it 24 00:01:48,207 --> 00:01:54,555 And it sounded so fabulous... 25 00:01:54,607 --> 00:01:56,598 ..you know, they should've picked me to sing it originally. 26 00:01:56,647 --> 00:01:58,524 Mind you, l was only 12. 27 00:01:58,567 --> 00:02:04,881 Still, it's Python 28 00:02:09,527 --> 00:02:11,438 Sod it! 29 00:02:49,287 --> 00:02:51,278 We hadn't finished. 30 00:02:51,327 --> 00:02:53,363 We still had The Meaning Of Life to do, 31 00:02:53,407 --> 00:02:55,875 but we had had the success of Brian. 32 00:02:55,927 --> 00:02:59,283 lt was a big hit in our terms. 33 00:02:59,327 --> 00:03:02,399 The Hollywood Bowl seemed such an outrageous thing to do, 34 00:03:02,447 --> 00:03:04,199 Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl. 35 00:03:04,247 --> 00:03:06,203 l think we did three or four nights. 36 00:03:06,247 --> 00:03:09,842 Welcome to the Ronald Reagan Memorial Bowl... 37 00:03:13,127 --> 00:03:16,915 ..here in the pretty little LA suburb of Hollywood. 38 00:03:16,967 --> 00:03:19,481 Well, we're about to witness all-in wrestling, 39 00:03:19,527 --> 00:03:24,760 brought to you tonight, ladies and gentlemen, by the makers of Scum. 40 00:03:24,807 --> 00:03:28,038 The world's first ever combined hair oil, foot ointment 41 00:03:28,087 --> 00:03:29,759 and salad dressing. 42 00:03:31,007 --> 00:03:34,556 And the makers of Titan, the novelty nuclear missile. 43 00:03:34,607 --> 00:03:37,167 You'll never know when it will go off. 44 00:03:37,207 --> 00:03:39,596 They were some of the best Python days, 45 00:03:39,647 --> 00:03:41,478 they were wonderful. 46 00:03:41,527 --> 00:03:43,836 For me, l would say the pinnacle of my career. 47 00:03:43,887 --> 00:03:45,957 lt was just so exciting. 48 00:03:47,527 --> 00:03:49,916 lt was just a great time in everybody's life. 49 00:03:49,967 --> 00:03:51,480 There was no pressure. 50 00:03:51,527 --> 00:03:55,122 We'd honed the show down by being on the road all those times, 51 00:03:55,167 --> 00:03:56,885 so we knew what we were doing. 52 00:03:56,927 --> 00:04:00,078 And the audiences were just there to have a great time. 53 00:04:00,127 --> 00:04:02,322 They had a great time. That's what they did. 54 00:04:02,367 --> 00:04:06,246 They came along to enjoy themselves and we couldn't stop them. 55 00:04:06,287 --> 00:04:09,962 We were evicted from our hole in the ground. 56 00:04:10,007 --> 00:04:12,282 We had to go and live in a lake. 57 00:04:13,167 --> 00:04:14,998 You were lucky to have a lake. 58 00:04:15,047 --> 00:04:19,279 There were a 150 of us living in a shoebox in the middle of the road. 59 00:04:20,967 --> 00:04:22,400 - Cardboard box? - Aye. 60 00:04:22,447 --> 00:04:24,881 You were lucky. 61 00:04:24,927 --> 00:04:28,522 We lived for three months in a rolled-up newspaper in a septic tank. 62 00:04:29,807 --> 00:04:32,605 Used to have to get up at six o'clock and clean the newspaper, 63 00:04:32,647 --> 00:04:33,966 go to work down the mill, 64 00:04:34,007 --> 00:04:37,044 1 4 hours a day, week in, week out, for sixpence a week! 65 00:04:37,087 --> 00:04:41,126 And when we got home, our dad would thrash us to sleep with his belt. 66 00:04:42,487 --> 00:04:43,806 Luxury. 67 00:04:45,247 --> 00:04:48,080 People there knew exactly what the Pythons were about. 68 00:04:48,127 --> 00:04:52,359 lt was absolutely wonderful to see, you know, 69 00:04:52,407 --> 00:04:57,162 John Cleese coming down the Hollywood Bowl steps with the albatross. 70 00:04:57,207 --> 00:04:59,004 l mean, people were going mad. 71 00:04:59,047 --> 00:05:01,607 What flavour is it? 72 00:05:01,647 --> 00:05:02,841 Seagull-cicle. 73 00:05:02,887 --> 00:05:04,684 l'll have a Wall's. 74 00:05:04,727 --> 00:05:10,085 The Hollywood Bowl was very much sort of an audience participation show, 75 00:05:10,127 --> 00:05:11,765 cos everybody was partying. 76 00:05:11,807 --> 00:05:13,286 Albatross! 77 00:05:20,447 --> 00:05:22,756 You're not supposed to be smoking that. 78 00:05:24,087 --> 00:05:27,124 ln the albatross sketch, l had to walk out into the audience, 79 00:05:27,167 --> 00:05:30,000 by the time l got back on stage, l was getting high. 80 00:05:30,047 --> 00:05:34,040 l didn't smoke so it was like, you know, a few puffs... 81 00:05:34,087 --> 00:05:38,046 lf you're walking through the audience of marijuana smoke 82 00:05:38,087 --> 00:05:40,601 it was like... lt went straight to my head. 83 00:05:40,647 --> 00:05:42,046 lt was very surreal. 84 00:05:42,087 --> 00:05:44,396 These people were having drinks 85 00:05:44,447 --> 00:05:48,725 and smoking naughty things, judging from what Eric said on stage. 86 00:05:48,767 --> 00:05:53,761 Hold it. l see some of these Bruces are in a playful mood tonight. Bruce? 87 00:05:54,647 --> 00:05:57,320 Some of the ones that don't have straws up their nose. 88 00:05:57,367 --> 00:05:58,356 Anyway... 89 00:05:58,407 --> 00:06:02,116 The Hollywood Bowl was an extraordinary kind of experience. 90 00:06:03,807 --> 00:06:08,164 We were all sitting up on the roof of the hotel, the L'Ermitage, 91 00:06:08,207 --> 00:06:10,767 there was a swimming pool up there and a Jacuzzi. 92 00:06:10,807 --> 00:06:13,275 We were sipping cool drinks. 93 00:06:13,327 --> 00:06:16,319 They were talking about doing Sit On My Face and, you know, 94 00:06:16,367 --> 00:06:18,881 for some reason l said, 95 00:06:18,927 --> 00:06:23,523 ''Why don't you do it as a barbershop quartet with the long aprons?'' 96 00:06:23,567 --> 00:06:27,401 Sit on my face and tell me that you love me 97 00:06:27,447 --> 00:06:31,042 l'll sit on your face and tell you l love you too 98 00:06:31,087 --> 00:06:34,318 l love to hear you moralise 99 00:06:34,367 --> 00:06:37,643 When l'm between your thighs you blow me away 100 00:06:37,687 --> 00:06:41,316 ''And when you turn round you can have bare bums?'' thinking they'll never do it. 101 00:06:41,367 --> 00:06:44,200 Life can be fine if we both sixty-nine 102 00:06:44,247 --> 00:06:46,807 lf we sit on our faces in all sorts of places and play 103 00:06:46,847 --> 00:06:50,442 Till we're blown away! 104 00:07:01,567 --> 00:07:03,922 And, yeah, they did. 105 00:07:04,447 --> 00:07:06,005 lt was strange. 106 00:07:06,047 --> 00:07:09,005 lt was such a large venue to see the Pythons, 107 00:07:09,047 --> 00:07:13,040 these little specks down on the stage, if you stood at the back. 108 00:07:13,087 --> 00:07:14,076 lt was terrific. 109 00:07:14,127 --> 00:07:15,480 Good evening. 110 00:07:15,527 --> 00:07:20,806 Tonight on World Forum, we are deeply privileged to have with us Karl Marx, 111 00:07:20,847 --> 00:07:24,806 the founder of modern socialism and author of the Communist Manifesto. 112 00:07:26,967 --> 00:07:30,437 Vladimir llyich Ulyanov, better known to the world as Lenin, 113 00:07:30,487 --> 00:07:34,560 leader of the Russian revolution, writer, statesman and father of modern... 114 00:07:34,607 --> 00:07:37,360 lt was terrific. l think they had a lot of fun, 115 00:07:37,407 --> 00:07:41,002 and of course every Hollywood star came out to see them. 116 00:07:41,047 --> 00:07:44,960 Yoko came, John Lennon came, and every night you'd look around 117 00:07:45,007 --> 00:07:49,239 and there were these huge stars just knocking about. 118 00:07:49,287 --> 00:07:53,803 lt was like you'd died and gone to entertainment heaven. 119 00:07:53,847 --> 00:07:56,361 lt was just fantastic, absolutely fantastic. 120 00:07:56,407 --> 00:07:59,956 Steve Martin also threw a party for them at his house, you know. 121 00:08:00,007 --> 00:08:04,444 That's the thing you do in Hollywood, someone hosts a party for you. 122 00:08:04,527 --> 00:08:07,564 And the first question is for you, Karl Marx. 123 00:08:08,607 --> 00:08:10,040 The Hammers. 124 00:08:10,087 --> 00:08:13,636 The Hammers is the nickname of what English football team? 125 00:08:20,367 --> 00:08:22,437 The Hammers? 126 00:08:22,487 --> 00:08:26,002 No? Well, bad luck, Karl, it is in fact West Ham United. 127 00:08:27,287 --> 00:08:30,006 We took numerous curtain calls, we just went on. 128 00:08:30,047 --> 00:08:32,880 l mean, we took as many as we felt like taking. 129 00:08:32,927 --> 00:08:35,521 Twenty, thirty, whatever, whatever. 130 00:08:35,567 --> 00:08:38,479 We'd just make them up as we went along, and had such fun. 131 00:08:38,527 --> 00:08:41,405 Eventually, we'd have enough and go for a drink, 132 00:08:41,447 --> 00:08:45,201 and we'd be downstairs and the audience is still there, 133 00:08:45,247 --> 00:08:46,965 saying, ''More, more, more.'' 134 00:08:47,007 --> 00:08:50,556 And that's when they had to bring down the big sign saying, ''Piss off'. 135 00:08:59,207 --> 00:09:03,564 - Hey, look. Howard's being eaten. - ls he? 136 00:09:10,767 --> 00:09:12,837 Makes you think, doesn't it? 137 00:09:12,887 --> 00:09:16,482 - l mean, what's it all about? - Beats me. 138 00:09:18,607 --> 00:09:20,802 Why are we here? 139 00:09:20,847 --> 00:09:23,281 What's life all about? 140 00:09:23,327 --> 00:09:25,079 ls God really real? 141 00:09:25,807 --> 00:09:27,763 Or is there some doubt? 142 00:09:27,807 --> 00:09:30,640 Just after Life Of Brian came out, 143 00:09:30,687 --> 00:09:33,918 Denis O'Brien, who was our business manager, very briefly, 144 00:09:33,967 --> 00:09:36,561 told us that if we made another film straight away, 145 00:09:36,607 --> 00:09:38,438 we'd never have to work again. 146 00:09:38,487 --> 00:09:42,560 And we all looked at each other and thought, ''That is not a bad offer.'' 147 00:09:42,607 --> 00:09:47,397 The actual... The birth pangs of Meaning Of Life 148 00:09:47,447 --> 00:09:50,917 were much more difficult than they had been, l think, 149 00:09:50,967 --> 00:09:54,164 for Holy Grail or Life Of Brian. 150 00:09:54,207 --> 00:09:56,038 By then l was doing my own films 151 00:09:56,087 --> 00:10:00,842 and had less and less desire to go back and work within the group. 152 00:10:00,887 --> 00:10:03,560 Having reached the grand old age of whatever it was, 153 00:10:03,607 --> 00:10:05,723 l mean, l was well in my 40s, 154 00:10:05,767 --> 00:10:09,999 l didn't want to be in the position of being outvoted on material. 155 00:10:10,047 --> 00:10:12,322 l'd done a railway documentary, 156 00:10:12,367 --> 00:10:14,927 was beginning to think of writing a film called The Missionary. 157 00:10:14,967 --> 00:10:18,118 ln a sense, the sort of the... 158 00:10:18,167 --> 00:10:21,284 the end of Python was sort of visible 159 00:10:21,327 --> 00:10:23,966 before we actually got shooting Meaning Of Life. 160 00:10:24,007 --> 00:10:28,762 Except that l just love the group, l mean, so, OK, we'll do it. 161 00:10:28,807 --> 00:10:33,722 But there was no consensus about what was the film going to be? 162 00:10:33,767 --> 00:10:38,557 And so we started to write a movie 163 00:10:38,607 --> 00:10:42,202 before we were really in the right state of mind. 164 00:10:42,247 --> 00:10:48,197 And we were always pushing something and trying to find a unifying thread. 165 00:10:48,247 --> 00:10:51,284 And when we went off and wrote, as we did for about ten days, 166 00:10:51,327 --> 00:10:53,921 then we'd come back, gather together and read it all out, 167 00:10:53,967 --> 00:10:59,200 we were always hoping that somebody would provide a framework. 168 00:10:59,247 --> 00:11:05,197 l've got a notebook which has got World War 3 written in it 169 00:11:05,247 --> 00:11:07,203 as a possible idea for a film. 170 00:11:07,247 --> 00:11:10,239 We were going to have advertisement all through the film, 171 00:11:10,287 --> 00:11:13,916 warriors, soldiers with lots of ads like racing drivers, 172 00:11:13,967 --> 00:11:16,640 and we could actually finance the movie that way. 173 00:11:16,687 --> 00:11:21,158 We were even talking about doing commercials within the movie, 174 00:11:21,207 --> 00:11:23,437 so we'd get the money from all these products. 175 00:11:23,487 --> 00:11:27,844 Graham and l wrote a thing about a mad ayatollah, 176 00:11:27,887 --> 00:11:30,276 and it was not included, 177 00:11:30,327 --> 00:11:32,716 and l thought it was a mistake that it was not included, 178 00:11:32,767 --> 00:11:35,235 but it probably explains why l'm still here. 179 00:11:35,287 --> 00:11:39,838 There would've been a fatwa on Graham and me, and probably the whole group. 180 00:11:39,887 --> 00:11:45,086 lt was about him fulminating against all the sins of Western civilisation, 181 00:11:45,127 --> 00:11:46,685 like toilet paper. 182 00:11:46,727 --> 00:11:49,799 And there was a scene where the mad ayatollah's men 183 00:11:49,847 --> 00:11:53,726 had caught some British adventurers of the Michael Palin kind, 184 00:11:53,767 --> 00:11:56,042 the sort of 1880s, you know. 185 00:11:56,087 --> 00:11:57,679 And there was a very funny scene 186 00:11:57,727 --> 00:12:00,560 when they were all going to be tortured to death, 187 00:12:00,607 --> 00:12:04,998 and the regimental sergeant major went up to the colonel 188 00:12:05,047 --> 00:12:07,163 and asked for permission to panic, 189 00:12:07,207 --> 00:12:11,325 and the colonel refused him permission. 190 00:12:11,367 --> 00:12:16,999 He said, ''lf we panic just a little, sir, just a couple of minutes, sir. 191 00:12:17,047 --> 00:12:21,563 ''lt would raise the men's spirits, if they were allowed to panic, sir.'' 192 00:12:21,607 --> 00:12:23,882 l thought there was very funny stuff there. 193 00:12:23,927 --> 00:12:27,715 l think they were really good ideas that, for whatever reason, 194 00:12:27,767 --> 00:12:29,598 didn't connect with everybody else 195 00:12:29,647 --> 00:12:33,686 and so the thing didn't ever get that tidy spine. 196 00:12:33,727 --> 00:12:37,117 We eventually ended up with a screenplay 197 00:12:37,167 --> 00:12:39,886 that was kind of circular. 198 00:12:39,927 --> 00:12:42,521 lt was a little bit based on one of Bunuel's films 199 00:12:42,567 --> 00:12:45,001 where it goes into dreams and recurring dreams 200 00:12:45,047 --> 00:12:47,686 and you come out of the dream and you're back in reality. 201 00:12:47,727 --> 00:12:51,845 You think you are, then it turns out you're in a dream still. Very circular. 202 00:12:51,887 --> 00:12:55,675 l wonder where that fish has gone. 203 00:12:55,727 --> 00:13:00,642 You did love it so, you looked after it like a son. 204 00:13:00,687 --> 00:13:04,885 And it went wherever l did go. 205 00:13:04,927 --> 00:13:08,283 - ls it in the cupboard? - Yes, yes. 206 00:13:08,327 --> 00:13:12,684 Wouldn't you like to know? lt was a lovely little fish. 207 00:13:12,727 --> 00:13:17,198 And it went wherever l did go. 208 00:13:17,247 --> 00:13:18,965 lt's behind the sofa! 209 00:13:19,007 --> 00:13:21,567 Where can that fish be? 210 00:13:21,607 --> 00:13:24,246 Have you thought of the drawers in the bureau? 211 00:13:24,287 --> 00:13:27,006 lt is a most elusive fish. 212 00:13:27,047 --> 00:13:31,404 And it went wherever l did go. 213 00:13:31,447 --> 00:13:34,325 We couldn't get a central theme, we couldn't get a theme. 214 00:13:34,367 --> 00:13:39,202 We tried it, where there were great long endless sequences written, 215 00:13:39,247 --> 00:13:43,604 amazingly long sort of periods of writing and then coming back, 216 00:13:43,647 --> 00:13:45,638 giving ourselves six months off and coming back. 217 00:13:45,687 --> 00:13:48,201 lt really was really very, very difficult. 218 00:13:48,247 --> 00:13:51,125 And so we thought, ''Well, let's do the thing we did. 219 00:13:51,167 --> 00:13:53,601 ''Let's go to the West lndies.'' 220 00:13:53,647 --> 00:13:57,037 And so we booked a house in St Ann's Bay in Jamaica. 221 00:13:57,087 --> 00:14:01,877 On the way out there, l read the script on the plane. 222 00:14:01,927 --> 00:14:05,158 l thought, ''This isn't working at all, it just doesn't work.'' 223 00:14:05,207 --> 00:14:07,596 And l think possibly there was again 224 00:14:07,647 --> 00:14:09,797 a strain on the writing relationships. 225 00:14:09,847 --> 00:14:12,759 l think that Graham and John 226 00:14:12,807 --> 00:14:15,685 were not writing as consistently magnificent stuff 227 00:14:15,727 --> 00:14:17,001 as they had done in the past. 228 00:14:17,047 --> 00:14:18,799 They were beginning to write stuff 229 00:14:18,847 --> 00:14:21,680 that wasn't working as well as it perhaps ought to, 230 00:14:21,727 --> 00:14:24,321 and l know they never liked that. 231 00:14:24,367 --> 00:14:26,756 Terry and l were used to writing tons of stuff, 232 00:14:26,807 --> 00:14:30,402 about 50 of which was just binned early on, 233 00:14:30,447 --> 00:14:33,723 but for John and Graham, l think their failure rate 234 00:14:33,767 --> 00:14:37,043 was something they didn't like to... 235 00:14:37,087 --> 00:14:40,796 they didn't like to admit a failure and they were finding it difficult. 236 00:14:40,847 --> 00:14:42,883 l woke up with this sinking feeling. 237 00:14:42,927 --> 00:14:46,522 You know, l hadn't experienced it since l did exams at school, 238 00:14:46,567 --> 00:14:49,559 or something like that, thinking, ''l don't want to go through this.'' 239 00:14:49,607 --> 00:14:54,556 And l remember after about four days, l suggested quite seriously, 240 00:14:54,607 --> 00:14:59,044 l said, ''l suggest we just enjoy the holiday, don't work any more, 241 00:14:59,087 --> 00:15:01,965 ''go back to England and say we couldn't put it together. 242 00:15:02,007 --> 00:15:04,726 ''What a shame, we worked hard, but it didn't work.'' 243 00:15:04,767 --> 00:15:07,725 And l almost won the day. 244 00:15:07,767 --> 00:15:11,237 And then Terry Jones came down the next morning and said, 245 00:15:11,287 --> 00:15:13,642 ''Well, yeah, you know, l've been thinking. 246 00:15:13,687 --> 00:15:15,086 ''l really, really feel...'' 247 00:15:15,127 --> 00:15:17,322 l said, ''My suggestion isn't a suggestion, 248 00:15:17,367 --> 00:15:20,962 ''it's just we've got 70 minutes of first-class material, 249 00:15:21,007 --> 00:15:24,602 ''all we've got to do is write another 10, 20 minutes and we've got a film.'' 250 00:15:24,647 --> 00:15:28,117 And he started to come out with a shape which he'd come up with, 251 00:15:28,167 --> 00:15:29,646 l think virtually on his own. 252 00:15:29,687 --> 00:15:34,203 Actually, l think l said, ''Let's do it as somebody's life story.'' 253 00:15:34,247 --> 00:15:38,286 And then somebody else said, ''Well, it could be anybody's life story.'' 254 00:15:38,327 --> 00:15:40,761 Seven Ages Of Man, l think somebody else said. 255 00:15:40,807 --> 00:15:43,765 And then Eric said, ''We could call it The Meaning Of Life.'' 256 00:15:43,807 --> 00:15:46,116 Everyone went, ''Good idea.'' So we did that. 257 00:15:46,167 --> 00:15:50,126 We're trying to put the sketches in to make some shape and form. 258 00:15:50,167 --> 00:15:54,160 Somehow, l don't know, that sort of got a buzz going amongst the group 259 00:15:54,207 --> 00:15:57,199 and we decided that's what it was going to be. 260 00:15:57,247 --> 00:15:59,238 And it was going to be a sketch format. 261 00:15:59,287 --> 00:16:01,357 lt's the meaning of life! 262 00:16:02,247 --> 00:16:06,843 What's the point of all this hoax? 263 00:16:06,887 --> 00:16:10,596 l still thought it was sad we were doing a sketch movie at that stage, 264 00:16:10,647 --> 00:16:13,798 because what gets interesting as you get into this business, 265 00:16:13,847 --> 00:16:15,758 is 90 minutes. 266 00:16:15,807 --> 00:16:20,164 The story at 90 minutes is the most interesting thing in show business. 267 00:16:22,527 --> 00:16:27,362 ls life just a game where we make up the rules? 268 00:16:27,407 --> 00:16:30,956 John Goldstone and l were responsible for raising the money, 269 00:16:31,007 --> 00:16:34,522 representing the Jewish side of the group, you know. 270 00:16:34,567 --> 00:16:37,718 ldle must be a Jewish name somewhere down the line. 271 00:16:37,767 --> 00:16:40,520 Look at the way he likes the money, must be Jewish. 272 00:16:40,567 --> 00:16:43,718 By then, because Brian had been a success, 273 00:16:43,767 --> 00:16:48,283 it was very easy to get the money for the film. 274 00:16:48,327 --> 00:16:52,639 l mean, the hardest thing of all was doing Terry Gilliam's short. 275 00:17:01,607 --> 00:17:05,964 Terry G had done this section 276 00:17:06,007 --> 00:17:09,477 that grew, it was originally meant to be an animated section. 277 00:17:09,527 --> 00:17:11,597 l said, ''Let me make it as a live action.'' 278 00:17:11,647 --> 00:17:15,242 And it was agreed that l could, so l was off doing that. 279 00:17:15,287 --> 00:17:17,721 Gilliam would make these brilliant cartoons. 280 00:17:17,767 --> 00:17:20,600 And he pinned one up of a building. 281 00:17:20,647 --> 00:17:22,080 lt was just under sail, 282 00:17:22,127 --> 00:17:25,358 and he was clearly drawing all that, and that was beautiful. 283 00:17:26,007 --> 00:17:28,396 Look to starboard. 284 00:17:32,047 --> 00:17:35,084 There it lay, the prize they sought. 285 00:17:36,447 --> 00:17:38,563 Hard to starboard. 286 00:17:38,607 --> 00:17:41,997 A financial district swollen with multinationals, 287 00:17:42,047 --> 00:17:47,041 conglomerates, and fat, bloated merchant banks. 288 00:17:48,087 --> 00:17:50,203 We created a moment when they're saying, 289 00:17:50,247 --> 00:17:53,319 ''You must wear more hats, what is the meaning of that in life?'' 290 00:17:53,367 --> 00:17:57,485 What we've come up with can be reduced to two fundamental concepts. 291 00:17:57,527 --> 00:18:00,883 One, people are not wearing enough hats. 292 00:18:00,927 --> 00:18:03,361 Two, matter is energy. 293 00:18:03,407 --> 00:18:07,480 ln that moment, in through the window comes this, you know, 294 00:18:07,527 --> 00:18:09,245 the pirates come in. 295 00:18:09,287 --> 00:18:11,517 That's supposed to be four to six minutes long, 296 00:18:11,567 --> 00:18:13,239 and then on with the movie. 297 00:18:13,287 --> 00:18:14,720 Well, Gilliam... 298 00:18:15,727 --> 00:18:17,763 who is only happy when he's shooting 299 00:18:17,807 --> 00:18:20,685 and cannot be stopped by anybody, not even the Weinsteins, 300 00:18:20,727 --> 00:18:23,036 he has to be forcibly removed from foreign countries, 301 00:18:23,087 --> 00:18:26,841 put in a Brink's van and driven away, otherwise he'll still be shooting. 302 00:18:26,887 --> 00:18:28,878 He was in the studio next door. 303 00:18:28,927 --> 00:18:31,361 l remember wandering into the studio next door 304 00:18:31,407 --> 00:18:35,605 and thinking, ''lt's a huge set!'' lt's bigger than anything we'd ever done. 305 00:18:35,647 --> 00:18:38,366 And Terry's section 306 00:18:38,407 --> 00:18:43,197 took about a million quid or something like that to do. 307 00:18:43,247 --> 00:18:47,206 lt didn't actually, it didn't cost that much, 308 00:18:47,247 --> 00:18:49,966 but it was not what anyone was expecting, 309 00:18:50,007 --> 00:18:53,966 and it was going on at the same time as the rest of the movie was shooting. 310 00:18:54,007 --> 00:19:00,401 Terry said, and l think secretly he may have always had this as a plan, 311 00:19:00,447 --> 00:19:04,804 he said, ''Well, l've got this idea that we could do it before the film. 312 00:19:04,847 --> 00:19:06,838 ''We do it as a short before the film.'' 313 00:19:06,887 --> 00:19:10,323 And then, ''l've actually already shot a sequence 314 00:19:10,367 --> 00:19:14,645 ''where the short tries to take over the film.'' 315 00:19:14,687 --> 00:19:18,077 So we tried it like that, and of course when we did that, 316 00:19:18,127 --> 00:19:21,517 the Crimson Permanent Assurance went down like a bomb. 317 00:19:21,567 --> 00:19:22,682 Everybody loved it. 318 00:19:23,447 --> 00:19:26,200 The Crimson Permanent Assurance. 319 00:19:26,247 --> 00:19:30,445 lt had a slightly deleterious effect on the birth sequence, 320 00:19:30,487 --> 00:19:34,036 because that didn't quite get the laughs 321 00:19:34,087 --> 00:19:37,443 that it was getting when it came first, 322 00:19:37,487 --> 00:19:39,796 but l mean, you lose some, you win some. 323 00:19:40,567 --> 00:19:44,321 Part one. The Miracle of Birth. 324 00:19:44,367 --> 00:19:48,201 - Hello, now don't you worry. - We'll soon have you cured. 325 00:19:48,247 --> 00:19:50,966 Leave it all to us, you'll never know what hit you. 326 00:19:51,007 --> 00:19:52,406 - Goodbye. - Goodbye. 327 00:19:52,447 --> 00:19:54,358 - Drips up. - lnjections. 328 00:19:54,407 --> 00:19:57,399 - Can l put the tube in the baby's head? - Only if l can do the episiotomy. 329 00:19:57,447 --> 00:19:58,846 There you go. Legs up. 330 00:19:59,607 --> 00:20:01,837 OK. Come in. Come on in, all of you. 331 00:20:01,887 --> 00:20:04,082 That's it, jolly good. Come on, come on. 332 00:20:04,127 --> 00:20:06,277 Spread around there. Who are you? 333 00:20:06,327 --> 00:20:07,919 - l'm the husband. - l'm sorry. 334 00:20:07,967 --> 00:20:11,482 Only people involved are allowed in here. 335 00:20:11,527 --> 00:20:12,676 - Right. - What do l do? 336 00:20:12,727 --> 00:20:15,116 - Yes? - What do l do? 337 00:20:15,167 --> 00:20:17,965 Nothing, dear, you're not qualified. 338 00:20:18,007 --> 00:20:20,567 - Leave it to us. - What's that for? 339 00:20:20,607 --> 00:20:23,679 That's the machine that goes ''ping''. 340 00:20:23,727 --> 00:20:26,685 The Meaning Of Life, people think about it and they go, 341 00:20:26,727 --> 00:20:31,562 ''Yes, it's not so good,'' until you start mentioning specific sketches. 342 00:20:31,607 --> 00:20:35,156 The mill's closed. There's no more work. 343 00:20:35,207 --> 00:20:36,765 We're destitute. 344 00:20:38,607 --> 00:20:39,960 Come in, my little loves. 345 00:20:40,007 --> 00:20:43,556 l've got no option but to sell you all for scientific experiments. 346 00:20:45,807 --> 00:20:49,402 No, that's the way it is, my loves. Blame the Catholic Church 347 00:20:49,447 --> 00:20:51,881 for not letting me wear one of those rubber things. 348 00:20:51,927 --> 00:20:54,236 The Every Sperm ls Sacred musical number 349 00:20:54,287 --> 00:20:58,565 is fantastic and brilliant and still timeless. 350 00:20:58,607 --> 00:21:02,043 Every sperm is useful 351 00:21:02,087 --> 00:21:05,682 Every sperm is fine 352 00:21:05,727 --> 00:21:09,356 God needs everybody's 353 00:21:09,407 --> 00:21:10,886 - Mine - And mine 354 00:21:10,927 --> 00:21:12,599 And mine 355 00:21:12,647 --> 00:21:18,358 Making a religious or socially political point about sperm being sacred, 356 00:21:18,407 --> 00:21:20,967 then it goes to the Protestant saying, ''We can have fun, 357 00:21:21,007 --> 00:21:24,158 ''they're in the wrong place but we're having fun cos we're not having sex. 358 00:21:24,207 --> 00:21:27,244 ''But it would be protected sex if we were having sex.'' 359 00:21:27,287 --> 00:21:30,245 l can wear whatever l want on my John Thomas. 360 00:21:30,287 --> 00:21:34,041 And Protestantism doesn't stop at the simple condom, oh, no. 361 00:21:34,087 --> 00:21:35,918 l can wear French Ticklers if l want. 362 00:21:35,967 --> 00:21:37,559 - You what? - French Ticklers. 363 00:21:37,607 --> 00:21:39,677 Black Mambos, Crocodile Ribs. 364 00:21:39,727 --> 00:21:42,446 Sheaths that are designed not only to protect, 365 00:21:42,487 --> 00:21:45,843 but also to enhance the stimulation of sexual congress. 366 00:21:45,887 --> 00:21:47,878 - Have you got one? - Have l got one? 367 00:21:47,927 --> 00:21:50,646 Well, no, but l can go down the road any time l want 368 00:21:50,687 --> 00:21:52,917 and walk into Harry's and hold my head up high 369 00:21:52,967 --> 00:21:54,764 and say in a loud, steady voice, 370 00:21:54,807 --> 00:21:57,275 ''Harry, l want you to sell me a condom. 371 00:21:57,327 --> 00:22:01,081 ''ln fact, today l'll have a French Tickler, for l am a Protestant.'' 372 00:22:01,127 --> 00:22:05,040 The guys... The liver transplant scene, it's one of the most... 373 00:22:05,087 --> 00:22:08,238 l remember as a horror fan being slightly sickened by that. 374 00:22:08,287 --> 00:22:11,006 Hello. Can we have your liver? 375 00:22:11,047 --> 00:22:13,800 - What? - Your liver. 376 00:22:13,847 --> 00:22:17,078 lt's a large glandular organ in your abdomen. 377 00:22:18,727 --> 00:22:21,241 You know, it's reddish brown, it's sort of... 378 00:22:21,287 --> 00:22:25,075 Yeah, yeah, l know what it is, but l'm using it. 379 00:22:27,407 --> 00:22:30,126 Come on, sir, don't muck us about. 380 00:22:30,167 --> 00:22:32,840 - No. Get off! - Hello. 381 00:22:35,007 --> 00:22:37,441 - What's this, then? - A liver donor's card. 382 00:22:37,487 --> 00:22:39,205 - Need we say more? - No. 383 00:22:39,247 --> 00:22:43,286 Listen. l can't give it you now. lt says, ''in the event of death''. 384 00:22:44,447 --> 00:22:47,962 No one has ever had their liver taken out by us and survived. 385 00:22:48,007 --> 00:22:50,282 Just lie there, sir, it won't take a minute. 386 00:22:53,687 --> 00:22:56,679 Whether it's John Cleese, the housemaster, 387 00:22:56,727 --> 00:22:59,366 having sex lessons involving his wife... 388 00:22:59,407 --> 00:23:02,524 We'll take the foreplay as read, if you don't mind, dear. 389 00:23:02,567 --> 00:23:03,795 Of course not, Humphrey. 390 00:23:03,847 --> 00:23:08,238 So, the man starts by entering, or mounting, his good lady wife 391 00:23:08,287 --> 00:23:10,357 in the standard way. 392 00:23:10,407 --> 00:23:15,162 The penis is now, as you will observe, more or less fully erect. 393 00:23:15,207 --> 00:23:17,437 There we are. That's better. 394 00:23:17,487 --> 00:23:21,321 Death calling on a bunch of people having a dinner party... 395 00:23:21,367 --> 00:23:25,076 - Can l ask you a question? - What? 396 00:23:25,127 --> 00:23:28,005 How can we all have died at the same time? 397 00:23:40,087 --> 00:23:43,079 The salmon mousse. 398 00:23:43,807 --> 00:23:47,004 Darling, you didn't use canned salmon, did you? 399 00:23:47,047 --> 00:23:50,517 l'm most dreadfully embarrassed. 400 00:23:50,567 --> 00:23:52,603 Mr Creosote. 401 00:23:52,647 --> 00:23:57,323 One of the funniest scenes in movie history, l would say. 402 00:23:58,087 --> 00:24:00,396 Good afternoon, sir, and how are we today? 403 00:24:00,447 --> 00:24:01,596 - Better. - Better? 404 00:24:01,647 --> 00:24:04,559 Better get a bucket, l'm going to throw up. 405 00:24:04,607 --> 00:24:07,599 Well, l didn't enjoy playing Mr Creosote very much. 406 00:24:07,647 --> 00:24:11,879 Originally, l wanted Terry Gilliam to do Mr Creosote, 407 00:24:11,927 --> 00:24:16,045 but he said, ''No, no, no. You ought to do it.'' 408 00:24:16,087 --> 00:24:18,521 l think he realised how much make-up there was. 409 00:24:18,567 --> 00:24:20,956 There was three hours of make-up, 410 00:24:21,007 --> 00:24:23,567 you had to put this latex piece on. 411 00:24:34,727 --> 00:24:36,479 l haven't finished. 412 00:24:37,607 --> 00:24:39,563 A thousand pardons, monsieur. 413 00:24:39,607 --> 00:24:41,518 Now, this afternoon we have... 414 00:24:41,567 --> 00:24:45,526 Disgusting scene. Disgusting to do. 415 00:24:45,567 --> 00:24:48,035 And l felt very sorry for everyone on the set. 416 00:24:48,087 --> 00:24:52,000 And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint. 417 00:24:52,687 --> 00:24:55,838 Oh, sir, it's only a tiny, little, thin one. 418 00:24:55,887 --> 00:24:57,639 No, fuck off! l'm full. 419 00:24:57,687 --> 00:24:59,166 Oh, sir. 420 00:25:01,087 --> 00:25:03,157 lt's only wafer thin. 421 00:25:04,087 --> 00:25:08,080 l couldn't eat another thing, l'm absolutely stuffed. 422 00:25:08,127 --> 00:25:09,162 Bugger off. 423 00:25:09,207 --> 00:25:12,085 Sir, just... just one. 424 00:25:14,847 --> 00:25:17,998 - All right. Just one. - Just the one. 425 00:25:50,327 --> 00:25:53,239 l had a different structure for the film at the end. 426 00:25:53,287 --> 00:25:57,599 l thought we had to get out of the film as quickly as possible after Creosote. 427 00:25:57,647 --> 00:26:00,844 l wanted to go Creosote, straight into Death, 428 00:26:00,887 --> 00:26:02,684 and do Christmas in heaven, 429 00:26:02,727 --> 00:26:06,083 and then go to the reprise of Creosote, 430 00:26:06,127 --> 00:26:10,518 with the cleaning lady and the waiter going and saying, 431 00:26:10,567 --> 00:26:13,127 ''Follow me and l'll show you the meaning of life.'' 432 00:26:13,167 --> 00:26:14,646 Come with me. 433 00:26:15,087 --> 00:26:18,875 - l was saying that... - Come on. 434 00:26:19,287 --> 00:26:22,040 You know, and it goes on and on and on and on. 435 00:26:22,087 --> 00:26:24,157 And at the end he says, ''Now fuck off.'' 436 00:26:24,207 --> 00:26:25,606 Fuck off. 437 00:26:27,607 --> 00:26:29,279 Don't come following me! 438 00:26:32,087 --> 00:26:34,203 That should have been the end of the film. 439 00:26:34,247 --> 00:26:36,442 Had we placed it at the end, in the credits, 440 00:26:36,487 --> 00:26:39,285 l think the film would have been a better structured film 441 00:26:39,327 --> 00:26:42,797 and people would remember how good Creosote was, you know, 442 00:26:42,847 --> 00:26:45,520 that you finish on a real big high, you know. 443 00:26:45,567 --> 00:26:48,240 l feel that life's a game 444 00:26:48,287 --> 00:26:51,324 You sometimes win or lose 445 00:26:51,367 --> 00:26:54,279 And though l may be down right now 446 00:26:54,327 --> 00:26:56,682 At least l don't work for Jews 447 00:27:01,087 --> 00:27:03,521 l'm very proud that it's still offensive. 448 00:27:03,567 --> 00:27:06,001 lf you look at it now, it's still pretty gross. 449 00:27:06,047 --> 00:27:10,837 l mean, the projectile vomiting, blood, you know. 450 00:27:10,887 --> 00:27:13,447 ''Can we have your liver, please?'' lt's still offensive. 451 00:27:13,487 --> 00:27:15,921 This man is about to die. 452 00:27:15,967 --> 00:27:18,720 ln a few moments now he will be killed, 453 00:27:18,767 --> 00:27:21,361 for Arthur Jarrett is a convicted criminal 454 00:27:21,407 --> 00:27:25,286 who has been allowed to choose the manner of his own execution. 455 00:27:28,967 --> 00:27:31,037 There he is! 456 00:27:31,087 --> 00:27:32,315 lt won a prize in Cannes, 457 00:27:32,367 --> 00:27:35,200 so it must be a good film, it must be a great film. 458 00:27:35,247 --> 00:27:38,478 Henry Jaglom, film director, when he saw it in Cannes, 459 00:27:38,527 --> 00:27:40,597 said it was the best thing Python had ever done. 460 00:27:40,647 --> 00:27:44,686 l said, ''No, there's great bits in there, but there's crap as well.'' 461 00:27:44,727 --> 00:27:48,845 He said, ''No, that's why it's great, because the crap balances the greatness.'' 462 00:27:48,887 --> 00:27:50,286 Blah, blah, he would go on. 463 00:27:50,327 --> 00:27:53,603 l do think some of the material in there is the best we've done. 464 00:27:53,647 --> 00:27:56,002 lt's closer to the television shows themselves 465 00:27:56,047 --> 00:27:57,844 with the same kind of balance 466 00:27:57,887 --> 00:28:00,720 between the really wonderful stuff and the crap. 467 00:28:36,327 --> 00:28:40,286 Graham Chapman, one of the founder members of the Monty Python team, 468 00:28:40,327 --> 00:28:42,682 has died at the age of 48. 469 00:28:42,727 --> 00:28:44,399 He'd been suffering from cancer. 470 00:28:45,887 --> 00:28:48,765 None of the Pythons really knew how ill he was 471 00:28:48,807 --> 00:28:51,765 until about halfway through his treatment. 472 00:28:52,567 --> 00:28:55,320 He looked terrible. He kept telling us he's fine. 473 00:28:55,367 --> 00:28:57,835 ''l am a doctor, it's all right.'' 474 00:28:57,887 --> 00:28:59,718 ''No, Graham, you look terrible.'' 475 00:28:59,767 --> 00:29:03,965 l mean, whenever we got together, he just seemed to be worse and worse. 476 00:29:04,007 --> 00:29:08,956 And yet he was so...lively, ''Yes, it's going to be fine. 477 00:29:09,007 --> 00:29:11,237 ''l know the pipe gave me cancer in my throat, 478 00:29:11,287 --> 00:29:13,801 ''but it's going to be just fine, l'm a doctor.'' 479 00:29:13,847 --> 00:29:16,645 And l remember talking to his brother, John, 480 00:29:16,687 --> 00:29:20,282 and saying to John that he seemed so optimistic. 481 00:29:20,327 --> 00:29:23,285 John said that he thought that was just an act, 482 00:29:23,327 --> 00:29:27,878 that Gray, as a doctor, knew how serious it was from the beginning. 483 00:29:29,007 --> 00:29:34,957 Terry Jones and Alison came to the hospital 484 00:29:35,007 --> 00:29:38,920 at something like ten at night, 485 00:29:38,967 --> 00:29:41,527 and all was quiet on the ward. 486 00:29:41,567 --> 00:29:46,322 And they stayed with Graham and myself, 487 00:29:47,767 --> 00:29:50,804 talking for a long time. 488 00:29:50,847 --> 00:29:53,759 And that was wonderful. 489 00:29:53,807 --> 00:29:59,245 And then later, of course, the rest of the crowd as the day unfolded. 490 00:29:59,287 --> 00:30:04,361 The next day became a very long and protracted affair 491 00:30:04,407 --> 00:30:05,886 with all sorts of people. 492 00:30:05,927 --> 00:30:09,476 l didn't go down, l was, you know... 493 00:30:09,527 --> 00:30:13,486 l remember writing that song, Life Will Get You ln The End, a lot. 494 00:30:15,367 --> 00:30:18,484 But l never finished it because it was kind of sad. 495 00:30:23,167 --> 00:30:27,046 l could hear him whispering in my ear last night as l was writing this. 496 00:30:27,087 --> 00:30:28,998 ''All right, Cleese,'' he was saying. 497 00:30:29,047 --> 00:30:32,164 ''You're very proud of being the very first person ever 498 00:30:32,207 --> 00:30:35,324 ''to say 'shit' on British television. 499 00:30:35,367 --> 00:30:38,916 ''lf this service is really for me, 500 00:30:38,967 --> 00:30:43,518 ''just for starters, l want you to become the first person ever 501 00:30:43,567 --> 00:30:45,478 ''at a British memorial service 502 00:30:45,527 --> 00:30:47,677 ''to say 'fuck'.'' 503 00:30:49,927 --> 00:30:52,043 The memorial service was extraordinary 504 00:30:52,087 --> 00:30:55,523 because for some reason, for some reason, 505 00:30:55,567 --> 00:30:59,276 we lost all of our Englishness, or should l say Britishness. 506 00:30:59,327 --> 00:31:01,079 The emotion was flowing 507 00:31:01,127 --> 00:31:04,403 as though it was flowing through us without touching the sides. 508 00:31:04,447 --> 00:31:06,438 Graham Chapman, 509 00:31:06,487 --> 00:31:11,356 co-author of The Parrot Sketch, is no more. 510 00:31:11,407 --> 00:31:13,602 He has ceased to be. 511 00:31:13,647 --> 00:31:16,480 Bereft of life. He rests in peace. 512 00:31:17,207 --> 00:31:20,279 He's kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, 513 00:31:20,327 --> 00:31:24,525 bit the dust, snuffed it, breathed his last, 514 00:31:24,567 --> 00:31:29,641 and gone to meet the great Head of Light Entertainment in the sky. 515 00:31:30,647 --> 00:31:35,277 And l guess we're all thinking how sad it is that a man of such talent, 516 00:31:35,327 --> 00:31:40,526 of such capability for kindness, 517 00:31:40,567 --> 00:31:43,035 of such unusual intelligence... 518 00:31:43,727 --> 00:31:46,241 should now, so suddenly, be spirited away 519 00:31:46,287 --> 00:31:47,879 at the age of only 48... 520 00:31:48,887 --> 00:31:52,596 before he'd achieved many of the things of which he was capable. 521 00:31:53,527 --> 00:31:56,280 And before he'd had enough fun. 522 00:31:57,887 --> 00:32:01,596 Well, l feel that l should say ''nonsense''. 523 00:32:01,647 --> 00:32:05,162 Good riddance to him, the freeloading bastard, l hope he fries. 524 00:32:06,247 --> 00:32:11,241 Everybody treated Graham properly, with disrespect, basically. 525 00:32:11,287 --> 00:32:14,563 People were howling with laughter and then in tears ten seconds later 526 00:32:14,607 --> 00:32:16,563 and then howling with laughter again. 527 00:32:16,607 --> 00:32:18,962 lt was kind of the way emotion should flow. 528 00:32:19,007 --> 00:32:21,919 lt really was a celebration, l love that word, 529 00:32:21,967 --> 00:32:24,481 it was a celebration of him. 530 00:32:24,527 --> 00:32:29,237 And very little reverence and a lot of laughs, it was good. 531 00:32:29,287 --> 00:32:32,563 Suddenly l found myself wanting to look back 532 00:32:32,607 --> 00:32:35,565 and celebrate all the things that we did together. 533 00:32:35,607 --> 00:32:37,598 For Graham was, in many ways, 534 00:32:37,647 --> 00:32:42,118 all the things that we were most proud of in Monty Python. 535 00:32:42,167 --> 00:32:44,601 Awkward, outrageous, unconventional, 536 00:32:44,647 --> 00:32:47,957 unpredictable, impatient, and often very angry indeed. 537 00:32:48,007 --> 00:32:50,441 l have to say, honestly, rarely a day goes by 538 00:32:50,487 --> 00:32:52,796 when l don't at some point think about Graham 539 00:32:52,847 --> 00:32:57,045 and l can't really believe that he's no longer with us. 540 00:32:57,087 --> 00:32:59,965 l think, because one sees the shows so often, 541 00:33:00,007 --> 00:33:04,364 and certainly when you look at something like Life Of Brian or Holy Grail 542 00:33:04,407 --> 00:33:09,037 you see what a really fine actor Graham was, 543 00:33:09,087 --> 00:33:12,523 especially on the Holy Grail when he'd had a few drinks 544 00:33:12,567 --> 00:33:16,526 and he could still turn in these wonderful performances. 545 00:33:16,567 --> 00:33:20,480 l don't know whether Graham would have ended up doing King Lear. 546 00:33:20,527 --> 00:33:23,166 l'd love to see it, or the great sort of tragic roles. 547 00:33:23,207 --> 00:33:24,435 He'd be marvellous. 548 00:33:24,487 --> 00:33:26,478 French person... 549 00:33:27,167 --> 00:33:29,806 today, the blood of many a valiant knight 550 00:33:29,847 --> 00:33:32,919 shall be avenged in the name of God. 551 00:33:32,967 --> 00:33:37,802 We shall not stop our fight till each one of you lies dead 552 00:33:37,847 --> 00:33:43,160 and the Holy Grail returns to those whom God has chosen. 553 00:33:43,207 --> 00:33:46,802 lt was so bizarre that he'd managed... Which paper was it? 554 00:33:46,847 --> 00:33:49,236 One of the big papers, he made a lot of money 555 00:33:49,287 --> 00:33:52,563 selling his story that he had kicked the big C and he was clean. 556 00:33:52,607 --> 00:33:56,122 And then after he got the pay cheque, he died. 557 00:33:56,167 --> 00:34:00,046 l thought, ''Brilliant, Graham. That's the way to do it.'' 558 00:34:03,687 --> 00:34:07,202 What are Python going to do ever again as a group? 559 00:34:07,247 --> 00:34:11,001 First, we shall be doing tributes and memories and programmes 560 00:34:11,047 --> 00:34:14,596 about what it's like to do Python 20 years ago, then 21 years ago, 561 00:34:14,647 --> 00:34:17,241 then maybe 22 or 23 years ago, we'll skip a year, 562 00:34:17,287 --> 00:34:19,960 then go straight for the 25th anniversary, 563 00:34:20,007 --> 00:34:23,363 where we'll talk about how it was creating and doing a comedy show 564 00:34:23,407 --> 00:34:25,125 in the early middle 19th century. 565 00:34:25,167 --> 00:34:28,045 And then it's just attending each other's funerals. 566 00:34:28,087 --> 00:34:32,956 l think the problem is we're so scattered over the globe now 567 00:34:33,007 --> 00:34:34,645 that even if the will was there, 568 00:34:34,687 --> 00:34:37,201 l think there'll always be a flicker of interest, 569 00:34:37,247 --> 00:34:40,159 l think people would say, ''Let's talk about it.'' 570 00:34:40,207 --> 00:34:44,166 We even talked about doing another version of Holy Grail at one point, 571 00:34:44,207 --> 00:34:47,244 and l think it was John who wasn't interested at that point. 572 00:34:47,287 --> 00:34:50,165 And l think we had worked out a really nice idea 573 00:34:50,207 --> 00:34:52,767 of doing Grail as a bunch of middle-aged knights 574 00:34:52,807 --> 00:34:55,685 who have to go on one last crusade. 575 00:34:55,727 --> 00:35:00,642 And we had this fantastic thing carrying the holy relics of Graham. 576 00:35:00,687 --> 00:35:04,316 And we could use lines from the records or anything we'd recorded 577 00:35:04,367 --> 00:35:08,326 so he could speak to us and be part of it, without having to be there. 578 00:35:08,367 --> 00:35:09,641 And we spent a bit of time, 579 00:35:09,687 --> 00:35:13,043 l think that was in Aspen we were talking about that. 580 00:35:13,087 --> 00:35:16,557 And then everybody said, ''Let's do a show, let's do a show, 581 00:35:16,607 --> 00:35:20,361 ''it's the whatever anniversary...'' 30th anniversary perhaps coming up. 582 00:35:20,407 --> 00:35:23,604 And l got an offer of like ten million from some promoter 583 00:35:23,647 --> 00:35:25,877 and we were going to do TV, you know... 584 00:35:25,927 --> 00:35:30,079 lt was all... l spent a lot of time with all that boring shit 585 00:35:30,127 --> 00:35:34,837 and then only to find out that Michael didn't really mean ''yes'', 586 00:35:34,887 --> 00:35:37,401 he was only saying yes to be nice. 587 00:35:37,447 --> 00:35:40,917 Because l felt, without Graham it wouldn't be quite the same. 588 00:35:40,967 --> 00:35:45,199 And you could argue that it would be quite similar or quite dissimilar. 589 00:35:45,247 --> 00:35:48,796 l thought Graham was very important, he balanced it out very much, 590 00:35:48,847 --> 00:35:52,920 his writing, his performing were necessary for the group. 591 00:35:52,967 --> 00:35:58,564 He meant no, no bloody way, and that is the problem of niceness, you know. 592 00:35:58,607 --> 00:36:03,283 l don't mind if you say no, but if you say yes meaning no 593 00:36:03,327 --> 00:36:05,602 and later on you've gone to all this mess... 594 00:36:05,647 --> 00:36:07,365 l was pissed off with him for a bit 595 00:36:07,407 --> 00:36:09,796 but you can't remain pissed off with Mike for very long, 596 00:36:09,847 --> 00:36:12,281 so that was sort of over. 597 00:36:12,327 --> 00:36:17,321 Once it was perfectly clear that Python would never do anything ever again, 598 00:36:17,367 --> 00:36:20,564 publicly or live, l was able to go out and play my own songs 599 00:36:20,607 --> 00:36:24,202 and do a bit of my own stuff and go on the road. 600 00:36:24,247 --> 00:36:26,966 And that was great for me, it sort of liberated me. 601 00:36:27,007 --> 00:36:29,521 l think l was the only one of the Pythons 602 00:36:29,567 --> 00:36:33,321 to actually go and see Eric's previous show which is, 603 00:36:33,367 --> 00:36:36,200 l think it was called Eric ldle Rips Off Monty Python. 604 00:36:37,007 --> 00:36:41,080 And he did it at the City Center in New York. 605 00:36:41,127 --> 00:36:45,882 Eric is the best performer, in a way. He's very, very confident on stage. 606 00:36:45,927 --> 00:36:48,964 l kept thinking, ''The comedy musical has got to come back.'' 607 00:36:49,007 --> 00:36:52,238 The musicals in those days were all about the helicopter landing 608 00:36:52,287 --> 00:36:55,597 or a man like that, underneath the sewers of Paris. 609 00:36:55,647 --> 00:36:58,525 And l thought, ''Well, the most agreeable form 610 00:36:58,567 --> 00:37:01,127 ''is that thing where you laugh, song, laugh, song.'' 611 00:37:01,167 --> 00:37:05,206 And then, John Du Prez and l were searching for a subject, 612 00:37:05,247 --> 00:37:09,798 and, finally, l said to John, ''You know, Holy Grail could be, 613 00:37:09,847 --> 00:37:12,919 ''but there's a big problem. l don't think they'd ever let it go.'' 614 00:37:12,967 --> 00:37:14,764 l remember thinking, ''Spamalot? 615 00:37:14,807 --> 00:37:17,765 ''Funny name, but what on earth do you make out of that?'' 616 00:37:17,807 --> 00:37:20,480 l don't think we were deeply interested 617 00:37:20,527 --> 00:37:24,236 because we felt it was going back. 618 00:37:24,287 --> 00:37:27,279 And then he sent some songs in and we got more interested 619 00:37:27,327 --> 00:37:31,002 because we all adored the song that goes like this... 620 00:37:31,047 --> 00:37:34,084 Once in every show there comes a song like this 621 00:37:34,127 --> 00:37:36,163 Starts off soft and low, ends up with a kiss 622 00:37:36,207 --> 00:37:38,357 Where? Where? Where is the song that goes like this? 623 00:37:38,407 --> 00:37:42,844 We all picked that one out immediately, that was our favourite. 624 00:37:42,887 --> 00:37:46,800 And they said, ''We all find ourselves surprisingly in agreement. 625 00:37:46,847 --> 00:37:49,805 ''We love this project, we like this thing, 626 00:37:49,847 --> 00:37:52,156 ''and we would like to be involved, 627 00:37:52,207 --> 00:37:55,563 ''but we think it's better if you just do it and run with it.'' 628 00:37:55,607 --> 00:38:00,044 l think we would have wanted to make it into something new, 629 00:38:00,087 --> 00:38:01,998 then the ideas never quite occurred, 630 00:38:02,047 --> 00:38:06,199 so Eric sort of took the bull by the horns and actually did it. 631 00:38:06,247 --> 00:38:09,683 And of course what Eric and John Du Prez made out of it 632 00:38:09,727 --> 00:38:12,685 was something which... 633 00:38:12,727 --> 00:38:16,083 a dimension added to Python that none of us thought was there - 634 00:38:16,127 --> 00:38:19,278 the fact it could play for two or three years on Broadway and the West End 635 00:38:19,327 --> 00:38:23,320 and people would come in and see us doing, 636 00:38:23,367 --> 00:38:27,804 you know, ''Ni!'' and all that sort of stuff, and taunters and all that. 637 00:38:27,847 --> 00:38:31,283 l would think Spamalot's brought a younger audience to Python, 638 00:38:31,327 --> 00:38:33,795 but Python's constantly repeated anyway. 639 00:38:33,847 --> 00:38:37,123 And l think in large parts of the world, 640 00:38:37,167 --> 00:38:40,125 l think a lot of young people are aware of Monty Python. 641 00:38:40,167 --> 00:38:41,885 My kids are, for example. 642 00:38:41,927 --> 00:38:44,395 lt has something for everybody and every age group. 643 00:38:44,447 --> 00:38:49,202 l can't think of any other comedy series that the... 644 00:38:49,247 --> 00:38:51,158 the age group of the viewers 645 00:38:51,207 --> 00:38:55,485 is from nine up to 60, nine years old up to 60. 646 00:38:55,527 --> 00:38:58,963 And we do, l mean we are now on third-generation fans. 647 00:38:59,007 --> 00:39:01,157 l go to these conferences and things 648 00:39:01,207 --> 00:39:04,165 and these kids are coming up who have just discovered Python, 649 00:39:04,207 --> 00:39:05,925 they're eight, nine years old. 650 00:39:07,367 --> 00:39:11,485 lt can still piss off your parents or teachers or something, 651 00:39:11,527 --> 00:39:16,203 so l think maybe it's still got a ''pissing off someone'' quality 652 00:39:16,247 --> 00:39:19,159 which is going to be good for kids getting into it. 653 00:39:19,207 --> 00:39:20,925 They think l'm the Messiah, Mum. 654 00:39:20,967 --> 00:39:23,765 - What have you been telling them? - Nothing, l only... 655 00:39:23,807 --> 00:39:25,320 You're only making it worse! 656 00:39:25,367 --> 00:39:27,278 Look, l can explain. 657 00:39:27,327 --> 00:39:32,162 Let me explain, Mrs Cohen. Your son is a born leader. 658 00:39:32,207 --> 00:39:35,882 Those people out there are following him because they believe in him. 659 00:39:35,927 --> 00:39:38,725 They believe he can give them hope, hope of a new life, 660 00:39:38,767 --> 00:39:41,122 a new world, a better future! 661 00:39:43,527 --> 00:39:45,279 Who's that? 662 00:39:45,327 --> 00:39:47,204 That's Judith, Mum. 663 00:39:47,247 --> 00:39:48,999 Judith, Mother. 664 00:39:59,887 --> 00:40:05,086 Now you listen here, he's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy. 665 00:40:05,127 --> 00:40:06,480 Now go away! 666 00:40:06,527 --> 00:40:08,245 l often think of it as being like music 667 00:40:08,287 --> 00:40:12,075 in the way that certain bands can be seen as very influential, 668 00:40:12,127 --> 00:40:14,687 then there's one band that will take all those influences 669 00:40:14,727 --> 00:40:16,524 and somehow be able to package it 670 00:40:16,567 --> 00:40:19,718 in a way that makes it accessible to a much wider audience. 671 00:40:19,767 --> 00:40:22,486 Obviously, Monty Python has tapped into something 672 00:40:22,527 --> 00:40:25,917 that's just a common denominator. 673 00:40:25,967 --> 00:40:28,800 l think just like Beatle music tapped into something, 674 00:40:28,847 --> 00:40:31,680 it's just really difficult to put your finger on it 675 00:40:31,727 --> 00:40:33,763 or to, you know, to label it. 676 00:40:33,807 --> 00:40:36,480 l think with something like The Life Of Brian 677 00:40:36,527 --> 00:40:38,563 and even the sketches in The Meaning Of Life, 678 00:40:38,607 --> 00:40:41,519 they're so well put-together they're so well directed, 679 00:40:41,567 --> 00:40:46,880 the production values are great, you really do get a sense of place. 680 00:40:46,927 --> 00:40:50,602 You know, in the Holy Grail there is a kind of grime 681 00:40:50,647 --> 00:40:53,525 that sort of makes you feel like you're in the Middle Ages. 682 00:40:53,567 --> 00:40:57,321 And l do think there's something about the realism of those environments 683 00:40:57,367 --> 00:41:00,086 into which all this surreal silliness occurs, 684 00:41:00,127 --> 00:41:04,678 that is one of the reasons it's so strong and also why it lasts so well. 685 00:41:04,727 --> 00:41:07,480 He is brave Sir Robin, brave Sir Robin 686 00:41:07,527 --> 00:41:09,518 Shut up! 687 00:41:09,567 --> 00:41:12,957 Nobody really, just...just passing through. 688 00:41:13,007 --> 00:41:13,996 What do you want? 689 00:41:14,047 --> 00:41:15,878 To fight and... 690 00:41:15,927 --> 00:41:17,326 Shut up! 691 00:41:17,367 --> 00:41:22,282 Nothing, nothing really, just to pass through, good sir knight. 692 00:41:22,327 --> 00:41:23,760 l'm afraid not. 693 00:41:24,927 --> 00:41:27,885 Well, actually, l am a Knight of the Round Table. 694 00:41:27,927 --> 00:41:30,236 You're a Knight of the Round Table? 695 00:41:30,287 --> 00:41:32,926 - l am. - ln that case, l shall have to kill you. 696 00:41:32,967 --> 00:41:35,117 - Shall l? - l don't think so. 697 00:41:35,167 --> 00:41:36,839 - What do l think? - Kill him. 698 00:41:36,887 --> 00:41:38,923 - Let's be nice to him. - Shut up. 699 00:41:38,967 --> 00:41:42,403 The fact that so many people have been influenced by them 700 00:41:42,447 --> 00:41:44,802 means that through stuff that l've written, 701 00:41:44,847 --> 00:41:49,238 and people much more talented than me have written, 702 00:41:49,287 --> 00:41:51,596 that keeps the Python stuff relevant. 703 00:41:51,647 --> 00:41:55,356 because it is reflected in everything we do write. 704 00:41:55,407 --> 00:41:59,764 lt's all part of the same wonderful, creative thing. 705 00:41:59,807 --> 00:42:02,879 And when good things last, 706 00:42:02,927 --> 00:42:07,637 it reinforces your faith in human nature, to a certain extent. 707 00:42:07,687 --> 00:42:09,962 Quality always lasts out and l think that... 708 00:42:10,007 --> 00:42:13,636 there have been a lot of sketch shows and a lot of sketch teams 709 00:42:13,687 --> 00:42:17,919 and there's very few of them we'll be talking about in 40 years' time. 710 00:42:29,727 --> 00:42:31,524 Good morning, John. 711 00:42:31,567 --> 00:42:34,764 Very auspicious beginning to your new studio. 712 00:42:34,807 --> 00:42:36,445 - Thank you. - Fantastic. 713 00:42:38,847 --> 00:42:41,407 This was a work site a week ago. 714 00:42:41,447 --> 00:42:44,962 And now look at it, still a work site. No. 715 00:42:45,007 --> 00:42:46,884 This is fantastic. 716 00:42:46,927 --> 00:42:49,964 You see, l promised you one day we'd make some money. 717 00:42:50,007 --> 00:42:55,923 Thirty years l have worked with this gentleman, man and boy. 718 00:42:55,967 --> 00:42:59,482 l've led him on several ill-paying ventures 719 00:42:59,527 --> 00:43:01,199 and finally Spamalot... 720 00:43:01,247 --> 00:43:02,885 All the money's under the floor. 721 00:43:02,927 --> 00:43:05,521 We've been working together for 30 years now 722 00:43:05,567 --> 00:43:09,526 and it's the perfect way to go, because what do you do after Python? 723 00:43:09,567 --> 00:43:13,242 Well, let's make music, because you can't compete with Python, 724 00:43:13,287 --> 00:43:16,996 writing sketches or writing films. 725 00:43:17,047 --> 00:43:21,916 lt's just a nice way to go, writing songs and lyrics, l love doing that. 726 00:43:28,527 --> 00:43:31,963 Fuck Christmas 727 00:43:32,007 --> 00:43:35,363 lt's a waste of fucking time 728 00:43:35,407 --> 00:43:37,682 Fuck Santa 729 00:43:38,287 --> 00:43:41,882 He's just out to get your dime 730 00:43:41,927 --> 00:43:44,885 Fuck holly and fuck ivy 731 00:43:44,927 --> 00:43:48,761 And fuck all that mistletoe 732 00:43:48,807 --> 00:43:55,724 Fucking sleigh bells ringing everywhere you fucking go 733 00:43:55,767 --> 00:44:03,162 And bloated men in shopping malls all going ''ho-ho-ho'' 734 00:44:03,207 --> 00:44:09,601 lt's fucking Christmas time again 735 00:44:10,207 --> 00:44:11,560 Are we going in here? 736 00:44:17,687 --> 00:44:19,564 We've got two seats here. 737 00:44:19,607 --> 00:44:23,680 - Well, that was a little adventure. - That was an adventure, yes. 738 00:44:23,727 --> 00:44:25,877 At least we got rid of the film crew. 739 00:44:25,927 --> 00:44:27,724 Yeah. Oh, wait a minute... 740 00:44:29,807 --> 00:44:32,526 Oddly enough, l look back at my life and generally speaking, 741 00:44:32,567 --> 00:44:37,083 l just, you know, use the old cliche of never quite grown up. 742 00:44:37,127 --> 00:44:39,516 Something didn't quite happen when it should have. 743 00:44:39,567 --> 00:44:44,083 The way your voice breaks, so should your way of seeing the world change, 744 00:44:44,127 --> 00:44:48,086 suddenly become an adult person and speak rather more slowly, 745 00:44:48,127 --> 00:44:52,279 take bank balances very seriously and forms and all that sort of thing. 746 00:44:52,327 --> 00:44:53,726 We're at Aardman now. 747 00:44:57,367 --> 00:45:00,837 There is a programme for the day, but we've got to go and... 748 00:45:00,887 --> 00:45:02,115 - We're late. - ..see the man. 749 00:45:02,167 --> 00:45:04,362 - We delayed. - We're late. lt's your fault. 750 00:45:04,407 --> 00:45:07,797 No, no, it's a combination of factors, both great and small, 751 00:45:07,847 --> 00:45:10,202 have brought... Oh, come on. 752 00:45:10,247 --> 00:45:12,556 As you get older you laugh less, 753 00:45:12,607 --> 00:45:15,405 because you've heard most of the jokes before. 754 00:45:15,447 --> 00:45:18,120 lt's very sad but it's true, 755 00:45:18,167 --> 00:45:24,003 and l find now that it's more real things that make me laugh. 756 00:45:24,047 --> 00:45:26,117 This is the smartest operation. 757 00:45:26,167 --> 00:45:29,716 Look at the way they put these storyboards. 758 00:45:29,767 --> 00:45:33,442 Mounted onto cardboard, flavoured slightly. 759 00:45:33,487 --> 00:45:35,796 - Yeah, it's nice. - Tiger crab and almond. 760 00:45:35,847 --> 00:45:37,121 l think, yes. 761 00:45:37,167 --> 00:45:41,524 But to put our daughter's life at the hands of this person. 762 00:45:41,567 --> 00:45:45,765 He's devious, he's deceitful, he's... 763 00:45:45,807 --> 00:45:49,163 he's...Rumpelstiltskin. 764 00:45:49,207 --> 00:45:52,517 Rumpelstiltskin. So you make him Jewish, eh? 765 00:45:54,487 --> 00:45:58,082 The more difficult part of being a 68-year-old child 766 00:45:58,127 --> 00:46:00,322 is that the world isn't as surprising 767 00:46:00,367 --> 00:46:02,927 as it is when you're six, seven, eight years old. 768 00:46:02,967 --> 00:46:05,845 As you get older, the predictability is more predictable. 769 00:46:05,887 --> 00:46:09,163 That's the hard part, trying to keep yourself excited about life 770 00:46:09,207 --> 00:46:11,767 because it's so easy to get bored with life and die, 771 00:46:11,807 --> 00:46:14,879 but somehow l've managed to keep a bit of interest in it. 772 00:46:15,327 --> 00:46:20,447 Yeah, it's good. lt's really good. And you don't want to... 773 00:46:20,487 --> 00:46:24,400 - You just want to be in his voice. - Hey, OK, OK. 774 00:46:24,447 --> 00:46:25,675 Oh, fuck off. 775 00:46:25,727 --> 00:46:28,116 You always stop in the middle of your story. 776 00:46:28,167 --> 00:46:30,886 l'm glad nobody wrote any music for the next bit here. 777 00:46:30,927 --> 00:46:34,715 lt's a very rare occasion when there's all... how many of us are there now? 778 00:46:34,767 --> 00:46:37,201 Five of us now, aren't there? ln the room. 779 00:46:37,247 --> 00:46:42,241 One of the odd things about Python was that even when Graham was alive, 780 00:46:42,287 --> 00:46:46,599 we'd meet and we'd sit around and then somebody would say, 781 00:46:46,647 --> 00:46:49,684 ''We're all here,'' and we'd say, ''Oh, yes, we are, aren't we?'' 782 00:46:49,727 --> 00:46:53,322 lt was as if we were always waiting for somebody else to arrive. 783 00:46:53,367 --> 00:46:54,595 l don't know what it was. 784 00:46:54,647 --> 00:46:57,320 We always thought there was one other person, 785 00:46:57,367 --> 00:46:58,880 you know, somebody missing. 786 00:46:58,927 --> 00:47:01,760 Maybe it was Mr Python himself or something. 787 00:47:02,727 --> 00:47:04,558 - That looks like Graham. - lt is. 788 00:47:04,607 --> 00:47:06,518 The look, you know, that sort of... 789 00:47:06,567 --> 00:47:10,276 Graham Chapman when confronted with someone he doesn't like. 790 00:47:10,327 --> 00:47:13,763 And l say, the pink hair's just perfect for Graham. 791 00:47:13,807 --> 00:47:16,526 There's an antique quality about Python now. 792 00:47:16,567 --> 00:47:20,799 lt's like listening to an old 78 record, with the scratches on it, 793 00:47:20,847 --> 00:47:25,125 and it's another time, another place, another attitude towards life. 794 00:47:25,167 --> 00:47:27,078 People say ''Let's get the Beatles together.'' 795 00:47:27,127 --> 00:47:29,038 That means you want to be young again, 796 00:47:29,087 --> 00:47:31,555 not you want the old buggers to be back, you know. 797 00:47:31,607 --> 00:47:34,804 You just want to be young, when the Beatles were new. 798 00:47:34,847 --> 00:47:37,566 And l think that's the same with Python, really. 799 00:47:37,607 --> 00:47:41,156 lf we were ever going to do another series, l said what we should do, 800 00:47:41,207 --> 00:47:43,482 because we're not surprising any more, 801 00:47:43,527 --> 00:47:47,486 is do the first several shows so badly, so bad, 802 00:47:47,527 --> 00:47:50,041 they're not funny, they're just tedious. 803 00:47:50,087 --> 00:47:54,399 Getting everybody to switch off, so after about the fourth or fifth show, 804 00:47:54,447 --> 00:47:58,201 nobody is watching Python except two people in England. 805 00:47:58,247 --> 00:48:00,761 Then we do the best show we'd ever done in our life 806 00:48:00,807 --> 00:48:02,638 and those people would have seen it, 807 00:48:02,687 --> 00:48:05,759 and they'll be on the streets to explain how brilliant it was, 808 00:48:05,807 --> 00:48:08,321 and nobody would listen, nobody would listen. 809 00:48:08,367 --> 00:48:10,756 l thought that would be the way to do Python, finally. 810 00:48:12,247 --> 00:48:17,719 And you feel that you've had quite enough 811 00:48:17,767 --> 00:48:19,644 - Are you in A? - Yeah. 812 00:48:19,687 --> 00:48:24,920 Just remember that you're travelling on a planet that's evolving 813 00:48:24,967 --> 00:48:28,118 And revolving at 900 miles an hour 814 00:48:29,207 --> 00:48:33,723 And orbiting at 19 miles a second, so it's reckoned 815 00:48:33,767 --> 00:48:37,157 The sun that is the source of all our power 816 00:48:38,007 --> 00:48:42,364 The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see 817 00:48:42,407 --> 00:48:45,877 Are moving at a million miles a day 818 00:48:46,727 --> 00:48:51,164 ln an outer spiral arm at 40,000 miles an hour 819 00:48:51,207 --> 00:48:54,404 Of the galaxy we call the Milky Way 820 00:48:54,447 --> 00:48:57,519 The one thing l've learned from Python, you never have enough yachts. 821 00:48:57,567 --> 00:49:00,286 l've got twelve and it's just not enough. 822 00:49:00,327 --> 00:49:01,885 John's got a flotilla. 823 00:49:01,927 --> 00:49:04,885 Terry had one, but it sank. 824 00:49:04,927 --> 00:49:07,236 Eric, Eric, well, he doesn't do yachts, 825 00:49:07,287 --> 00:49:09,323 he does huge cruise liners. 826 00:49:09,367 --> 00:49:12,359 Got four of them up in a bloody creek, a sort of creek, 827 00:49:12,407 --> 00:49:16,559 it's just a place outside his house where you can keep boats, you know. 828 00:49:16,607 --> 00:49:20,964 lf ever anyone took action against... that would be Pearl Harbor, 829 00:49:21,007 --> 00:49:22,918 if they had a go at Eric's little fleet. 830 00:49:22,967 --> 00:49:25,322 But, no, you can't have enough yachts. 831 00:49:25,367 --> 00:49:27,039 ..from galactic central point 832 00:49:27,087 --> 00:49:30,523 We go round every 200 million years 833 00:49:31,767 --> 00:49:36,079 And our galaxy is only one of millions and billions 834 00:49:36,127 --> 00:49:39,437 ln this amazing and expanding universe 835 00:49:41,607 --> 00:49:43,040 And so on. 836 00:49:43,087 --> 00:49:44,679 Have the facts changed since you wrote it? 837 00:49:44,727 --> 00:49:46,763 The facts have changed. That's interesting. 838 00:49:46,807 --> 00:49:48,001 The facts haven't changed, 839 00:49:48,047 --> 00:49:51,119 our knowledge of the facts as we think has changed.