Comments on: the ‘holy grail’ of documentaries . . . http://blog.salt.edu/holy_grail Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:28:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Neil, Purveyor of Vintage Jewelry http://blog.salt.edu/holy_grail/comment-page-1#comment-1099 Neil, Purveyor of Vintage Jewelry Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:41:46 +0000 http://blog.salt.edu/?p=599#comment-1099 Monty Python is timeless...they were just weird, and I guess weirdness never goes out of style. I love the sketch about the "Ministry of Silly Walks"...if you've never seen that one, do yourself a favor and find it online...completely ridiculous. Monty Python is timeless…they were just weird, and I guess weirdness never goes out of style. I love the sketch about the “Ministry of Silly Walks”…if you’ve never seen that one, do yourself a favor and find it online…completely ridiculous.

]]> By: Woodland Hills Dentist John Chaves http://blog.salt.edu/holy_grail/comment-page-1#comment-756 Woodland Hills Dentist John Chaves Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:48:53 +0000 http://blog.salt.edu/?p=599#comment-756 Too go back in time and ask them if they think thier skits are still funny would be great, I feel they would say over all for the most part yes. To be able to go back in time and ask Van Gogh what he thinks about his art. I know it is not the same, but I would love to see how the past feels about the present...it would be quite interesting to see. "As a documentarian, I’d love to ask the surviving members (Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Jones) why they think Monty Python is still funny, despite the fact that their sketches are now 40 years old. This led me to contemplate all the other sorts of questions I would like to ask, such as “How many characters were based on real people (and what are their names and current addresses)” and “Why does Terry Gilliam occasionally look like a cross between Gollum and Brad Dourif?” (Seriously, he does.)" Too go back in time and ask them if they think thier skits are still funny would be great, I feel they would say over all for the most part yes. To be able to go back in time and ask Van Gogh what he thinks about his art. I know it is not the same, but I would love to see how the past feels about the present…it would be quite interesting to see.

“As a documentarian, I’d love to ask the surviving members (Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Jones) why they think Monty Python is still funny, despite the fact that their sketches are now 40 years old. This led me to contemplate all the other sorts of questions I would like to ask, such as “How many characters were based on real people (and what are their names and current addresses)” and “Why does Terry Gilliam occasionally look like a cross between Gollum and Brad Dourif?” (Seriously, he does.)”

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