# Monty Python reunion **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 19, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287 "2013-11-19T19:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/21 "2014-04-27T02:57:56Z")
Monty Python to disband after 10 London reunion shows July 1 to July 20 > **[Monty Python to disband after 10 London reunion shows](https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26877478)** > > The final Monty Python reunion show at the O2 Arena in London on 20 July will be "the last time we'll be working together", Michael Palin says. It’s going to be filmed. > **[Monty Python's reunion to hit big screens in live simulcast](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/apr/24/monty-python-reunion-big-screens-20-july)** > > Last night of 10-date run, which remaining members say is their last time working together, to be broadcast to cinemas around the world on 20 July ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/22 "2014-04-27T03:10:12Z")
Kinda feeling like this ship has long since sailed. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/23 "2014-04-28T04:31:57Z")
Yeah, me too. :: sigh :: ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/24 "2014-04-28T13:08:22Z")
The cancellation of the American part of the tour is due to Michael Palin. He claims he’s too busy doing a solo show, but that’s just a flimsy excuse to get out it. He doesn’t want to do any more tours with Python. It really is over. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/25 "2014-04-28T13:43:56Z")
It’s pretty obvious that Palin has been lukewarm, at best, about any Python reunion, since Chapman died. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/26 "2014-04-28T13:52:22Z")
Why am I now wondering if Michael and Sarah are related? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/27 "2014-04-28T14:05:40Z")
Maybe they could run together next time? Palin/Palin 2016! Oh, wait, he’s not a U.S. citizen… ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/28 "2014-04-28T20:38:09Z")
When Chapman was in Baltimore doing his solo show, I got him to sign my copy of the script for Holy Grail. Damn, I wish I could be in London to see if I could add to it. Being poor sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Imasquare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Imasquare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Imasquare)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/29 "2014-04-29T06:23:21Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Maybe they could run together next time? Palin/Palin 2016! > > Oh, wait, he’s not a U.S. citizen… I don’t think that excludes him from being Vice President though. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/30 "2014-04-29T11:53:44Z")
It would. VP and Pres have identical qualifications. What good is an emergency back-up president, if he (or she) is not qualified to be president. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/31 "2014-04-29T13:24:58Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > It would. VP and Pres have identical qualifications. What good is an emergency back-up president, if he (or she) is not qualified to be president. Correct - see the last sentence of the 12th Amendment, ratified in 1804: “…But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.” ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/32 "2014-04-29T17:00:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Maybe they could run together next time? Palin/Palin 2016! > > Oh, wait, he’s not a U.S. citizen… Well, if Terry Gilliam married Michael Palin (which is legal now in England), and adopted his name, Terry Palin nee Gilliam could then run as Vice President. Except for that pesky business about getting UK citizenship and renouncing his US citizenship. But getting back US citizenship is surprisingly easy. And no doubt wouldn’t hurt his political prospects at all, especially when paired with Sarah. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/33 "2014-04-29T17:18:29Z")
This thread is too silly and I think it should be shut down. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/34 "2014-04-29T18:14:21Z")
Oh, you’re no fun anymore. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/35 "2014-07-03T16:09:52Z")
Here’s reviews of the first night: > **[Monty Python Stage Reunion: What the Critics Are Saying](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/monty-python-stage-reunion-critics-716287/)** > > Newspaper?s react to the comedy group’s first of 10 London performances, which included guest appearances by Stephen Fry and Stephen Hawking. Apparently OK, but little more. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/36 "2014-07-03T17:02:44Z")
Below is a Daily Mail page that at least has a clip of little bits from the show. Since it’s the Daily Mail, some of the side stuff might be NSFW. And the clip has the dancing girls from the end of _Meaning of Life_ and their costumes are fake but risqué to some. [Monty Python get mixed reaction from fans at O2 reunion show | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2677596/Monty-Pythons-DYING-circus-Mixed-reaction-fans-famous-fives-4-5m-O2-reunion-critics-kinder-apart-Quentin.html) Reviews are so-so to really crappy. That clip is very sad. These guys are old, especially Cleese. I’m worried that one of them is going to drop before the 10 show run is over. Nice that Carol Cleveland is fully part of the show. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287/37 "2014-07-03T17:20:44Z")
There are some things on Youtube: [https://www.youtube.com/results?filters=week&lclk=week&search\_query=monty+python](https://www.youtube.com/results?filters=week&lclk=week&search_query=monty+python) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-reunion/674287.md?page=1)