# Monty Python was on Jimmy Fallon's show last night! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 15, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909 "2009-10-15T15:03:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/1 "2009-10-15T15:03:49Z")
Did anyone see Monty Python on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon last night? I thought it was great! Hell, even Cleese was there, despite the rumors of Cleese and Idle not getting along. I laughed so hard. I even forced myself to stay up just to watch it. I was cranky with my fiance during the commercials, but I was riveted to the show. Part of me wonders how much of that was planned and how much was spur of the moment… like the chair thing. The “musical guest” was even Eric Idle singing “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” with The Roots backing him up. Who else saw it? What did you think? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/2 "2009-10-15T15:10:07Z")
I recorded it but haven’t had a chance to watch yet. Can’t wait to see it though! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/3 "2009-10-15T16:16:58Z")
The show, in its entirety, [available here](http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/episodes/?vid=1166983) (haven’t watched yet…that’ll change right after this post). ---
**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/4 "2009-10-15T18:11:13Z")
I saw it on hulu. It was great! They completely took over the show and Fallon went along with it fantastically. 40 minutes of Python, minus Michael Palin. Wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Righteous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Dr.Righteous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Righteous)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/5 "2009-10-15T18:20:53Z")
In just a few hours I will have the pleasure of being in their immediate physical vicinity! I’ll be there live, but you can [stream the event online live tonight](http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20091013ifc01). ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/6 "2009-10-15T21:13:14Z")
And the Earth wasn’t destroyed when Comedy (MP) met Anti-Comedy (Fallon)? ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Shake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@Master\_Shake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Shake)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/7 "2009-10-15T22:48:29Z")
Before watching that clip (thanks for the link, btw) I never realized just exactly how unfunny Jimmy Fallon really is without Tina Fey to support him. His opening monologue was painful. ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/8 "2009-10-16T00:22:38Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > And the Earth wasn’t destroyed when Comedy (MP) met Anti-Comedy (Fallon)? I was totally afraid of my brain imploding when that cataclysmic event occurred. Alas, it didn’t. It was actually really good! (Excluding his monologue.) Jimmy Fallon is good at supporting comedy. I mean, he _can_ be funny when he’s working with other funny people. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/9 "2009-10-16T02:50:01Z")
I hear that Jethro Tull will be on Jimmy Fallon tonight. He is awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/10 "2009-10-16T02:55:22Z")
> [@Serenata67](#): > > Hell, even Cleese was there, despite the rumors of Cleese and Idle not getting along. I had some memory of rumors like this (or at least something where Idle was dismissive of Cleese’s disappointing association with all that woo-woo Esalen institute stuff) and tried to look up information on it a little while ago, but my Google-fu skills failed me. Anyone have any idea where I could find more information on any of this? ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/11 "2009-10-16T06:20:02Z")
OMG that was awful… Excuse me, I need to bleach my eyes… ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/12 "2009-10-16T14:27:19Z")
Does anyone know where Michael Palin is “traveling”? Is he going around the world again. Those shows are fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/13 "2009-10-16T16:01:18Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Does anyone know where Michael Palin is “traveling”? Is he going around the world again. Those shows are fascinating. Didn’t you see the show? He died. (“he’s not quite dead…”) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/14 "2009-10-16T16:07:32Z")
> [@Dr.Righteous](#): > > In just a few hours I will have the pleasure of being in their immediate physical vicinity! I’ll be there live, but you can [stream the event online live tonight](http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20091013ifc01). And I will have the same honor (mostly) next week when Idle and (I believe) Jones and Gilliam (and me, in the chorus) are performing Idle’s oratorio **Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy)** at the Royal Albert Hall. Performing the Lumberjack Song and various other bits onstage at the RAH with some of the original Pythons is like the realization of a childhood dream I never knew I had. I may spontaneously combust at the awesomeness of it all. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/15 "2009-10-16T16:29:17Z")
It’s got to be weird for these guys, as smart and as talented as they are, to be revered for stuff they did _FORTY YEARS AGO_. I just hope they’re still having fun with it. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/16 "2009-10-16T19:35:50Z")
I saw part of it. Musical chair wackiness. Water fight. Jimmy Fallon sucks. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/17 "2009-10-16T20:51:59Z")
Jimmy Fallon grows on me- only because I feel like when he’s saying that X guest is the one of the greatest- I ACTUALLY believe him. He’s like the everyman fanboy for us all getting to interview the big stars and I think it’s kind of endearing. And his monologue though it still needs alot of work, has gotten slightly better. I now just follow him on twitter and try to catch the good sketches when I can- like the Housewives of Late Night. That’s good stuff, monologues? Not so much yet. But I’m willing to give him time as long as he keeps up his FanBoyishness Charm. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/18 "2009-10-16T21:01:29Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > It’s got to be weird for these guys, as smart and as talented as they are, to be revered for stuff they did _FORTY YEARS AGO_. I just hope they’re still having fun with it. Oh come on, what about Eric Idle’s groundbreaking comedic turn on “Suddenly Susan”? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/19 "2009-10-17T00:49:54Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Oh come on, what about Eric Idle’s groundbreaking comedic turn on “Suddenly Susan”? I was thinking of his classic work on “Dearly (or was it Nearly?) Departed”. ---
**Author:** ![LateComer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5ac83/32.png) [@LateComer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LateComer)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909/20 "2009-10-17T01:34:21Z")
> [@Ceejaytee](#): > > I saw it on hulu. It was great! They completely took over the show and Fallon went along with it fantastically. 40 minutes of Python, minus Michael Palin. Wonderful. No Palin eh? I was home sick from work yesterday and caught them on Regis and Kelly and Palin was certainly there. Graham, though, was only a model. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monty-python-was-on-jimmy-fallons-show-last-night/513909.md?page=2)