R.I.P. Terry Jones

Damn

Thank you Mr. Jones for all the entertainment and laughs you provided.

I’m sorry to hear of his passing, at least his brain won’t hurt anymore… :frowning:

I hope they have Crymanthesums at his memorial, stems up

For someone with such a brilliant mind having it erode away is an unimaginable horror. I hope he’s at peace.

My wife and I went to London in 2014 to see Monty Python Live (Mostly) at the O2. If they want to do a Still Mostly Live they need to hurry before they drop to 50% of the cast.

So long, Terry, and have as much Spam as you want.

Jones wrote, directed, and starred in the 1996 live-action film The Wind in the Willows.

The excellent cast included Eric Idle as Rat, Steve Coogan (of The Trip) as Mole, Nichol Williamson as Badger, Stephen Fry as the Judge, John Cleese as the Barrister, and Jones himself, in greenface, as Toad. Plus a lot of splendidly attired evil Weasels. And some delightful songs.

Stupid Disney botched the U.S. release, so barely anyone knows about this movie. It lives up to Terry Jones’ creative standards, which is high praise indeed.

Dig it up online and Treat yourself to a viewing tonight, while drinking a toast to his memory.

Was Terry a Cambridge Python or an Oxford Python?

I’m saddened by this news. Tonight I shall need some laughter of the pythonesque variety.

Farewell.

His book *Barbarians *is an excellent re-evaluation of the subject.

One-third down, two-thirds dottering. We live in a terrible age.

Two down, four to go.

:frowning:

“in his words ‘Lovingly frosted with glucose.’”" got a definite bittersweet chuckle.

Hopefully Mr. Snivelling Little Rat Faced Git is enjoying his disembowelling and smearing mucous and catarrh party up there.

R.I.P.

What’s it like?

A moving tribute indeed, but he didn’t play Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern Schplenden Schlitter Crasscrenbon Fried Digger Dangle Dungle Burstein von Knacker Thrasher Apple Banger Horowitz Ticolensic Grander Knotty Spelltinkle Grandlich Grumblemeyer Spelterwasser Kürstlich Himbleeisen Bahnwagen Gutenabend Bitte Eine Nürnburger Bratwustle Gerspurten mit Zweimache Luber Hundsfut Gumberaber Shönendanker Kalbsfleisch Mittler Raucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.

Rather, he played his only surviving relative, Karl Gambolputty de von Ausfern Schplenden Schlitter Crasscrenbon Fried Digger Dangle Dungle Burstein von Knacker Thrasher Apple Banger Horowitz Ticolensic Grander Knotty Spelltinkle Grandlich Grumblemeyer Spelterwasser Kürstlich Himbleeisen Bahnwagen Gutenabend Bitte Eine Nürnburger Bratwustle Gerspurten mit Zweimache Luber Hundsfut Gumberaber Shönendanker Kalbsfleisch Mittler Raucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.

Oxford: Terry Jones - Wikipedia

Watched Brian and *Grail *yesterday on IFC. Had no idea he had passed. Knew he was very ill.

Bummer.

‘E’s just pinin’ for the fjords.

Anecdote: I met him back in 2009 (along with assorted other Pythons and retinue). A really, genuinely nice man. Always looked extremely embarrassed at people making a fuss over him but was always willing to chat or have a selfie taken.

Even then, however, he was having some memory issues. A sad end to a lovely man.

And 'is plumage don’t enter into it.

Damn, first time he made me sad.

Bye, Mr. Jones!

I’m sorry, I didn’t quite get that. Could you perhaps try in a higher register?
RIP Terry. :frowning:
Dementia sucks… going through it with my mother-in-law, who is down to about a two minute loop these days.

Thanks, Elendil’s Heir.. For the record,

Chapman, Cleese, Idle: Cambridge.
Jones and Palin: Oxford.

Gilliam, being a Yank, attended Occidental College in L.A.

He was a very naughty boy.

Seriously, one of my favourites along with Chapman.

He played the loon and the straightman with total conviction.

Alas. I had known that he’d been dealing with dementia for a couple of years, so it’s not unexpected, but it’s still very sad.

Jones and Palin were my two favorite of the Pythons, though that’s a little bit like asking which are your favorite children, as they were all brilliant.

Godspeed, Mrs. S.C.U.M.