I met Terry Jones of Monty Python today. Ask me anything!

[Merope215]

He was giving a lecture about the death of Chaucer, and it was f-ing fascinating. He was indirectly bashing Bush the whole time, though, alone with Joe McCarthy, neocons, and warmongerers. He goes on the good-guy list in my book.

"There's some lovely filth over here!"

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. He's a solid stand up Welshman. :^)

[deadparrot]

2. I'm jealous.

*points to user name indignantly*

I love the Pythons. I saw Eric Idle last year on tour. He was wonderful--very anti-Bush. In one of his sing-a-longs, one of the verses was, "Give $87 billion to Iraq, but you'll never get it back."

You lucky, lucky bastard. :)

[MikeG]

11. You should change it to just resting. Lovely plumage.

[Merope215]

17. Today, while he was talking about the duke of Gloucester

he said "As usual, the only people who wanted to go to war were the ones making money off of it." He also said an evil bishop and power-behind-the-throne was the Henry Kissinger of his day.

The Pythons are really funny. I'm jealous of *you* for getting to see Eric Idle! :hi:

[Applan]

22. Me too

Here's a bit of Idle Bush bashing...
http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/idle/
Click on the "Download Here" MP3 link- it's worth the wait!

On edit, heres a couple of verses....

Fuck you very much the FCC
Fuck you very much for fining me
Five thousand bucks a fuck
So I'm really out of luck
That's more than Heidi Fleiss was charging me

So fuck you very much the FCC
for proving that free speech just isn't free
Clear Channel's a dear channel
So Howard Stern must go
Attorney General Ashcroft doesn't like strong words and so
He's charging twice as much as all the drugs for Rush Limbaugh
So fuck you all so very much

[sasquatch]

3. Did you offer him a bite of a spamburger?

:D

[Merope215]

14. Haha, no

unfortunately. I really want to see the new musical though...

[Maestro]

4. Terry Jones is funny as hell

as well as all the others in Monty Python. Sorry I didn't ask a question.

[peekaloo]

5. He's written some excellent editorial pieces for the Guardian.

Did you ask him if he likes Spam?

[Merope215]

9. See, I didn't even know he was political

Shows how much I know. He's really, really smart, though, and a great speaker (not that that was very surprising).

I didn't get a chance to ask about Spam. We just said the lecture was good, and he beamed and said "Pleasure!" :P It was awesome.

[Patsy Stone]

6. That's so cool

I met him at the Miami Book Fair a few years back with Douglas Adams. I could have died on the spot. So pleased to see you can still type! :party:

[elshiva]

7. Did he talk about his sci-fi book?

[Merope215]

12. No, it was about his Chaucer book

called "Who Murdered Chaucer?" I haven't read it, but I definitely plan to. If it's anywhere near as good as the speech, it'll be a great read.

[elshiva]

21. He is a very good author.

He is a genius as an actor, too! I loved his "Where is the Fish?" routine in The Meaning of Life.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

8. Ni!

Bring me a shrubbery!

[Goathead]

10. Dennis, Dennis!

King of the who?

[Merope215]

13. How'd you get to be king?

I didn't vote for you!

(Come to think of it...that's a little more relevant than I thought...)

[Goathead]

16. The Lady of the Lake,...

her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water signifying by Divine Providence that I, Arthur, was to carry Excalibur. That is why I am your king!

[Merope215]

19. Listen, strange women...

lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony!

[CanuckAmok]

15. "It's a dead Chaucer. It has ceased to be. It's a stiff."

Did Chaucer die of having a piano keyboard run through his torso?

[Merope215]

18. Hahahaha

No, apparently he was offed by Henry IV or one of his minions for making fun of the Church in the Canterbury Tales.

Great pic! :P

[Fenris]

20. "Hello Lionel!"

Lionel - "I say what a simply super day."
All - "Gosh yes."
Woman - "It's so, you know, sunny."
Lionel - "Yes isn't it? I say anyone for tennis?"
Julian - "Oh super!"
Charle - "What fun."
Julian - "I say, Lionel, catch."