Hi all, I've just been watching the Monty Python reunion show here in the UK, and while I knew beforehand of the Arlene Philips connection, apparently the producer of the show is one Jim Beach, as stated in the closing credits. Just wondering if it is the illustrious bloke who never made Freddie boring. Anyone know?
Those recent Python shows were nothing but a money making exercise to exploit the fans of their disposable income one last time...
Sort of like.... what are they called again? I think they still call themselves 'Queen'?
mooghead wrote: Those recent Python shows were nothing but a money making exercise to exploit the fans of their disposable income one last time...
Sort of like.... what are they called again? I think they still call themselves 'Queen'?
Too true, repeating jokes made 40 years ago is not comedy. John Cleese is skint after his last divorce, so..... Kerching....
Saw a documentary recently where Eric Idle said he'd been friends with Beech for years and asked him to come to a group meeting they were having to discuss how to pay some legal fees they had. Idle met beech the night before and suggested a live show. At the meeting the following day Beech made out like it was his idea.
He can be seen onstage at the end of the televised final show.
Idle and Beach were friends at university, and Beach has been involved as producer of the Spamalot musical for Python.
Ironically, they got screwed over by someone involved with the Life of Brian movie who successfully sued them for a share of the musical profits, therefore necessitating the money spinning 02 gigs.
DrumBrother wrote: I agree Wizard. As a lifelong Python fan I'd have traveled over from Cork but couldn't get tickets. Went to the cinema to watch it and loved it.
Cork? G'wan ya langer.... :)
I'm a Rockie, where are you at?
DrumBrother wrote: I only remembered your username, don't remember you either.
I had only recently joined up here after cutting my teeth on the hub, you have a great memory in fairness. Hopefully we will meet in Madigans again some day if they play here again.
I was at the very last "Python" show at the 02 Arena & Jim Beach (producer of the Show) joined the Python's on stage at the very end. Obviously while the Monty Python shows were happening in London, Jim was not on North American soil.. I wonder if he will now jet over and join the band for the rest of the tour in August/ September?
Jim has known the Python's for years..I read in the first of Michael Palin's Diaries, where he Jim was at a party with them.
Thanks for the responses guys, not being a particularly knowledgeable Python fan, I did not know the connection. As for the show, it was pretty cringeworthy, except the times they went off script, forgot lines, or creased up. I hated the dancers, the I like Chinese thingy, but loved the dead parrot for the 1,000,000 time. And didn't sport JB on the stage at the end, otherwise this entire thread would be redundant :)
Toon_86 wrote:
Hi all, I've just been watching the Monty Python reunion show here in the UK, and while I knew beforehand of the Arlene Philips connection, apparently the producer of the show is one Jim Beach, as stated in the closing credits. Just wondering if it is the illustrious bloke who never made Freddie boring. Anyone know?
there are less obvious links between Queen & The Pythons
Brian's "Badger, Badger, Badger, badger" song is a direct "lift" from Python's "Spam Song" spam spam spam spam spam spam spam spam
Roger 1970s tigerskin stage trousers were a gift from Carol Cleveland - he didn't even wash them
John keeps a dead parrot in a cage next to his AOBTD platinum disc
**** some or ALL of the above "factoids" may be made up