The Life of Brian debate 1979

[LongTomH]

"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy!"

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. I have a fwiend in Wome.......

Named Biggus Dickus

[smirkymonkey]

5. Naughtius Maximus.

And he has a wife, you know! Incontinentia Buttocks.

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Back when debates were civilized, with civilized human beings.

Thank you for posting

[LongTomH]

3. Yes, I'm old enough to remember those days!

[TlalocW]

6. Note that

The Pythons are the ones making serious points about religion, etc., and the religious side is trying to be funny.

TlalocW

[edbermac]

4. My favorite scene in LOB.

A Star Wars parody that comes right out of nowhere.

[TlalocW]

7. The Wikipedia entry for this debate is interesting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_Night,_Saturday_Morning#Monty_Python's_Life_of_Brian

TlalocW

[TomVilmer]

8. They did not see the beginng of the film before the debate

After the show, the bishop and Muggeridge revealed they had missed the first fifteen minutes of the film, which meant they didn’t see the crucial scene in which the three wise men visit the wrong stable - and the obvious difference between Brian and Jesus is explained.
https://books.google.dk/books?id=nfoEBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT376&lpg=PT376&source=bl&ots=tVA4lyioex&sig=fMW7zwGAFyNyHX4mJvEx71dkIDM&hl=da&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjszfSAvKXbAhWGPFAKHdVhChAQ6AEIJjAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

[OnDoutside]

9. It was banned in Ireland but we had a science teacher who ran a Film Club after school, and he

showed the Life of Brian, History of the World etc.

My 11 year old son loves it, and quotes the Biggus Dickus lines verbatim ! The Holy Grail and the Meaning of Life next for him

"I fart in your general direction !"

[kag]

10. This is probablyheresy on this site...

But I've never been much of a Monty Python fan (though I've always liked John Cleese). Now I have a whole new respect for them.

Just watching some very British Anglican woop-te-do asking, "But what are you trying to SAY with this film?" strikes me as hilarious--the kind of thing one might see in a Monty Python movie.

[TlalocW]

12. Thet two arguing against him

Were the type of people that Monty Python mocked and performed caricatures of - the smug Bishop especially.

TlalocW

[genxlib]

11. Very interesting

Thanks for posting.

I will say there one thing offensive about this whole show and that is the suit the host is wearing. Yikes! I didn't even realize till later that it was Tim Rice.

I don't think comedians are given enough credit. They are almost always more thoughtful and intellectual about their craft than a shallow viewing of their work would suggest.

[LongTomH]

13. There was even a made-for-TV about the response to Life of Brian

Holy Flying Circus.

Malcolm Muggeridge was parodied ruthlessly!

https://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BOTAyNjc5NTc3OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzQ4NzAxMzE@._V1_.jpg

Sadly, I don't think it's available on DVD anywhere,

[Hoosier]

14. Thank you! n/t

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. And, as always, the Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch from the next week:

[Nitram]

16. I tried to get through this whole thing because I love Monty Python, greatly respect John Cleese and

Michael Palin, and think Life of Brian is both incredibly funny, and a brilliant discussion of the willingness of people to deceive themselves into believing the most ridiculous stuff. It strongly resonates now, when we have a president with ignorant supporters who would follow him no matter what he did and said. Meanwhile, the two conservative idiots on the other side in this debate have not got a single clue what the movie is about. I keep wanting John and Michael to point out that the movie is not about Jesus christ, it is about a man named Brian who is mistaken for a religious messiah by a mob of idiots. They keep assuming the movie is actually about the Life of Jesus. Frustrating and boring o have to listen to their nonsense, and their rude insults of John and Michael!