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Episode 41: Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) Part 1 of 2
More than a pleasure to ‘get back’ (see what I did there?) with friend and podcast comrade Luke Thompson to round off our sort-of trilogy of Monty Python films (originally recorded on video, see below). This time round, Antony and Luke look at the flawed smorgasbord of ideas that is 1983’s ‘Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life’, going scene-by-scene through the good, bad, ugly, extremely violent, completely gross and filler, and trying to find just what ismissing from this Python outing that made the previous two films close to flawless masterpieces (actually we say it right at the beginning but don’t tell anyone…) In this part we give our general opinions of the film and look at some of the early scenes, so expect to hear about elderly pirates, sacred sperms and French ticklers. This is preceded by a bit of Python/Beatles comparisoning (that may not be a word) for our crossover audiences Make your own mind up, even though I’ve already told you what to think… Most of all, enjoy! 'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms. Feedback to contrafib2001@gmail.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/filmgoldpod Twitter https://twitter.com/FilmGold75 Antony's website(blog, music, podcasts) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony’s JohnLennon/Beatles and Psychology/Alt. Media podcasts https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com https://lifeandlifeonly.podbean.com Support Antony’s podcast work (Film Gold, Glass Onion: On John Lennon and Life And Life Only) at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Luke’s English Podcast (main site and you tube channel) https://teacherluke.co.uk/ https://www.youtube.com/LukesEnglishPodcast Luke & Antony’s previous Python film collaborations: Holy Grail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMtOOBpRBaA Life of Brian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYNW-fBpUoc&t=5673s The original video version of this review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecb9nT1ZcAM episode links 'The Meaning of Life' film pages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_The_Meaning_of_Life https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085959/ Original trailer for the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMJ24QwHdCY ‘Meaning of Life’ documentary with the Pythons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_IpHCCyAC4&t=765s Every Sperm Is Sacred https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk Steve Coogan’s ‘The c**t song’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cH0elKDOzs&rco=1 The Protestants having lots of theoretical sex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDBjsFAyiwA Python/Beatles connections (clip from ‘Glass Onion: On John Lennon’ podcast) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMRj_y8g7Ck Boris Johnson gets a bit too ‘enthusiastic’ playing rugby andfootball https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5NN5S9sPFM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UYrLfxvfhM
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