Harrison believed spirit of the Beatles spawned Monty Python

In a recent interview, he talked about the connection between the Beatles and the Pythons: "George was always convinced that the spirit of the Beatles went into Python.

[awc]

Of all the British comedies, Monty Python by far was the best.

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I first encountered the Flying Circus as a couple of LPs that my sister brought back from England in the early 70s, so I took it in as though it had been a radio show. I still think it actually worked better that way--the visual part of the show actually distracted from the brilliance of its writing and verbal delivery much of the time. So it's no surprise that its creative energy helped to spawn the greatest radio comedy/drama during that genre's final decay into the abyss of technological obsolescence. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Anyone who hasn't obtained and listened to the original BBC radio episodes of this penultimate Douglas Adams masterpiece should do so as soon as they can.

[Aunt Melba]

Check out Galaxy song.....
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/monty-pytho... .
I got a copy the other day to check if the stats have changed since the song was written.

[awc]

The British have a way with comedy, but so do the Australians, with such acts as the "Paul Hogan show" and "Mother and Son".
Benny Hill was a genious, way ahead of his time, but it was Python that came to public television in America in 1974.
George could see that Python was a great comedy team, that's why he financed their 1978 movie,Life of Brian.
George and Eric Idle became dear friends in the mid 70's and remained as so till George's pre-mature death in 2001.

[Aunt Melba]

You're right about the Brits and their comedy.
They know how to make us split our sides laughing.
We liked the Goodies, Black Adder, Faulty Towers,
and many more. I'm surprised Ringo doesn't do a comedy show.(or has he???)

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Aunt Melba wrote:

You're right about the Brits and their comedy.
They know how to make us split our sides laughing.
We liked the Goodies, Black Adder, Faulty Towers,
and many more. I'm surprised Ringo doesn't do a comedy show.(or has he???)

Ringo played in Caveman, and guest starred in quite a few more movies in the late 60's and 70's, but the only t.v. show he actually played in was (gulp) Shining time station (a childrens show on pbs).
How could I forget Faulty Towers, though only 12 episodes, it is a classic show.