Subj : Re: stuck on python question
To   : Finnn
From : Jess
Date : Mon Feb 14 2005 03:24 am

From: jessicapickles@hotmail.com (Jess)

"Finnn" <finnnish@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:<420f95e1$0$9305$39db0f71@news.song.fi>...
> > The film "and now for something completely different" featured
> > sketches from the first two seasons of Monty python's flying circus.
> Before
> > it was completed one of the sketches initially chosen was jettisoned
> because
> > one of the Python's felt that it caused the part of the film that it was
> in
> > to drag.
> >
> > 1) who was the python who decided to cut the sketch?
> >
> > 2) who was the charcter who did not make the final cut?
>
> ---------------
>
> I'm just reading the Pythons by the Pythons-book. Michael Palin mentions
> there:
>
> "...Vic Lownes couldn't stand Ken Shabby. That was one bit of grossness too
> far, which is a shame because we all liked Ken Shabby and I think there was
> a general feeling that this was a soft decision. So that was taken out."
>
> Victor Lownes was the producer of the film.

Apparently the other Pythons tried to veto Lowne's decision about dropping 
Shabby but Cleese switched sides so the cut went ahead.

A version of the Flying Sheep sketch was also dropped by the producer, Victor 
Lownes for reasons of timing.

Otherwise I'm not sure on cuts. The only other thing I can think of is the 
background music in Restaurant/Dirty Fork sketch which was Terry Jones' 
decision because he felt the music was taking out the comedy, but the sketch 
itself survived (thank God!)

Jess.

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