Subj : Re: Do you remember the first time you saw Monty Python, movie or TV se
To   : George Kincaid
From : The REAL J-Len!
Date : Fri Apr 15 2005 02:56 am

From: "The REAL J-Len!" <lentzj1@tds.net>

I remember it was around 1987-88 or so.  Monty Python was being shown on MTV 
right after Remote Control.  After Remote Control was over, I left MTV on and 
this animated guy comes on and does this opening that I swear was an MTV thing 
(because I haven't seen it anywhere else):  He says, "Monty Python's Flying 
Circus has been found to be an easily offensive tool in the eyes of the easily 
offended so if you're one of them, do us both a favor and don't watch.  Thank 
you, and God bless."
Next thing I know, I'm watching a girl undress near a window (pretty arousing 
for a 12-13 year old), a zoo animal explode, then a guy take flying lessons the 
hard way, a few more zoo animals explode, then this show called "It's The Mind" 
and the host going crazy on it...and I laughed my ASS off, and never looked 
back!  I turned on the next day and saw the Bicycle Trip. So I remember the 
first two Monty Python shows I ever watched, and remembered them when I found 
out they were on tape.

As for the comedy albums, I noticed my brother had "Instant Record Collection" 
and swiped it to listen to without his permission.  I put it in my boom box 
near my bed and listened to it as I lay there drifting off (though my eyes 
popped wide open and I laughed silently when Karl Marx said "aw shit" when he 
lost out on the lounge suite [I was 13-14 at the time]). After the tape was 
done, I was too tired to put it back, so I just stopped the tape, and thought 
"I'll put it away in the morning. No big deal." and went to sleep.
About 4AM, my brother (who was somewhat a raging alcoholic at the time) walks 
in my bedroom, turns on the light, wakes me up, holds the tape case in front of 
my face, and demands to know where the tape is.  I pulled it out of the boom 
box and gave it to him, and he was all "Don't fuck with my shit!" "Do it again, 
and we'll have a long fuckin talk!"  He made me feel bad that night, 
considering I wasn't trying to steal it or anything.  I just wanted to listen 
to it.

Movies:  The first was Holy Grail in my high school band class.  The second was 
Life of Brian, which my friend Ken brought over.  I loved LoB better at the 
time due to the full frontal nudity in it.  I later rented And Now For 
Something Completely Different and Meaning of Life to take them in.

Well that's me.

"George Kincaid" <george.kincaid@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message 
news:ksY5e.59265$cg1.17310@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>I must have been in junior high or so in the late '70s and I was watching
>one of the three PBS stations we got in my area. It was summer, and my
>parents were outside, as I remember. On this odd TV show, a strange British
>guy was bicycling across Britain, and kept getting into wrecks. There was a
>running gag about the window coming down on a receptionists hands, and Mr.
>Pithers kept getting lost. I remember howling at the sight gags so much my
>dad came inside to investigate. He was converted on the spot, too. I've
>been a Pythonite ever since. MP was cause for concern in the neighborhood
>for a while. A bunch of the local kids were found in a backyard with tied
>up handkerchiefs on their heads, standing like Gumbies re-enacting the
>Architect Sketch! I'd be curious to hear anybody's else's first memories of
>Monty Python. Up there!!
>

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