Subj : Re: Pythons at the Ballet
To   : Lars
From : Mark Sornson
Date : Tue Apr 04 2006 06:35 pm

From: Mark Sornson <sornson@zk3.dec.com>

Lars wrote:

> Hi group,
>
> A long time ago I have seen a bit, on TV, with the Pythons dressed up
> and behaving as football fans, possibly Scotsmen, going to the ballet
> and loudly cheering on the dancers as if they were footballers.
>
> They seem to treat some of the dancers as belonging to "the other
> team", and shout insults at them, like "Hey Nurejev, do you call that
> a leap?!!"
>
> Do you know which episode or film this may be from?

It's from _At Last The 1948 Show_ (John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Mary Feldman, 
and Tim Brook-Taylor).  It's available on DVD.

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