GeraldoFubar t1_iqpek96 wrote
And then Monty Python came around and said, "Hold my pint and watch this..."
wegqg t1_iqqq51y wrote
No they were actually relatively tame at least initially - they did push barriers but nothing like what Peter Cooke & Co had done.
xX609s-hartXx t1_iqr5pdu wrote
I don't know those other guys but did they have a guy who got so fat he exploded in full detail?
Cold_Situation_7803 t1_iqrawfj wrote
That was in a movie, not on their TV show.
xX609s-hartXx t1_iqrfhc0 wrote
Wasn't that a movie made up of patched together TV clips?
DoofusMagnus t1_iqrsh7j wrote
No, Mr. Creosote (the guy who explodes) is from The Meaning of Life. The film that was repurposed TV sketches was And Now for Something Completely Different.
Cold_Situation_7803 t1_iqrl9ig wrote
No, it was way too racy for tv (and about a decade after “Flying Circus” went off the air).
BrokenEye3 t1_iquxgcy wrote
Had a visibly higher budget too.
nalydpsycho t1_iqro4lu wrote
It really is interesting to think how British co edy changed over the 15 year span from late 60s to early 80s. I can totally get why people were stunned by it. But I love the changes.
TepidHalibut t1_iqrzut1 wrote
But, going further back, The Goon Show REALLY shook things up, and set the scene for the Pythons, Pete n Dud, etc. Spike Milligan is the perfect illustration of the thin, blurred line between genius and madness.
BillHicksScream t1_iqsftpa wrote
Wankle Rotary Engine.
kapege t1_iqraajo wrote
Why did my mind read this in a very Bri'ish accent?
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