Everything I ever needed to know about, I learned from Monty Python : history, art, poetry, communism, philosophy, the media, birth, death, religion, literature, latin, transvestites, botany, the French, class systems, mythology, fish slapping, and many more! / Brian Cogan, Ph. D., and Jeff Massey, Ph. D.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cogan, Brian, 1967-

Contributor:

Massey, Jeff.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monty Python (Comedy troupe).

Physical Description:

xii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2014.

Summary:

"Throughout their five seasons on British television (and well into the troop's movie sequels and assorted solo projects), Monty Python became a worldwide symbol not only for taking serious subjects and making them silly, but also for treating silly subjects seriously. Monty Python provided a treasure trove of erudite "in" jokes, offering sly allusions to subjects as diverse as T.S. Elliot's "Murder in the Cathedral" (as part of a commercial for a weight loss product) and how to conjugate Latin properly (as explained by a Roman centurion to a Jewish zealot painting anti-Roman graffiti on a wall). It was this combination of the uniquely highbrow but silly humor that inspired countless followers (Saturday Night Live, to name one). This hilarious and helpful guide puts Python's myriad references into context for the legion of fans, scholars, and pop culture aficionados that still strive to "get" Monty Python"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Python on theory

Python on history

Python on art

There is nooooo ... Part IV

Python on sport

Python on everything else

The afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-308) and index.

ISBN:

9781250004703

1250004705

OCLC:

858159357