Live At The Hollywood Bowl
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 07:22 pmMy viewing of my Christmas DVDs continues, and last night I watched Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl. I remember the first time I saw it, how I recognised the Hollywood Bowl itself from the Tom and Jerry cartoon:
I love Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl because it's clear that all the performers are having a great time. One of the documentaries on the Monty Python's Flying Circus DVD Boxset talks about how John Cleese was more chilled with fans at live performances by the time Hollywood Bowl came around, he was OK with them knowing all the words and yelling out catchphrases and so on. And they're an octet - the six Pythons, plus Neil Innes and Carol Cleveland.
( Some favourite moments )
Honourable mention to I'm The Urban Spaceman, performed by Neil Innes & Carol Cleveland, of which there is only one fuzzy copy on YouTube. And the down-in-the-audience sketches - Albatross, and the The Travel Agent. Awesome.
I love Monty Python Live At The Hollywood Bowl because it's clear that all the performers are having a great time. One of the documentaries on the Monty Python's Flying Circus DVD Boxset talks about how John Cleese was more chilled with fans at live performances by the time Hollywood Bowl came around, he was OK with them knowing all the words and yelling out catchphrases and so on. And they're an octet - the six Pythons, plus Neil Innes and Carol Cleveland.
( Some favourite moments )
Honourable mention to I'm The Urban Spaceman, performed by Neil Innes & Carol Cleveland, of which there is only one fuzzy copy on YouTube. And the down-in-the-audience sketches - Albatross, and the The Travel Agent. Awesome.