Amazon comPython fans will need to clear a large space on their bookshelf or coffee table for The Pythons--a big, vital autobiography of the comedy troupe This is an oral history by the six members (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) from birth to--in the case of Chapman--death We get reminisces озэпп about childhood, university days, early successes, and rich details about the landmark Flying Circus TV series and subsequent films The voices are fresh (with expectation of Michael Palin's insightful diary entries), not just complied from earlier publications "Due to his insistence of being inconveniently dead," Chapham's voice is heard through his longtime partner David Sherlock, his brother and sister-in-law (and some archival materials) As a whole, the six impart a refreshing ability to deal honestly with the frustrations that arose over the years and it comes out in the text even when events are recalled differently The book is not a light read (figuratively and literally), perhaps a smaller size would have been better for the amount of text; a cursory glance at the coffee table is tough What does fill the book is an abundance of photos (over 1,000), most never published and many from the troupe's private collections Along with concept sketches, Gilliam's drawings and doodles, and a few correspondences, this is a keepsake memento of the legendary group --Doug ThomasBook Description Over thirty years ago, a group of five Englishmen and one wayward American, re-wrote the rules of comedy Monty Python's Flying Circus, an unheralded, previously unseen and practically unprogrammed half hour of sketches, hilarities, inanities and animations first appeared on the BBC late one night in 1969 Its impact on the world has been felt ever since From its humble beginnings as late night entertainment on a British TV channel that went off the air before midnight, it blossomed into arguably the most influential movement in modern comedy They found the Holy Grail, they detailed the life of the Savior-also-ran Brian, and when we were lost, they explained The Meaning of Life Now, those purveyors of dead parrots and silly walks are going to tell us something more: Their story In their own, intimate, never before heard words The Pythons by The Pythons is the definitive word on all things Pythonesque (the only word invented by a modern comedian which is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary ) 30 years of insight, hindsight, and bad sight - now told for the first time Stuff they're never remembered before alongside stories they'd forgotten to say, coupled with things they couldn't say then and even more things they can't pronounce now (with a healthy dollop of things they would never have said in the first place if any others had been in the room at the time ) The Pythons by The Pythons is a unique look at arguably the most important comic team of the modern age, lavishly illustrated with 1000 photographs and illustrations, many culled from the teams' own personal collections, many seen here for the first time A tome, a tombstone, the definitive word on all things Python, as told by all things Python - do you want Spam with that? Авторы (показать всех авторов) Грэм Чепмен Graham Chapman Известный английский актер-комик, один из участников комедийной труппы "Монти Пайтон", Грэм (Грэхэм) Чепмен родился 8 января 1946 года в Лестере в семье местного полицейского инспектора В 1961 году поступил в медицинский колледж в Кембриджском Джон Клиз John Cleese Джон Марвуд Клиз родился 27 октября 1949 года в Вестон-Супер-Маре (графство Сомерсет) в семье страхового агента Некогда его семья носила фамилию Чиз (cheese - сыр), однако отец Джона, перед тем как поступить на военную службу, поменял свою фамилию на Терри Гиллиам Terry Gilliam Терренс Вэнс Гиллиам родился 22 ноября 1944 года в Миннеаполисе (штат Миннесота) Детство прошло по его собственному определению "в духе Гекльберри Финна и Тома Сойера" В те годы он очень любил рисовать персонажей полюбившихся ему голливудских картин и.  От издателяАвторский сборник 2005 г 368 стр ISBN 0312311451.