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Who was best Python?
>>71221904
Michael Palin.
John Cleese best lone comedian.
>>71221904
Cleese
solaire
Kevin Kline
>>71221904
Chapman and Cleese are top tier
Eric Idle is lowest tier
They're all great though
Graham Chapman
>>71221998
lol
Terry Gilliam
Cleese = Chapman > Palin > Jones > Gilliam > Idle
>>71221904
Terry Gilliam
>>71221904
The one in my pants, bitch
>>71221904
Cleese. He supports brexit and hates pakis
>>71222093
Just barely above Cleese and Palin, but agreed.
>>71222035
>>71222115
>Idle worst
Is it because he wrote the ending to The Holy Grail?
>>71221959
correct
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>>71222139
The skits are real.
>>71221904
Cleese a overall best. It's the facial expressions (just check 4chan's banners) and his slow burns when his characters are dealing with someone stupid. There's probably some heightism in my preference, too: Cleese was (is) the tallest python.
I like this thread. Can we discuss the "factions" and their work?
Chapman and Cleese (IIRC) were the Cambridge dyad, while Palin and Jones were the Oxford set. Each duo had different writing styles, and if I were a true autist I would remember details. Chapman and Cleese had a penchant for "thesauras writing", just tossing off long strings of words to fill space. By the truncated fourth season (Cleese had left), Palin/Jones pushed back on this transparent tactic in a sketch or two, they'd got sick of it I think. Idle was the solo act, tossing out shitty stuff with a shitty grin all the while, much of which works.
Palin made me laugh a bunch of times, whereas Jones tended to be a more humane foil in the sketches, whether as a pepperpot (when they dress up as old ladies) worrying over her boy. Jones is more understated and doesn't go for the big laughs IIRC. Although earlier on wasn't it him flinging cats and making mice squeak the bells of st mary?
As a Minnesota boy, I feel some connection to Gilliam.
>>71222745
While we're at it we should also mention Seventh Python Carol Cleveland and Cleese's then-wife Connie Booth, for when actual q.t. women were absolutely essential. I get them mixed up but it was Booth on Terry Jones's scales at the witch trial with the punchline "it's a fair cop". I think it was Carol who had more of that Dumb Dora stuff, riffing off of the gents.
>>71221904
Monty, ofc.
Brian or Holy Grail?
>>71222204
He's the self proclaimed fifth nicest. Might just be referencing that ;)
Cleese and Chapman were my favorites. Next would be Palin.
>>71223237
Live At The Hollywood Bowl
>>71223237
Brian
>>71222112
He is my favourite
>>71223237
And now for something completely different.
>>71221904
Correct ranking:
Palin
Chapman
Cleese
Jones Idle tie
Not listing Gilliam, it's apples and oranges
Wtf? Why do all of you hate Idle? He's my favourite next to Palin. If there's one I don't care for it's Chapman.
>>71225003
I don't hate Idle. I just like Cleese, Chapman, and Palin more.
What I can't fathom is why you dislike Chapman. He was the perfect straight man.
>>71225439
>He was the perfect straight man.
Joke intended?
>>71221904
name one funny skit by these guys. no parrot or spam
>>71221959
excellent, yes i agree
