And Now for Something Completely Different

Critical Approaches to Monty Python

By: Kate Egan (Editor), Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock (Editor)

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Paperback | 31 January 2022

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Examining Monty Python's enduring status as an unconventional, anti-authoritarian comedy touchstone, this book reappraises Python's comedy output from the perspective of its 50 years of cultural circulation. Reconsidering the group's originality, impact and durability, a range of international scholars explores Python's influences, production contexts, frequently controversial themes, and the cult status and forms of fandom associated with Python in the present day. From television sketches, including The Funniest Joke in the World, Hell's Grannies, Dead Parrot and Confuse-a-Cat, to the films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life, to songs from the albums and live shows, this book is a ground-breaking critical analysis of the Monty Python phenomenon.

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Fifty years on, And Now For Something Completely Different provides a timely retrospective on the troupe's transformation from absurdist cult TV to global comedy lingua franca. Egan and Weinstock's clutch of new scholarly perspectives effectively historicises Python in popular culture. As Pythonology goes, this is pretty much the full Monty.--Justin Smith, De Montfort University
This outstanding collection finds innovative, compelling things to say about the global cult of Python. Exploring absurdism and gothic horror, music and animation, deceased parrots and 'political correctness', Egan and Weinstock have gathered together a brilliant troupe of scholars. Including a focus on cult comedy and fandom, And Now For Something Completely Different makes a real difference to our understandings of Monty Python. --Professor Matt Hills, University of Huddersfield, UK

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