Monty Python
by Monty Python
Mentioned 2 times across 2 shows · first heard Oct 2025 on SmartLess.
The general take
The host on Good Hang with Amy Poehler loved Monty Python for its surrealistic, dumb, cartoony approach—grouping it with Pee-wee and Strangers with Candy as examples of comedy that bends reality into whatever shape the creators want. She appreciated how the show prioritized that kind of world-bending freedom over traditional joke structure.
About
This book delves into the official archives and recounts the history of the men who changed the face of comedy. The story is told through photographs, text, props and memorabilia, including hand-scribbled scripts, never-before-published cue sheets, artwork, unused presentation material, and more, offering the reader a unique peek into the world of these comic geniuses. The "Dead Parrot" sketch. "The Lumberjack Song". "Argument Clinic". "Spam". Monty Python's Flying Circus was packed with famous skits and classic one-liners, many of which are still globally recognized, from the Hollywood Bowl to the University of Woolloomooloo. Their irreverent humour is the yardstick by which others are judged and the adjective "Pythonesque" has been part of the English language for years.
Who said what
- GH
Good Hang with Amy Poehler👍 Recommends
…naming influential comedy films and shows that shaped comedy style
“All the surrealistic, dumb, cartoony, live-action stuff, I loved. Monty Python, those, Pee-wee, later Strangers with Candy, things like that where you bend the world and make it be whatever you want it to be.”
Good Hang with Amy Poehler — What Makes the Guests of 'Good Hang' Laughat 31:56 
Edgar Wright👍 Recommends
…discussing british comedy shows that influenced his sense of humor
“Oh yeah, I mean, I think they were like, there were shows, some of them before my time and they get repeated. I mean, I felt the shows that were really like the groundbreakers. I mean, obviously Monty Python was before my time but it was repeated a lot so that would be something.”
SmartLess — "Edgar Wright"at 41:08
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