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 John Cleese and Eric Idle: Together Again At Last … For The Very First Time

Months ago, Bunny bought tickets for a most unique show—John Cleese and Eric
Idle: Together Again At Last … For The Very First Time [1] at the Kravis
Center for the Performing Arts [2]. And lo, tonight was the night for the
show. Given the past few days [3], it was just what I needed [4].

The only bad thing about the show (and it's not even that bad) is that it's
only one-third of Monty Python [5] and the sound quality. The two! The two
bad things about the show were that it was only one-third of Monty Python,
the sound quality and a ruthless efficiency. Three! Three bad things about
the show are one-third Monty Python, the bad sound quality, a ruthless
efficiency and a fanatical devotion to the Pope [6]!

…

Anyway!

It was a fun show. In the first half of the show, John Cleese [7] and Eric
Idle [8] spent the time chatting between themselves, performing a few
sketches that never actually appeared on “Monty Python's Flying Circus [9]”
and showing clips from their past work (including stuff not from Monty
Python, like “At Last the 1948 Show [10]”).

The second half the show started with John Cleese telling … um … “off-colour”
jokes (he's British, so I'm using the British spelling), followed by Eric
Idle singing several … um … “off-colour” songs and then the both of them
pulling “fan questions” out of a jar and pretty much mocking the questions.

The show concluded with everybody (Eric, John, and entire audience) singing
“Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life [11].”

[1] http://www.cleeseandidle.com/
[2] http://www.kravis.org/
[3] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2015/10/04-06
[4] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2010/06/26.2
[5] http://www.montypython.com/
[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt0Y39eMvpI
[7] http://www.thejohncleese.com/
[8] http://ericidle.com/
[9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python's_Flying_Circus
[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Last_the_1948_Show
[11] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJUhlRoBL8M

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