Nostalgium Arcanum
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Displaying 3 items of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag "graham chapman".
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Monty Python's Life of Brian
April 5th, 2026 | 2 hrs 22 mins
bible, christ, christianity, comedy, easter, eric idle, faith, graham chapman, john cleese, michael palin, monty python, religion, satire, terry gilliam, terry jones
For Easter we look on the bright side of life with Monty Python's satirical masterpiece, "Life of Brian". Controversial and hilarious, the film uses Python's trademark silliness as a scalpel to slice open dogma and the perils of fame. We're joined by improviser Rich Baker, podcaster and magician Ned Record, and Reverend Sarah Heath (the "RevCovery" podcast) to worship at the Church of Briantology and celebrate the life of a man who's not the messiah. He's a very naughty boy.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
March 31st, 2025 | 1 hr 57 mins
absurd, absurdism, bbc, britain, britcom, british, comedy, dead parrot, england, eric idle, flying circus, geek, graham chapman, john cleese, logic, medieval, michael palin, monty python, mythology, nerd, python, religion, saturday night live, sketch, sketch comedy, skit, snl, spam, taskmaster, terry gilliam, terry jones
We're celebrating the 50th anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail as some podcasting nerds should, by quoting it to death. Guest comedians Rich Baker and Ned Record (of the Lost & Confounded podcast and www.nedrecord.com) join us to discuss the unyielding hilarity and exceptional longevity of a film that just won't take "Ni" for an answer. And there was much rejoicing!
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Monty Python's Flying Circus
April 8th, 2024 | 2 hrs 9 mins
absurd, absurdism, bbc, britcom, british, comedy, dead parrot, eric idle, flying circus, geek, graham chapman, john cleese, logic, michael palin, monty python, nerd, python, saturday night live, sketch, sketch comedy, skit, snl, spam, taskmaster, terry gilliam, terry jones
And now for something completely different. Monty Python's Flying Circus redefined comedy from the subatomic level up with sketches that were quotable, absurd, and of course, funnier than a dead parrot full of spam. Guest comedians Rich Baker and Ned Record (of the Lost & Confounded podcast) join us to roundtable our top 10 Python sketches. Burma!