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Artist...MONTY PYTHON
Album...THE INSTANT MONTY PYTHON CD COLLECTION
Label...VIRGIN
Cat.No,,,CDBOX3
Review..As the recent repeat of Monty Python on the box showed, there is still a lot of life left in
their material, despite the number of people that know the sketches off by heart. There is a
timeless quality to most of the material, though Coventry City winning the FA Cup ruined a classic
Python Sketch.
"The Instant Monty Python CD Collection" is as the name implies a box set and this
particular set contains 6 CDs that cover all 8 original Python albums. Here you have pretty much
all the Python you could possibly want.
All the classics are here, as well as those lesser know sketches. Admittedly some of the
songs lose a lot when the visuals are taken away, but most skits are strong enough to make it on
their own.
As with most box sets there is a booklet that comes with this and whacky is probably the
best word to describe it. There are clips from the various albums,as well as the music for the
classic "Bing Tiddle Tiddle Bong", the lyrics for "The Lumberjack Song" and the script for the
stoning scene from "The Life Of Brian".
That brings us nicely onto the songs, as well as the films. Generally the films get a clean
run, although "Monty Python & The Holy Grail" & "Life Of Brian" get to share their discs with half of
"The Contractual Obligation Album".
There is little comedy that is as sustaining as this, with the possible exception of The
Goodies and those old Not The Nine O'Clock News albums. Part of the reason for that is the off
the wall nature of the material. Somehow despite the fact you know what is going to happen it's still
funny.
This is good stuff, and to use a really nasty pun, here is an opportunity to get the full monty.
This is is an opportunity not to be missed. A chance to look on the brightside of life where every
sperm is sacred and every parrot dead and you're never quite sure when the Spanish Inquisition is
going to appear.