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"I was a great Lucille Ball fan. I did actually want to be Lucille Ball. Or Marilyn Monroe. I didn't care which."
"We didn't know who she was when we started the series. John Howard Davies cast her and we all liked her, so from then on, we used her for all but the more upper-class roles. We simply liked what she did; she was very easy to get along with, she could be very silly when required and she didn't have an excessive sense of dignity."
"Carol … was the unsung heroine because she was so spot on. We never had to tell her how to play a scene, she just had a Python way of thinking about it."
"One day, when we were doing a read-through, the boys realised they had forgotten to cast another male to be in a jungle sketch. Rather than make an urgent phone call, Michael suggested that I do it instead. It turned out to be one of my most enjoyable sketches, because it was so silly! I'm dressed exactly as they are, in khaki shorts and a pith helmet, with a huge moustache and speaking in a very low gravelly voice. There was no disguising I'm a female though, as I still have my lipstick and false eyelashes on. After that they often put me in men's roles!"
"… I had to read [the script for the first episode of Flying Circus] several times in order to try and make some sense of it. The sketches ended strangely or sometimes didn't seem to end at all! Others had an odd beginning too. It certainly wasn't the sort of humour I was used to and I wasn't quite sure what to make of it all."
"When [the Pythons] discovered that I had a flair for comedy, the roles got more interesting. Michael … was always the one [to recommend me]; I think if it hadn't been for Michael, I probably always would have just been the glamour stooge."
"Terry Gilliam:"
"Eric Idle:"
"John Cleese:"
"Graham Chapman:"
"And now! At Last! Another film completely different from some of the other films which aren't quite the same as this one is."
"Makes Ben Hur look like an Epic!"
"Sets The Cinema Back 900 Years!"
"Neil Innes:"
"Carol Cleveland:"
"Connie Booth:"
"Michael Palin:"
"Terry Jones:"
"Hank Azaria - Sir Lancelot, French Taunter, Knight of Ni, Tim the Enchanter"
"Christopher Sieber - Sir Dennis Galahad, The Black Knight, Prince Herbert's father"
"Steve Rosen - Dennis' mother, Sir Bedevere, Concorde"
"Sara Ramirez - The Lady of the Lake"
"Michael McGrath - Mayor, Patsy, Guard 2"
"Christian Borle - Historian, Not Dead Fred, French Guard, Minstrel, Prince Herbert"
"David Hyde Pierce - Sir Robin, Guard 1, Brother Maynard"
"Tim Curry - King Arthur"
"Stand aside, Mrs. Galahad, while the Lady of the Lake, and her Laker Girls, welcome your son to my army!"
"God be praised, we have a quest!"
"Defeat at the castle in Act One seems to have utterly disheartened King Arthur. The ferocity of the French taunting took him completely by surprise."
"[After the ensemble sings about Finland] I said, ENGLAND!"
"This man was Arthur, King of the Britons. For this... was... England!"
"In Mercia and the two Anglias - plague, with a 50% chance of pestilence and famine coming out of the Northwest at twelve miles per hour."
"Graham Chapman: Brother, Police Officer, Official # 1, Man at Sidewalk, Student # 1, Colonel, Officer # 2, Sir Edward Ross, Singer, Restaurant Guest, Man Who Writes Complaint, Twit # 5"
"Connie Booth: The lumberjack's best girl"
"A graffiti writing is shown: "MAKE TEA, NOT LOVE""
"Terry Gilliam: Man with Woman's voice"
"Carol Cleveland: Dierdre Pewtey, Gilliam's voice, Story Teller, Flasher Woman # 3, Chapman's Wife in Restaurant, Brian's Wife"
"Michael Palin: Man With Tape Recorder Up His Nose, Arthur Pewtey, Student # 3, Grannie, Military Trainee, "My Place" Man, voice of Shrill Petrol Man, Seduced Milkman, Ernest Scribbler, Soldier, Pet Shop Owner, Lumberjack, Head Waiter, Herbert Anchovy, Twit # 3"
"Terry Jones: Emcee, Tobacconist, Judge, Hungarian # 2, Man at Bar, Student # 2, Grannie, Biker Man, Military Trainee, Flasher, Ken Ewing, Milkman, Soldier, Singer, Gaston the waiter, Nude Organist, Brian, Nigel "Incubator" Jones"
"Eric Idle: Official # 2, Marriage Guidance Counselor, Arthur Nudge, Student # 4, Narrator, Military Trainee, Flasher Woman # 1, Emcee # 2, Colonel # 2, Voice of Old Man Reader, Singer, Manager, Shop Owner, Office Worker # 1, Mrs. Davies, Twit # 2."
"John Cleese: "And now for something..." announcer, Hungarian Man # 1, Instructor, Military Trainee, Sir George Head, Officer # 3, Flasher Woman # 2, Colonel # 3, Voice of animated apologizing man, Mr. Praline, Singer, Mungo the Cook, Office Worker # 2, Vocational Guidance Councelor, Twit # 1, Parrot owner."
"I have suffered for my music. Now it's your turn."
"How sweet to be an idiot At my back With no fear of attack As much retaliation as a toy."
"Terry Jones"