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15 Facts about “Monty Python and the Holy Grail”
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For the heck of it, here’s Michael Palin’s version of the origin of the name:
“Among other titles we tried unsuccessfully to get past the BBC were ‘Whither Canada?’ ‘Ow! It’s Colin Plint,’ ‘A Horse, a Spoon, and a Bucket,’ ‘The Toad Elevating Moment,’ ‘The Algy Banging Hour,’ and ‘Owl Stretching Time.’ Increasingly irritated, the BBC suggested the Flying Circus bit and we eventually compromised by adding the name of Monty Python.”
– Michael Palin, Diaries 1969 – 1979: The Python Years, 2006, p.1(n)
Also:
“Tuesday, April 30th [1974], Ballachulish
First day of filming. ….
Such is the economy on this film that not only do the actors have a mini-bus rather than cars to go to the location, but they also have to drive it.
..
Graham as King Arthur got vertigo and couldn’t go across the bridge. He spent the day rather unhappily cold and shaking. Eric and I and John sat around listening to stories from the Mountain Rescue boys about how many people perish on these spectacular mountains each year. Five or six deaths usually.”
– Michael Palin, Diaries 1969 – 1979: The Python Years, 2006, p.186.
Have you ever noticed that the script for Monty Python’s “Flying Circus” looks suspiciously similar to the script of Pussy Galour’s “Flying Circus” from the movie Goldfinger?