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catchnrelease

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14. My Python close encounters...
Fri Oct 5, 2012, 04:01 PM
Oct 2012

I got to see them perform not once but twice at the Hollywood Bowl. One of the nights we had front row seats, and when they did the Bruces Philosophers Song, Michael Palin threw cans of Fosters Lager into the audience, and I managed to catch one! Still have the stupid thing to this day. Those 'concerts' were so fun.

Many years later, John Cleese was visiting my workplace while he was promo-ing his Fierce Creatures film. When I heard he was there I went over really just to catch a glimpse of him, but ended up getting a hug!! I told him about being at the Bowl and he laughed and said "We were all much younger then". A friend snapped a photo of the hug and I have it but can't find it! One of those "I'll put it in a safe place" things....argh!

Still a die-hard fan. Look at these old geezers.....

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I am the proud owner of a burlap sack annabanana Oct 2012 #1
You should have waited for more coconuts to migrate. Gidney N Cloyd Oct 2012 #9
43 years, doesn't seem possible! DawgHouse Oct 2012 #2
Spam, Spam, and Spam Brother Buzz Oct 2012 #3
It's Graybeard Oct 2012 #4
The Philosophers' Football Match struggle4progress Oct 2012 #5
A couple of my favorite brief Python pieces hifiguy Oct 2012 #6
"We interviewers are more than a match for the likes of you, "Two-Sheds!" HughBeaumont Oct 2012 #7
Nobody expected this!! longship Oct 2012 #8
One of the best shows ever malaise Oct 2012 #10
My parrots are very alive thank you very much nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #11
Flashback teenage laugh fest Tsiyu Oct 2012 #12
Once upon a time... Javaman Oct 2012 #13
Throat (tonsil) Cancer, not aids. CBGLuthier Oct 2012 #17
I stand corrected. Javaman Oct 2012 #21
My Python close encounters... catchnrelease Oct 2012 #14
Way to make us all feel old. Well done. Warpy Oct 2012 #15
In observation, I'm going to confuse the cat Retrograde Oct 2012 #16
Lemming . . . Lemming . . . Lemming of the BDAaaa . . . HughBeaumont Oct 2012 #18
The Larch. BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #19
Ni! Ni! n/t porphyrian Oct 2012 #20
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