Monty Python The Lumberjack George Harrison Tribute 2002

[mlrichardson84]

Oh Michael Palin, you kill me every time! Why do you have to be old enough to be my dad? Maybe in another life...

[ThatGothicChick]

I still get choked up at 5:38…

[therookpiece]

Michael Palin can still cut it!

[twaalfendertig]

I couldn't find John Cleese, Wasn't he there?

[dunny8872]

@twaalfendertig John Cleese wasn't there, but you might spot Tom Hanks standing in for him.

[TheLichruler]

@rsvpblogger

Either that's not Carol Cleveland, or she doesn't age... at all.

[biggles1111]

I like the theme music when Michael walks in. Very Pythony-cheesy. I'm sure George would've loved this tribute.

[llawfhionn]

Neil Innes was a Bonzo and went on tour with the Pythons.

[alinemerrow]

both Michael and Carol look adorable :-)

[SuperBeatlesForever]

Ya know I saw this when they first aired it on the telly :D

I LOVE THIS SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[effinpeaz]

Man, I love Michael Palin. So funneh. :)

[TheMattMan095]

them showing their asses was really uncool. men shouldnt make it so easy for women to see em naked really....

[TheMattMan095]

wtf does he say? "i dont want to go on all night giving tributes"?

i cant tell what the first part is, if its i dont want to, i didnt want to, i never wanted to....WTF IS HE SAYING

2:57

[hippyfriend]

@TheMattMan095 He said "are like opposite poles of a m- Oh, I didn't want to do this! I don't want to go on all night giving tributes, I wanted to be... A lumberjack!"

[namron93]

Isn't it Tom Hanks down to the right in the Lumberjack-choir?

[bradrick86]

She looks like she hasn't aged a day since the series was on TV

[DustBGD89]

I can`t believe someone disliked this...

[vieta1972]

The COOLEST :):):)

Salute The Crowd & Salute The MAN.........

R.I.P. George You ARE Missed

[BakaPyros]

God, I love Palin. I just kept waiting for him to do his cheesy game show host talk. (A-ha ha ha, *chews imaginary gum*)

Also, it's just not the same when you don't have Chapman's face staring at you from the sea of Mounties. He just played authority figures perfectly. (This is getting awfully silly...)

And where the hell is John Cleese?

Anyway, the whole concert is just bloody fantastic. 

[RwBguardian]

"LOL the Lumberjack song OMG I have this DVD and enjoyed it n all its emotional roller coaster ride tht it is!"

[DVDFreaker]

It is awesome that Tom Hanks is in it!

[ryuman757]

monty python puts this "fun" back in "funeral" 8D

[forthewinkitty]

Yes, George became good friends with Eric Idle, and he later mortgaged his home to help them finance their film Life of Brian.

[THECLARENCES]

Amazing!

xoxo

The Clarences

[filippone55157]

awesome!

[hbkgirl75]

michael <3

[matonmagic]

John Cleese may have been a funny man, but he is one MF as a person. George Harrison DID hock his house and some of his guitars to do 'The life of Brian'. Good gamble.

[nowandzen7]

George would have totally loved their attitude and spirit, how lucky they were to be mates!!

[LostUntilTomorrow]

I believe Monty Python got a huge donation from George for his

Movie on the life of david that george got from taking out a mortgage on his house...possibly why monty did this?

[nafruito]

Well, George had always been a huge fan of Monty Python, and then later became really close friends with Eric Idle.

[frankydman]

@nafruito

I think I read somewhere that George made a cameo in one of the Python's movies... Life of Brian I believe.

[walleyrange]

I hope Cleese had a good excuse

[forthewinkitty]

This is just amazing! What a great tribute to such a wonderful man. The Beatles and Monty Python = awesome!

RIP George, John (Lennon) and Graham

[venomchickkk]

ERIC IDOL!!

[highlander2121]

Where is John Cleese? I don't see him :-|

[leahkkaps]

palin is just adorable. too bad john couldnt make it...

and of course RIP gray & george alike

[Joebobzilla]

don't forget graham chapman

[Czeppelin]

Palin is the funniest man ever. :D

[vulcanicspice]

Lol, Tom Hanks? Random.

I love this concert (and monty python :D) but i can't really watch it, I get so sad thinking that he's really gone :'(

[JohnzillaTheHun]

is bottom right tom hanks?

[claytonave]

Yes it is.

[RSVPBlogger]

Woohoo for Carol Cleveland. Still looking hot.

[simpsonsfan2007]

Michael Palin is hilarious!

[GroteB]

@simpsonsfan2007 Yeah, after so many years it's still hilarious!

[kcsarah]

Haha mighty python i like this sketch R.I.P George

[fosseseptique]

I was there and despite the depressingly inevitable behaviour of the aggresive liverpudlian cunts i encountered in the queue it was one of the best gigs i've even been to...no wonder the fucking beatles got out of the place as soon as they could!

[BgrahamJ27]

Oh, poor little love, did you have to mix with rough Liverpudliuns to watch the greatist concert ever. Boohoo

[brucecolrabi]

first i thought: where the hell is tom hanks ? but then i found him... but very hard to see on the first look i guess

[hammerogod]

If it were not for The Beatles & Monty Python nobody would even know where England was.

*why didn't Cleese show up?*

[thenewmodfather]

he was ill

[Monterey2am]

The Scottish would - we've been fighting them for years. Mostly inappropriately.

[pofacimo]

Americans wouldn't, but then they don't know where America is either.

[Vadergeek]

Of course we would, there's so much history. It's just that we'd think of it as "that island we used to not like but now we do".

[bonkett28]

sit on my face and tell me that u love me...hahah very python

[whirlyfan]

why is tom hanks their 4 its monty python song ! shoulda just let it be 4 of them !

[wethackrey]

Ton Hanks is, indeed, standing in on this clip. He on the far right in the front row.

[jklove81]

also one of the lumberjacks is tom hanks i do believe

[paulcussion12]

Yeah, that's right! Tom Hanks was standing in for John Cleese because John doesn't perform anymore!

[jklove81]

one is john cleese who is well known actor in harry potter as nick the ghost

[Jakeb0y]

he was a Python

[Ianpbx]

Unless I didn't see that bit, they should have had The Rutles appear.

[voltairespunk]

they did a close up after the first song and you could see dhani dying of laughter.

[Dill70]

Who was the 4th guy in 'sit on my face?"

It was Eric, Terry, Terry and ??

[peterack]

That is Neil Innes - famed "minor" pyton - sang "How Sweet to Be an Idiot" (which one can find here on YouTube) and even more well known as the "John Lennon" in "The Rutles" - he is older, heavier and balder (wow...like my own life trajectory)... but still funny.

[peterack]

By the way...IN THIS CLIP...NEIL INNES...is the guy in the long coat and cap..playing piano during the Lumberjack song.

[verybigliar]

Neil Innes also sang ''Brave Sir Robin'' in The Holy Grail...

[RedMoore129]

Witty!!!

[lucynaribola]

I love how the audience reacts to the words "I wanted to be...", everybody knew what was going to happen!!!

[TBomb068]

Monty Python RULES!

[sanna75]

"All of us gathered here in this great hall of Albert!" Hehe, I LOVE Michael :-)

[robertaplantledzep]

wow, mike looks old

[peterack]

You think? He is grayer...but otherwise still (to me) looking much the same.

[voltairespunk]

just like eric, i think.

[ModOrRocker]

why did they change it from rugged to butch? I liked rugged much better for some reason.

[pyrophiliac]

connie booth was better, i didn't like how the girl moved about so much in this one

[atombomb31458]

Carol Cleveland is tsill a babe

[Oddmartian2]

I wonder why John Cleese wasn't here?

P.S. If you like Eric Idle, check out my concert clips of him.

[BroadwayBabe121]

I SAW ERIC IDLE'S BOOTY! My life is now complete.

haha.

I have this on DVD, I just loved George Harrison so much, what a terrible waste! At least his Tribute was so good. I hope mine is.

[eightfootmanchild]

Wow, they even got Carol Cleveland. Awesome.

[corporalclegg07]

Jah, tis class, but why is Tom Hanks there?

[hrodriguezjr]

Tom Hanks was there to replace Graham Chapman. Chapman passed away, exactly 18 years ago this past October 4th. I dont care how great of an actor Hanks is, he shouldnt be in the skit in the first place, its a Monty Python skit!

[Gibbo118]

who the hell is that bald bloke?

[chiefchumley]

The DVD credits indicate that it is Neil Innes. IMDB says that he played First Monk/Singing Minstrel/Page Crushed by the Rabbit, in the holy grail.

[mrface19]

@chiefchumley Think he was in Hollywood Bowl.. he sang a couple of songs.

[NekoNagisaKaworu]

@chiefchumley Innes was part of The Bonzo Doo-Dah Dog Band. The Dog Band were the in-house band for the tv show "Do Not Adjust Your Set" which featured Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. He was also the leader of The Beatles parody band The Rutles. George Harrison was in The Rutles Movie. The Dog Band themselves appeared in The Beatles movie "Magical Mystery Tour".

[zijnemajesteit]

@chiefchumley Yes, it is indeed Neil Innes. He and Eric Idle were the brains behind the Rutles, remember?

George Harrison played a part in "all you need is cash".

[graytart]

Neil Innes, songwriter from the Bonzo Dog Band, toured with Python and wrote the music to a lot of their songs. He was a good friend of George's and was some of his videos (True Love, Crackerbox Palace, When We Was Fab).

[AMRPK]

@Gibbo118 Neil Innes

[stratman123]

@Gibbo118 That "bald bloke" is Neil Innes-The genius behind "The Rutles"-The Prefab Four! A legend that will last a lunchtime! Ron Nasty!!! (He was also in "The Magical Mystery Tour".

[Fozziemax]

@Gibbo118 And Innes was responsible for the music score of "Holy Grail", for example the Camelot-song.

[davetheguitarplayer]

gotta love the fact that Tom Hanks is singing too (kneeling mounty, front row, far right of screen).

[chiefchumley]

Yeah, you can't make him out with this poor resolution. Makes you wonder how he knew George.

[bayster912]

Neil Innes was a member of the anarchic UK band the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band in the 60s. Paul McCartney produced their 1968 UK hit single 'I'm The Urban Spaceman' under the pseudonym of 'Apollo C Vermouth'. After the break up of the band Neil Innes toured with Python in the mid 70s and as George was an avid Python fan, they became firm friends. Neil appears in the video for George's song 'Crackerbox Palace' which is posted on here.

[lanc3fight4freedom]

@chiefchumley Who didn't?