Michael Palin the Lumberjack Song

The Hudson Union Society™ is where todays leaders come to discuss tomorrows ideas. If you live not too far away from New York City, please join us in person. Michael Palin, one of the founders, stars, and writers of Monty Python who continues to be one of the most influential comedians and actors in the World. Palins memorable TV and film projects include Monty Pythons Flying Circus, Life of Brian, A Fish Called Wanda, Time Bandits, Brazil, The Missionary, Fierce Creatures, Around The World In 80 Days, Pole To Pole, Full Circle, Sahara, Himalayas, and Hemingway. In A Fish Called Wanda Palin stole the film as a hit man with a stutter who has a love for animals. The incredibly multi-talented Palin also brought hard to reach places in the World in a hilarious way to peoples homes through television in his brilliant travel series that shows Palin battling blizzards, bullets, diarrhea, bomb scare, transportation on top of a train, and camel. Monty Python was a series of crucial importance in the development of comedy on a global scale and in various media. But although Monty Python is the most analyzed comedy program of all time it remains difficult to convey in print the sheer bombastic vitality of a show that seemed to break all the rules and then establish completely new ones. Some of Palins most memorable sketches (like 'The Argument Sketch', wherein a man pays to argue; 'The Dead Parrot Sketch', where a dissatisfied customer seeks recompense from the pet-shop dealer who sold him a deceased feathered-friend; and 'The Cheese Shop Sketch', where a man tries to buy cheese from a dedicated store that is nonetheless entirely devoid of the stuff), all featuring Michael Palin and John Cleese. Palin was often the perfect foil to the rising ire of characters portrayed by John Cleese. One of Palins funniest and most loved sketches was the lumberjack of the Lumberjack Song. The series even spawned a collection of catchphrases which belied its innovative style, the most famous being the link line 'And now for something completely different', and others including 'My brain hurts' and lines associated with individual sketches like 'Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!' and 'Nudge-nudge, wink-wink, say no more!' All told, the programes featured a fantastically oddball set of characters: manic game-show hosts, exaggerated stereotyped Australians, aspirant lumberjacks, heroic bicycle repairmen, funny walking people, and many more of that wonderfully inventive ilk. One of Monty Pythons funniest and biggest film successes was the Life of Brian, which was a spoof on organized religion set in biblical times and concerning an ordinary guy who is mistaken for the Messiah. In essence, the Monty Python team are the comedy equivalent of the Beatles. Monty Python continues to entertain and influence new generations and inspire emerging creative talents. And, like the Beatles in the field of music, while other new acts come along and temporarily grab the headlines, none can challenge Monty Python's everlasting supremacy in the field of TV comedy and film.

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