Monty Python - Away from it all 1 of 2

Before the screening of Monty Pythons Life of Brian, a short travelogue was shown, starting fairly normally it descends into a mad rant, "Never enough Gondolas" I say. Not fantastic quality, please let me know if you have a better copy........
The original source has now been discovered, The Monty Python Museum http://www.youtube.com/user/themontypythonmuseum Thanks.......
And apparently there is a copyright issue and that is why it has remained hidden for all this time.....

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Monty
• Python
• Away
• From
• It
• All
• Travelogue
• Gondolas

[themontypythonmuseum]

Well, well, well. Exactly the same copy I put on the internet. You could at least have given me credit for digging it up.

[crunners2]

Is that where I got it from, thanks for finding it, I mean no disrespect, many people are grateful for you finding it, and I am happy to give credit.

[rosscorr]

I have waited 29 years to see this again, thank goodness for You Tube. Can't understand why this little gem has been lost for so long and surprised it never appeared as an extra on The Life or Brian DVD.

[cleeselover]

How come they didn't include this with any of the (many) versions of "Life of Brian" that have been released?

[Xervosh23]

"Venice...watery birthplace of old Shylock," LOL!!!

[Fruitmonger]

@themontypythonmuseum The clips uploaded by you seem slightly better quality, although ironically they have less viewers. Still, it's great to see this again at last. I long wondered how something so memorable could be so hard to track down. So I commend anyone making this available, and I note the context - a travelogue spoof which wasn't obvious at first, but became obvious as it progressed. That was key to the spoof.

[Fruitmonger]

@joeytwomugs P.s. The "more of those fff**king gondolas" in pt 2 clip is THE moment of clarity. In Ireland, there's excessive corny lines,

"individually hand-reared" prawns. In then-communist Bulgaria, commentary on th oppressed populace: "peace and tranquility, my arse". By then we had no doubt it was a Python spoof, & it 'unravels' from there. Over time, with no re-release, "gondolas" was the most salient memory, with few other clues to track this down - hence the significance of this clip.

[Fruitmonger]

@joeytwomugs Part 2 of comment, if this works. Only with the delivery of the gondolas punchline did we know for certain that this WAS a Monty Python sketch, and not a slightly oddball travelogue aimed at not losing our attention before it finnished.

It's partly for that reason - the magic 'aha' moment - that it captured our memories. You can get a sense of that by watching it again, pts 1-2 imagining yourself wondering whether this is a real travelogue or not, until that moment of clarity

[Fruitmonger]

@joeytwomugs You're partly right. Watch part 2. The 'travelogue' played before the film, similar to short-films played back then.

It starts out 'ordinary'. The first clue of anything is "gondolas, gondolas, gondolas. Everywhere, gondolas" - which is the lead-up to a punchline, but we didn't know it yet. tt could still be a real travelogue. Even the leprechaun mention seems ok w the shift to Ireland. THEN Cleese's voice becomes recognisable, and the plot goes heads to an existential rant

[joeytwomugs]

Cleese is always funny, but I really think this is something that can only be appreciated if you saw it the first time round. Seems a bit staid to me and no, I am not American or a teenager.

[OriTheEep]

This was brilliant! Thanks hugely for uploading, I'd never expected to see it again.

[themontypythonmuseum]

Yes, alright, but what surprised me was that somehow, this one comes up first when searching. That isn't your fault but you can imagine I was a bit surprised.