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The Curse of the Vampire's Socks: And Other Doggerel
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128 pages, Hardcover
First published May 31, 1990
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Terry Jones
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Terence Graham Parry Jones was a Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian, writer and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in English, Jones and writing partner Michael Palin wrote and performed for several high-profile British comedy programmes, including Do Not Adjust Your Set and The Frost Report, before creating Monty Python's Flying Circus with Cambridge graduates Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Eric Idle and American animator-filmmaker Terry Gilliam. Jones was largely responsible for the programme's innovative, surreal structure, in which sketches flowed from one to the next without the use of punch lines. He made his directorial debut with Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which he co-directed with Gilliam, and also directed the subsequent Python films Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
Jones co-created and co-wrote with Palin the anthology series Ripping Yarns. He also wrote an early draft of Jim Henson's film Labyrinth and is credited with the screenplay, though little of his work actually remained in the final cut. Jones was a well-respected medieval historian, having written several books and presented television documentaries about the period, as well as a prolific children's author. In 2016, Jones received a Lifetime Achievement award at the BAFTA Cymru Awards for his outstanding contribution to television and film. After living for several years with a degenerative aphasia, he gradually lost the ability to speak and died in 2020 from frontotemporal dementia.
There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name
Terence Graham Parry Jones was a Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian, writer and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.
After graduating from Oxford University with a degree in English, Jones and writing partner Michael Palin wrote and performed for several high-profile British comedy programmes, including Do Not Adjust Your Set and The Frost Report, before creating Monty Python's Flying Circus with Cambridge graduates Graham Chapman, John Cleese, and Eric Idle and American animator-filmmaker Terry Gilliam. Jones was largely responsible for the programme's innovative, surreal structure, in which sketches flowed from one to the next without the use of punch lines. He made his directorial debut with Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which he co-directed with Gilliam, and also directed the subsequent Python films Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life.
Jones co-created and co-wrote with Palin the anthology series Ripping Yarns. He also wrote an early draft of Jim Henson's film Labyrinth and is credited with the screenplay, though little of his work actually remained in the final cut. Jones was a well-respected medieval historian, having written several books and presented television documentaries about the period, as well as a prolific children's author. In 2016, Jones received a Lifetime Achievement award at the BAFTA Cymru Awards for his outstanding contribution to television and film. After living for several years with a degenerative aphasia, he gradually lost the ability to speak and died in 2020 from frontotemporal dementia.
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June 14, 2021
These are giddy, funny, nonsensical poems that take odd premises and run with them. What if your clothes decided to run off and stage a revolt? What if a man decided to live like a rabbit? Is there a way uneaten food celebrates not going down your gullet? What is the likely fate of an unfortunately deformed Viking?
The tales are humorous, occasionally poignant, with just the right touch of whimsy to appeal to young children and provide food for thought to adults (the ending poem provides a tragicomic touch as we consider the fate that awaits all of us).
This member of the Monty Python troupe reminds us—happily—that the line between adulthood and childhood is sometimes very slender indeed.
The tales are humorous, occasionally poignant, with just the right touch of whimsy to appeal to young children and provide food for thought to adults (the ending poem provides a tragicomic touch as we consider the fate that awaits all of us).
This member of the Monty Python troupe reminds us—happily—that the line between adulthood and childhood is sometimes very slender indeed.
December 2, 2023
A lovely collection of funny, creative and I think important poems that children should read.
The Day the Animals Talked is especially poignant, and I think children should read it, as it gives a lighthearted look at how animals suffer at the expense of humans.
Jones seemed to be on the side of the animals to a degree, which is admirable.
The Day the Animals Talked is especially poignant, and I think children should read it, as it gives a lighthearted look at how animals suffer at the expense of humans.
Jones seemed to be on the side of the animals to a degree, which is admirable.
September 11, 2020
Probably a little out of my kiddos age range. We will return to this when they are older. I, of course, loved it knowing Mr. Jones' work as well as I do, may he rest in peace.
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