Monty Python FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Spam, Grails, Spam, Nudging, Bruces and Spam

by Brian Cogan, Chris Barsanti, Jeff Massey

(FAQ). Ni! Peng! Nee-wom! Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, revered and august publisher of weighty tomes on all things histrionic, is proud to present Monty Python FAQ: Everything You Ever May Certainly Did Not Perhaps Wanted to Know About the Genius of the Pythons, the only 127% unauthorized guide to the greatest comedy troupe to ever feature Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin, to what is doubtlessly an astute and discerning global audience! Written in Applause's popular FAQ format, this behemoth pack a broad range of historical trivia, trivial history, illicit paraphernalia, and sophomoric overeducation into a tastefully apportioned ranged of eminently readable, silly-walk-accessible chapters sure to delight Python newcomers and veterans alike. Rather than offering narrow analyses of the quintet's work, Monty Python FAQ ganders at the big picture, tracing the Pythons across space, time, and media format. This noble quest for meaning leaves no turn unstoned, from the Pythons' time immersed in the sketch comedy scene they grew out of to their boundary-breaking, undefinable, anarchic new style, from their comedic influences to biographical info on each of the individual Pythons (including an examination of their lives and work post-Python), from the book's front cover to its reverse, and from the beginning of this sentence to its mawkish and merciful end. Much like the troupe itself, the writers of Monty Python FAQ stuff their work with allusions to canonical literature and philosophy, but never forgot that sometimes it's just as funny to see somebody get slapped in the face with a fish. DUCK! Other selling points include: * 60% more fish-slapping than any other Monty Python book on or slightly underneath the market! * No joke names, but plenty of bad Latin! * In-depth, cogent, and rapier-witted insights (not to mention naughty limericks and highly questionable assertions)! * Not one, not two, but THREE authors: Chris Barsanti, Jeff Massey, Brian Cogan! * Candid commentary ... nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what we mean?

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, Humor

392 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 2017

About the author

Brian Cogan, Ph.D., is a professor, author, media consultant, pop culture expert and musician. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communications at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, Long Island, NY. Professor Cogan received his Ph.D. from NYU in Media Ecology, and his specific areas of research interest are music (with a special emphasis on punk rock), comic books and graphic novels, and the intersection of politics and popular culture. Dr. Cogan also works as a consultant for branding companies. He has been interviewed by various media outlets, including NPR and Chicago Public Radio.

Reviews

[Michael Samerdyke · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was a huge Monty Python fan in high school and college. Haven't really followed them since the late Eighties.

This book was a terrific re-introduction to the Pythons. It brings their solo careers up to the present, and their evaluation of various projects seems on the money. (Season Four, Yellowbeard, and Erik the Viking are just pretty weak.)

No, this won't make me discard the books by Kim "Howard" Johnson or "From Fringe to Flying Circus," but this was a thoughtful book that made me think and remember some good things.

[Bonnie Dale Keck · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not kindle unlimited, not ebook at all. This was paperback, won it from goodreads in one of their drawings that the writer{s} set up to give away a copy or 2 in the hopes of the review. Took me a while {had to sight read it, legally blind, so took 'forever' to get through it, but hey Python}. Don't make me smack you with a duck.

Monty Python FAQ: Everything You Ever May Certainly Did Not Perhaps Wanted to Know About the Genius of the Pythons

The only 127% unauthorized guide to the greatest comedy troupe to ever feature Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin, to what is doubtlessly an astute and discerning global audience! This book is packed with a broad range of historical trivia, trivial history, illicit paraphernalia, and sophomoric overeducation into a tastefully apportioned ranged of eminently readable, silly-walk-accessible chapters sure to delight Python newcomers and veterans alike. Rather than offering narrow analyses of the quintet's work, Monty Python FAQ ganders at the big picture, tracing the Pythons across space, time, and media format, including their post-Python work}. Other selling points include: * 60% more fish-slapping than any other Monty Python book on or slightly underneath the market! * No joke names, but plenty of bad Latin! * In-depth, cogent, and rapier-witted insights (not to mention naughty limericks and highly questionable assertions)! * Not one, not two, but THREE authors: Chris Barsanti, Jeff Massey, Brian Cogan! * Candid commentary ... nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what we mean?

Yes, I know, that's the blurb the put out by the writer{s}; does anyone else really need to add anything else, beyond the rating?

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I won this book from a giveaway at Goodreads. I wanted to win this book so I could gift it to my brother, whom I fondly remember sitting up at night in front of the TV laughing his head off. I was only 4 or 5 years old, and I just didn't understand what was so funny. I did enjoy the circus-like music, that I remember. Fast-forward to my teenage years, it was then that I fully understood and became a big fan! So, of course, I had to read the book myself before sending it off to my brother. It brought back some fond memories and I laughed out loud at times. Now I have to find the series on DVD! I only gave it 4 stars for the lack of sound-effect buttons, you know, like some kid's books have! Now that would be well deserving of 5 stars!

[Kevin Parsons · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good overview of the history of the show as well as the careers of the individuals. Solid but not ground breaking.

[Eelco den Heijer · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book reads like a poor explanation of an excellent joke; I suggest to just watch the Flying Circus episodes and/ or the movies….