Nudge, Nudge — Monty Python turns 40
Today, the Beatles of comedy turns 40. The following sketch qualifies as the “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” of Monty Python:
This version of “Nudge Nudge Wink Wink” (officlally known as “Candid Photography”) was shot live at the Hollywood Bowl in 1981, which is why the brilliant Terry Jones says his wife is from Glendale — rather than the English town of Purley, which is what he says on the TV versions shot much earlier in a studio in London. The last word (“like”) is cut off here, but I still think it’s the best version.
Please tell me, what’s your favorite Monty Python skit? Which is your “Yellow Submarine,” your “Help,” your “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” of the greatest comedy group of all time?
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