Monty Python's lone Welshman, purveyor of spam, succumbs to frontotemporal dementia.
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Monty Python’s Terry Jones joins the choir invisible
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If I may be so bold to speak for us all, let me just say
"Oh shit, it's Mr. Creosote!"
"Oh shit, it's Mr. Creosote!"
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Terry's first wife, Alison Telfer is an accomplished biochemist. I'd meet up with her occasionally at London photosynthesis meetings (she did a lot of work on Photosystem II function and regulation). A scream in the pub afterwards.
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We knew this day would come. He lasted longer than expected. Let's hope the passing was gentle.
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It became a fun pastime for our household as the years went by, when watching something and hearing a falsetto voice in the background...
"I think that's Terry Jones..."
One IMDB check later...yep. Totally. Will be missed.
"I think that's Terry Jones..."
One IMDB check later...yep. Totally. Will be missed.
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Yes, and, as this is a solemn day, I'm not going to say "I bet she does". Although she probably wouldn't mind if I did.
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Should be Jones, not Gilliam.
[moonsharksays]All Terrys look alike to Moonshark.[/moonsharksays]
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RIP Terry Jones, you glorious wodger. Sad day indeed.
Edit: Looking forward to the funeral!
Edit: Looking forward to the funeral!
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I agree, in that Jones was not my favorite Python. However as a consumer, I'm inclined to bias my judgment towards those whose acting or delivery strikes my fancy more, which unfortunately neglects the actual writing or producing. And from what I've read, Jones was instrumental in creating the overall feel and tone of the show. And for that, I raise my glass.
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What a tough year for those that helped define who I am.
Sigh. Neil Peart earlier in the month and now Terry Jones.
I always though Terry was the great straight man in many of the sketches.
RIP Terry (and Neil)
Edit: Was thinking Terry Jones was the Lumberjack based on bad old memories. That was Michael Palin. Jones was a writer of the lyrics.
Sigh. Neil Peart earlier in the month and now Terry Jones.
I always though Terry was the great straight man in many of the sketches.
RIP Terry (and Neil)
Edit: Was thinking Terry Jones was the Lumberjack based on bad old memories. That was Michael Palin. Jones was a writer of the lyrics.
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RIP.
He helped make untold millions of people laugh, which is something anyone would be proud of.
It was rather sad to see how hard he was struggling during 2014's Monty Python Live (Mostly) (which I did not watch until after the diagnosis announcement) but it was great that they were able to do it one last time.
Dementia is truly frightening. Who are you? Not anymore.
He helped make untold millions of people laugh, which is something anyone would be proud of.
It was rather sad to see how hard he was struggling during 2014's Monty Python Live (Mostly) (which I did not watch until after the diagnosis announcement) but it was great that they were able to do it one last time.
Dementia is truly frightening. Who are you? Not anymore.
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I think he would take it as a mark of pride were we to simply say of his contributions: "He's been a naughty boy!"*
And, Eric, as to this:
Same for me, but it was on a Sunday night out of the Chicago PBS station, which meant I also had to convince my dad it was okay for me to do this on a school night.
edit: eh, daemonios beat me to it.
And, Eric, as to this:
Same for me, but it was on a Sunday night out of the Chicago PBS station, which meant I also had to convince my dad it was okay for me to do this on a school night.
edit: eh, daemonios beat me to it.
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Go with the nice man, Terry.
"And don't apologize! Every time I try to talk to someone, it's "I'm sorry" this, and "forgive me" that, and 'I'm not worthy'..."
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He is no more.
He has ceased to be. Bereft of life, he rests in peace. Kicked the bucket, popped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it ... and gone to meet the Head of Light Entertainment in the Sky.
He's an ex-Python.
(... and had his last mint too ...)
RIP Terry. Two down, Three to go.
He has ceased to be. Bereft of life, he rests in peace. Kicked the bucket, popped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it ... and gone to meet the Head of Light Entertainment in the Sky.
He's an ex-Python.
(... and had his last mint too ...)
RIP Terry. Two down, Three to go.
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Time for me to pull out my old VCR library and see if I still have a working player.
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I guess I avoid non-Ars news too much and didn't even see about Peart. Boo. Today is extra frownie, now.
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This JUST popped into my recommended on YouTube. I had NEVER seen it. It's a deleted segment from Meaning of Life, featuring Terry.
Monty Python - Adventures of Martin Luther
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXzubuENjHk
Monty Python - Adventures of Martin Luther
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXzubuENjHk
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I bought the most recent DVD release of the entire series (having been promised that, finally, this one was free of edits), and I'm glad to say that the transfer looks incredible.
If you can, splurge.
EDIT: Blu-Ray, not DVD. My age is showing.
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There was an article a year or two ago in the NY Times? Maybe? I forget where. But it discussed how, post-diagnosis, Michael Palin (with whom Terry most often paired with for writing duties within the troupe) made it a point to visit Terry at his home regularly, and to walk around the grounds together as old friends. And how, over time, Terry became less and less able to communicate and seemed less aware of who Palin was and the history they had shared; how they mostly just walked silently, and how Palin cherished that time.
It was a deeply sad yet loving reflection on the decay of his life-long writing partner and friend. And thinking of it now, and Terry's passing, reminds me how much harder the loss of creatives and artists who have delighted and influenced me hits than other public figures, no matter how noble.
RIP.
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Palin related in a recent interview that he recently visited Jones and brought a copy of Bert Fegg’s Encyclopaedia of All World Knowledge, a book the two of them wrote together back in the '80s -- and that Terry laughed, but only at the parts he'd written himself.
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