In his review, Nick Roberts said, "I found that one bit was not on the DVD that I knew about, it could have been aired on BBC and was cut from the DVD, or was an out take from the show. It was where Palin plays a man who wants to be remembered as an idol so he comes to a man played by Cleese, who eventually shoots him." This is actually from an episode of the documentary, "The Human Face", which John Cleese wrote and presented. Michael appeared in one show, in a couple of short sketches.
As for "Python Night" itself, it's a shame that Eric wasn't more heavily involved. Nothing to do with anything Carol Cleveland said, as a previous poster has speculated (besides which, the bit Eric's quoted as being annoyed about - Carol commenting on the lack of roles for women in Python - was actually dubbed in from a documentary made 10 years previously), and more annoyance that plans for a stage tour had taken a nosedive. But it would have been nice to see the whole surviving group, in costume, doing some silly sketches.
That aside, I loved the whole evening of programmes, the documentaries, the unearthed footage, the new sketches, a new Gilliam animation, and the very skillful way that Graham's Colonel was brought into the proceedings (though the editing of the American "Life of Python" DVD removes the lead-in to this - celebrity 'tributes' to the Pythons - which slightly spoils the moment), so that, just for a moment, it did feel like all 6 Pythons were genuinely reunited for the night. Here's hoping there'll be more reunions still to come.
As for "Python Night" itself, it's a shame that Eric wasn't more heavily involved. Nothing to do with anything Carol Cleveland said, as a previous poster has speculated (besides which, the bit Eric's quoted as being annoyed about - Carol commenting on the lack of roles for women in Python - was actually dubbed in from a documentary made 10 years previously), and more annoyance that plans for a stage tour had taken a nosedive. But it would have been nice to see the whole surviving group, in costume, doing some silly sketches.
That aside, I loved the whole evening of programmes, the documentaries, the unearthed footage, the new sketches, a new Gilliam animation, and the very skillful way that Graham's Colonel was brought into the proceedings (though the editing of the American "Life of Python" DVD removes the lead-in to this - celebrity 'tributes' to the Pythons - which slightly spoils the moment), so that, just for a moment, it did feel like all 6 Pythons were genuinely reunited for the night. Here's hoping there'll be more reunions still to come.