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The phrases, "nudge nudge" and "wink wink", are part of the English lexicon as idiomatic phrases implying sexual innuendo. [3] [4] Idle says he learned that Elvis Presley was a fan of the sketch, [5] and would call his friends "squire" in reference to it. [6] Idle reprised the sketch in TV advertisements for the Breakaway chocolate bar. [7]
MacUser named Quest for the Holy Grail one of 1996's top 50 CD-ROMs, [5] while Inside Mac Games declared it the year's best comedy game. The latter publication's editors wrote, "Non- Python fans will probably wonder what the big deal is, but even casual followers will be rolling on the floor."
Kilimanjaro Expedition (Double Vision) – written by Cleese and Idle [11] A Man with a Tape Recorder Up His Brother's Nose; Homicidal Barber – written by Palin and Jones [12] [1] The Lumberjack Song – written by Palin, Jones and Fred Tomlinson [7] Letter / Britain's Joke for the Rubber Mac of Zurich Award; Gumby Crooner First Gumby sketch
Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time is a collection of minigames, screensavers, desktop wallpaper and icons for Mac OS System 7 and Windows released in 1994 by 7th Level, Inc. It was brought on board the Mir Space Station by astronaut Andy Thomas. [3]
Eric Idle is known for his roles as a cheeky, suggestive playboy ("Nudge Nudge"), a variety of pretentious television presenters (such as his over-the-top portrayal of Philip Jenkinson in the segments connecting the "Cheese Shop" and "Salad Days" sketches), a crafty, slick salesman ("Door-to-Door Joke Salesman", "Encyclopedia Salesman") and the ...
A mid-1970s British television commercial for the brand starred Eric Idle in a variation on his "Nudge Nudge" sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus. Later stage performances of the original sketch included a comic reference to the commercial, as on the LP Monty Python Live at Drury Lane .
Michael Palin performs "The Lumberjack Song", with Connie Booth as his "best girl.". The common theme was of an average man (usually Michael Palin, but in the City Center and Hollywood Bowl versions by Eric Idle) who expresses dissatisfaction with his current job (as a barber, weatherman, pet shop owner, etc.) and then announces, "I didn't want to be [the given profession].
The Colonel has made appearances in Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, at Pink Floyd's 1975 concert at Knebworth UK, and in a May 1982 episode of Saturday Night Live in which the character is used to comment on NBC's earlier refusal to air a commercial (featuring Chapman as the Colonel) for the Amnesty International benefit The Secret Policeman's Other Ball.