Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
- Platform: IBM PC Compatible
- Release Date: 1997
- Genre: Adventure
- Style: First-Person Adventure
- Similar Games: Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time (IBM PC Compatible), Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail (Macintosh), Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail (IBM PC Compatible)
Game Description
Irreverent. Tasteless. Mind-boggling. Giddy. Perplexing. Comedic. Weird. Different. Funny. No matter how you label it, there's a part of Monty Python's The Meaning of Life that fits just about any niche you might want to shove it in, including the trash bin or the high throne of honor on your shelf of computer games. In the end, acceptance or rejection will ultimately be a product of individual preference.Whatever else it may be, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is a two-CD set whose mayhem begins with the manual and extends to gameplay in many forms, some meaningful, some not, but always with an eye toward discovering a tongue-in-cheek meaning of life. Despite the deep subject matter, levity, gross-outs, jokes, and insults are ladled out indiscriminately by the full voice casting of John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.
With interactive media, full-motion video vignettes, puzzles, mini-games, and a smidgen of strategy thrown in, gamers can look forward to solving many of life's great mysteries. Birth, Growth and Learning, Fighting Each Other, Middle Age, Live Organ Transplants, Autumn Years, and Death are but some of the topics explored, all guaranteed by the designer's opening disclaimer to be "objectionable, tasteless and offensive" to nearly every group you can imagine.
With little instruction from the manual, other than an admonishment to simply click your way through the adventure, picking up inventory items and taking your cue from the changing cursor, gameplay is simple and direct. Multiple left and right clicks, screen panning left and right, forward and backward, you'll eventually encounter the full Monty of bizarre clips, songs, flatulence, music, ditties, witticism, sarcasm, and general Python-style bedlam.
Die-hard fans of the movie on which it's based will consider this the "Holy Grail," while non-Python fans may be moved to extol it as a "Complete Waste of Time," both of which are incidentally subjects for other 7th Level Monty Python titles. The only real advice for playing this potpourri of English humor is captured nicely at the end of the manual: "Please act responsibly. Do not play this game while driving."
~ Michael L. House, All Game Guide
Roots & Influences
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is based on the 1983 film of the same name. The game contains numerous locations and voice samples from the movie, as well as new material courtesy of the British sketch comedy pioneers.~ Matthew House, All Game Guide
Production Credits
Company 1: 7th Level; Executive Producer: Terry Gilliam, Bob Ezrin; Game Design: David Feldstein, Steve Martino; Producer: David Feldstein; Line Producer: Tim Rummel; Associate Producer: Eric Spuur; Production Assistant: LeAnn Moen; Creative Director: Steve Martino; Script: Bart Jennett; Additional Writing: Bob Ezrin; Puzzle Design: Steve Hunter, Eric Spuur; Engineering Design: Jeff English; Director of Scene Planning: Tim Rummel; Audio Design: Patrick McNulty; Software Architect: Jeff English; Director of Development: Kenneth J. Capps; Lead Engineer: Jay DeShan, Marvin D. McFaddin, Jason T. Miller; Engineer: William Cochran, Paul Downing, Joe Hillman, Michael Montague, Michael Watson; Tools Development: Wes Bell, Mike Thenhaus; Installation Design: Bryan Kennedy; Installation Programming: Bryan Kennedy; Art Direction: Steve Martino, Darin Kirschner; Lead Photoshop Artist: Robert Conner, Greg Brotherton; Interface Design: Darin Kirschner; Photoshop Artist: Kara Chikamori, Doug Elliston, Andrew Hinnebush, Dee Louzginov, James Nelms, Douglas Martin, Scott Grossman, Dave Pascal, Roger Shank, Andy Silvestri, Jason Torchinsky, Zack Tscharanyan; Traditional Animation: Alexis Que, Terence Castelo, Jose Silverio; Still Photography: Luis Alexander Lazo; Art Production Manager: Harry Gold, Ken Roy; Assistant Art Director: Lyn Gardner; Second Assistant Art Director: Charlie Otte; Art Production Assistant: CJ Liao; Audio Producer: Paul Ray; Lead Engineer: Patrick McNulty; Audio Engineer: Linda Radulich, Tom Chesney, Andre Jacquemin, Ron Wasserman, Source Music, De Wolfe Music; Audio Coordinator: Debbie Fiorella; Production Assistant: Egan Rice; "Dental Ditty" Performer: Eric Idle, Tom Scott; "Dental Ditty" Composer: Eric Idle, Tom Scott; Technical Director of Image Processing: Alex Guseff; Assistant Technical Director of Image Processing: Paul Tighe; Image Processing Coordinator: Alan Botvinick; Assistant Image Processing Coordinator: Jonathan Pekar; Second Assistant Image Processing Coordinator: Michelle Italiano; Rotoscoping: Aaron Fujii, Stewart Hoffman, Judy Manning, Sno Smith-Ford, Steve Stewart; Scanning: Daniel Felts, Brent Fujii; Paste-Up Coordinator: Wendy Jacobsmeyer; Scene Planning Supervisor: Sean Dempsey; Lead Scene Planner: Bill Luttrell, Salvador Siangio, Jose Silverio; Scene Planner: Eric Bryan, Terence Castelo, Sean Dempsey, April Koteh, Maureen Mascarina, Seth Reek, Ricky Santana, Ching Valencia; Scene Planning Engineer: Hasmik Byurat; Assistant Scene Planning Engineer: Karine Chagatsbanyan; Scene Planning Coordinator: Ester Gevorkian; Production Technology: Mark A. Steeves; Video Editor: Charlie Otte; Video Optimization: Paul Ray; Video Audio: Paul Ray; Video Capture: View Studios; Video Flame Work: View Studios; Director of Development Services: Jason Greenwood; Quality Assurance Product Lead: Sean Kanter; Quality Assurance Engineer: Mike Brown, Rick Germany, Chris Haney, Andrew Hsia, Jason Odom, Ed Roberts, Tim Ruessler, Kelly Wahlen, Aaron Zaksek; Additional Quality Assurance Play Testing: Michelle Bagur, Amy Koenig, Melissa Larson, Lori Martin; Technical Support: Joe Tait, Cole Anderson, Charles Rehm; Vice President of Studio Operations: Veronica Murdock; Director of Operations: Barbara House; Scheduling: Cerina Lynn; Information Service: Mark Eddy, Michael Reed; Product Manager: Aileen Carroll; Package Design: Kirk Skadden; Documentation: Shannon Krakosky, Bart Jennett, Kirk Skadden; Voice: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin; Main Female Voice: Susan Denaker; Additional Voice: Susan Deming, Howard Pattow, Jeffrey Steefel, The Seventh Level Singers; Company 2: Panasonic Interactive Media Co.; Organizer: Barbara Loo; Testing: Jim Jennings, Dave Conlee; Marketing: Sangrita Verma, Shelley Kent
~ Matthew House, All Game Guide
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (album)
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| Soundtrack album by Monty Python | ||||
| Released | 1983 | |||
| Genre | Comedy Soundtrack | |||
| Label | CBS / MCA | |||
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Monty Python's The Meaning of Life is an album released by Monty Python in 1983, in conjunction with the film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. The album mainly consists of sketches from the film, with a few links performed by Michael Palin. A CD version was later released.
There are few pieces of dialogue that didn't make it into the final cut of the film included on this album. These include the brief introduction to "The Adventures of Martin Luther". The waiter's line at the end of "The Dungeon Restaurant" ("Well, it's uh... kind of a link.") is also not in the film.
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Contents
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Reception
The 2006 Special Edition includes new material which was in neither the film nor the original album.
Track listing
Side one
- Introduction/Fish Introduction/The Meaning of Life – 3:01
- Birth/Frying Eggs – 4:03
- Every Sperm Is Sacred/Protestant Couple/Adventures Of Martin Luther – 9:26
- Sex Education – 4:40
- Trench Warfare/The Great Tea of 1914-18/Fish – 4:11
Side two
- Terry Gilliam's Intro/Accountancy Shanty/Zulu Wars – 8:53
- The Dungeon Restaurant/Live Organ Transplants/The Galaxy Song – 5:59
- The Penis Song (Not the Noël Coward Song) /Mr. Creosote – 4:36
- The Grim Reaper/Christmas In Heaven – 7:12
- Dedication (To Fish) – 1:16
2006 Bonus Tracks
- Intro Title Song Demo Meaning Of Life (Piano Version)
- Alternate Intro Title Song Meaning Of Life (Band Version)
- Fat Song (Deleted Intro To Mr Creosote Sketch)
- Alternate Christmas In Heaven Song
- Radio Ad - Philosophers Corner
- Radio Ad - Officer
- Radio Ad - German Translation
- Greasy Hair
- Dino Viccotti
- Stretch The Script
- Grand Prix
- Hard Of Thinking
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