Monty Python

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An unladen swallow may fly at around 11meters per second, but common sense suggests that if the swallow is carrying extra mass (i.e. is laden, and not too heavily) it will have to work harder just to stay in the air, and will have less capacity to make forward progress through the air.

Christoph Schiller, author of the Motion Mountain free physics text book, reproduces a graph (on page 41 in the 21st version) by Henk Tennekes (probably from his book The Simple Science of Flight: From Insects to Jumbo Jets) that appears to show that there is a direct relationship between wing loading and cruising speed for both birds and aircraft, such that higher wing loadings are directly related to higher cruising speed. I queried Schiller on this point and was brushed off.

It seems to me that, in the case of any particular model of fixed-wing aircraft, a heavier load (giving a higher wing loading) increases the craft's weight and the wings would have to operate at a higher angle of attack in order to generate more lift for the same airspeed. The higher angle of attack would give rise to more drag which would tend to slow the craft down, assuming that the thrust remained the same.

So there you have it. Christoph Schiller (a physicist) seems to quote Henk Tennekes (supposedly an expert in aerodynamics, and part-time climate-change skeptic) as claiming the velocity would be higher in the laden case, whereas common sense and my high-school physics suggests that a heavily laden flyer will make slower forward progress.

12.2 feet per second :) depending on whether it's African or European.

No

It used to be on the BBC when it was still going and possibly a little bit after that but now its on IFC.

Interesting question. But it depends -- do you mean an African Swallow, or a European Swallow?

Actually, there are 83 species in 19 genera of the swallow, enjoying a cosmopolitan distribution across the world and breeding on ALL continents except Antarctica.

That having been written: GENERALLY, swallows and martins forage at approximately 30-40km/h and are quite capable of reaching 50-65 km/h when traveling.

Graham Chapman died in 1989 of cancer.

All though i love the coconuts scene, i would have to say my favourite part would be the crossing of the bridge. It pays to know about sparrows! "what is your favorite color!"

The Full Monty is a 1997 comedy film, a story of six unemployed British steel workers who decide to form a male striptease act. It is set in Sheffield, England, and stars Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape, Steve Huison, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber, and Hugo Speer. The movie was written by Simon Beaufoy and directed by Peter Cattaneo. It won the Academy Award for Original Music Score for Anne Dudley, and was nominated for Best Director, Best Picture, and Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

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FULL MONTY

This Film is a blend of Comedy and Drama with similar tone and theme to the movies Raining Stones (1993) or Brassed Off (1996).

The film has a deeper message about economic dilemma between need and self-respect. The protagonist is subject to choice between the line of survival or stripping. Directed by Peter Cattaneo together with screenwriter Simon Beaufoy generate enough human drama to connect with American as well as English audiences.

This was a low-budget production but seemingly a surprise hit with the American Motion Picture Academy, which was nominated for 4 Academy Awards, including Best Pictures.

Characters played by Gilliam that die:

1. Patsy, who gets squashed by a cow.

2. Green Knight, killed by the Black Knight.

3. The old man from Scene 24, who gets thrown off the bridge at the end.

4. Sir Bors, savaged by the killer rabbit.

5. The animator, who suffers a fatal heart attack.

Apparently he also plays the gorrilla hand that snatches at the page turner of the book... I don't remember him dying though.

The correct title is "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975). You should be able to rent it at any video store.

Six. Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.

And your question is?

There is no man named "Monty Python". When given the task of naming their show, the members of Monty Python worked very hard to come up with a name. Of the names proposed were "Owl Stretching Time" and "You Can't Name a Show Cornflakes". Somebody came up with having "Flying Circus" in the title, but they still felt it needed something more. Eric Idle is credited with coming up with "Monty", feeling it sounded like an old English gentleman and "Python" is believed to have come from John Cleese.

It wasn't Monty Python - it was an SCTV sketch called "The Man Who Would Be King of the Popes".

There is no password. There is a word that the Knights who say Nee could not say, which was "it".

Not only would they not say the word, to hear the word would caused them pain.

See "Self Defense Against Fruit" sketch. There's a ton of good Monty Python jokes in there.

"Life of Brian" (1979).

Interesting fact actually. The British band Pink Floyd absolutely loved Monty Python. They would stop recording and practice sessions to watch "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Almost all the money they earned from "Dark Side of the Moon" went to the funding of the "Holy Grail". George Harrison was also a great fan of Monty Python and funded them in "Holy Grail" and "Life of Brian". Beyond that, the producing company and perhaps the BBC funded them.

One of their movies "Monty Python and the Quest of the Holy Grail" has to do entirely with....well...finding the Holy Grail. That's the closest to the crusades they get to.

No, Monty Python's Flying Circus was taped in front of a live audience.

The Dead Parrot sketch first aired on December 7, 1969. It was part of the televisio show "Monty Python's Flying Circus", in the eighth episode, "Full Frontal Nudity".

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love that movie. ^_^
In Latin they are saying "Pie Iesu domine, dona eis requiem" which means "Merciful Lord Jesus. Grant them rest."

Monty Python's celebrated "Spam" sketch features Terry Jones as the waitress, Eric Idle as the character Mr. Bun and Graham Chapman as his wife, Mrs. Bun.