Monty Python – 40 Gloriously Funny Years This October
Where has the time gone?
The Independent reports that Monty Python will celebrate their 40th anniversary this October. As part of the festivities, Royal Albert Hall will host a one-night-only performance on the 23rd of Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy). You may have heard of this — it’s Eric Idle and John Du Prez’s wildly funny 1-hour oratorio based on Monty Python’s Life of Brian. But this one-night-only deal is even more irresistible than usual — Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam will perform in it. Unfortunately, John Cleese can’t make it, which is a damned shame.
Nevertheless, here I thought that I was lucky that Idle’s first cousin is Toronto Symphony Conductor Peter Oundjian, which led the world premiere to happen right in the T-Dot.
As Idle describes the oratorio: "It ranges in reference from Handel, through a naughty Mozart duet, to the Festival of Nine Carols, Bob Dylan, and the classic finale ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.’" (How could Dylan and Python possibly come together? You can see Idle’s spin after the jump.)
For those of us who won’t be there, The Independent reports that a documentary called Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut) is on the way, while Variety reports that there will be anniversary events in Hollywood and New York called "An Evening With Without Monty Python."
What’s your favorite Monty moment?
“The Big Bang Theory” Renewed For Two More Seasons
March 19, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Sheldon and company will be around for at least two more seasons thanks to a deal that renews the hit CBS sitcom, “The Big Bang Theory” for two more years according to Variety.
“Big Bang” has shown consistent ratings growth this season in a competitive Monday time slot and is a solids lead-in for CBS’s Monday evening comedy line-up.
The news comes with a three-year pick-up for fellow sitcom “Two and a Half Men.” Both series are produced by Chuck Lorre. Read more
‘Zombieland’ Update – Casting Call For Zombies In Georgia
January 15, 2009 by tcgames · Leave a Comment
Shock Till You Drop has a report on the current status of Woody Harrelson’s zombie-comedy…
WCTV, a CBS affiliate in Georgia, is reporting the Woody Harrelson horror zom-com Zombieland was asking area residents to audition to be the walking dead. Ruben Fleischer is directing the film for Columbia Pictures.
One ShockTillYouDrop.com reader, and aspiring zombie actor, writes in:
“According to the letter/flyer that was handed out to everyone, the movie is going to feature the fast paced zombies that were made famous by 28 Days Later and the Dawn of the Dead remake. They wanted us to move like velociraptors with the crazed look of a rabid dog. It also stated that they are planning on filming in Valdosta from February 9th through the 26th.
Someone behind me in line was saying that they were planning on filming at the local theme park, Wild Adventures.
Upon leaving, I saw the numbers on the casting call paperwork of the people toward the end of the line and there was just over 300 people that showed up by 6:15pm.”
The film is the second high profile horror film moving production into the state next month. Rob Zombie begins lensing Halloween 2 at the end of February in Atlanta.
Zombieland, also starring Jesse Eisenberg, opens October 9th.
Source: ShockTillYouDrop.com
