Monty Python:Eric Idle's Best

This DVD begins with our man Eric(present day)standing with the legendary HOLLYWOOD BOWL looming large directly in back of him. The Bowl, was the site of the last-stand Python reunion concert in 1980. After Eric's Bowl tour we are treated to a short interview with Eric's mum(played quite nicely by Eric himself)followed shortly thereafter with the bulk of this disc-about 2 dozen classic skits from the original Python tv series circa 1969-'72, as well as several pieces from the 1980 Bowl show. the exciteable Kenny Lust kicks things off introducing someone that he would just DIE for! which seques directly into a stone-cold Shakespearean Eric asking for $50 to mend the shed. next up is tv chat-show host Eric interviewing Marx, Lenin and Mr. Che Guvera proving the lot of them haven't the foggiest when it comes to British football. cut to John Cleese interviewing 3 schoolboys played by Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Eric who seem to find it quite giggly that their chum Eric has just written a naughtly little skit called 'nudge nudge' and just like that we are catapulted to the skit itself as performed at the Bowl show in 1980..."is your wife a go-er know what i mean know what i mean nudge nudge wink wink". and then it's back to a classic Python film from the tv series, this one The Olympiad with competitions such as the 100 yard race for people with no sense of direction. hilarious! followed by an interview conducted by Michael Palin wherein we meet a character played by Eric who can only speak in anagrams. this is a perfect example of the talent of Mr. Idle as we struggle to keep up with him. another interview features Eric as man unable to pronounce the letter C, the silly bunt! another glorious Python film depicts the nightmare adventures of the international hairdressers expedition as they endeavor to scale Mount Everest...unsuccessfully. half way through this disc i'm beginning to think, hmmmmm, was Eric the BEST Python player? you make the call                                                       3/24/07