Monty Python Live!

Monty Python Live! is a book detailing the various live performances of the Monty Python team between 1971 and 1980.

Edited by Eric Idle, the book was released in 2009 as part of the team’s 40th anniversary celebrations and features recollections from team members John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, alongside archive interviews with Graham Chapman. Also contributing are Python regulars Carol Cleveland and Neil Innes, promoter Tony Smith, US manager Nancy Lewis, biographer Kim Howard Johnson and also Carl Reiner.

The book also contains the script for the 1980 Hollywood Bowl shows (minus the animation and Neil Innes songs), alongside a selection of lesser performed sketches plus some new comedy pieces written specially for the book.

Contents

 * Foreplay by Eric Idle
 * Pythons on the Road – An Oral History… Origins – 1971, The Lancaster Arts Festival, Coventry UK Tour – April–May 24, 1973, Monty Python’s First Farewell Tour Canada – Summer 1973, Monty Python’s First Farewell Tour of Canada London – March 1974, Monty Python Live at Drury Lane New York – April 14-May 2, 1976, Monty Python Live at City Center Hollywood – September 26–29, 1980, Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl
 * Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl – Official Programme
 * Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl – Act I The Llama Gumby Flower Arranging Michelangelo and the Pope International Wrestling The Silly Olympics World Forum The Ministry of Silly Walks The Bruces Crunchy Frog Travel Agent Custard Pie Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl – Act II Sit On My Face Camp Judges Albatross Nudge Nudge Pepperpots International Philosophy Never Be Rude to an Arab International Philosophy Part 2 Argument I've Got Two Legs Four Yorkshiremen Fairy Tale Parrot Salvation Fuzz The Lumberjack Song
 * In Their Own Words – the Pythons Recall the Touring Years John Cleese: What I Remember Michael Palin: What I Remember Terry Jones: What I Remember Eric Idle: What I Remember Graham Chapman: What He Remembered Terry Gilliam: What I Remember Neil Innes: What I Remember Carol Cleveland: What I Remember Carol Cleveland FAQ Python on Broadway
 * How to be a Great Fucking Actor
 * Occasionally Performed Pieces – Act III Anagrams Bee Keeper Children’s Story Butcher’s Shop Hungarian Phrase Book The Dirty Fork The Death of Mary, Queen of Scots Hearing Aid Ken Shabby Michael Miles Game Show Minister Falling to Pieces Secret Service Cocktail Bar Undertaker Blackmail Courtroom R.A.F. Banter Silly Election
 * Book Credits by Stanley Baldwin
 * Monty Python would like to thank…
 * Spot the Difference
 * At Booksellers Near You!

Credits

 * Writers – Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
 * Contributing writers – Carol Cleveland, Neil Innes, Tony Smith, Nancy Lewis, Kim Howard Johnson, Carl Reiner
 * Editor – Eric Idle
 * Art editor – Steve Kirwan