Episode 68: Punchlines Are So Jungian

from Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome · host Windy Bowlsby and Melissa Kaercher

Dear listeners, get ready to be bombarded with quotes, because this week our subject of choice is Monty Python! And joining us for our odyssey through absurdity is returning guest and Python fanatic Tonya Wershow! If you would like to gain liver poisoning by drinking at every Python quote we drop, please consider Trepiche Malbec, which is responsible for our tipsy behavior during this episode. Show notes behind the cut! Movies (and other media) mentioned: Monty Python’s Flying Circus (TV) Life of Brian Monty Python and the Holy Grail Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (TV) 30 Rock (TV) Welcome to Nightvale (podcast) The Frost Report (TV) At Last the 1948 Show (TV) Do Not Adjust Your Set (TV) Excalibur Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl Jabberwocky Xanadu Monty Python’s Meaning of Life The Crimson Permanent Assurance Spamalot (theater) Yellowbeard People mentioned: Bridget Landry John Cleese Graham Chapman Terry Jones Terry Gilliam Eric Idle Michael Palin Eugene Ionesco Neil Innes Marty Feldman Eddie Izzard Tim Curry Connie Booth Carol Cleveland Hazel Pethig Ian McNaughton Links: The chartered accountant sketch from At Last, the 1948 Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YuFlCJ_rA0 The interview where they spilled Graham Chapman’s ashes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox9bcx_LZMs “Stonehenge” by Ylvis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbyzgeee2mg Devil in the White City by Erik Larson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_in_the_White_City Zombies, Run! https://www.zombiesrungame.com/ The post Episode 68: Punchlines Are So Jungian appeared first on Xanadu Cinema Pleasure Dome.

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