I loved it too. Then I saw it as a grown-up, and my feelings… changed.

A planet full of mostly naked men and women who try to kill the adolescent male lead…

A planet full of mostly naked men and women who try to kill the adolescent male lead…

I've spoken with the judges, and they accept your ruling.

I've spoken with the judges, and they accept your ruling.

To heck with pretty—I thought she looked like an absolute bad-ass.

To heck with pretty—I thought she looked like an absolute bad-ass.

What made that scene work for me is the way it put us in Skyler's shoes. Walt's all arrogant and calm, hanging out with his son, cradling his infant daughter, and he doesn't seem to recognize any potential irony or foreshadowing in a film about a drug dealer reaching too high and destroying himself and everything he…

What made that scene work for me is the way it put us in Skyler's shoes. Walt's all arrogant and calm, hanging out with his son, cradling his infant daughter, and he doesn't seem to recognize any potential irony or foreshadowing in a film about a drug dealer reaching too high and destroying himself and everything he…

I should mention that I have no proof that the the Jones short is referencing Tati—I just noticed the similarities (like you did), and figured, with the Python's cultural knowledge, inferring a connection wouldn't be unreasonable. It could be a complete coincidence, though.

I should mention that I have no proof that the the Jones short is referencing Tati—I just noticed the similarities (like you did), and figured, with the Python's cultural knowledge, inferring a connection wouldn't be unreasonable. It could be a complete coincidence, though.

Yeah, I was listening to Steve Martin's autobiography, and he talks about realizing he wasn't a performer, but a parody of a performer; intentionally or not, you get that vibe from a far amount of Flying Circus, which I'll probably get into later on (if I remember). Ultimately, Palin's performance works in the sense…

Yeah, I was listening to Steve Martin's autobiography, and he talks about realizing he wasn't a performer, but a parody of a performer; intentionally or not, you get that vibe from a far amount of Flying Circus, which I'll probably get into later on (if I remember). Ultimately, Palin's performance works in the sense…

You're right! I even had that in my notes. (I think I take more notes for this show than I do for any other show I write about, and then I go and forget Eric Idle in the first paragraph.)

You're right! I even had that in my notes. (I think I take more notes for this show than I do for any other show I write about, and then I go and forget Eric Idle in the first paragraph.)

Yeah, that's another one I've seen mentioned, I'll try and pick it up.

Yeah, that's another one I've seen mentioned, I'll try and pick it up.

Yeah. It was on purpose! Totally on purpose… (Look, there are six guys, how am I supposed to remember all of them?)

Yeah. It was on purpose! Totally on purpose… (Look, there are six guys, how am I supposed to remember all of them?)

DAMMIT. But yes, Idle is, if anything, even more tied to Python than Chapman, largely because he's so damned determined to milk every last bit of cash out of his association with the group.