Sunday, July 31, 2005

Challenge Extended

My Zen MP3 player picked an absolute gem yesterday, a song which I believe has the best opening line of any song ever.

The song in question was "Medical Love Song" from "Monty Python Sings" performed by the late great Graham Chapman, and it's first line is:

"Inflammation of the foreskin reminds me of your smile"

How good is that!! Now if you can come up with a better first line I'd love to hear it.

Speaking of Graham Chapman, I have to recommend a new DVD that came out a few weeks ago of his 1988 American college lecture tour, filmed shortly before he died. The picture quality is quite poor, but the reason for this is that it is taken from Grahams own archives and was recorded on home video (and as the box says "Every effort has been made to present the best-looking and best sounding program possible by utilizing some really expensive equipment with lots of cool flashing lights on it, including the machine that goes Ping!"), but that really doesn't matter as the content is absolutely hilarious. He talks about the origins of some Python sketches, his escapades with Keith Moon and his activities as a member of The Dangerous Sports Group. One of the stories from the Dangerous Sports Group provides the DVD with it's title, "Looks Like A Brown Trouser Job"

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