Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), The Blues Brothers (1980)

In what is certainly the most comedically inclined Extra
Milestone yet, I am joined by my very close personal friend Tyler
Chambers to discuss a pair of classics within the genre. We begin
with a lengthy rundown of Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam’s 1975
cult favorite Monty Python and the Holy Grail, complete
with behind-the-scenes stories, details we’ve noticed over the
years, our personal experiences with the movie, analyses of the
film’s comedic stylings, and revisits of our favorite sequences.
Then we move on to John Landis’s 1980 musical road
comedy The Blues Brothers. We discuss the film’s story
structure, cast, presentation, and deadpan sense of humor, as
well as how all of those things compare and contrast surprisingly
well with Holy Grail. Afterward, we both give a
recommendation to pair with each movie, some much more unexpected
than others!


NOTE: Due to a variety of unfortunate
technical errors, the sound quality of this episode is a bit
worse than usual. Sorry about that!


SHOW NOTES:


00:00:00 – Monty Python and the Holy Grail

00:59:05 – The Blues Brothers

01:31:50 – Our Recommendations for the Week



NEXT WEEK: Jason Read returns to Extra
Milestone to discuss Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (his
favorite film) and both of Joe Dante’s Gremlins movies!


Music in this Episode: “Homeward Bound” by
Jack Trombey and “Country Wide” by Anthony Mawer, both
from Monty Python and the Holy Grail


Cinemaholics in this Episode: Sam
Noland and Tyler Chambers


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