Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python

Python Night was an evening of

• Introduction – After a cameo from the Mouse Organist, John Cleese tries to introduce the show. While he has a big rant about the 'bloody BBC', Luigi Vercotti shows up, shocks Cleese and threatens him to do
  Sainsbury commercials. Furthermore, Cleese suffers from the lack of budget at BBC2 (the lights go out), gets covered in blood and interrupted by Peter Sissons
  .
• It's...The Monty Python Story – A documentary hosted by Eddie Izzard about the History of Monty Python, from their early lives and careers through the Flying Circus and movies to Graham Chapman's death and the question of another reunion. Features interviews with David Frost, Frank Skinner, Robin Williams, Kevin Kline, Trey Parker and Matt Stone.
• Carol Cleveland clears up Python's "sexist" behaviour and introduces a focus group made up of several people (most of them played by the Pythons) including the Gumbys, an out-of-focus group of women and Gandhi.
• Mindless Violence – M-PY-THON Sports presents a collection of clips of sporting accidents.
• Mindful Violence – An animation by Terry Gilliam (his first since Monty Python's The Meaning of Life) in which a Buddhist kills chickens through multiplication.
• Pythonland – As a wish granted by a fairy (Eddie Izzard) to a bunch of pepperpots, Michael Palin hosts a travel documentary in which he visits places where Python sketches were filmed, such as
  Ministry of Silly Walks
  started and Bicycle Repairman. The documentary ends with Palin trying to recreate the first "It's" man appearance by walking into the water, but he does not seem to come back up.
• Talking Apes – A parody of
  Mastermind
  is watched on television by three apes – one rants about the uselessness of sending apes human products like televisions but the other apes insist that they watch in case another 30 years later special airs.
• BBC? – The BBC2 announcers, tired of being second best, change the station's name to BBC1.
• The Gumbys introduce a screening of Monty Python's Life of Brian.
• The REAL Monty Python – Eric Idle gives a biography about the "real" Monty Python who started the comedy troupe before the other members turned on him.
• A succession of celebrities pay tribute to Monty Python, including Jeremy Paxman, Kevin Kline, Dame Edna Everage, Robin Williams, Melinda Messenger, Thora Hird, Michael Parkinson, Phil Collins, Hugh Laurie, Gary Lineker, Roger Moore and finally Dawn French, who is interrupted by archive footage of Graham Chapman as the Colonel.
• May Day 1971 – While searching through the trash behind BBC2 studios, Ken Shabby and John Cleese unearth a lost sketch contributed from a British May Day special (with a newly recorded audio track). Afterwards, Cleese accompanies Shabby back to his place.
• The Dead Friend Sketch –
  Mr. Praline, Kyle Broflovski as the shopkeeper and Kenny McCormick
  as the parrot. The sketch is interrupted by a giant cut out of Terry Gilliam picking up Cartman and the Python foot crushing everything. When Parker and Stone come back, they reveal that they have kidnapped Terry Gilliam's mother, Beatrice, in hopes to use her DNA to make Gilliam clones to work for them. Three policemen then announce the kidnapping of Gilliam's mother and ask for help.
• From Spam to Sperm – Monty Python's Greatest Hits – Pop rocker
  Eric the Half a Bee and Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. The documentary also discusses their albums and world sketch tours. Features interviews with Flying Circus extra Mark Brown, music producer Andre Jacquemin, Steve Martin, Gary Lineker, Meaning of Life child actor David Pickering and choreographer Arlene Phillips
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• Peter Sissons Interview – After being advertised all night, Peter Sissons finally sits down with the surviving Monty Python members. After introducing all five members, the interview ends.
• Closing Bits – The Gumbys wander off and the BBC announces it is closing. Forever.