I enjoy Monty Python.
I must admit, I enjoy their movies much more than their TV Series. On
the TV show, I just couldn’t understand ¼ of what they were saying because of
the accents. Also there was very local references that meant nothing to a 13 year
old kid living in Jersey that knew nothing of US politics yet alone British
politics.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is by far my favorite. I also
greatly enjoyed John Cleese in ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ and I was a fan of Eric Idle
and the Rutles. The chance of getting their autographs when these two came to
Dallas to perform their 2 man show was too great to miss.
As is often the case, I got there too late for a signing before
the show. So I waited. I was later joined by fellow hounds that had gotten
some autographs earlier. They gave me
the 411 about no selfies, only one autograph per person, and expect the photo to
be personalized.
Once the show was over, the crowd swelled to 25 or 30 people
waiting. Eric Idle stepped out first. He walked straight to me and signed. John Cleese started signing a moment later but
on the other side of the sidewalk.
As John finished signing for fans on the far side, he started
to step into his car. Fans from my side
shouted for his attention. He paused and
slowly made his way over to us. As he signed
my photo, he did comment that he really liked it. Yeah me.
Curiously, while they still didn’t do selfies, they were signing
multiples for people and not personalizing. Again, this was a win for me. I prefer not to have the name on the item. At
some time, the wife will need sell off all of this stuff to pay for my wake. My
name on the collection will not help her sell it.
As they both worked the crowd, a woman about 45 – 50 years
old was crying. She was trying to explain
how much it meant seeing them both. After
moment, John just said, ‘quit your blubbering and out with it. We aren’t that important’. It was funny and very Monte Python. And I understood
what he said.
AH
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