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Michael was to have appeared in "You've Got Mail," another
romantic comedy by Nora Ephron starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Sadly,
due to concerns about the film's running time, Michael Palin's scenes
were completely eliminated from the final film. Sunday,
17 January 1999
James Bond fans have, for years, been speculating that John Cleese should
become the new Bond gadget-man "Q" when Desmond Llewelyn decides
to retire from the role. This November Cleese will appear as Q's deputy
assistant in Bond 19: "The World is Not Enough." Monday,
18 January 1999
Entertainment Weekly ran a brief piece on John Cleese accepting a teaching
position at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He is to conduct
seminars on comedy and psychology there. Two of his favorite subjects.
Monday, 18 January 1999
Michael Palin's "Hemingway's Travels"... Holy Grail on DVD
Release Update... Graham Chapman Archives Website Unveiled... John Cleese
Heads Out of Town... Kim Howard Johnson's First 280 Years Delayed Again...
Cleese Addresses His Students... Life of Brian Tune No Longer Popular
with Dead People... Friday, 26 February
1999
John Cleese announced to the media on March 26 that the members of Monty
Python's Flying Circus would be reuniting for a four hour BBC special
on October 16. The Python reunion tour, announced last year in March,
does not seem likely. Tuesday, 6 April
1999
A&E Home Entertainment plans to release all of the Flying Circus
episodes on DVD this fall as boxed sets. The long awaited release may
include special segments featuring interviews with the Python cast and
crew as well as behind-the-scenes shots. Wednesday,
7 April 1999
Last year, author Jonathan Margolis published an update to his 1992
book Cleese Encounters. In addition to updates on Cleese's life and
activities, Margolis was kind to include some research provided by Daily
Llama editor Hans ten Cate and even talks about Hans in the book. Saturday,
24 April 1999
Eric Idle will appear in this summer's animated feature film South Park:
Bigger, Longer, and Uncut. When rumors surfaced, we asked Eric Idle
about the part. Watch the movie starting June 18 and read about one
of the most successful animated series ever here. Sunday,
2 May 1999
Monty Python Speaks! - To Vanity Fair... John Cleese Makes Splash At
Software Conference... Burn Hollywood Burn Sweeps Razzies... Terry Jones
Directs Imax Film, Starring Cleese!... Monty Python Newsletter Say No
More Begins Distribution... John Cleese Documentary Loses At Baftas...
Thursday, 20 May 1999
Review of the new Python book, Monty Python: A Celebration by Richard
Topping. The book is fine, but will it stand up to the other Python
retrospectives awaiting publication later this year? Saturday,
29 May 1999
Excerpts from a press release announcing the release of the new Terry
Gilliam biographical book Dark Knights & Holy Fools: The Art and
Films of Terry Gilliam. Monday, 31 May
1999
Eric Idle provides a correction to our previous South Park article.
Wednesday, 9 June 1999
Variety announces that John Cleese will star in a new film The Making
of the President, 1789, a humorous biographical film about America's
first President, George Washington. Wednesday,
9 June 1999
A&E is on the verge of announcing some major Monty Python initiatives.
A new website, http://www.pythonshop.com,
will be unveiled July 10, the same day the Flying Circus shows return
to cable (Saturdays on A&E) in the United States. New information
on the Flying Circus DVDs (and images of the new packaging) is provided
as well! Sunday, 4 July 1999
Eric Idle will be performing songs from Monty Python and other fun stuff
at the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles. Sadly, the one-time-only
show (July 9) was sold out immediately. Eric Idle tells the Daily Llama
about the upcoming event. Sunday, 4 July
1999
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