Farced Perspective The Python Perspective
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- TV & Film
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A podcast looking back at comedies on key anniversaries to ask: what was innovative material then, what continues to be successful now, and what have people thought about it along the way?
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Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Cleo Laine
Ben and Pete are both mildly unprepared for this episode, not knowing enough about the cultural weight of the Muppets' guest-star, bunraku puppeteering, or the potential offensitivity of Noel Coward. Pete's excuse is that he fell asleep during the episode, whereas Ben has to hide behind distractions, puns, and other [merdlidop]s. Roll 1d6 to find out how they get out of this one...
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Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Petula Clark
Carve out about three hours for Pete to quiz Ben about English songstress Petula Clark, her relationship with other Muppet guests, and his research on her chart-topping status. Ben takes Pete to task about his dislike of apparent cue-card use and presents his own "Pet" theories about Ms Clark's lip-synched performance.
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Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Jaye P. Morgan
Ben and Pete practice a percentage of being persnickety this episode, riffing on P words, debating the use of the term "podium" and generally paying peculiar partial attention to the guest-star's middle initial, to no particular purpose. Press play to participate!
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Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Lou Rawls
Thrill to the unexpected, as Pete and Ben look things up on the Internet while broadcasting! Join them to discover whether Muppet special guest Lou Rawls has deliberately smuggled bird imagery into many of his lyrics, and whether a bonus question can earn Ben yet another victorious Lego minifig!
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Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Peter Sellers
Ben and Pete take the content warning on Disney Plus to heart, but is it about Beaker's abrupt teleportation — which had previously been edited out by Nickelodeon — or Peter Sellers' cultural depictions? And is Fozzie secretly torturing his boss to force him to break down publicly and perform one of the Muppets' most well-known songs? The answers to these questions and many more can be discovered if you just BLOOP!
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Henson Perspective: Guest-starring Julie Andrews
Pete and Ben go bullish and steak their reputations on some prime cuts of cow-based punnery that you'll calf to heifer yourself to believe. Somehow in the midst of all that, they manage to talk about Julie Andrews' career and how she was able to naturally interact with the Muppets in a way to which other guests could only aspire. Pete also watches a clip from the infamous Muppet Movie test footage, and Ben remembers a favorite childhood book.
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Excellent podcast—charming hosts, well researched, great conversation. No worries if you haven’t watched whatever they’re discussing, you’ll have fun either way. I’ve learned and laughed a ton while listening!
A terrific deep dive into comedy legend
It's always so hard to remember that shows, movies, books or most any other artistic achievement that becomes so iconic as to seem inevitable, did not necessarily have a smooth road. It's fascinating to learn the details behind the Flying Circus.
They know their stuff!
Im not the biggest fan of Monty Python but this pod is really fun! The guys know a lot and it seems very well researched. Fun podcast about an important contribution to TV history.