Darl Larsen is professor in the Media Arts department and the Center for Animation at Brigham Young University, where he teaches film and animation studies and screenwriting. He is the author of Monty Python, Shakespeare, and English Renaissance Drama (2003), Monty Python’s Flying Circus: An Utterly Complete, Thoroughly Unillustrated, Absolutely Unauthorized Guide to Possibly All the References (2013), A Book about the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (2015), and A Book about the Film Monty Python’s Life of Brian (2018).

Hard-core Monty Python fans will be thoroughly delighted....

• Acknowledgments IntroductionAbbreviations SCENE 1 The Crimson Permanent Assurance SCENE 2 Fish Tank SCENE 3 Animated Opening Titles SCENE 4 Part I: The Miracle of Birth—Labor and Delivery SCENE 5 Part I: The Miracle of Birth, Part 2: The Third World—“Every Sperm Is Sacred” SCENE 6 Part I: The Miracle of Birth, Part 2: The Third World—Protestantism SCENE 7 The Adventures of Martin Luther (Elided Scene) SCENE 8 Part II: Growth and Learning—School Chapel SCENE 9 Part II: Growth and Learning—Sex Education Class SCENE 10 Part II: Growth and Learning—Rugby Football vs. the Masters SCENE 11 Part III: Fighting Each Other—World War I SCENE 12 Part III: Fighting Each Other—Military Lecture SCENE 13 Part III: Fighting Each Other—Marching Up and Down the Square SCENE 14 Part III: Fighting Each Other—First Zulu War 1879 SCENE 15 Part III: Fighting Each Other—Tiger Skin SCENE 16 The Middle of the Film: Find the Fish SCENE 17 Part IV: Middle Age—Conversation Restaurant SCENE 18 Part V: Live Organ Transplants SCENE 19 Part V: Live Organ Transplants—“Universe Song” SCENE 20 Attack of the Supporting Feature SCENE 21 Part VI: The Autumn Years—Mr. Creosote SCENE 22 Part VI: The Autumn Years—Gaston Goes HomeSCENE 23 Part VII: Death—The Death of Arthur Jarrett SCENE 24 Part VII: Death—Falling Leaves (Animation) SCENE 25 Part VII: Death—Mr. Death Comes to Dinner SCENE 26 Part VII: Death—“It’s Christmas in Heaven” SCENE 27 The End of the Film SCENE 28 End CreditsBibliography IndexAbout the Author

Darl Larsen is professor in the Media Arts department and the Center for Animation at Brigham Young University, where he teaches film and animation studies and screenwriting. He is the author of Monty Python, Shakespeare, and English Renaissance Drama (2003), Monty Python’s Flying Circus: An Utterly Complete, Thoroughly Unillustrated, Absolutely Unauthorized Guide to Possibly All the References (2013), A Book about the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (2015), and A Book about the Film Monty Python’s Life of Brian (2018).

Hard-core Monty Python fans will be thoroughly delighted....

• Acknowledgments IntroductionAbbreviations SCENE 1 The Crimson Permanent Assurance SCENE 2 Fish Tank SCENE 3 Animated Opening Titles SCENE 4 Part I: The Miracle of Birth—Labor and Delivery SCENE 5 Part I: The Miracle of Birth, Part 2: The Third World—“Every Sperm Is Sacred” SCENE 6 Part I: The Miracle of Birth, Part 2: The Third World—Protestantism SCENE 7 The Adventures of Martin Luther (Elided Scene) SCENE 8 Part II: Growth and Learning—School Chapel SCENE 9 Part II: Growth and Learning—Sex Education Class SCENE 10 Part II: Growth and Learning—Rugby Football vs. the Masters SCENE 11 Part III: Fighting Each Other—World War I SCENE 12 Part III: Fighting Each Other—Military Lecture SCENE 13 Part III: Fighting Each Other—Marching Up and Down the Square SCENE 14 Part III: Fighting Each Other—First Zulu War 1879 SCENE 15 Part III: Fighting Each Other—Tiger Skin SCENE 16 The Middle of the Film: Find the Fish SCENE 17 Part IV: Middle Age—Conversation Restaurant SCENE 18 Part V: Live Organ Transplants SCENE 19 Part V: Live Organ Transplants—“Universe Song” SCENE 20 Attack of the Supporting Feature SCENE 21 Part VI: The Autumn Years—Mr. Creosote SCENE 22 Part VI: The Autumn Years—Gaston Goes HomeSCENE 23 Part VII: Death—The Death of Arthur Jarrett SCENE 24 Part VII: Death—Falling Leaves (Animation) SCENE 25 Part VII: Death—Mr. Death Comes to Dinner SCENE 26 Part VII: Death—“It’s Christmas in Heaven” SCENE 27 The End of the Film SCENE 28 End CreditsBibliography IndexAbout the Author

Darl Larsen is professor in the Media Arts department and the Center for Animation at Brigham Young University, where he teaches film and animation studies and screenwriting. He is the author of Monty Python, Shakespeare, and English Renaissance Drama (2003), Monty Python’s Flying Circus: An Utterly Complete, Thoroughly Unillustrated, Absolutely Unauthorized Guide to Possibly All the References (2013), A Book about the Film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (2015), and A Book about the Film Monty Python’s Life of Brian (2018).

Hard-core Monty Python fans will be thoroughly delighted....

• Acknowledgments IntroductionAbbreviations SCENE 1 The Crimson Permanent Assurance SCENE 2 Fish Tank SCENE 3 Animated Opening Titles SCENE 4 Part I: The Miracle of Birth—Labor and Delivery SCENE 5 Part I: The Miracle of Birth, Part 2: The Third World—“Every Sperm Is Sacred” SCENE 6 Part I: The Miracle of Birth, Part 2: The Third World—Protestantism SCENE 7 The Adventures of Martin Luther (Elided Scene) SCENE 8 Part II: Growth and Learning—School Chapel SCENE 9 Part II: Growth and Learning—Sex Education Class SCENE 10 Part II: Growth and Learning—Rugby Football vs. the Masters SCENE 11 Part III: Fighting Each Other—World War I SCENE 12 Part III: Fighting Each Other—Military Lecture SCENE 13 Part III: Fighting Each Other—Marching Up and Down the Square SCENE 14 Part III: Fighting Each Other—First Zulu War 1879 SCENE 15 Part III: Fighting Each Other—Tiger Skin SCENE 16 The Middle of the Film: Find the Fish SCENE 17 Part IV: Middle Age—Conversation Restaurant SCENE 18 Part V: Live Organ Transplants SCENE 19 Part V: Live Organ Transplants—“Universe Song” SCENE 20 Attack of the Supporting Feature SCENE 21 Part VI: The Autumn Years—Mr. Creosote SCENE 22 Part VI: The Autumn Years—Gaston Goes HomeSCENE 23 Part VII: Death—The Death of Arthur Jarrett SCENE 24 Part VII: Death—Falling Leaves (Animation) SCENE 25 Part VII: Death—Mr. Death Comes to Dinner SCENE 26 Part VII: Death—“It’s Christmas in Heaven” SCENE 27 The End of the Film SCENE 28 End CreditsBibliography IndexAbout the Author