RIP Graham Chapman. Well worth reading his Wikipedia page -- of all the pythons it's tragic that he died so young
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Chapman
Chapman's death occurred on the eve of the twentieth anniversary of the Pythons' collective debut on British television, and Jones called it "the worst case of party-pooping in all history".
They really were the best possible group to deal with such a loss. See John Cleese's Eulogy:
I guess that we're all thinking how sad it is that a man of such talent, such capability and kindness, of such intelligence should now be so suddenly spirited away at the age of only forty-eight, before he'd achieved many of the things of which he was capable, and before he'd had enough fun.
Well, I feel that I should say, "Nonsense. Good riddance to him, the freeloading bastard! I hope he fries. "
And the reason I think I should say this is, he would never forgive me if I didn't, if I threw away this opportunity to shock you all on his behalf. Anything for him but mindless good taste. I could hear him whispering in my ear last night as I was writing this: "Alright, Cleese, you're very proud of being the first person to ever say 'shit' on television. If this service is really for me, just for starters, I want you to be the first person ever at a British memorial service to say 'fuck!'"
Looking at the state of our world, I can only say: good job, guys.
Tiny little minds, and small smooth brains, it's up to us! We must save humanity!
(Please, we must, why aren't we revolting? Why aren't we building guillotines, guys??)
This is so true. I know some of these people
They need our help. We need to help them.
Rest in peace, Graham, you magnificently queer legend.
