Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014) on Netflix
Five surviving Pythons owe a large sum after losing a legal case over royalties. To clear the debt they reunite at The O2 in London for ten nights of sketches and songs.
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Monty Python loses a court case over royalties from the stage musical of their second film, leaving the group with a large bill in legal fees and back payments. A reunion show is proposed to clear it. Booked as one night at The O2 in London, it becomes ten when tickets for the opening night sell out in 43 seconds. The five surviving members share a stage again after 34 years, with footage of their late colleague shown through the evening. Sketches and songs are linked by video clips, animations and dance routines, with a dance troupe and a live orchestra, and a different guest appears in the Blackmail sketch on each night.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Monty Python Live (Mostly) (2014)
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- In 2013 the Pythons lost a legal case to Mark Forstater, producer of their film Holy Grail, over royalties for the Spamalot musical. Owing him £800,000 in fees and back royalties, they proposed a reunion show to pay the debt.
- Robin Williams was booked as the "Blackmail" guest for the final night but declined; Eric Idle said he was suffering from severe depression at the time, which contributed to his suicide in August 2014. The video release was dedicated to him.
- The run was the Pythons' first live performance together in 34 years, their second without Graham Chapman, who died in 1989, and the last with Terry Jones, who died in 2020.
- The ten stage shows were held on 1-5 and 15-20 July 2014, and tickets for the first night sold out in 43 seconds of being available to purchase.
- The ten-night show was a financial success: after paying off their creditor, the troupe members earned £2.2 million each and donated to selected charities.
- A negatively tinged review in the Daily Mail was worked into the last show, where John Cleese and Michael Palin criticized the newspaper and its editor, Paul Dacre, onstage.
