And Now For Something Completely Old

[themoviegoer]

Here's a pretty interesting video of the Montys Python, where they appeared in an interview on the Dallas PBS station that aired the first episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus in the U.S.  It was filmed in 1975, I think, before Holy Grail was even released in theatres, and they talk a bit about the show and censorship in Britain and a stuffed

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[anonymous]

His alcoholism eventually killed him in 1989.
I was always under the assumption he passed away from cancer of the spine and throat... Where did you hear it was alcoholism?

- Jaime

[themoviegoer]

Oops, my bad. You're right, it was cancer. From IMDb:
"In 1988, Graham began working on another series when his health began to decline. A longtime alcoholic, who suffered liver damage before he stopped drinking in 1977, Graham began to have trouble concentrating at work. In November 1988, a routine visit to a dentist revealed a malignant tumor on his tonsil which was surgically removed. A visit to the doctor revealed another tumor on his spine which had to be removed which confined him to a wheelchair. During most of 1989, he underwent a series of operations and radiation therapy but for every tumor that was found and removed, another would form either along his spine or in his throat. In his wheelchair, he attended the September 1989 taping for the Monthy Python's 20th anniversary special. But on October 1, he was hospitalized after a massive stroke which turned into a hemorrhage. He died at the age of 48 on 4 October, 1989 from complications of the stroke as well as throat and spinal cancer."

[anonymous]

Yeeeah that's what I thought, you Poor Excuse for an Artificially Inseminated Spore Mold.

- Jaime

[drdeath78]

Actually, he probably got esophageal cancer from the drinking. Then it probably spread to his spine. Primary bone cancer is rare. But enough about that.