John Cleese credited as playing...
Self
- John Cleese: I think we all have a completely different feeling about "Meaning of Life". I mean, I think some of it's the funniest stuff we ever did. And other bits, I didn't like at all.
- John Cleese: I remember that there were British troops who were caught at some point. And I remember they were all going to be tortured to death. And I remember the Regimental sergeant major came out of the offices, saluting, and they said, "Yes, Regimental sergeant major," they said, "Permission to panic, sir."
- Michael Palin: A very good memory.
- John Cleese: No, but, we all remember different things. I think it's extraordinary.
- John Cleese: Am I right in thinking that the word 'homosexual' is now thought of as being vaguely unpleasant?
- Michael Palin: It's rather serious. It's scientific, isn't it, really.
- Eric Idle: I think it's just the act, John.
- [everyone burst out laughing]
- Eric Idle: I think the word itself is perfectly innocuous.
- John Cleese: So, do you think we should do another film together?
- Eric Idle: I think we should sit on the beach in St. Ann's Bay.
- Michael Palin: I think we agree with that.
- John Cleese: We'll ask for a studio that will give us a month on the beach somewhere nice next February and if movie comes out of it, the studio can have it.
- Terry Jones: I need to pay off my mortgage, so I'd love to do another film.
- Michael Palin: I think we should get Graham, some how or another. This should be the challenge for the scientific community - to recreate Graham.
- John Cleese: We could get someone to channel him.
- Michael Palin: That would be wonderful.
- John Cleese: Take a medium with us.
- Terry Gilliam: The Holy Grail with the holy relics of Graham. It's a great idea. There's enough recorded material of Graham's that he could always be there speaking.
- Michael Palin: I like the idea of having a medium, who just has no sense of comic timing. He's got Graham's voice: "Oh-oh, hellooo. But not able to do anything funny." Poor Graham.
- Eric Idle: If it's Graham's sense of timing, he won't show up.
- [everyone bursts out laughing]
- John Cleese: The question is, what do you make fun of? Because, when we grew up in, let's say the fifties, all right, we were - at school, right, and it seemed, at that time, that we lived in a relatively stable society. But, a lot of it was obviously stupid. And it was great, great fun making fun of the stupid bits. Because you thought, well, eventually, people would see how stupid they are and they'll sort things out. Now, we have a very fractured society. I don't thing anyone understands what's going on.
- John Cleese: Comedy's about knocking things down; because they're ridiculous and need to be improved.