Idle Idols: Graham Chapman
It’s been a while since I’ve made one of these posts so I will hereforwithal restart the shaboozy again with installment #2 of Idle Idols. Are you sitting comfortably on a vegetable? Let us begin. . . . . . .
"SQUAWK!"
What is there to say about Graham Chapman that hasn’t been already written down in depositions? Easily definable as the blondest, looniest, gayest, and deadest member of the Monty Python Flying Circus group, Gra represents the more reserved wing of British eccentricity, the symbolic mature older brother to Vivian Stanshall’s madcap little sib. After all, who else but an elder brother is able to charm the queen, down gin & tonics with wild abandon, clenching pipe betwixt chompers, and still able to pop out the occasional bon mot such as “lemon curry?” That he spent years as a secret whoopsie merely adds further proof to my theory.
It’s difficult to say why I’ve been fond of Chapman all of these years. Maybe it’s the screechiness of his pepperpot voice, the numerous hags that peopled the sketches and movies of Python. Or maybe it was the bewildering glint in his eye as he took part in excursions to Lake Pahoe or expeditions to the twin peakes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Who wouldn’t follow that man around the bookcase?
Sadly, Graham Chapman died on the eve of the 20th anniversary of Monty Python’s Flying Circus‘s first broadcast and has since gone into seclusion. However, through the use of modern paranormal technology, we are able to get a peek in as Merv Griffen and Eva Gabor sit down for a heavenly chat with our Gra.
Enjoy.
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