A Pocketful of Python

Contents

Volume 1 – Picked by Terry Jones

• A Preface by the Other Terry
• Introduction
• The French Taunt King Arthur
• The Truth About Protestants
• The Lumberjack Song
• The Prodigal Son Returns
• The News for Parrots
• Rat Recipes
• What Have the Romans Ever Done or Us?
• A Page for Those Who Like Figures of Speech
• Find the Fish
• Albatross
• Our Theatre Critic Reviews “The Merchant of Venice” Performed by the Dairy Herd of Bad Toltz
• Madam Palm Writes
• Spam
• Constitutional Peasants
• Every Sperm Is Sacred
• The Undertaker Sketch
• Madame Palm Writes Again
• The Man Who Talks Entirely in Anagrams
• Chez Rat
• Banter
• The Oxfod Simplified Dictionary
• The Minister for Not Listening to People
• The Court Martial of Sapper Walters
• What the Stars Really Say
• The Galaxy Song
• Bibliography

  Volume 2 – Picked by John Cleese

• A Preface by Michael Palin
• Eric the Half a Bee
• Anne Elk’s Theory
• The Official Medallic Commemoration of the History of Mankind
• Raymond Luxury Yacht
• African Notebook
• Consulting Jean-Paul Sartre
• We’re All Individuals
• The Python Panel
• Larch in Court
• Fear No Man!
• The Merchant Banker
• Johann What’s-His-Name
• The Last Supper
• The Royal Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things
• Arthur ‘Two Sheds’ Jackson
• Word Association Football
• Norman Henderson’s Diary
• The Sacred Castle
• Spot the Species
• Documentary
• Chapel

  Volume 3 – Picked by Terry Gilliam

• Introduction
• Join the BBC Today
• The Meaning of Life
• Careers Advice for Mr Anchovy
• The Adventures of Walter the Wallabee
• Brian in Gaol
• What to do on Meeting the Royal Family
• Gloria Pules & Luigi Vercotti Remember the Piranha Brothers
• Page 29
• The German Lumberjack Song
• Woody Words & Tinny Words
• The Storyteller
• Stan’s Right to Have Babies
• Sexcraft
• Why Accountancy is Not Boring
• The Prince in the Tower
• I’m So Worried
• A Preface by Eric Idle for People Who Have Mistakenly Opened This Book Upside Down and Back to Front

  Volume 4 – Picked by Michael Palin

• A Preface by John Cleese
• Introduction
• All Things Dull & Ugly
• Stig O’Tracey Remembers the Piranha Brothers
• King Arthur Goes to See the Galahads
• Goats Corner
• The Healed Looney
• Egon Ronay’s Good People Guide
• The Cheese Shop
• Madame Palm Writes Yet Again
• The Problem with Spanish Holidays
• Port Shoem by the Speverend Rooner
• The Stratton Indicator
• Winner of the Longest Stage Direction Ever
• Middleword by E.F. God
• Isn’t it Awfully Nice to Have a Penis
• The All-England Summarize Proust Competition
• The Stratton Indicator
• The Architect Sketch
• Never Be Rude to an Arab
• The Martyrdom of St Brian
• Mr Creosote
• $tock Market Report
• Novel Writing Live from Dorchester
• The Knights Who Say ‘Ni’
• A Letter to Michael Palin From the Producer of Monty Python and the Holy Grail

  Volume 5 – Picked by Eric Idle

• A Preface by Terry Jones
• About the Editor
• How to Talk to the Queen
• The Batley Ladies Townswomen’s Guild
• Children’s Page
• The Story of the Grail
• Spamelot!
• Oh What a Lovely Dog
• While You Were Out
• How it All Began – the Story of Brian
• Solly & Sarah
• Python Literary Guild
• The Hackenthorpe Book of Lies
• Some Highlights from Masturbators of History
• The Bruces Philosophers Song
• Chez Bruce
• Ashes to Ashes
• How to Walk Silly
• St Brian’s
• The Upper-Class Twit of the Year Show
• Kashmir
• Chaos Theory Made E-Z
• The Film Rights to This Page Are Still Available
• Once Upon a Time
• Mr Cheeky
• Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
• Foreword by the Late Graham Chapman

  Credits

• Writers - Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
• Editors - Geoffrey Strachan, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
• Designers - Katy Hepburn, Alun Evans