Silly Olympics
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| Original title | Silly Olympics |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 3:04 minutes |
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| Director | Ian MacNaughton |
| script | Graham Chapman , John Cleese , Terry Jones , Terry Gilliam , Michael Palin , Eric Idle |
| production | Alfred Biolek (WDR), Terry Hughes ( BBC ) |
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Silly Olympics (in German, for example: “Absurd Olympic Disciplines”) is a sketch by the British comedian group Monty Python . It was broadcast for the first time in 1972 as part of the two-part Monty Pythons fliegender Zirkus produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk especially for German television .
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The sketch consists of a quick sequence of recordings of various supposedly Olympic disciplines in the style of normal television sports reporting . At first glance, all the “sports” shown appear to be common, but at second glance they turn out to be conceived and designed as absurdly as possible.
So the first cut apparently shows Sprinter in preparation for an upcoming race, which then from the off - commentator but as a " 100-yards run is announced for people with no sense of direction." Instead of simply following the track in front of them, the athletes actually all disappear in different directions when the gun starts. This is followed by direct switching to the next discipline, the " 1500 meter run for pigeons", the participants of which all remain in their starting positions when the starting gun is fired. Other contributions include the “ 200-meter freestyle swimming for non-swimmers”, whose participants no longer appear after jumping into the water, and a “ 3000-meter obstacle course for people who think they are chickens”.
Most of the coverage of the “ marathon for incontinents ” takes up, during which various runners are accompanied, who deviate from the route every few meters and disappear into the adjacent forest to relieve themselves. The “ hammer throw to America” shown at the end of the sketch then serves as a transition to the next sketch - the hammer thrown actually ends up in a western town where this sketch is located.
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Silly Olympics was broadcast for the first time in 1972 as part of the two-part Monty Pythons fliegender Zirkus produced by WDR especially for German television, but was subsequently also part of other Monty Python productions; The sketch was also shown as a clip during the stage show Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles in 1982 .
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literature
Biolek, Alfred et al. Cleese, John : Monty Python's Flying Circus. All German shows (both of them). Zurich: Haffmans , 1998. ( ISBN 978-3-25100-414-0 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Entry in the IMDB (English; last accessed on December 20, 2013).
- ↑ "You had to convince the Monty Python to take part." Interview with Alfred Biolek at deutschlandradio.de on October 5, 2009 (last accessed on December 20, 2013).