May 24th 1973

“Moved room back to original position xcept Record Player is now on the floor. Borrowd Another Monty Python Record off Davies – bludy funny”
Released by Charisma Records in 1972, “Another Monty Python Record” was the second compilation of material from the comedy troupe’s TV series on BBC.
Housed in a spoof sleeve of a Beethoven symphony [...]

April 15th 1973

 ”Went to Passion Play + then up Trev’s – saw his stereo stuff – smart!” / “Told about confirmation”
A Passion Play – as I have mentioned before – is apparently a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Christ: the trial, suffering and death of Jesus Christ.
I have no idea why I would have been going to [...]

January 18th 1973

“Found out that I had passed mock by the jammy margin of ½% – PHEW!” / “games – didn’t score but set up 3″ / “Larst Monty Python – Funny – Charwoman – BOOM!”
Blimey! Talk about “skin of my teeth” result regarding my maths exam.
Thank heavens I was – *ahem* – a much better football [...]

January 11th 1973

“Didn’t go to school – stayed home in bed with flu” / “Wasn’t allowed to watch Monty Python” / “Arguverge”
Wow, that maths exam must have REALLY got to me?!
I’ve never suffered illness very well, and certainly not if it means I have to lay in bed feeling like crap.
I suppose this could have been a [...]

January 4th 1973

“Nothing much dun today” / “Started to Paint Model” / “Monty Python bak on the telly after one weeks absence”
Meticulously painting an Airfix model with enamel paints would appear not to constitute “much” for this 14 – almost 15 – year old?
Tins of Humbrol model paint must have been the tiniest in the world.
Trivia freaks [...]

December 30th 1972

Not much dun all day as car broke down on way to Dick Emery” / “Watched the Goons on Parkinson”
Looks like my folks had a torrid time getting to that show last night?
I did wonder if a diary entry would throw up the opportunity to write about The Goons?!

The Goon Show was a BBC radio comedy programme which [...]

December 7th 1972

“Scored in Gms” / “Twonite eye watshed Monty Piethins Flying Circis in culer”
Isn’t it funny how “scored in g(a)m(e)s” could be misconstrued for something completely different in 2008 than it was in 1972?
It looks as if I had the rare chance of enjoying Python in colour (yes, that’s what it means) this evening? Probably as a result [...]

November 23rd 1972

“ditto agane as larst week”
A reference to the ongoing Monty Python thing.
From 1972 until now I appear to have been obsessed with a range of differing television shows?
Monty Python in 1972, Pushing Daisies and Swingtown in 2008

October 26th 1972

“watched Monty Pythons Flying Circos”
The spelling is deliberate – I believe future posts will prove I wrote it differently each week.
Sad muppet that I was.

October 19th 1972

“scored 2 in games / watched monty pythons flying circus”
Bend it like….erm…. Teenage Rock Opera!
It was about now that I really started to get into Monty Python in a big way, dedicating my Thursday evenings to being glued to the TV set and what I think were the BBC repeats of the show.
I believe it’s [...]