Hi group,
The Spike Milligan cameo in 'Life of Brian' is well-recognised, but did
Spike Milligan *also* had a cameo role in 'Monty Python and the Holy
Grail'?
There are two quick shots in the 'Burn the Witch' scene that look
awfully like him.
The first shot is when the crowd of peasants are rushing towards
Bedivere with the witch in tow. The Eric Idle peasant holding the sickle calls out, 'We've found a witch', and shortly afterwards, the Michael
Palin peasant puts his face in the camera and says, 'We've got a witch'.
Almost immediately after that, we see a white-haired man in the crowd
with shaving cream on his face.
The second shot is immediately after the witch has been placed onto the scales. There is a quick shot of the same white-heaired man with shaving cream on his face, framed between a youth with a hat and a man with a beard.
The shots are otherwise unimportant, and seem to be there precisely in
order to serve as vehicles for a cameo. They look like Milligan, even underneath the shaving cream.
I can't find any previous discussion on this matter. Any thoughts?
Hi group,
The Spike Milligan cameo in 'Life of Brian' is well-recognised, but did
Spike Milligan *also* had a cameo role in 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'?
There are two quick shots in the 'Burn the Witch' scene that look
awfully like him.
I can't find any previous discussion on this matter. Any thoughts?
Douglas
On Aug 18, 11:30 pm, Newsgroups <n...@nomail.com> wrote:
Hi group,
The Spike Milligan cameo in 'Life of Brian' is well-recognised, but did
Spike Milligan *also* had a cameo role in 'Monty Python and the Holy
Grail'?
There are two quick shots in the 'Burn the Witch' scene that look
awfully like him.
I can't find any previous discussion on this matter. Any thoughts?
I think this article seems to point to it being so.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1386241/Spike-Milligan.html?mobile=true
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