Help Me! Important Question for anyone to answer!!
emmojo
My name is emily and i am in search of the root of the name of a band
that you might know called Toad the Wet Sprocket. my reasearch has
landed me here: I know that it comes from a monty python movie and i
am trying to figure out the in what scene and context is toad the wet
sprocket used. i also know that it come from something to do with
"Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more, say no more". i am really
trying to figure it out, i will receive a very large reward if i do,
and you might say that i am doing this for love. So come on, i know
someone in this site has the answer, how could you refuse to share it
with? I would love to know anymore intersting things about monty
python too, but i honestly havent delved into it anymore than The Holy
Grail, which i thought was hilarous, but you can see that im not well
aqainted with monty python at all. So please, im begging you, help me
out here!!
--emily
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kat
> Hi everyone
> My name is emily and i am in search of the root of the name of a band
> and you might say that i am doing this for love.
After a post like that, you'll just HAVE to let us know if you win!!
We're on pins and needles! Luck, kat
DAM
>
> Hi everyone
> My name is emily and i am in search of the root of the name of a band
It was a rejected name for the show which ultimately was called Monty
Python's Flying Circus. Owl Stretching Time was another rejected name.
As far as I know, it hasn't been used by any rock band. And incidently,
if you've never stretched an owl... don't. It's extremely painful, to
both parties.
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kat
> As far as I know, it hasn't been used by any rock band.
Actually, emily is correct; there is (or was) a band called "Toad the
Wet Sprocket." One of those ubiquitous "alternative/grunge" rock bands
out of the northwest after the mold of Nirvana. They all came and went
so fast that hardly anyone actually DOES remember them. After Kurt
Cobain died, that fad sort of died with him. (: kat
THE Pulpstress Extraordinaire
>Wet Sprocket." One of those ubiquitous "alternative/grunge" rock bands
>out of the northwest after the mold of Nirvana.
toad tws were nothing like nirvana.
jennifer bilberry (THE disco tart)
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DAM
>
> DAM wrote:
> > As far as I know, it hasn't been used by any rock band.
> > Dwight A. Macpherson
>
> Wet Sprocket." One of those ubiquitous "alternative/grunge" rock bands
> so fast that hardly anyone actually DOES remember them. After Kurt
> Cobain died, that fad sort of died with him. (: kat
I was referring to OWL STRETCHING TIME, kat.
kat
> I was referring to OWL STRETCHING TIME, kat.
So, dress in armor and come over and hit me with a chicken carcass.
Dave
Or a banana.
Unless you've taken the course on how to defend youself against people
who'd attack you with fruit.
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> Or a banana.
> Unless you've taken the course on how to defend youself against people
> who'd attack you with fruit.
Imagine that! And me going through life disliking bananas and being
indifferent to cheese....
The Bishop
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>kat wrote:
>>
>> DAM wrote:
>> > I was referring to OWL STRETCHING TIME, kat.
>>
>> So, dress in armor and come over and hit me with a chicken carcass.
>
>Or a banana.
>
>Unless you've taken the course on how to defend youself against people
>who'd attack you with fruit.
>
What about pointed sticU$#*Y(P$Y%#^GVYR NO CARRIER
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Analda Anglin
The band Toad the Wet Sprocket reportedly got their name directly from
the Monty Python sketch Rock Notes. (Back when the band was more
well-known, I heard an interview that credited MP.) Rock Notes was
never explicitly aired in any episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus
or any Monty Python album. However, it was included on at least one
Monty Python album, and was re-released on the Monty Python: The Final
Rip-Off compilation set.
The Rock Notes sketch features Eric Idle reporting on various
absurdities in rock music. Most of the sketch recounts a report of a
fictious bank which keeps changing its name. If my memory serves me
correctly, prior to the names chronology, Eric "reports" on a rock
star who has married another rock star who plays lead electric
triangle for the group Toad the Wet Sprocket. The name is only
mentioned once in the whole sketch.
For a more detailed accounting of Rock Notes, check out the various
sites that house MP scripts and sound files. There's a list of many
such sites in part three of the alt.fan.monty-python FAQ, which was
posted here yesterday. Or you may view the FAQ online at
http://home.hiwaay.net/~janglin/BOOKS.HTML.
Analda aka Sergeant of the FAQ
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Adam Rafuse
: I was referring to OWL STRETCHING TIME, kat.
now THaT'S a bood gand name, ain't it, DedSqrrl?
Yours ect.
Fuser AKA Chair of the UCTY
P.S. that's just silly... Stop that!
Westley
Analda Anglin wrote in message <378e87dc...@news.hiwaay.net>...
>Emily--
>, it was included on at least one
>Monty Python album,
The Contractual Obligation Album
and was re-released on the Monty Python: The Final
>Rip-Off compilation set.
Westley
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halfabee
me, inside the Rock Notes sketch... mentioned Toad the Wet Sprocket inside
it, but it was a brief and quick reference.
look for the script of the sketch at www.montypython.net that should help
you out.
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Edward Allen
not grunge, their 'shelf' life seems to have been about 8 years, peaking in
1994 and got considerable airplay on MTV at that time.
THE Pulpstress Extraordinaire
>me, inside the Rock Notes sketch...
the reason it escapes you is because it isn't from the tv show. there is no
rock notes sketch from the bbc series.
jennifer bilberry (THE disco tart)
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