{"id":2353,"date":"2004-03-24T15:56:58","date_gmt":"2004-03-25T07:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/24\/always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life\/"},"modified":"2019-12-10T07:47:28","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T15:47:28","slug":"always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2004\/03\/24\/always-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Always look on the bright side of life&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11435,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/news.bbc.co.uk\\\/2\\\/hi\\\/entertainment\\\/3563405.stm&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260115102948\\\/http:\\\/\\\/news.bbc.co.uk\\\/2\\\/hi\\\/entertainment\\\/3563405.stm&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 16:26:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-26 07:55:30&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 10:54:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 08:27:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-16 08:27:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:8021,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.geekmuffin.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Have I ever mentioned how much I love Monty Python?<\/p>\n<p>Spurred by the recent success of Mel Gibson&#8217;s &#8220;The Passion of the Christ&#8221;, the Python boys have decided to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of their films by re-releasing it to the theaters.<\/p>\n<p>Which film?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/entertainment\/3563405.stm\" title=\"Python film to challenge Passion\">&#8220;The Life of Brian&#8221;, of course!<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n  The Biblical satire will be re-released in Los Angeles, New York and other US cities to mark its 25th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>  Adverts will challenge Mel Gibson&#8217;s blockbuster with the lines &#8220;Mel or Monty?&#8221;, &#8220;The Passion or the Python?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>  Distributor Rainbow said it hoped the film would &#8220;serve as an antidote to all the hysteria about Mel&#8217;s movie&#8221;.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If it hits Seattle, I&#8217;m <em>so<\/em> there.<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekmuffin.com\/\" title=\"geek*muffin\">Kirsten<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes:<\/strong> &#8220;Ich Bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe Eingestellt (&#8220;Falling in Love Again&#8221;)&#8221; by Burroughs, William S. from the album <em>Dead City Radio<\/em> (1990, 2:28).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spurred by the recent success of Mel Gibson&#8217;s &#8216;The Passion of the Christ&#8217;, the Python boys have decided to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of their films by re-releasing it to the theaters. Which film? &#8216;The Life of Brian&#8217;, of course!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2037],"tags":[23,2241,103,2495,2359],"class_list":["post-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tv-and-films","tag-film","tag-monty-python","tag-religion","tag-the-life-of-brian","tag-the-passion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}