preppy-3 A recording of the infamous British group Monty Python performing at the Hollywood Bowl back in (I believe) 1981. For fans of the TV show this will be great. They redo all more famous bits from the show. Obviously the audience was full of fans judging from the thunderous applause that greeted the mare familiar ones. The movie starts right off with four of the guys singing "Sit On My..." and keeps going full blast. The best bits were the pope arguing with Michangelo about the painting of "The Last Supper"; Ministry of Silly Walks; two gay judges; the World Forum; crunchy frog; "nudge nudge wink wink"; buying an argument and the Lumberjack Song. Also during the church police sketch you see most of the cast cracking up and trying to cover it up. Unfortunately there are bad sketches like a man wrestling with himself; the "Urban Spaceman" song and the International Philosophy Game. Still the good outnumbers the bad. Don't miss the beginning when they poke fun at 20th Century Fox and MGM logos. Fans will love this. Others might not. I give it an 8.

gridoon I consider the Pythons to be one of the best comedy groups that ever appeared on the screen, perhaps even THE best (it's either them or the Marx Brothers). If you agree even partially, you should not miss "Live at the Hollywood Bowl". Irreverence and surrealism in abundance - as you would expect from the Python guys at their best. Sure, devoted fans have probably seen many of these sketches before, but that won't stop them from enjoying them again - it certainly didn't stop the live audience at the time. There are some slow spots and the picture quality is fairly poor (as the show was videotaped and then transferred to film), but how can you say anything bad about a film that has you crying from too much laughter at least twice? ("What? Only one Christ?") (***)

CharltonBoy I am a massive Monty Python fan and i would go as far to say that The Life Of Brian is the funniest film ever made but for me , Live at the Hollywood Bowl does not really work as a film. Having been to the Hollywood Bowl i should imagine that the show was magnifiscent and i would love to have said " I was There" because it was one of the last time the whole group performed but the show was nothing new. We see some of the old sketches seen 10 years previous such as " The Mynistry of Silly Walks" and "The Lumberjack Song" and some not so funny new ones but strangely no Parrot sketch. The group are also joined by a female member and song writer Neil Innis and im afraid to say they dont fit in at all. There is also film clips sandwiched in the middle of the sketches and quite frankly they are not funny. I hate to be cynical but i can only presume thay the Pythons did this show for the money and while the audiance look like they loved the show it should have stayed in their memories and not on film. 7 out of 10.

Robert Morgan Most of the sketches and skits are adapted from ones shown on the TV show; there's little that's new, which is mildly disappointing. Good thing, then, that the MP troupe is so adept; familiarity seems to be the point, and allows fans to sit back and enjoy the film.A few parts drag- I wasn't too thrilled with the musical numbers, nor with the History of Slapstick.The most disappointing thing about this movie is a problem only for those who watch it on laserdisc; there are no chapter breaks, and side one ends abruptly -IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCENE-! This is quite disconcerting, and ruins the sketch.