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Tear Jerker / Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

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  • The final shot of the film, arguably: Michael Palin (in drag, of course) has just finished up a rambling and bizarre speech about film censorship, when the Monty Python's Flying Circus theme music begins to play, loud and clear. The film suddenly cuts to the beginning of a Flying Circus episode playing on a TV set, pulling away from the camera to reveal that it's floating around in space. It then flies off into space, and the end credits roll. An appropriate way to end Monty Python itself, and more than a little moving if you're a big Python fan.
  • Seeing Graham Chapman in the Colonel getup one last time.
  • The soldiers preparing a party for their commanding officer, all the while getting shot at.
  • The Catholic children all being marched out of their home, tearfully singing "Every Sperm is Sacred". Then you see them in heaven. That's right. Their devout Catholic father sent them to their graves, all because he wouldn't wear a condom or get a vasectomy.
  • The "suicidal leaves" segment. Everyone falls to their deaths. Yes, even the children.

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