Terry Jones Has Dementia
@teamfreak16 (43567)
Denver, Colorado
September 24, 2016 9:17pm CST
I just read a sad article by Colin Parker of Yahoo News, dated September 25, 2016. According to this article (and one on Huffington Post as well,) Monty Python member Terry Jones has Dementia. Jones also has Aphasia, which is diminishing his ability to speak.
Fellow Python Michael Palin says that Jones is able to recognize people, and that he laughs, and is able to respond, even though he can say very little.
Jones directed the Python films Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian, and Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. He also performed several roles in those movies, including Sir Bedevere the Wise in The Holy Grail.
He has made me laugh a lot over the years. I wish him well. I've linked to the Holy Grail scene at the French Castle, in which Sir Bedevere plays a prominent role.
When looking for the Holy Grail, King Arthur and his knights of the round table happen to find on their way a strange French knight defending, with his very ...
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
25 Sep 16
I wish it were merely a flesh wound...
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@cindiowens (5120)
• North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
25 Sep 16
@teamfreak16 I really don't get people who don't like that style of comedy. It is the best!
And sure you would have come up with that, lol.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Sep 16
That's funny. I would never come up with that.1 person likes this
@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Sep 16
@cindiowens - British humor is the best!
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
5 Oct 16
So sad. Amazing to think he got through all those live shows in London just a couple of years ago.
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@asfarasiknow (3340)
• Bournemouth, England
5 Oct 16
@teamfreak16 Me neither. The 2014 show was shown on a subscription TV channel.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Oct 16
Unfortunately, I never got to see them live. I did see Eric Idle's tour.
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@shivamani10 (11035)
• Hyderabad, India
25 Sep 16
I watch it long before ....I remember it.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Sep 16
I've watched them so many times, I have most of it memorized.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Sep 16
I think I have watched this stuff before.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Sep 16
It's British humor at it's finest.
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Sep 16
No!!! This sucks. As director, he was perhaps the guiding force behind the Pythons.
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@teamfreak16 (43567)
• Denver, Colorado
26 Sep 16
I know. Those movies were great under his direction.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
25 Sep 16
Oh that is sad... all the best to him and hopefully there will be a cure one day
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
25 Sep 16
I´m very sorry. I loved all those movies and the fact that the actors were capable of so much wit.
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