That's really interesting. When they started showing the Laurel and Hardy movies on TV in the 1950s, someone said to Stan 'they're really slow'. And Stan said 'sure - because they're designed to be viewed in a cinema, where the whole audience will laugh together. And I *know* exactly how long each audience will laugh for, before I time the next gag. But for an audience of two people watching at home, that gap just looks like slow pace'. And that's exactly what Cleese is saying here.
"All brontosauruses are thin at one end; much, much thicker in the middle and then thin again at the far end. That is the theory that I have and which is mine and what it is, too."
This master craftsman had it all worked out.
That's really interesting. When they started showing the Laurel and Hardy movies on TV in the 1950s, someone said to Stan 'they're really slow'. And Stan said 'sure - because they're designed to be viewed in a cinema, where the whole audience will laugh together. And I *know* exactly how long each audience will laugh for, before I time the next gag. But for an audience of two people watching at home, that gap just looks like slow pace'. And that's exactly what Cleese is saying here.
Must be nice being John Cleese and literally burst into a python sketch mid sentence
My theory is... 😀
"All brontosauruses are thin at one end; much, much thicker in the middle and then thin again at the far end. That is the theory that I have and which is mine and what it is, too."
Too bad he didn't work on "The Big Bang Theory" or "Friends". (Nes Manga)
One word: total genius
Two, but yes.