you were one of the cofounders of the great monty python. obviously, you created one of the greatest sitcoms of all time "faulty towers." one of the funniest movies of all time, "a fish called wanda" and your book, "so, anyway" is now available in paperback. are you a hereee to so many people, so many comedians. >> i'm just going to say, but i haven't had so much fun for a long time as i had doing the hat. >> stephen: really? >> it was wonderful. >> stephen: oh, my god. that's a thrill. that's a thrill. i want to say-- i want to say they mean this as the greatest compliment-- you looked like an idiot up there. do you enjoy-- because you're a smart guy. do you enjoy being stupid? >> i love being stupid. when we were writing python, that was the word we always used "silly." we loved it when was silly. sometimes when it was naughty, but always silly. it was almost best when it meant nothing. you know the fish slapping dance. >> stephen: the fish slapping dance was one of my favorites. >> i heard, i heard, they told me. >> stephen: you and micha

. >> "monty python" turned out to break so many rules. i mean, it changes everything.after the beatles." look at "saturday night live," you look at sctv. oh, after. after "monty python." >> beginning october 11th, saturday night will open up a whole new live venture from new york city. we just happen to have the producer of the program and members of his company. what should we look for on the program? >> anxiety. >> loren michaels, this canadian comedy producer, was given free rein. >> hi. i'm loren michaels. the producer of saturday night. >> he hires improv comics. >> rehearsal and warmup, let's do 28 face slaps. come on. slap. come on. make it hurt. >> george carlin was the first host. wanted to be permanent host. >> nice to see you. welcome and thanks for joining us live. >> there were a lot of names bandied about in terms of permanent hosts. >> that's one of those tv rules you mustn't break, until you do. then you realize, why don't you have a different host every week? but it was the cast that finally won people's hearts. >> come on, who is this? >> andy-gram. >

. >> stephen: i think one of the greatest lines in any monty python thing of all time is michael palin when he says, "oh, lord, rousseau very big." >> that was based on the kind of stuff that we were given -- >> what about the bbc think they were getting when they got you guys. >> they had no idea pup won't believe this. i'll tell you an extraordinary story. it's not that funny but it's absolutely true. i was writing with peter sellers. every thursday we used to watch this kids' program, used to come on at:00. it was the funniest thing on english television, palin, jones, idol, and terry gillan. >> stephen: really for children? a children's show? >> it was a children's show, 5:00. and we rang them up one day because we knew we had worked together before and we said why don't we do a show together? and they said why not. and we wee got someone to fix up a meeting with the top guy at b.b.c. television, the great god of television comedy dey. we met him, michael mills, and shook his hand and said we gather you guys would like to do a series. and we saiai we'd love to. and he said what do

brian: another video clip, monty python and the holy grail. let's watch a this and get your reaction to it. >> what do you do with witches? >> good. [indiscernible] >> can you may bridges out of stone? wood sink in water? >> what also floats and water? >> apples. >> cherries. >> mud. >> lead. >> a duck. >> exactly. ghs thely, if she wei same as a duck, she is made of wood and therefore -- a witch. >> witch! [laughter] brian: you admit from time to time, no one is really figured all of this out? it will never get to the minds of the first afflicted girls, what were they linking and feeling? what is a had a was not in evil spell upon them. don't you want to discuss at that? it is genius, don't you think? the other joy of being able to accuse someone of witchcraft. whatever you want to call it. and also the science behind it. when you mentioned cotton mather , with the fascinations are these men are witchcraft experts and they have read voluminous shelves. they have read a lot a witchcraft. very ever died man who knows the men who knows in the sc

brian: another video clip, monty python and the holy grail. let's watch this and get your reaction to it. >> what do you do with witches? >> good. why do witches burn? >> because they're made of wood? >> good. how do we tell whether she is made of wood? >> build a bridge out of her. >> can you not also make a bridge out of stone? >> yes. >> does a would sink in water? >> no, it floats. >> what also floats? >> bread, apples. churches. a duck. a -- >> exactly. >> if she was the same as a duck , she's made of wood. >> and therefore? >> a witch. [laughter] brian: you admit from time to time, no one is really figured all of this out? stacy: we will never get into the minds of the first afflicted girls, what were they linking -- what were they thinking and feeling? what they had and was not in evil spell upon them. don't you want to discuss at that? it is genius, don't you think? the joy of being able to accuse someone of witchcraft. whatever you want to call it. and also the science behind it. when you mentioned cotton mather, with the fascinations

brian: another video clip, "monty python and the holy grail."et's watch a this and get your reaction to it. >> what do you do with witches? >> burn them! >> with you burn apartment which is? >> more which is. >> why do witches burn? >> because they are made of wood? >> good. how do we tell if she is made of wood? >> make a bridge out of her. >> can you make bridges out of stone? >> does wood sink in water? >> no. >> it floats. into the fire! >> what also floats and water? >> apples. >> very small rocks. >> cherries. >> mud. >> churches. >> lead. >> a duck. >> exactly. so logically, if she weighs the same as a duck, she is made of wood. >> and therefore -- itch!whic [laughter] brian: you admit from time to time, no one is really figured all of this out? stacy: it will never get to the minds of the first afflicted girls. what were they linking and feeling? -- thinking and feeling? what they had and was not in evil spell upon them. them?s eckley afflicted don't you want to discuss at that? it is genius, don't you think? two things come to mind. the

you select the monty python movies of medieval times or whatever, people just dumping the trash out theirep. that's kind of what we've been doing. we haven't been picking up the trash for 150 years. a little factoid. every man, woman and child in america every day generates about 120 pounds of carbon dioxide pollution. average it all out, that's the kind of number. that's a lot and we haven't done anything with the trash. we don't dispose of it. it's just out there. now they can't see it, we can't touch us we don't really see it that way. but it's a lot. it has been harming the ecosystem and again, why do care about the ecosystems? ultimately people depend on that somebody brought that up. if the bugs go away that's been. if it's just people that go away, maybe not quite so bad, and last year a person. there is real harm to the things that sustain us, freshwater, the ability to a productive agriculture, the ability to have our cities after centers of commerce in places when you are not going to get totally flooded out by the ocean. all those things. i'm actually writing something right no