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Just getting ready for tomorrow (Good Friday)

Side note:
Around 2016 I was feeling a bit down, but perked up after watching this clip (for the ump-teenth time). I decided to 'tweet' Eric Idle just to thank him for the performance and cheering me up.
SURPRISE: he actually tweeted back, and very nicely thanked me for the comment!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiu0lYQIPqE&list=RDjiu0lYQIPqE&start_radio=1

Monty Python's Eric Idle - London 2012 Performance | Music Monday

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Apr 3 at 1:44amWeb
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Side side note:
That was the second member of Monty Python I'd interacted with.
The first was John Cleese, who was on the "Jim Bohannon" talk radio program - which took calls / questions from listeners - one night (1988/9).
My question for Mr. Cleese:
"I'm sitting here in my underwear, and I'm just wondering what was the most embarrassing thing that happened to him during the M.P. Flying Circus days."
His reply was curt and to the point:
"Nothing really."
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And ... of course there was this moment from the London Olympics (2012) - which completely shocked my friends here in the U.S. due to #nbc's idiotic 5-hour tape-delay - but I'd been following the BBC Olympic blog, and already knew about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AS-dCdYZbo&list=RD1AS-dCdYZbo&start_radio=1
James Bond and The Queen London 2012 Performance

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I can totally believe that the Queen had possibly wanted to deliver the line "Good evening, Mr. Bond" since the early Bond films ... !
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And, there was the performance of "Chariots of Fire":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzjlmBLfrQ&list=RDCwzjlmBLfrQ&start_radio=1
Mr. Bean Live Performance at the London 2012 Olympic Games

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Loved it - though I was never a 'fan' of "Mr. Bean", but knew Atkinson from "Not the Nine o'Clock News"
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And - "The Who":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsGQ8C64WlQ
The Who London 2012 Performance | Extinguishing the Olympic Flame

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And ...
Saw "The Who" at Wembley Arena around 1980/1 ... and "The Rolling Stones" (along w/ "J. Giles Band" and "Black Uhura") at old Wembley Stadium in the mid/late 1980s.