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Whenever I hear the word “intermission,” my mind immediately jumps to the above Monty Python clip… and perhaps from now on, yours will too! You’re welcome.
If you’ve seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail, you’ll know that the “intermission” appears towards the end of the 91-minute film and lasts a mere ten seconds. Of course, to pretend that the film is a grand historical epic with a proper break, the music is played on a theatre organ. Legend has it that some viewers actually missed the ending because they got up for a break, assuming it marked the end of Part One.
What fewer people know is where the music itself might come from. With no official information available, it’s hard to say with complete certainty, but the tune bears a striking resemblance to a short passage from Alligator Crawl, performed by Fats Waller in the late 1920s.
It was most likely played for the film by Neil Innes, charmingly dubbed “the Seventh Python” by none other than Terry Gilliam.
