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A fact from Always Look on the Bright Side of Life appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 31 August 2004. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Monty Python song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is a parody of the type of song featured in Disney films?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2004/August.

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The Whistled Bit

The article says "The whistled hook is an uncredited contribution from Idle's frequent collaborator Neil Innes. One occurrence in the final chorus was omitted at the insistence of the film's executive producer George Harrison, so as not to obscure a pet phrase in John Altman's orchestral arrangement."

which is all very nice, but it implies that Neil Innes whistled it, when in fact it was John Altman, who incidentally has since lost his ability to whistle after a dental procedure (directly from Altman's mouth to my ear, March 03, 2008) Suggest that it be reworded to credit composition separately from performance of the whistled phrase. AntiVanity (talk) 03:02, 12 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Spamalot Correction

"Finland", which appears briefly in Spamalot, seems t have originated on one of the Python albums twenty years previous, so the statement that only this song was carried over isn't quite correct. Michael Hopcroft 00:39, 8 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Football?

This page references football matches several times. Football is an ambiguous term, maybe it should be changed to American Football, or Soccer.

It's been sung at rugby league matches too, and probably most other "football" codes, so I think football is probably used correctly here.Grinner 15:37, Aug 30, 2004 (UTC)

I've heard it sung with the words "Always piss on the right side of the trent" at Nottingham Forest FC. - FrancisTyers 12:43, 10 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can't find any reference to it being sunbg at funerals (although it's an interesting idea) The following http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/2173544.stm suggests this line is not factual - thus removed

It was sung at Graham Chapman's Funeral : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsHk9WC7fnQ

Spoiler

This article contains details about the plot of "Life of Brian", so it should have a spoiler warning

Quite agree. I did put one in originally but someone removed it. Bonalaw 08:40, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I wish there had been a spoiler alert! If someone knows the relevant Wikipedia style, please add one. Humphrey Tribble (talk) 00:43, 1 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Was it sung on Sheffield?

I'd heard that "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" was sung by the sailors on the HMS Sheffield as they abandoned ship shortly before it sank (after being hit by an exocet missle in the Falklands war). Is that true?

Well, it's included in the HMS Sheffield (D80) article....a brief google search can't find any contemporaneous news accounts that mention it online, but it WAS a pre-internet event. :)

Confirmed by Eric Idle in David Morgan's book "Monty Python Speaks!". Bonalaw 08:40, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Used in several movies

Like most people not living in the UK, I first notice the song from the movie "As Good As It Gets", sung by Jack Nicholson. Apparently, for the OST Art Garfunkel recorded a version.

Also on the end title music to "Six Days Seven Nights". But I don't know which version, but not the original by Idle.

Citation?

Why is there a citation tag in the references section? ^Talk User:Fissionfox 08:02, 30 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Royal variety performance

Anyone remember this being sung at the Royal Variety Performance, with an operatic opening, and just as the Prima Donna is about to commit suicide, her parter takes off his mask (revealing himself to be Eric Idle), and then breaking in to this song (also, with the lyric "life's a piece of shit" replaced with "life's a piece of spit")?? Guinness 17:54, 15 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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