Monty Python death. Directed again by Jones solo, "The Meaning of Life" is embellished with some of the group's most bizarre and disturbing moments, as well as various elaborate musical numbers. The film is by far their darkest work, containing a great deal of black humour, garnished by some spectacular violence (including an operation to remove a liver from a living patient without anaesthetic and the morbidly obese Mr. Creosote exploding over several restaurant patrons). At the time of its release, the Pythons confessed their aim was to offend "absolutely everyone". Besides the opening credits and the fish sequence, Gilliam, by now
Albatross (Monty Python sketch) frequently performed live. In the "Monty Python Live (Mostly)" stage show, Jones's character walks away from Cleese's character and into a pub where he encounters Eric Idle's character and the sketch segues into "Nudge, Nudge". It can also be seen in the film "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl" (1982). Cleese uses stronger language than in the original TV broadcast ("Of course you don't get fuckin' wafers with it!") and verbally abuses the customer. Eventually their dialogue is interrupted by the Colonel (Graham Chapman), who stops the sketch because of the "filthy" language. He tells Jones he is needed