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
Monty Python Izzard hosted "The Life of Python" (1999), a history of the group that was part of Python Night and appeared with them at a festival/tribute in Aspen, Colorado, in 1998 (released on DVD as "Live at Aspen"). Izzard has said that Monty Python was a significant influence on his style of comedy and Cleese has referred to him as "the lost Python". Series director of "Flying Cirus", Ian MacNaughton, is also regularly associated with the group and made a few on-screen appearances in the show and in the film "And Now for Something Completely Different". Apart from Neil Innes, others