Monty Python Live at Aspen film would miss Chapman's acting talents. The one-off reunion at Aspen led to plans for a 30th anniversary tour for the following year which, due to disagreements within the group, failed to materialise. Monty Python Live at Aspen Monty Python Live at Aspen was a reunion show featuring the surviving members of the Monty Python team: John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, appearing on stage together for the first time since their Hollywood Bowl shows in 1980. Filmed on 7 March 1998 at the Wheeler Opera House in Colorado as part of The US Comedy
Monty Python Toronto (which commissioned the work), Idle himself sang the "baritone-ish" part. Since "The Meaning of Life", their last project as a team, the Pythons have often been the subject of reunion rumours. The final reunion of all six members occurred during the "Parrot Sketch Not Included – 20 Years of Monty Python" special. The death of Chapman in 1989 (on the eve of their 20th anniversary) put an end to the speculation of any further reunions. Several occasions since 1989 have occurred when the surviving five members have gathered together for appearances—albeit not formal reunions. In 1996, Jones, Idle, Cleese,