Salad Days: An Analysis

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The pictures in this article are taken from "The Brand New Monty Python Papperbok" and "The Life Of Python." All pictures were scanned by myself, Mr. Bun. And now, an analysis of Sam Peckinpah's Salad Days. (sniff, sniff.)

No, we're not going to examine what the boys really meant, that it was a social comment on society, but in fact two points about the filming. First: The Blood.

Pic Number 1 There would be no Salad Days without blood. But how did they put it in there? Michael Palin said that they used huge cylinders filled with "Kensington's Gore," the fake blood substance. To the left is a picture of John Cleese's hands off. The arrow points to a man (director Ian McNaughton?) holding two cylinders filled with blood. Down is a detail:

Detail Number 1

Gee, you think Python would have made him just a little less notable in the picture!

Pic Number 2 On the left is a picture of a head chopped off. Again, an arrow points to a cylinder. Another detail is below.

Detail Number 2

To our left is a picture of a tennis racket through somebody's stomach. The arrow points to a hose going up a dummy's pants. At the bottom is (surprise, surprise) a detail.

Detail Number 3

Pic Number 4 At the left is another picture, however, there are two people holding cylinders. The one farther to the left is shown as a detail below.

Detail Number 4

The next thing about the sketch is the fact that the sketch was shot on a cold fall day. This is evidenced by two people (these people are not in the sketch wearing this, one of the two people being Carol Cleveland) wearing coats.

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	There would be no Salad Days without blood. But how did they put it in there? Michael Palin said that they used huge cylinders filled with "Kensington's Gore," the fake blood substance. To the left is a picture of John Cleese's hands off. The arrow points to a man (director Ian McNaughton?) holding two cylinders filled with blood. Down is a detail: Gee, you think Python would have made him just a little less notable in the picture!

	On the left is a picture of a head chopped off. Again, an arrow points to a cylinder. Another detail is below.

	To our left is a picture of a tennis racket through somebody's stomach. The arrow points to a hose going up a dummy's pants. At the bottom is (surprise, surprise) a detail.

	At the left is another picture, however, there are two people holding cylinders. The one farther to the left is shown as a detail below.