Graham
Chapman was one sixth of the legendary Monty
Python’s Flying Circus team. Chapman developed
his comedy genius and a love for gin and tonic while
studying medicine at Cambridge University. Upon qualifying
as a doctor he went on to prove that laughter was
the best medicine by writing comedy for the likes
of Ronnie Corbett, Marty Feldmen and David Frost.
In 1969 Doctor Chapman and the rest of the Python’s
hit TV screens for the first time and a whole menagerie
of surreal characters were launched onto an unsuspecting
world. Chapman was the king of surreal comedy and
apparently attended a speaking engagement in a giant
carrot costume. He stood on stage for ten minutes
before exiting without saying a word! Chapman’s
drinking accelerated during the seventies but he quit
the bottle in 1977. Sadly he died in 1989 of throat
cancer. His ashes were blasted into space in a rocket
a fitting tribute to a giant of surreal comedy and
gin consumption! |
