************************************************************* The Unofficial, Incomplete, But Otherwise Completely Wonderful List of MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS fan clubs and fanzines ************************************************************* Compiled by Alyce Wilson (amw108@psuvm.psu.edu). This document may be freely distributed as long as this header is retained. Send any updated information or info on clubs/'zines not on this list via e-mail. [Fresh fish not a valid substitute. ([8-=O gumby emoticon ] ----- AMERICAN MENSA MONTY PYTHON SIG (Special Interest Group) Prints a quarterly newsletter (see "Proceedings of the Spanish Inquisition.") Yearly activities. Membership to Mensans is $5 U.S./yr. Non-Mensans can join for $6 U.S./yr. Members are encouraged to contribute to the newsletter. Dues and mail relating to SIG business should be sent to: Henry Roll 2419 Greensburg Pike Pittsburgh, PA 15221 USA ----- AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MPFC fanzine. 32 A5 pages, color card cover. Comes out 'occasionally.' Contains reviews of new and rare items, regular UK TV reviews, lots of articles on different aspects of Python, reprints of clippings. Issues 4 to 6 featured exclusive interview with Neil Innes. 3 issue subscription for 5 pounds or $10 (U.S.) Cost for latest issue: #1.60 (pounds sterling) or $3 U.S. currency. James Gent 1 Pond Meadow Milford Haven, Dyfed Wales SA73 1HB United Kingdom ----- BRITCOMEDY DIGEST Contact--Melinda Casino, editor [casino@pobox.upenn.edu] Michelle Street, contributing editor [mtstreet@prairienet.org] Michelle Casino, copywriter [casino@sas.upenn.edu] Electronic fanzine. Published monthly, covering news, trivia, and articles on all British comedies (Red Dwarf, Whose Line is It, Anyways?, Blackadder, Jeeves & Wooster, Dame Edna, Are You Being Served?, Monty Python, Bottom, The Young Ones, The Comic Strip, The Good Life/Good Neighbors, etc.). Posted monthly to the following newsgroups: alt.comedy.british, alt.comedy.british.blackadder, alt.tv.red-dwarf, rec.arts.tv.uk, alt.fan.monty-python, alt.fan.monty-python.silliness, and alt.zines. Back issues available at the ftp site: cathouse.org Use an anonymous identification, with your e-mail address as the password (Macintosh users should place a "+" symp before their e-mail address password. The directory is: /pub/cathouse/humor/british.humour/britcomedy.digest ----- COMPLETELY DIFFERENT Club newsletter of Penn State Monty Python Society (See seperate listing). Prints write-ups on club events, previews of Python projects, and gener al silliness. Subscription available for cost of mailing. Biweekly, two pages. Mark Sachs, editor Completely Different Penn State Monty Python Society c/o HUB Communications file University Park, PA 16802 USA ----- DEAD PARROT'S SOCIETY (Newcastle University; Newcastle, Australia) Contact -- Matthew Glenn Ward, President "DPS meet every few weeks to watch Python, and drink wine. As simple as that." Getting t-shirts made. Have corresponded with former MPFC members. Dead Parrot's Society c/o Matthew Glenn Ward, President PO Box #2 Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia ----- FOUL (FRIENDS OF UNNATURAL LLAMAS) (University of Melbourne; Melbourne, Australia) Contact -- Nick Cumpston, president; Tim Butler, sec. [Contacting in progress] Produces quarterly magazine, "The Amiable Quadruped;" meets weekly; membership $2.50/yr. FOUL Box 83 Union House University of Melbourne Parksville, Victoria 3042 Australia ----- IT'S Magazine Contact -- Sheila Gibson The oldest continuing MPFC fanzine in the U.S. Interviews with the Pythons, reviews of the "latest crop of Pythonorama, and the freshest Python news this side of Algon." $3 for Americans, $4.50 (U.S.) for other countries. For information, send a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope to: IT'S PO Box 365 University Station Syracuse, NY 13210 USA ----- THE MINISTRY OF SILLY WALKS Contact -- Contacting in progress Oceanside, NH PO Box 241 Oceanside, NH 11572 USA ----- MONTY PYTHON APPRECIATION SOCIETY (Acadia University; Nova Scotia, Canada) Contact -- Tim Chipman [timothy.chipman@acadiau.ca] Begun in 1987 with average membership of 50-100 students; watch movies; produced a radio show; staged stunts on campus (such as running candidates for student govt.); sell T-shirts; once a year all-night movie session with lumberjack breakfast. Monty Python Appreciation Society c/o Acadia Student Union Wolfville Nova Scotia BOP1XO Canada ----- MSVU SOCIETY FOR POPULAR MEDIA (SPaM) (Mount Saint Vincent U.; Nova Scotia, Canada) Contact -- Allen White [awhite@linden.msvu.ca] Perform skits and Pythonesque material; founded 11/93 at this mostly female religious college. ----- PENN STATE MONTY PYTHON SOCIETY (Pennsylvania State U.; Pennsylvania, USA) Contact -- Alyce Wilson [amw108@psuvm.psu.edu] (current pres. -- Mark Sachs) Participate in various events throughout the year (Homecoming Parade; Ides-of-October Mystery Event; Mall Climb; Twit of the Year Contest); print biweekly newsletter (see seperate listing, "Completely Different"). Penn State Monty Python Society c/o HUB Communications File University Park, PA 16802 USA ----- THE PRISONER CLUB (just became the British Television Society) Pitt (University of Pittsburgh) Contact -- Chris Kocher [cjkst6+@pitt.edu] Appreciation of British television (incl. "The Prisoner," "Dr. Who," "Red Dwarf," "Sherlock Holmes," "Monty Python," etc.) 20-25 members. Weekly meetings, and special activities. The Prisoner Club Box 5F, Fifth Floor, William Pitt Union University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 ----- PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPANISH INQUISITION Newsletter/fanzine of the Monty Python Special Interest Group of American Mensa. According to Robert Trumble, editor at large, "The Editor encourages all sorts of silly, pointless and perhaps moderately tasteless material. Stuff you send us we will consider for publication unless you tell us otherwise." Subscription free to members of the Special Interest Group (see seperate listing, "American Mensa Monty Python SIG"). Contributions to Proceedings of the Spanish Inquisition should be sent to: Robert M. Trumble, Ed. PSI 3 Waynewood Court Dearborn, MI 48124-4029 USA ----- ROYAL ORDER OF PYTHONS (University of Texas at Austin; Texas, USA) Contact -- ??? [Received 'Return to sender' at snail mail address.] Used to participate in general silliness, movie watching and beer drinking, according to a former member. ----- SPAM (SYDNEY PYTHON APPRECIATION MOVEMENT) (Sydney University, Australia) No information currently available. Contacting in progress. ----- DISTRIBUTION: _____________ This list appears approximately every 28 days on alt.comedy.british and on alt.fan.monty-python. It is periodically updated on the archives at the FTP site, cathouse.org /pub/cathouse/humor/british.humour/mont.python/fan.clubs Look for a version on Rich Rosen's Monty Python WWW home page, at the site: http://www.iia.org/^rosenr1/python