[starbeast]

>I only know that because I sometimes read screenplays, for movies that interest me. It's fun and doesn't take as much time as it does to watch the movie.

I don't know why I find this as hilarious as I do, but thanks for sharing.

Personally, I haven't read many screenplays, though I did read the original one for Monty Python and the Holy Grail and it bears very little resemblance to the final film. There's a whole section about buying pet ants from Harrods.

[weinzierl]

It wasn't in the Holy Grail, as far as I remember, but they actually did that sketch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmKped3yARQ

[starbeast]

It was in the first draft of the Holy Grail screenplay. Mr Arthur King finds the grail at the Harrods ant counter.

I am guessing that the Harrods sketch is from the fourth series and is repurposing some of that material.