Talk:The Crimson Permanent Assurance

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Contents 1 Memories of a projectionist 2 Their demise isn't animated 3 palin 4 Maybe should be added to trivia

[edit] Memories of a projectionist

Howdy from Texas,

Way back in 1983 I was working my way through college as a movie theater projectionist in Manhattan, Kansas (in other time... in another place...) and I have fond memories of this short film. Since it was integrated into "The Meaning of Life" as a short presentation before the main feature began, and since it was, after all, Monty Python, I had a bit of fun with our audiences that came in to see this film. "The Crimson Permanent Assurance" had its own ending theme and list of credits at its conclusion, so I'd close the curtain over the screen and bring up the houselights, as if, that's it, the show is over for tonight, in less than fifteen minutes. Thanks for coming; thanks for spending $4.25 (remember this was 1983). Some folks would get up to leave, scratching their heads, thinking "is that all there is? That didn't seem like the Meaning of Life to me." Whereupon I'd have to slide open the booth window and yell down to the auditorium to please sit back down; the main feature is about to start! And then open the curtain and dim the lights for "The Meaning of Life." I could never convince the other projectionists to do this; but at least I had Friday and Saturday nights for the big crowds. *sigh* Those days are gone forever,

Chris Hurd San Marcos, TX

—The preceding comment was added by 148.78.249.11 (talk • contribs) 10:49, 30 April 2005.

[edit] Their demise isn't animated

Template:Spoiler On Video On Demand, I saw The Meaning of Life (just to see The Crimson Permanent Assurance) and the end of the accountants/pirates didn't look animated; it looked more like it was a miniature of the building being pushed off a fake cliff. It looks nothing like Gilliam's cut-out animations nor does it resemble stop-motion animation. It looked like it was filmed in live-action. Yet the article says that they meet their (now animated) end by falling off the edge of the world. --68.37.116.234 16:00, 27 May 2006 (UTC) Template:Endspoiler

[edit] palin

If no one minds, I've removed the bit that speculates that Michael Palin is the voice that apologises. — riana_dzasta • t • c • e • ER • 00:43, 3 July 2006(UTC)

[edit] Maybe should be added to trivia

When the Crimson Permanent Insurance building first sees The Very Big Corporation building, there is a window cleaner's stand up really high. When the CPI comes near the building, the window cleaner's are a lot lower than they were first and get smashed by the grapples from the small CPI. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.87.8.127 (talk • contribs) 05:00, 16 August 2006