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Undeservedly forgotten German Baroque composer with a ridiculously long name profiled in a ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063929/combined Monty Python's Flying Circus]'' skit (Nov. 23, 1969, "It's the Arts") . His wife was Sarah.
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Undeservedly forgotten German Baroque composer with a ridiculously long name profiled in a ''[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063929/reference Monty Python's Flying Circus]'' skit (Nov. 23, 1969, "It's the Arts"). His wife was Sarah.
  
 
Full name (taken from the book of the show scripts, which gives his name with the hyphens):  
 
Full name (taken from the book of the show scripts, which gives his name with the hyphens):  
  
'''Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle- dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser- kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle- gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch- mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.'''
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'''Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle- dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.'''
  
 
His name is mostly meaningless mock German; a few bits are real German:
 
His name is mostly meaningless mock German; a few bits are real German:
*bahnwagen = tram car
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* bahnwagen = tram car
*gutenabend = good evening
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* gutenabend = good evening
*bitte = please
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* bitte = please
*kalbsfleisch = "calf's flesh" = veal
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* kalbsfleisch = "calf's flesh" = veal
*shönedanker = Danke Schön backwards, means thanks
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* shönedanker = Danke Schön backwards, means thanks
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==External links==
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* https://montypython.fandom.com/wiki/Johann_Gambolputty
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[[Category:Monty Python|Gambolputty]]
 
[[Category:Monty Python|Gambolputty]]
 
[[Category:Fictional composers|Gambolputty]]
 
[[Category:Fictional composers|Gambolputty]]
 
[[Category:1969|Gambolputty]]
 
[[Category:1969|Gambolputty]]
 
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Latest revision as of 06:02, 27 May 2025

Undeservedly forgotten German Baroque composer with a ridiculously long name profiled in a Monty Python's Flying Circus skit (Nov. 23, 1969, "It's the Arts"). His wife was Sarah.

Full name (taken from the book of the show scripts, which gives his name with the hyphens):

Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle- dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönedanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm.

His name is mostly meaningless mock German; a few bits are real German:

  • bahnwagen = tram car
  • gutenabend = good evening
  • bitte = please
  • kalbsfleisch = "calf's flesh" = veal
  • shönedanker = Danke Schön backwards, means thanks

External links