Lithuania in the eyes of famous Monthy Pytoner
BBC finally aired the episode on Lithuania from the series of
Michael Palin's New Europe.
The episode, which is presented below, was pretty nicely written and integral.
Entering Lithuania from Latvia, Palin sleeps overnight in Palanga's
Auska, where he sleeps in "Brezhnev's bed". The camera then switches to the
Hill of Crosses, and some shots of Lithuanian countryside with even more crosses.
The majority of time, however, is spent in Vilnius where the man from Monthy Pyton with a certain obsession inspects various features of the
KGB musem with a help of audio guide. The there is a meeting with Algis Ramanauskas, the LIthuanian entertainer ("with piercing eyes") and a big fan of MP, and a spontaneus choir to sing the most famous Lithuanian songs "
Ant Kalno Murai" ("Some Brick Buildings on the Hill") and "
Du Gaideliai" ("Two Cocks") is organized. Some waitresses were very professional and refuse to join the fun. Also there is some footage from
Sajudis "Singing Revolution" times, which looks pretty weird now.
The third part of episode Michael is teleported to the Baltic coast again, this time sailing towards Nida gloriously in
kurenas . The (un) happy ending is quite philosophical, with old man Palin wondering around dead dunes or pine forest. Before whisking off to the Kaliningrad district for some
birdwatching in
Rybachyi and other Russian-style fun.
Watch the episode here.
The conclusion is once again: we can provide a lot of interesting artefacts based on the Soviet times, and on wild nature explorations. Not only Medieval or Renaissance history. So Welcome to Lithuania!
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Beveik legendinio BBC komedianto iš "Monthy Python" Michaelio Palino laida "New Europe" parodė reportažą iš Lietuvos (feat. ALgis Greitai), kurį galite pamatyti aukščiau, o aprašymą paskaityti
čia. Tas dar kartą patvirtina hipotezę - anglai mieliau apžiūrinės Sovietų laikų kontrastus ar neliestą gamtą, nei klausysis mūsų bubenimų apie Vytautą Didijį ar Rumšiškių turtus.
