Movie connections for
The Meaning of Life (1983)

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Follows

"Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969)

Edited into

Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1997) (VG)
From Spam to Sperm (1999) (TV)
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life' (2003) (V)

Spin off from

"Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969)

References

The Sound of Music (1965)
Jaws (1975)
Jaws 2 (1978)
Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)
The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)
Jaws 3-D (1983)

Referenced in

What Is Brazil? (1985) (TV)
Stand by Me (1986)
"Growing Pains: Maggie Seaver's: The Meaning of Life (#6.18)" (1991)
 -  title reference
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Teenage Caveman (#4.15)" (1991)
 -  "Somebody Invent the machine that goes Ping!"
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Teenagers from Outer Space (#5.4)" (1992)
 -  Machine that goes ping
Not Without My Handbag (1993)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Operation Double 007 (#6.8)" (1993)
 -  Servo: A pocket-sized machine that goes ping!
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Escape 2000 (#8.5)" (1996)
 -  "The Very Large Corperation of America"
Wallace & Gromit: The Aardman Collection 2 (1996)
Sånger från andra våningen (2000)
Conker's Bad Fur Day (2001) (VG)
 -  Marvin explodes from overeating just like Mr Creosote
The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
Iron Maiden: Visions of the Beast (2003) (V)
 -  video clip "Can I Play With Madness"
"Dead Like Me: Reapercussions (#1.4)" (2003)
 -  Discussion about salmon poisoning
The Meaning of Making 'The Meaning of Life' (2003) (V)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
 -  The whomping willow first loses one leaf, then a second one and then shakes all other leaves at once.
Team America: World Police (2004)
 -  Both movies draw comedy from having an overlong vomiting Scene.
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2005)
 -  The Paradise Club is setted the same as in this movie
Inside Spontaneous Human Combustion (2006) (TV)
 -  Bruce mentions Mr. Creosote.
What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV)
 -  Referenced by name
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
 -  Chuck said "It was just one wafer-thin mint, but I was already so full! Ooh, my stomach... I'll never forgive that waiter!"

Features

"Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969)
The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)

Featured in

The Meaning of Monty Python's Meaning of Life (1983) (TV)
 -  making of document
Precious Images (1986)
"Seriously Funny: An Argument for Comedy" (1996) (mini)
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Live at Aspen (1998) (TV)
It's... the Monty Python Story (1999) (TV)
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
 -  Harold Crick is shown watching part of the infamous "Mr. Creosote" sequence of this movie.
What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV)
 -  Clips are shown

Spoofs

The Crimson Pirate (1952)
Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957)
Ángel exterminador, El (1962)
Zulu (1964)
Mary Poppins (1964)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Oliver! (1968)

Spoofed in

European Vacation (1985)
 -  Audrey's dream sequence when her stomach expands is the same as the scene with the exploding fat man in Meaning, even has the same music. It's obviously a direct reference.
"Family Guy: A Fish Out of Water (#3.10)" (2001)
 -  A man from a sketch in this movie can be seen reciting his lines "I wonder where that fish did go, a fish, a fish, a fishy-oh!"
Flushed Away (2006)
 -  When some of Ritas' siblings jump out of a locker, it's a reference to a scetch in Monty Pythons' The meanng of Life

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