[laughter] >> laughter takes the air out of everything, and for my hbo special halfway through i took my shirt off and revealed my double mastectomy scars. >> you laugh at a joke about death it's funny considering the source. you're making a joke about death, the thing that is definitely going to happen to you. >> and now ladies and gentlemen, this is the almost full monty. >> monte python was at the aspen comedy festival the first time when they were all gathered together since graham chapman died. they brought his earn so graham could be there. >> i think that's the most appropriate way to mourn a comedian. i don't think any comedian wants to be taken seriously in death. it's almost a betrayal. >> we were doing a show in