Roger the Shrubber – Roger the Shrubber (Monty Python and the Holy Grail)
https://www.wizard101central.com/wiki/NPC:Roger_the_Shrubber
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Idle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python_and_the_Holy_Grail
The Gardening vendor and trainer of Avalon, Roger moves into his tent in Abbey Road (next to Siban) after Wizards complete the quest Between Two Shrubs.
A pestilence is upon this land where ruffians can threaten an honest shrubber. Nothing is sacred.
Roger the Shrubber
On their side-quest to find a shrubbery, King Arthur and Sir Belvedere chance upon Roger. He deplores their use of “Ni” to torment an old crone into giving them information.
Oh, what sad times are these when passing ruffians can say Ni at will to old ladies. There is a pestilence upon this land. Nothing is sacred. Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
Roger the Shrubber
Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English actor, comedian, musician and writer. Idle was a member of the British surreal comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band The Rutles, and is the writer of the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Spamalot (based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail).
Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) was a British comedy troupe formed in 1969 and consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. The group came to prominence for creating and performing the sketch comedy series Monty Python’s Flying Circus (1969–1974). Their work then evolved from the series into a larger and more influential collection that included live shows, films, albums, books, and musicals; their influence on comedy has been compared to the Beatles’ influence on music. Regarded as an enduring icon of 1970s pop culture, their sketch show has been referred to as being “an important moment in the evolution of television comedy”.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy film satirizing the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin) and directed by Gilliam and Jones in their feature directorial debuts. It was conceived during the hiatus between the third and fourth series of their BBC Television series Monty Python’s Flying Circus.
In MPatHG Eric Idle played Roger the Shrubber, Sir Robin the-not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot, Lancelot’s squire Concorde, and Brother Maynard, among other roles
The current list of all the (known) Avalon references are located here.
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