London ( CNN ) -- Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger poked fun at the Monty Python stars on Monday ahead of the comedy troupe 's reunion concerts this week as `` a bunch of wrinkly old men trying to relive their youth and make a load of money . '' Appearing in a video shown at the Monty Python Live ( mostly ) news conference at a central London theater , Jagger is asked by his assistant if he wants tickets for the shows . The singer , who is watching the World Cup football on TV with bandmate Charlie Watts , replies : `` Who wants to see that again ? It was funny in the 60s . '' He adds : `` The best one died years ago . Maybe back in the 70s it was fantastic -- it was the funniest thing . We 've seen it all before . I mean they 've put it all up on YouTube . '' Jagger 's assistant then runs through the playlist for the next Stones concert : `` Start with something everyone knows like 'Let 's Spend The Night Together , ' then 'Get Off My Cloud , ' then hit 'Satisfaction . ' '' His assistant then suggests : `` Dead Parrot Sketch . '' To which , Jagger replies , straight-faced : `` Yeah , 'Dead Parrot Sketch . ' '' The five surviving members of Monty Python -- Graham Chapman died in 1989 -- will perform together live for the first time since 1980 this week , putting on 10 shows at the O2 arena in southeast London . The first shows sold out in a matter of minutes when they were announced last November , and tickets for extra performances will go on sale on Tuesday morning . The comedians say the extravagantly choreographed performances will be their last . The very last show , on July 20 , will be broadcast live in more than 2,000 cinemas around the world , and on TV . At Monday 's news conference , however , the stars -- all now in their 70s -- joked that they would reform every 33 years . Python member Eric Idle , who is directing the shows , said they would perform many of of their best-known sketches such as the `` Lumberjack Song , '' `` Dead Parrot '' and `` The `` Spanish Inquisition , '' as well as new material . `` Our motto has been 'leave them wanting less , ' '' he joked . Echoing Jagger 's comments in the preceding film clip , Idle agreed there were similarities between pop bands reforming and themselves . `` ( The fans ) want to hear 'Let 's Spend The Night Together , ' '' Idle said . `` So it would be folly to try to write better things than our best old work . '' Michael Palin said the final live shows were taking place in England , `` where it started , '' and is part of `` saying goodbye publicly '' to fans . Idle added that , the day before the run opens , there was a `` weight of expectation '' on their shoulders . The Pythons admitted they had reunited mainly for the money , but said they were enjoying working together again . And with `` nothing more to be done '' to prepare for the shows , the mood now was one of excitement , he added . Idle , Chapman , Palin , Terry Gilliam , John Cleese and Terry Jones became comedic legends with the creation of Monty Python 's Flying Circus in October 1969 . They produced 45 TV episodes for the BBC and five films together before going their separate ways in 1983 . The shows mostly consisted of a string of often incoherent sketches , only occasionally with conventional punchlines and loosely tied together by Gilliam 's stream-of-consciousness animations . Although the TV show ran for only four seasons , it proved a massive cult hit when it was shown in the United States beginning in 1974 -- just as the show was winding up on the other side of the Atlantic .
Mick Jagger pokes fun at O2 stars before this week 's reunion tour begins . Surviving members are performing together live for the first time since week . BBC members say they will perform all of the best-known sketches at the Monty Python .