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Origins of Monty Python

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-worth-it dept.

jyuter writes "CNN posts the first chapter of the new Monty Python book, 'Monty Python Speaks!' It's a bit long, but an interesting read. " Well, the topic icon seems very applicable today. Read it-really good stuff.

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  1. Hard to define by dmorin · · Score: 4
    Did everybody see the special on cable awhile back when they got some sort of award? They even brought Graham's ashes out with them on stage (and of course, knocked them over and had to vacuum him up).

    I think it was Terry Jones who had this quote: "We were going for something that would be completely indescribable. Given that 'python-esque' is now in the OED, I think we pretty much failed miserably."

    According to Michael Palin, John Cleese got up at Graham Chapman's funeral and said, "Graham Chapman, writer of the parrot sketch, is no more. He has ceased to be. He has gone to meet his maker..."

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    www.HearMySoulSpeak.com
  2. while we're on this topic.... by jammer · · Score: 4

    Nobody expects the Linux Inquisition!

    Did you expect that? Huh? HUH!?

  3. I'm from Microsoft by drwiii · · Score: 5
    I'm from Microsoft and I'm OK
    I sleep all night and I sleep all day

    He's from Microsoft and he's OK
    He sleeps all night and he sleeps all day

    I code VB, I eat my lunch, I go to the lavat'ry
    On Wednesdays I do nothing
    But collect pay from Bill G.

    He codes VB, he eats his lunch, he goes to the lavat-ry
    On Wednesdays he does nothing
    But collect pay from Bill G.
    He's from Microsoft and he's OK
    He sleeps all night and he sleeps all day.

    I code VB, whilst taking a dump
    Ten lines done in two hours
    I wish I had GNU/Linux
    I just crashed my Windows taskbar

    He codes VB, whilst taking a dump
    Ten lines done in two hours
    He wishes he had GNU/Linux
    He just crashed his Windows taskbar     .. ??
    He's from Microsoft and he's OK
    He sleeps all night and he sleeps all day.

    I code VB, and MFC
    NT is such a crock
    I wish I'd learned BSD
    Just like my dear papa!

    He codes VB, and MFC
    NT is such a crock     .. ?!?

    He's from Microsoft and he's OK
    He sleeps all night and he sleeps all day!

    Yet another twisted drwiii presentation :P