Thursday, March 10, 2005

Monty Pythons complete boxed DVD set

And now for something completely the same. I busted a gut again and again. This set is awsome. Lots of little things to amuse and inform, mainly amuse. Python rules! It rules because of its combination of intellectual prowess and total lack of seriousness. Compared with any modern day comedy Python still ranks #1 in topical hillarity. Much of its situation would still be beyond the pale on mainstream American TV. Only the Simpsons comes close to laughs at the expense of the holiest of holys. Python is so good and so ubiquitous that you can't really compare it to anything that has come after it. Since everything, from Second City, to SNL, to Mad TV, all trace their family tree back to Python.
Who else can reash the same skit, originally done in 1969, in 1999 and still get laughs?
"What I object to is all this sex on the teli..I mean...I keep falling off."

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