August 12, 2010 07:30 PM
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From Rowan Atkinson's 1980's show "Not the 9 O'Clock News," a skit made in response to Monty Python's Life of Brian.
Open thread below...
Monty Python
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July 18, 2010 07:30 PM
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Eric Idle's entirely appropriate and elegant response to YouTube commenters. Open thread below....
June 09, 2010 07:30 PM
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The original "Four Yorkshireman" sketch, with Tim Brooke-Taylor, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, and Marty Feldman. The show was ITC's "At Last the 1948 Show" which pre-dated Monty Python by two years.
Open thread below...
March 04, 2010 08:30 PM
Open Thread
Can't get enough of this skit, though of course they edited out the "refuse to vote for cloture" competition. Open thread below...
February 07, 2010 06:00 AM
Mike's Blog Roundup
Princess Sparkle Pony's Photo Blog: Hairdressers and fetuses will destroy tea baggers. Internecine warfare has already erupted. But check out the invite I got yesterday!
Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog The wingnut defense of Monsanto
Enduring America: Afghanistan: Did the way forward come out of London Conference? (h/t swimgirl)
Margaret and Helen: The elephant in the room is a kangaroo
Angry Bear: The meaning of "Monty Python and the Meaning of Life"
2L4O: Too Liberal for Obama: My friend vastleft sent me this cool Tshirt...
October 15, 2009 05:00 AM
Glenn Beck has a theory on brontosauruses, and it is his, and what it is too
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Watching Glenn Beck descend into yet another of his bizarre chalkboard rants earlier this week, it occurred to me I had heard a similar theory once: Miss Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses.
The Wikipedia entry observes:
The skit coined the concept of "Elk Theories" to describe scientific observations that are not theories but merely minimal accounts.
I've also heard the term "Elk Theories" used to describe hypotheses that mean nothing and prove nothing.
Which, you know, is what Beck's bizarre "six degrees" guilt-by-association "theory" comes down to. One can play this game with anyone. It wouldn't take six degrees to connect Glenn Beck to Adolf Hitler or Osama bin Laden or Timoth McVeigh, if he wants to play that game. But it wouldn't prove anything, would it?
Except, of course, that Glenn Beck is becoming so detached from reality that his programs are now unintentional comedy skits. And no, Glenn, we're not laughing with you. We're laughing at you.
Enjoy the mashup.
October 06, 2009 07:30 PM
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May 15, 2009 07:30 PM
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Take that, Senator Sessions. (And bet you twenty quid those judges vote Tory.)
And a warm congratulations to Marcy Wheeler on her well-deserved Hillman Award for investigative journalism. Bloggers rock, and they need our support.
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May 06, 2009 07:30 PM
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The GOP Rebranding effort meets the sacked caption guys from Monty Python and The Holy Grail. Open thread below.
March 24, 2009 07:30 PM
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h/t to C&L commenters Old Billy and Trittydi.
Tonight's open thread is dedicated to Dagen McDowell, the FOX Business analyst who projected a bit today. On topic: the Twitter grapevine reports that "Kucinich" is Dagen's safeword. Open thread below...
