Michael Cleese was in town tonight, and he gave a wonderful retrospective of his life in comedy. His favorite part of the show is always taking questions from the audience, and I had given much throught beforehand to what question I would ask. I hurried down to the microphone, and got in line while people asked him questions about how he had done specific routines, or what it was like performing with his wife in Fawlty Towers while he was going through a divorce. My question was, "What would the Pythons do with the Congressional process on the health care bill?" He gave a fairly long answer about the differences between Britain and America, his legal background, the fear that Americans have of being sued, the fact that 80% of all Congressmen are lawyers, and then he wound up with this for his last sentence on stage:
The Congressional process on health care IS a Monty Python routine!
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How true, except, I'd rather watch a Monty Python routine than a Congressional routine, one is funny, the other is just sad and depressing to watch.
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SCENE: A major British barristers' office. The barristers are in the process of having an orgy using illegal substances, and there is a knock at the door.
POLICEMAN: Police! Police! Open up! We know you're doing illegal activities in there! (pounds on door) Let us in!
BARRISTER: (comes to the door wearing a three piece suit, wigged, and totally disheveled, carrying a very large tome) DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHOSE DOOR YOU HAVE BEEN POUNDING ON ?!
POLICEMAN: It's a law office, sir. But it don't do no good, sir. You're still creating illegal activity, aren't you?
BARRISTER: Parts of your statement may be correct. However, this is the law offices of Incubator-Jones, Smythe-Smythe, Ruddy-Puddy, and Heppelwhite. Are you aware that there are currently four Royal Crown judges in attendance?
POLICEMAN: Well, what does that mean,sir. I mean there is still illegal activity going on (wink, wink, nudge, nudge get my drift?)
BARRISTER (opening book and thumbing through it) Well, according to the unwritten Constitution, Section 1801, subsection H, it clearly says that Royal Crown judges can commit illegal acts with impunity.
POLICEMAN: IT DOES NOT!
BARRISTER: IT DOES TOO!
NOT!
TOO!
NOT!
TOO!
NOT!
TOO!
BARRISTER: All right, but I'll have to go inside so we can have a vote on it.
POLICEMAN: (reluctantly) OK (sighs) How much time will you need?
BARRISTER: By my calculations, approximately two months, thirteen days, five hours, and 45.5 minutes. Now, if you'll excuse me.
(Barrister slams door, and goes inside. Cut to interior. Barristers begin to have sex with each other. Another group of barristers are hitting each other with pillows)
MONTAGE OF GEOLOGICAL TIME
(The disheveled barrister comes to the door. He kicks the policeman sleeping at the door. The policeman wakes and stands up, but he has a full beard and moustache.)
BARRISTER: We've achieved a unanimous decision, and that is, it will be necessary to vote on this matter again, immediately.
(slams the door)
Agree 100%
Cleese has always been my favorite of the group. Wish I could have been there.
R
(slams the door)"
Here! Here!! ;)
They're sucking the blood out of this country, for sure.