John Cleese's Message to the USA

**RICHARD** · 11-15-2006, 06:57 AM

makes me wanna dive on a holy hand grenade...

**Randi** · 11-15-2006, 01:05 PM

I wish John could have seen this, he was an avid Monty Python fan and read everything they ever did. In his younger days, he was listening to the Goons on the wireless, and just recently, I found old books about the Goons that John had kept all these years.

I'm not familiar with all the shows, like John was, but I know he got some real old tapes from a childhood friend when we visited England.

John Cleese was brilliant in Faulty Towers, but I must admit, there are pieces in the Monty Python shows I don't find that funny, I suppose you have to be British to get it.

However, when I first heard this on the radio, I was ROTFL!

http://www.serve.com/bonzai/monty/cl...reSoPoorSketch

Two guys who were part of Monty Python I really like, is Michael Palin and Terry Jones. Terry Jones is/was writing some excellent political articles for Observer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Jones.

**Lizzie** · 11-16-2006, 05:55 PM

As someone else pointed out, this piece was more appropriate for the 2000 election which is when I first read it, but I'm very glad to see it's still making the rounds. Who did write it, really? As a Brit who has lived in the U.S. for 30 years, I find it funny in many different ways and it does poke fun at both cultures. I still put the full stop (period) in the wrong place when I use brackets (parenthesis) or inverted commas (quotation marks).

Like Randi, I most admire Terry Jones and Michael Palin from the Monty Python group. Did you ever see Terry Jones' series that was based on 1950's boys adventure stories? I loved the Goons also and can hear Spike Milligan's voice in my head every time I think of the Goons and Eccles.

**Killearn Kitties** · 11-16-2006, 07:47 PM

Originally Posted by Lizzie

Did you ever see Terry Jones' series that was based on 1950's boys adventure stories?

What was that? I remember Michael Palin's Ripping Yarns, but I can't think of a Terry Jones series.

**Lizzie** · 11-16-2006, 08:14 PM

Oooops!

You are right. Ityped the wrong name (Terry Jones) even while I knew it was Michael Palin. Actually, 1950's is probably wrong also. Aren't they based on an even earlier period?

**kitten645** · 11-16-2006, 09:34 PM

In a world where Borat is the number one movie and people actually PAY to see Jackass, I LOVVVE the Pythons. I've been watching them since I was about 9...
"Run away! Runaway faster!"

**Killearn Kitties** · 11-17-2006, 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by Lizzie

Oooops!

You are right. Ityped the wrong name (Terry Jones) even while I knew it was Michael Palin. Actually, 1950's is probably wrong also. Aren't they based on an even earlier period?

OK, I just thought I was missing something there! Yes, you are probably right, I think some were set in the Victorian era. As a matter of fact, I just saw "The Curse of the Claw" again the other night!