Terry Gilliam Comes Out As A Black Lesbian In Transition. Well....Sort of...

Terry Gilliam on diversity: 'I tell the world now I'm a black lesbian'

Speaking at a press conference at the Karlovy Vary film festival, where he was presenting his new film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, Gilliam said: “It made me cry: the idea that ... no longer six white Oxbridge men can make a comedy show. Now we need one of this, one of that, everybody represented... this is bullshit. I no longer want to be a white male, I don’t want to be blamed for everything wrong in the world: I tell the world now I’m a black lesbian... My name is Loretta and I’m a BLT, a black lesbian in transition.”

BBC's Head of Comedy puts Monty Python's lack of originality down to a surfeit of education and racist bias

Unfair ! We were remarkably diverse FOR OUR TIME

We had three grammar-school boys, one a poof, and Gilliam, though not actually black, was a Yank. And NO slave-owners
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) June 20, 2018

Like 'em or hate 'em...Monty Python can never be accused of unoriginality.

Posted by: CBD at 03:00 PM

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1 Monty Python.

Some good, some bad, all original.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 15, 2018 02:57 PM (EoRCO)

2 WOW!!!

Posted by: MAxIE, mentioned in dispatches at July 15, 2018 02:58 PM (9TR2V)

3 Cleese is a hardcore leftist & very proud of it, too.

Posted by: strawdog at July 15, 2018 02:59 PM (Cssks)

4 And don't forget Terry's new name is Loretta

https://youtu.be/sFBOQzSk14c

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 02:59 PM (kVLm4)

5 Mostly willowed...

Can anyone direct me to the comment (or thread that contains it) with "Choo-choo, motherfvcker" as the punch line? Meant to copy that bit of hilarity but forgot.

Thanks.

Posted by: creeper at July 15, 2018 02:59 PM (XR+PY)

6 Give me your... LUPINS!

Posted by: Don Q at July 15, 2018 03:00 PM (NgKpN)

7 Aw, the leftists don't like what the left has wrought. that's a real shame...

Posted by: Chris M at July 15, 2018 03:01 PM (6XZdO)

8 I never cared that much for Monty Python.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 15, 2018 03:02 PM (mpXpK)

9 7 Aw, the leftists don't like what the left has wrought. that's a real shame...
Posted by: Chris M at July 15, 2018 03:01 PM (6XZdO)

Better, they are going after their fellow Leftists.

Its not like any of the Monty Python folks were Conservatives...

Posted by: Don Q at July 15, 2018 03:02 PM (NgKpN)

10 Of course in the new BBC version of Monty Python's Flying Circus there will be no pythons or circuses because that impugns animals. And absolutely no flying because that rapes Gaia unless its the elites going to Davros.

It fact Monty is also on iffy ground.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:04 PM (kVLm4)

11 It fact Monty is also on iffy ground.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:04 PM (kVLm4)

Monty, clearly a male name, thus promoting the Patriarchy!

Posted by: Don Q at July 15, 2018 03:06 PM (NgKpN)

12 Give me your... LUPINS!
Posted by: Don Q

He steals from the rich, and gives to the poor....

Posted by: Blutarski at July 15, 2018 03:07 PM (+Tibp)

13 Dont say jehova!

Posted by: muckrack at July 15, 2018 03:07 PM (BvB8d)

14 *starts madly tossing rocks*

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:08 PM (kVLm4)

15 One hopes that the absurdity of leftist logic becomes revealed and we can actually discuss things with facts and logic.

Posted by: Iris at July 15, 2018 03:08 PM (kdgv3)

16 I never cared that much for Monty Python.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at July 15, 2018 03:02 PM

You and me both. It's like one endless variation of a bunch of Brits sneaking around stealing oversize panties off a clothesline.

Posted by: Forgot My Nic at July 15, 2018 03:08 PM (LOgQ4)

17 I just goes to show that Humanity has been over exposed to microwaves.

Posted by: Fritz at July 15, 2018 03:08 PM (eAr55)

18 Rome! Is your Fwiend!

Posted by: Blutarski at July 15, 2018 03:08 PM (+Tibp)

19 Cleese is a hardcore leftist & very proud of it, too.
Posted by: strawdog at July 15, 2018 02:59 PM (Cssks)

You see it in his parsing. "Unfair!" Only a lefty would use the word fair, since nothing is. "FOR OUR TIME!" Yes, of course, things are much better now, but back in the day we were really hip! "And NO Slave-Owners!" But, I can use the word poof, can't I? Apparently, black is still the most oppressed group. Even after they've had trillions of dollars thrown at them, they still can't overcome all their brilliance being sucked out of their brains by YT's brain-sucking technology.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at July 15, 2018 03:09 PM (9BLnV)

20 The salmon mousse.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at July 15, 2018 03:09 PM (yQpMk)

21 BLT....

FOOD THREAD!

Posted by: dyno-elite canned hate at July 15, 2018 03:10 PM (/TNyL)

22 One day, lad, allllll this will be yours.....

Posted by: Blutarski at July 15, 2018 03:10 PM (+Tibp)

23
Cleese is a hardcore leftist & very proud of it, too.
Posted by: strawdog at July 15, 2018 02:59 PM (Cssks)

And like all proud leftist he's leaving UK for the Caribbean.
Cuz he's "disappointed" and my guess tax proposes but mostly tax purposes.

Posted by: YIKES! at July 15, 2018 03:10 PM (t6XCL)

24 You and me both. It's like one endless variation of a bunch of Brits sneaking around stealing oversize panties off a clothesline.
Posted by: Forgot My Nic at July 15, 2018 03:08 PM (LOgQ4)

No, that was Benny Hill. And Sid Barrett.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at July 15, 2018 03:11 PM (9BLnV)

25 Cleese called his most recent series of public appearances "The Alimony Tour," which is droll. His last wife, formerly his psychiatrist, really cleaned him out.

Posted by: strawdog at July 15, 2018 03:11 PM (Cssks)

26 The Colonel wanders in, he's half-potted. Manuel is off stage.

"I learned English from a book."

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:11 PM (kVLm4)

27 We had three grammar-school boys, one a poof, and Gilliam, though not actually black, was a Yank. And NO slave-owners
-- John Cleese (@JohnCleese) June 20, 2018

Hey! He stole my shtick!

Posted by: James Watt, Secretary of the Interior at July 15, 2018 03:11 PM (7jE3W)

28 I never cared that much for Monty Python.
=====
So much of their comedy depended on cultural signifiers that are no longer there.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 15, 2018 03:12 PM (MIKMs)

29 No, that was Benny Hill. And Sid Barrett Vicious.

Punk was just a means for an end for that gent.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2018 03:13 PM (2K6fY)

30 Cleese is a hardcore leftist & very proud of it, too.

Posted by: strawdog at July 15, 2018 02:59 PM (Cssks)

But he likes to pretend he isn't now and then. I think he came over and stuck his nose in our business for Shrillary in 2016.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 15, 2018 03:14 PM (7jE3W)

31 stupid tags. Dangit.

"No, that was Benny Hill. And Sid ~~Barrett~~ Vicious."

Punk at its inception was about stealing underwear off of clotheslines.

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2018 03:14 PM (2K6fY)

32 Humor against the leftist killjoys ...

Posted by: Jean at July 15, 2018 03:14 PM (Q2Z/S)

33 And now the architect sketch

https://youtu.be/DyL5mAqFJds

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:16 PM (kVLm4)

34 Dinsdale.

Posted by: The Hedgehog at July 15, 2018 03:17 PM (a1s18)

35 Children I know you're trying to help, but believe me, me mind's made up. I've given this long and careful thought, and it has to be medical experiments for the lot of you.

Posted by: Blutarski at July 15, 2018 03:17 PM (+Tibp)

36 You see it in his parsing. "Unfair!" Only a lefty would use the word fair, since nothing is.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at July 15, 2018 03:09 PM (9BLnV)

I have to take issue with you on this. I use the concept of fairness all the time. It is an important concept with many real applications (not unlike the concept of a dimensionless point or a one dimensional line). The problem with leftists is that they don't understand what "fair" actually means and they like to just throw it around to steal some legitimacy for their asinine arguments.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at July 15, 2018 03:17 PM (7jE3W)

37 Who cares what they are? These sooper conservative commenters are sounding like the sjws they mock.

Python is by itself.

And Fawlty Towers? Best 13 episodes of comedy ever,

Basil!!

Posted by: Bobby Ahr at July 15, 2018 03:17 PM (zmZ2x)

38 Heh one of my cousins is 3 years ahead of Terry Gilliam. I never saw the post but he put something on FB about being a black women trapped in a skinny white dude body. And it was not laughed off by his family and then he did decide he was maybe trans and experimenting with girl clothes and nail polish. He was at another cousins wedding.

I don't know him well enough but wanted to Gibbs slap him and tell him to knock it off and just be a dad to his kids instead of trying to become a rarity. How trans can you possibly be if you were hetero enough to have a college sweetheart that you married and had kids with?

Posted by: PaleRider, simply irredeemable at July 15, 2018 03:19 PM (r4KP2)

39 Basil, "And remember to never mention the war to the Germans."

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:19 PM (kVLm4)

40 Hey...blt!
This name's taken!

Posted by: Cletus at July 15, 2018 03:19 PM (X7St+)

41 Fawlty Towers, Thin Blue Line and Mind Your Language were the funniest Brit comedies. Yes, Prime Minister and Black Adder were pretty funny too.

Posted by: IC at July 15, 2018 03:20 PM (PEJUg)

42 22 One day, lad, allllll this will be yours.....
Posted by: Blutarski at July 15, 2018 03:10 PM (+Tibp)

---------

What, the curtains?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at July 15, 2018 03:20 PM (gC2IV)

43 Cleese is a hardcore leftist & very proud of it, too.

-
Yeah, he's one of the Dr. Frankensteins who created the monster.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 15, 2018 03:20 PM (+y/Ru)

44 Have you seen this pic of Cleese? It looks like he's gonna be birthin' a basketball:

'https://tinyurl.com/ybxhwx6h'

Posted by: freaked at July 15, 2018 03:21 PM (UdKB7)

45 I think in honour of this kerfluffle I shall binge watch all of Fawlty Towers. I know I got the bloody thing on DVD, thankfully not in PAL format.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:21 PM (kVLm4)

46 41
Fawlty Towers, Thin Blue Line and Mind Your Language were the funniest
Brit comedies. Yes, Prime Minister and Black Adder were pretty funny
too.

Posted by: IC at July 15, 2018 03:20 PM (PEJUg)

The latest "Brexit with May" is too dark comedy.

Posted by: muckrack at July 15, 2018 03:22 PM (BvB8d)

47 Watching Mr Moto movies, I had forgotten how Mr Moto wouldn't have a second thought about killing someone.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at July 15, 2018 03:22 PM (dKiJG)

48 The story of Gilliam trying to film Don Quixote read like the filming of Aguirre, Wrath of God without the Amazon, success, or monkeys.

It's nice to know he got a second bite

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2018 03:22 PM (2K6fY)

49 Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of Government.

Posted by: Don Q at July 15, 2018 03:24 PM (NgKpN)

50 We're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take turns to act as a sort of executive-officer-for-the-week

Posted by: Dennis, if you'd bother to ask at July 15, 2018 03:24 PM (+Tibp)

51 Monty Python is silly comedy. It seprrates those who can let go from their serious nature that life often demand and those who can't. Personally, I prefer the company of the former and fall in the catagory of the former.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at July 15, 2018 03:25 PM (E5dnG)

52 And now for something completely predictable.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at July 15, 2018 03:26 PM (Bk/8h)

53 Monty Python is silly comedy. It seprrates those who can let go from their serious nature that life often demand and those who can't. Personally, I prefer the company of the former and fall in the catagory of the former.
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at July 15, 2018 03:25 PM (E5dnG)

Much like those who like the Marx Brothers...

Posted by: Don Q at July 15, 2018 03:26 PM (NgKpN)

54 They all walked foony like and kissed policeman on their off time so I heard.No the third door on the left is for arguments this thread is for silly wankers and onanism for beginners,,,whoooarrr nice one Nigel.That was a load of bollocks well received.Crumpets to the left of us Crumpets to the right what to do mon bien paysants CRUMP the lot of 'em while naked and playing the piano sez I.....

Posted by: saf at July 15, 2018 03:28 PM (5IHGB)

55 I am still waiting for a remake of "Steptoe and Son" here in the United States.

Oh, wait.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 15, 2018 03:28 PM (EoRCO)

56 Monty Python is silly comedy. It seprrates those who can let go from their serious nature that life often demand and those who can't. Personally, I prefer the company of the former and fall in the catagory of the former.
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren

Yeah, Speaks With Forked Tongue has the driest sense of humor ever.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 15, 2018 03:28 PM (+y/Ru)

57 I tried watching what Netflix calls "Comedy" dear lord some lesbian going off on heterosexual men and how scared she is of men because she was raped multiple times. Comedy is dead.

Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at July 15, 2018 03:28 PM (dKiJG)

58 I no longer want to be a white male, I don't want to be blamed for everything wrong in the world: I tell the world now I'm a black lesbian . . . My name is Loretta and I'm a BLT, a black lesbian in transition.

This goes other the other way too.

https://youtu.be/GaB5AVNg14c

Posted by: Kindltot at July 15, 2018 03:29 PM (2K6fY)

59 Much like those who like the Marx Brothers...
Posted by: Don Q at July 15, 2018 03:26 PM (NgKpN)

-----------

Let us not forget the Three Stooges.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at July 15, 2018 03:29 PM (oXwsm)

60 THERE IS NO COMEDY IN ISLAM!

What? Oh, sorry.

THERE IS NO COMEDY UNDER SOCIALISM!

Posted by: gastorgrab at July 15, 2018 03:30 PM (u6OFe)

61 MP was funny because it was absurd. It's too hard to be absurd nowadays.

Posted by: freaked at July 15, 2018 03:31 PM (UdKB7)

62 COMEDY IS THE OPIATE OF THE MASSES!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 15, 2018 03:31 PM (+y/Ru)

63 "one was a poof"

which one? is a poof a homosezual?

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 15, 2018 03:32 PM (Pg+x7)

64 Right! I found it. Three DVD set of Fawlty Towers and still shrink-wrapped like a proper mummy.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:32 PM (kVLm4)

65 It's too hard to be absurd nowadays.

-
The Democrats have a monopoly on it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 15, 2018 03:32 PM (+y/Ru)

66 Yes a Poof or a Poofter means that sod is a homosexual.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:33 PM (kVLm4)

67 The Norwegian Blue prefers kipping on his back.

Posted by: Blutarski at July 15, 2018 03:33 PM (+Tibp)

68 Hmm. A black lesbian in transition. As far as species are concerned, that's more protected than the snail darter.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 15, 2018 03:33 PM (Tyii7)

69 There is no fun in leftism.

Posted by: Komrade Khomeini at July 15, 2018 03:34 PM (0jtPF)

70 "one was a poof"

which one? is a poof a homosezual?
Posted by: musical jolly chimp

Graham Chapman

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2018 03:34 PM (8ikIW)

71 (5: i think "choo choo motherfucker" was in one of the ont's. but, dammit, i'm stealing that!)

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 15, 2018 03:34 PM (Pg+x7)

72 Stoopid times we live in, indeed.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 15, 2018 03:35 PM (Tyii7)

73 57 I tried watching what Netflix calls "Comedy" dear lord some lesbian going off on heterosexual men and how scared she is of men because she was raped multiple times. Comedy is dead.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at July 15, 2018 03:28 PM (dKiJG)

It's turned into bitching, whining, moaning, and nagging.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at July 15, 2018 03:35 PM (E5dnG)

74 And then Hadji screamed, " My ass is on fire!"

Posted by: Just The Punch Line at July 15, 2018 03:36 PM (eAr55)

75
"Are You Being Served?" is another good Brit comedy.

I also like "Keeping Up Appearances". Hyacinth Bucket.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Rapscallion of a Poperin Pear at July 15, 2018 03:36 PM (8O3HH)

76 Welcome, Sir, to the Natural Cheese Emporium.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at July 15, 2018 03:37 PM (yQpMk)

77 Comedy is dead.

There's no humor to be found in lives filled with 24x7 offense and outrage.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at July 15, 2018 03:38 PM (Tyii7)

78 And now for something completely different.

https://bit.ly/2uC6MBk

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 15, 2018 03:38 PM (+y/Ru)

79 If Basil was still running Fawlty Towers, the role of Manuel from Spain would be replaced by some Paki named Ibrahim.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:38 PM (kVLm4)

80 The humorous life is dead in Soviet Britain.

Posted by: General Strelnikov at July 15, 2018 03:39 PM (yQpMk)

81 There is no fun in leftism.

-
Remember, you can't spell leftism without fist.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 15, 2018 03:40 PM (+y/Ru)

82 Remember, you can't spell leftism without fist.

Trying to get Shep excited?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:41 PM (kVLm4)

83 Anybody else watching The Wrong Man's? On PBS?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 15, 2018 03:41 PM (6Ll1u)

84 73 57 I tried watching what Netflix calls "Comedy" dear lord some lesbian going off on heterosexual men and how scared she is of men because she was raped multiple times. Comedy is dead.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at July 15, 2018 03:28 PM (dKiJG)

It's turned into bitching, whining, moaning, and nagging.
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at July 15, 2018 03:35 PM (E5dnG)

And lecturing. Can't forget the preaching either.

Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at July 15, 2018 03:41 PM (E5dnG)

85 82 Remember, you can't spell leftism without fist.

Trying to get Shep excited?
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:41 PM (kVLm4)

Better? You can't spell Leftism without fetish!

Posted by: Don Q at July 15, 2018 03:42 PM (NgKpN)

86 If Basil was still running Fawlty Towers, the role of Manuel from Spain would be replaced by some Paki named Ibrahim.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR)

Plus Manuel was played by a German born actor who came to England from Germany in 1938 to escape persecution.

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2018 03:42 PM (8ikIW)

87 I tried watching what Netflix calls "Comedy" dear lord some lesbian going off on heterosexual men and how scared she is of men because she was raped multiple times.
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at July 15, 2018 03:28 PM (dKiJG)

Look, if I had raped her, she'd wouldn't be a lesbian.
---Men

Have you ever noticed that most female comedians are dykes? Apparently, testosterone is necessary for funny. I'm not sure how to explain Carol Burnett and Phyllis Diller, though.

Posted by: Anonymous White Male at July 15, 2018 03:42 PM (9BLnV)

88 Ab Fab is probably the only brit comedy show I actually watched and found funny.

Patsy torching herself (and the kitchen) still makes me LOL.

Posted by: SMH at July 15, 2018 03:43 PM (Z8+SR)

89 Well why not

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2018 03:43 PM (pHfeF)

90 Choo Choo story is in Friday's ONT

Posted by: choo choo at July 15, 2018 03:43 PM (aUHJk)

91 Better? You can't spell Leftism without fetish!

Well played good sir.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:43 PM (kVLm4)

92 Chapman had to have his dick extracted from lady-boys
in his London "flat" to appear ON SCREEN poor sod.
Offed himself a whilst after..Cleese made bucks being a psued-psychiatwit...and the only semi sane one went on to tour the world and make some real shit.

Loved the lot of them.

Posted by: saf at July 15, 2018 03:43 PM (5IHGB)

93 *waves to SMH*

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:44 PM (kVLm4)

94 Have you seen this pic of Cleese? It looks like he's gonna be birthin' a basketball:
'https://tinyurl.com/ybxhwx6h'
Posted by: freaked at July 15, 2018 03:21 PM (UdKB7)

Jeesus....the fat tosser needs to lay off the cheese.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 15, 2018 03:46 PM (EoRCO)

95 Hey Anna!

The g-babies are off with their parents somewhere in town, t-storms have been rolling through the AO since last night, and am now slacking off here at the HQ, well, until the power goes out again.

How goes it with you?

Posted by: SMH at July 15, 2018 03:47 PM (Z8+SR)

96 mae west holds up well. ahead of her time.

"when i'm good, i'm very. very good... when i'm bad, i'm better!"

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 15, 2018 03:48 PM (Pg+x7)

97 'Jeesus....the fat tosser needs to lay off the cheese'

I like how the Daily Mail says he "looks stylish". If the style is a big pot belly and jeans well then I'm f'n Fabio.

Posted by: freaked at July 15, 2018 03:49 PM (UdKB7)

98 PBS used to play a lot of British comedy, not so much now though.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 15, 2018 03:50 PM (6Ll1u)

99 I had a most extraordinary---nay, bizarre--- experience yesterday.
I dragged myself to a bruncheon given for a visiting (literature) professor from the Univ of Bordeaux.
Yes. A Frog.

At some point, not long into the chit-chat, a couple of profs began to apologize for Trump.
To my utter amazement the Frog raised his eyebrows and asked, "And what is it zat is wrong with ze Trump?"

They could. not. handle. this. They could not function.
"And how is zat?"
"Poof! Zis is just ze words!"
"Why do you say zat?"
"What is zis 'racisme' of which you speak?"
"What are ze particulars?"

OMG, it was gobsmackery.

As a closet conservative, I am very, very good at keeping a straight face in political discussions, but I cracked.
No, I didn't crack. I managed not to guffaw loudly.
But I did smile.
Okay. I chuckled.

Most hilarious thing ever.

(He was not arguing pro Trump at all. He was just examining their opinions, thereby exposing their vacuity.)

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 15, 2018 03:51 PM (0jtPF)

100 PBS used to play a lot of British comedy, not so much now though.
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby

You're still going to give us money though, right?

...PBS All Pledge Week, All the Time...

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2018 03:53 PM (8ikIW)

101 Monty Python was one of the major contributors to my adolescent education. It was on twice a day -- PBS and CBC. It was like Seinfeld with all the quotable lines.

I love them but they are a bunch of lefties. Gilliam in particular hates fascist America but took forever to bother getting British/EU citizenship.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 15, 2018 03:53 PM (gUCYC)

102
So old liberals are no longer lefty enough and they don't like it. Tough tits, they helped create this mess

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 15, 2018 03:54 PM (SiINZ)

103 Use to have to stay up late Saturday night to watch Monty Python as a young teenager

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2018 03:54 PM (pHfeF)

104 I'm seeing ten stone of memoirs under that blouse.

Posted by: Just The Punch Line at July 15, 2018 03:54 PM (eAr55)

105 I am glad you having a spot of fun between outages there SMH. Hope the electrics hold up.

As for me? Last night at work got interesting in a non-fun way. Hardware guy called in. The night person in housewares she clocked out her last day the night before so no coverage there. The guy in Photo-Lab went to lunch and then didn't come back. And two of the techs in automotive also went to lunch and never came back.

When I win the Mega Millions jackpot Tuesday, one thing I plan on never buying is a Wal-Mart. Or shopping there.

Writing front. Where Cats Dare is being tackled from a fresh start. So is the San Francisco story. And of course Diana and Catherine, possibilities are popping up along with other things for Catherine to chatter about. Now if I had the time to write it all.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:54 PM (kVLm4)

106 of course, mae west played against a much more circumspect society. when anything and everything goes, what can surprise?

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 15, 2018 03:55 PM (Pg+x7)

107 I figured paying my taxes was my donation to PBS

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 15, 2018 03:56 PM (6Ll1u)

108 Ex Ex and g-babies' dad are electrician apprentices, so there's that, Anna.

Posted by: SMH at July 15, 2018 03:56 PM (Z8+SR)

109 Anna, working at WM has got to be trying but think of all the exposure you get to characters you can use. Not everyone can benefit from such experience.

Posted by: freaked at July 15, 2018 03:57 PM (UdKB7)

110 Geez how much hate for a fabulous comedy team...have U fuckers lost any sense of HUMMER!!!.

well I once made a joke in Hi Skool and people laffed!!!

yeah like neffer twits.

Posted by: saf at July 15, 2018 03:57 PM (5IHGB)

111

BLT?

Is this the defacto food thread?

Posted by: Soothsayer -- Follow and Lick Me On Fakebook at July 15, 2018 03:57 PM (qTQac)

112 Polly, "What's an electrician's apprentice?"

Basil, "A sod who hasn't been electrocuted enough."

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:58 PM (kVLm4)

113 Don't mention the war!

Posted by: Flowery Twats at July 15, 2018 03:59 PM (Evws/)

114 Writing front. Where Cats Dare is being tackled from a fresh start. So is the San Francisco story. And of course Diana and Catherine, possibilities are popping up along with other things for Catherine to chatter about. Now if I had the time to write it all.
Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:54 PM (kVLm4)

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I do much, much more reading than writing nowadays.

Right now, the Chronicles of Narnia are keeping the g-babies entranced before bedtime, but during the day, various Richard Scarry and Dr. Seuss books.

Posted by: SMH at July 15, 2018 04:00 PM (Z8+SR)

115 Tickets, money. passports! Patsy getting into ping pong after doing blow in the France trip episode was very funny

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at July 15, 2018 04:00 PM (eDmrZ)

116 Anna, working at WM has got to be trying but think of all the exposure
you get to characters you can use. Not everyone can benefit from such
experience.
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Saw a sitcom about working in a big store (forget the name), but I was charmed at the 'diversity' in age, experience, education, and actually laughed at some of the bits.

Posted by: mustbequantum at July 15, 2018 04:00 PM (MIKMs)

117 106 of course, mae west played against a much more circumspect society. when anything and everything goes, what can surprise?
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at July 15, 2018 03:55 PM (Pg+x7)
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Coloring outside the lines can be refreshing and even humorous.
But when there are no lines, it can't be done.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 15, 2018 04:01 PM (0jtPF)

118 Thank you, choo choo. 'Preciate that.

Posted by: creeper at July 15, 2018 04:01 PM (XR+PY)

119 Hi creeper!

Posted by: SMH at July 15, 2018 04:02 PM (Z8+SR)

120 Monty Python was and is extremely overrated. Best watched when stoned--the British version of Firesign Theatre.

Cleese is an extremely talented physical comic, but was much better in Fawlty Towers.

Posted by: chinese rock at July 15, 2018 04:03 PM (v6UKb)

121 Was wondering we getting a new time for food thread? Wouldn't bother me just asking.

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2018 04:03 PM (pHfeF)

122 Monty Python hasn't been funny since Eddie Murphy left.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2018 04:04 PM (zfrbv)

123 122 Monty Python hasn't been funny since Eddie Murphy left.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at July 15, 2018 04:04 PM (zfrbv)

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heh

Posted by: SMH at July 15, 2018 04:05 PM (Z8+SR)

124 I wouldn't say it was double overed funny, more just laugh occasionally funny.

Posted by: Skip at July 15, 2018 04:05 PM (pHfeF)

125 8 I never cared that much for Monty Python.

Posted by: Vic We Have No Party

British humor is not my cuppa.

And I hate Brit movies; I have to turn on captioning. Otherwise, I only get 50% of the dialogue, at best.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 15, 2018 04:06 PM (0ogQG)

126 Heh. Trump tweeted congrats to the French for winning at soccer.
Congrats Putin and Russia for putting on a great tournament.

Soccer?!?!?!

Putin?!?!!?

Lefties head exploding all over the place

Posted by: Bruce at July 15, 2018 04:06 PM (8ikIW)

127 Hay, SMH! How you are?

Posted by: creeper at July 15, 2018 04:06 PM (XR+PY)

128 Eddie Murphy stuck a banana up the Beeb's tail-pipe?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 04:06 PM (kVLm4)

129 Would take Benny Hill over MP any day.

Posted by: chinese rock at July 15, 2018 04:07 PM (v6UKb)

130 Spaced was a funny Brit show.

Posted by: Cosmic Charlie at July 15, 2018 04:08 PM (eDmrZ)

131 In AIT Gunny was in charge of the laser block, he was showing us how to discharge the huge capacitor with a screwdriver. Wasn't paying attention enough and it sent him flying 5-6 feet back when the voltage hit him, took the rest of the day off. But was back in the morning, tough old dude.

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at July 15, 2018 04:09 PM (6Ll1u)

132 Cleese is a hardcore leftist & very proud of it, too.
Posted by: strawdog at July 15, 2018 02:59 PM (Cssks)

And has complained about PC correctness killing comedy so yes, he may be a leftist. Does that make what he or Terry Gillian thinks wrong? That's how you get people to change. They see one thing that's a problem and then they see more and more problems with an entirely lefties viewpoint.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2018 04:09 PM (AllCR)

133 The Young Ones was funny (in small doses). My sis and I loved the episode where the hippie guy started self-composting into a big pile of vegetable matter.

"Oh heavy uncool, man!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at July 15, 2018 04:10 PM (gUCYC)

134 That's how you get people to change. They see one thing that's a problem and then they see more and more problems with an entirely lefties viewpoint.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2018 04:09 PM (AllCR)

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When?

*checks watch*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 15, 2018 04:11 PM (mgCYE)

135 chinese rock @ 129

Agreed. Seemed like it took too much effort sometimes to get the MP joke.

Posted by: creeper at July 15, 2018 04:12 PM (XR+PY)

136
Coloring outside the lines can be refreshing and even humorous.
But when there are no lines, it can't be done.
Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 15, 2018 04:01 PM (0jtPF)

As a youth, I was meticulous in coloring. Never outside the lines.
I have always viewed Jackson Pollock as incurably insane.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at July 15, 2018 04:12 PM (e1mEI)

137 Yale Law School: People will die if Kava is confirmed.

Me: People will also die if Kava is not confirmed. It's the way of all flesh.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 15, 2018 04:12 PM (+y/Ru)

138 Don't dis Benny Hill. Google - er, excuse me - DuckDuckGo "Diana Darvey" and tell me his show wasn't great.

And tell me how the dress stays on.

Posted by: George LeS at July 15, 2018 04:12 PM (59GGI)

139 As if you could assemble comedy by numbers-if we just have a black guy and a gay guy and a lesbian and a ____ it will all be funny. Sure uh huh.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2018 04:12 PM (AllCR)

140
Just wait until they're arrested for the hate crime in The Life of Brian where Cleese's character tells Eric Idle's character that he can't have babies.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 15, 2018 04:13 PM (SiINZ)

141 "BBC's Head of Comedy puts Monty Python's lack of originality"

Leftists: a collection of fern-fertilizing, tofu eating bores and pecksniffs.

Why the F**K does the BBC have a "Head of Comedy"?

Posted by: TANSTAAFL at July 15, 2018 04:13 PM (T09ml)

142 3 Cleese is a hardcore leftist & very proud of it, too.
Posted by: strawdog

And maybe he's realized it won't save him from the howling SJW mob.

Posted by: Puddleglum at July 15, 2018 04:13 PM (ZRNrK)

143 Why have comedy at all. You can only poke fun at straight white men.

Posted by: Rodney Dangerfield at July 15, 2018 04:14 PM (G86Sr)

144 Feel the micro aggression.
DAD:
There are Jews in the world.
There are Buddhists.
There are Hindus and Mormons, and then
There are those that follow Mohamed, but
I've never been one of them.
I'm a Roman Catholic,
And have been since before I was born,
And the one thing they say about Catholics is:
They'll take you as soon as you're warm.
You don't have to be a six-footer.
You don't have to have a great brain.
You don't have to have any clothes on. You're
A Catholic the moment Dad came,
Because...
Every sperm is sacred.
Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.
CHILDREN:
Every sperm is sacred.
Every sperm is great.
If a sperm is wasted,
God gets quite irate.
GIRL:
Let the heathen spill theirs
On the dusty ground.
God shall make them pay for
Each sperm that can't be found.
CHILDREN:
Every sperm is wanted.
Every sperm is good.
Every sperm is needed
In your neighborhood.
MUM:
Hindu, Taoist, Mormon,
Spill theirs just anywhere,
But God loves those who treat their
Semen with more care.

Posted by: Michael Palin and Terry Jones at July 15, 2018 04:14 PM (VWE5i)

145 Nood - Food

Posted by: Calm Mentor at July 15, 2018 04:14 PM (oXwsm)

146 When?

*checks watch*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 15, 2018 04:11 PM (mgCYE)

1. Somewhere in 2008 when I stopped voting for Democrats.

2. #Walk away movement

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2018 04:14 PM (AllCR)

147 Don't dis Benny Hill. Google - er, excuse me - DuckDuckGo "Diana Darvey" and tell me his show wasn't great.

And tell me how the dress stays on.

Posted by: George LeS at July 15, 2018 04:12 PM (59GGI)

Diana Darvey was stunningly beautiful and sexy

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 15, 2018 04:14 PM (SiINZ)

148 "Red Dwarf" was great too although I missed about a third of them -- the later ones.

Posted by: Flay Otters at July 15, 2018 04:15 PM (Evws/)

149 Why the F**K does the BBC have a "Head of Comedy"?
Posted by: TANSTAAFL at July 15, 2018 04:13 PM (T09ml)

Yes; I thought that was odd too.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2018 04:15 PM (AllCR)

150 132---That's how you get people to change. They see one thing that's a problem and then they see more and more problems with an entirely lefties viewpoint.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2018 04:09 PM (AllCR)
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Yep.
Little cracks.
That's how the light gets in.

Posted by: Zombie Leonard Cohen at July 15, 2018 04:16 PM (0jtPF)

151 Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 03:21 PM (kVLm4)

How dare you. He's a raging leftist. Nothing he did could be funny!! It's a political sin to watch anything by the any of the folks from Monty Python.

I don't need to put a sarc tag, do I? "^)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at July 15, 2018 04:17 PM (AllCR)

152 Basil, "Sounds like someone machine-gunning a seal."

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 04:18 PM (kVLm4)

153 *wipes sweat from brow*

FenelonSpoke did not typo me into the After Life.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 04:19 PM (kVLm4)

154 And I hate Brit movies; I have to turn on captioning. Otherwise, I only get 50% of the dialogue, at best.

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I watched a Brit movie from 1964 about a Tommy being tried and executed for desertion during the Battle of Passchendaele, King and Country. Whoever did the captioning knew absolutely nothing about the Brit Army or WWI and the captions were utterly ridiculous.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 15, 2018 04:20 PM (+y/Ru)

155 No matter how loyal a Lefty you are, eventually you will not be far enough Left and will become a literal enemy of the Left.
So at least we get to laugh at the future version of all these "woke" lefties who will one day become pariahs and be made to suffer cruelly at the hand of people JUST LIKE THEM.

Posted by: Mega at July 15, 2018 04:20 PM (rv0Fo)

156 Why the F**K does the BBC have a "Head of Comedy"?
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Maybe it's like a Head of Lettuce.

Posted by: Mega at July 15, 2018 04:22 PM (rv0Fo)

157 Hello FenelonSpoke, just sent you an email.

Posted by: hogmartin at July 15, 2018 04:22 PM (y87Qq)

158 The Left in this country isn't dead. It's resting.

Posted by: Mega at July 15, 2018 04:22 PM (rv0Fo)

159 94 Jeesus....the fat tosser needs to lay off the cheese.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at July 15, 2018 03:46 PM (EoRCO)

Which kind of cheese? Stilton? Gruyere? Emmental Norwegian Jarlsberger? Liptauer? Lancashire? White Stilton? Danish Blue? Double Gloucester? Cheshire?
Dorset Blue Vinney? Brie, Roquefort? Pont-l'Eveque?
Port Salut? Savoyard? Saint-Paulin? Carre-de-L'Est? Boursin? Bresse Bleu? Perle de Champagne? Gouda? Edam? Caithness? Smoked Austrian? Japanese Sage Darby? Greek Feta? Gorgonzola? Parmesan?
Mozzarella? Pippo Creme? Danish Fimboe?
Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at July 15, 2018 04:24 PM (NL6wI)

160 Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?

You slipped that one in just to see if anyone read the whole thing.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at July 15, 2018 04:25 PM (kVLm4)

161 Physiotherapist-maid Daphne on "Frasier" and Joy Scroggs in "Hot in Cleveland" was one of the dancing girls on Benny Hill. There was a soundless "Frasier" ending vignette where she was wearing lingerie and being chased around through the elevators with 'Yakkity-Sax' playing as the background music instead of the regular theme song. I think it was a Halloween episode.

Posted by: Farty Towels at July 15, 2018 04:26 PM (Evws/)

162
I can't think about Cleese without thinking about his greasy-assed hair, a story I've told here before.

When he lived in Montecito, he used to shop at the same Vons where I shopped. Used to see him every so often while picking up groceries. Greasy hair, with dandruff. Always wore a blue bla*er, usually with jeans. Talked to him in the checkout line a couple of times. Nice enough guy, but it took herculean effort to ignore that hair.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 15, 2018 04:26 PM (veoSD)

163 I'm fine, creeper, how about yourself?

Brief respite from the aquation at the moment.

Posted by: SMH at July 15, 2018 04:27 PM (Z8+SR)

164 The Left in this country isn't dead. It's resting.

Posted by: Mega at July 15, 2018 04:22 PM

Wrong.

It's pining for the gulag.

Posted by: TANSTAAFL at July 15, 2018 04:29 PM (T09ml)

165 Head of Sport programming; Drama; News; Documentaries; Comedy; Funny Walks.

Posted by: Fatty Owls at July 15, 2018 04:32 PM (Evws/)

166 Did anyone mention there's a NOOD?

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=376124
Posted by: creeper at July 15, 2018 04:31 PM (wmK60)

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Someone did.......way back at #146.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at July 15, 2018 04:35 PM (oXwsm)

167 You Can't Make This Up: Leftist Loon Who Sued Trump for Blocking Him on Twitter Admits to Using Fake Twitter Account to Manipulate a Woman He Dated

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Huh. Who couldda figured Dr. Eugene Gu as a screwball?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 15, 2018 04:38 PM (+y/Ru)

168 Cutting out the middle man.

Behind bars for 2 murders, he's running for US Senate seat in Minnesota
Paulina Dedaj By Paulina Dedaj | Fox News
Leonard Joseph Richards, 72, is serving a life sentence at Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater for murdering his half-sister and his lawyer.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 15, 2018 04:41 PM (+y/Ru)

169 Fake News NY Times Supports 'Savvy...Reliable' Peter Strzok Against His Republican 'Antagonizers'

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Yeah, when I think of Ztroke the two words that leap to mind are savvy and reliable. Also mature.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at July 15, 2018 04:47 PM (+y/Ru)

170 I don't believe in magic
I don't believe in I Ching
I don't believe in Bible
I don't believe in Tarot
I don't believe in Hitler
I don't believe in Jesus
I don't believe in Kennedy
I don't believe in Buddha
I don't believe in Mantra
I don't believe in Gita
I don't believe in Yoga
I don't believe in Kings
I don't believe in Elvis
I don't believe in Zimmerman
I don't believe in Beatles
I just believe in me, Yoko and me, that's reality

- 'God' John Lennon

Posted by: gastorgrab at July 15, 2018 05:30 PM (u6OFe)

171 Pussy riot just punked putin at world cup! No 1936 love fest for dictator this time! Hope putin doesn't do to them what hitler did to sphoie schoel.

Posted by: wammo at July 15, 2018 05:36 PM (nuhc+)

172 final score pussy riot 1 putin 0 goaaaaaaaaaaal pussy riot!

Posted by: wammo at July 15, 2018 06:07 PM (nuhc+)

173 169 Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler,

"Yeah, when I think of Ztroke the two words that leap to mind are savvy and reliable. Also mature."

When this jackass Strzok kept refusing to answer questions, he reminded me very strongly of this....

https://media.giphy.com/media/pt6NwqR5kN8LC/giphy.gif

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 15, 2018 06:34 PM (VDbGO)

174 If I were even remotely computer savvy, I would find a way to combine these two GIFs. (Am I the only one who thinks Peter Strzok strongly resembles Peewee Herman?)

https://giphy.com/gifs/fdYh6Jr6UuDdFrgQLZ

and

https://media3.giphy.com/media/LXFwMJBzLUDII/giphy.webp

Posted by: Sam Adams at July 15, 2018 06:37 PM (VDbGO)

175 I've long tried to garbage up the demographics on telephone poll questions. When I get to the point where I am an 18-year old black lesbian named Sanchez, I feel complete.

GIGO.
Cheers -

Posted by: agimarc at July 15, 2018 09:22 PM (1CKl6)

176 I came here for an argument. Sorry, this is abuse. Argument is down the hall.

Monty Python was genius. I think everyone in England from the mid-60's till Margaret's wakeup call were leftists. Most of them still are. Their comedic genius had nothing to do with their politics.

Posted by: Happy at July 15, 2018 10:51 PM (q8+zh)

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