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Two men recently attempted to charge people a dollar to cross a bridge in a park near the intersection of Foothills Highway and Colorado Avenue and allegedly threatened to stab an off-duty sheriff's deputy with a broken golf club after he refused to pay.

Boulder deputy clubs menacing bridge "troll" By John Ingold Denver Post Staff Writer DenverPost.com A golf club-wielding man who tried to extort tolls from people crossing a bike path bridge while claiming to be the bridge's troll is facing menacing and drug charges, police said. The troll's reign of terror came to an end, police said, when he threatened an off-duty Boulder sheriff's deputy, who snatched the clubs from the man and whacked him with one. Even after a Boulder police officer, with a drawn stun gun, arrived and ordered the man to the ground, the man "continued to be...

Jun 12 1:19 PM US/Eastern LONDON He gave the world the Ministry of Silly Walks and foul-tempered hotelier Basil Fawlty of TV's "Fawlty Towers." Now John Cleese wants to pass his comic skills on to a new generation. Cleese, one of the founders of the comedy troupe Monty Python's Flying Circus, said he plans to write a history of stage, film and TV comedy, from silent screen classics to the workplace sitcom "The Office." "I'm too old to write new comedy," Cleese, 66, was quoted as saying Monday by The Times newspaper. "I can never do better than `Fawlty Towers,'...

FIRST ANNOUNCER: Are you offended easily? I am. But it's nothing to worry about; it's all part of growing up and being Muslim. This course is designed to eliminate taking offense, to enable you to talk freely about rude objects, to look at awkward and embarrassing things and to point at people's privates. The course has been designed by Dr Ahmed Halal of the Institute of Going a Bit Red in Tehran. Here he himself introduces the course.DR AHMED HALAL: Hello! My name is Ahmed Halal. Thank you for inviting me into your home. My method is the result of...

In this war freedom should come first not after! In New Hampshire the Motto is Live free or Die! I don't need Bush spying on law abiding americans and taking our freedoms. Anyone who surrenders a square inch of freedom to the government in the name of saftey is a traitor and should be treated like one! Let the Bush Fashists all drop dead! Filthy Commys! LET FREEDOM RING!

VERY Rare music tracks Ca.1977 from Eric Idle & Ricky Fataar as a duet from after the breakup of The Rutles (Best Spoof of all time) This single came pressed on the most hideously colored khaki colored vinyl.These tracks are almost 2mb apiece. So you have to be a real Monty Python fan . Either click on a picture to downlod the song or click on the links below :) Ging Gang GoolieMister sheene

Just saw the video for the first time. I wasn't sure if it was a joke, or if it was real! The guy has an accent that sounds English or Australian. He rants in such a goofy way that it reminded me of the Peoples Judean Front vs the People's Front of Judea. I really thought for a moment it was a Python sketch! Watching this on O'Reilly just now, I expected to see the guy's arm come off at any given moment and quarts of tomato juice to come squirting out! "Your arm's off!" "Tis but a scratch!" "You're...

Two of my ministers have regularly conducted “mini-sermons” for the children in the church. When they do that, they demonstrate a universal truth. No one really understands a subject until he can explain it in plain English to a ten year old. I think the question of appointing new Justices to the Supreme Court cries out for that treatment. The Fry Cook Rule may provide the answer. One member of the Supreme Court has already resigned, Justice O’Connor. Three others may not be long behind her, Chief Justice Rehnquist, and Justices Ginsburg and Stevens. I won’t repeat what I’ve said...

First came Paul vs. John, which begat Dirk vs. Nasty, which begat Eric vs. Neil. Monty Python member Eric Idle and comedic songwriter Neil Innes were the close friends and collaborators who created the Rutles three decades ago as a parody of the Beatles -- a very popular band, you may recall, whose bitter breakup left close friends/collaborators Paul McCartney and John Lennon at each others' throats. In the wake of the recently released straight-to-DVD "The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch," Idle, who plays McCartney stand-in Dirk McQuickly, and Innes, who plays Lennon stand-in Ron Nasty and wrote the...

'Spamalot' Receives 14 Tony Nominations NEW YORK - "Monty Python's Spamalot," a madcap medieval musical loosely based on the zany British troupe's film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," led the field with 14 Tony nominations Tuesday, including best musical and bids for its King Arthur, Tim Curry, and Lancelot, Hank Azaria. "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" and "The Light in The Piazza" got 11 each. The Pulitzer Prize-winning "Doubt," John Patrick Shanley's drama of uncertainty set against the backdrop of a Catholic school in the Bronx, received eight nominations. Kathleen Turner picked up a best actress nomination for her role as...

The other night at the Shubert Theater, home of the freshly minted hit "Spamalot," there were lines everywhere. There were lines at the box office and lines at the cancellation window. There were lines at the souvenir stand and lines at the bar. There were lines upstairs, lines downstairs and lines on the stairs in between. But there was one spot with no line whatsoever: the ladies' room. That's because "Spamalot," Broadway's hottest show, drawn from the 1975 cult film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," has managed to tap into a rare, highly prized Broadway demographic: men; specifically, the...

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And now for something completely familiar. More than 35 years on from their first appearance, prepare for a fresh outbreak of Monty Python mania. Who would have thought the old boys had so much blood in them? The biggest buzz on Broadway this spring is flying around Eric Idle’s new musical based, loosely, on Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Early indications are that Spamalot will indeed be the biggest hit of the year. Variety reported that the show, which officially opens on March 17 at the Shubert Theater, grossed more than $700,000 in its first seven New York previews...

If nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition, then how about Monty Python's surreal humour brought to a London stage, in French, with English surtitles? That is exactly what a French troupe has done in the first and only authorised stage version of the television series that earned Monty Python international cult status. "It is like we have been adopted as knights of Camelot," said producer Remy Renoux, referring to "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" in which French soldiers taunt King Arthur and his companions with insults like "Your mother was a hamster!" "If Python fans are a little anxious they...

Monty Python and "Spamalot" are heading for Chicago. In just three weeks the new musical opens at the Shubert Theatre for a one month stand but Wednesday morning the cast of the Goofball Musical Comedy met the media. ABC 7's Frank Mathie was there to see if total silliness on the screen can transfer to total meaningless fluff on the stage. It's a good cast, David Hyde Pierce of "Frasier" fame, Hank Azaria, the voice of many different Simpson's characters, and the star of many films Tim Curry, he's King Arthur. "I was particularly looking for a musical because I...

Brave Sir Kerry Those among our Dear Readers who are Monty Python fans will recall the "Brave Sir Robin" song from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. During the first relevent scene, Sir Robin's minstrel heralds Sir Robin's bravery and fearlessness.Brave Sir Robin Bravely bold Sir Robin rode forth from Camelot.He was not afraid to die,O brave Sir Robin.He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways,Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Robin! He was not in the least bit scared to be mashed into a pulp,Or to have his eyes gouged out and his elbows...

NBC Nightly News finished their report tonight on the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth assault on the Kerry presidential campaign with strange news.In a comment reminiscent of the Black Knight from Monty Python's Holy Grail movie whose last resort was to bleed all over King Arthur after all his limbs had been hacked off in combat, the Kerry campaign said they would keep their focus this week on the Swift Boat Veterans controversy.In response to an NBC reporter's question as to whether the Kerry campaign would keep the focus on the swift boat controversy in order to deny President Bush...

(to the tune of Monty Pyton's "Brave Sir Robin", from Monty Python and the Holy Grail) Minstrels: Bravely bold al-Sadr Rode forth from al-Najaf He was not afraid to die, oh Brave al-Sadr! He was not at all afraid to be killed in nasty ways... Brave, brave, brave, brave al-Sadr! He was not in the least bit scared to be bombed into a pulp, Or to have his brains shot out, and his elbows broken To have his kneecaps split and his body burnt away, And his limbs all hacked and mangled, brave al-Sadr! His head bashed in and his...

Within a few weeks of 9/11, most conservatives had grasped something that the anti-war left still can't comprehend to this very day; that wiping out Al-Qaeda isn't enough, we have to go after all terrorist groups with global reach. Want to know why? Just look at this snippet of the script from the hilarious -- yet sacrilegious, don't say I didn't warn you -- movie, The Life Of Brian and you'll start to understand. In this scene, Brian tries to join a terrorist group... "Brian: Are you the Judean People's Front? Reg: F*ck off. Brian: What? Reg: Judean People's Front....

NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Hyde Pierce, Tim Curry and Hank Azaria were named on Wednesday as the leading trio for next year's Broadway-bound production of Monty Python's "Spamalot." "Spamalot," to be directed by Oscar and Tony Award winner Mike Nichols, is billed as "the musical lovingly ripped off from the motion picture, 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail,"' the 1975 comedy directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. It tells the tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table and their quest for the Holy Grail. A chorus line of dancing divas and knights, flatulent Frenchmen,...