And Now For Something Completely Different

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Nothing whatsoever to do with Warcraft, I just want to publish this for posterity. I think I’m pretty funny sometimes, and this was my response to someone who believed it was illegal to use a reference to the movies Batman and Spaceballs in the same post.

The Monty Python Reference Bible (MPRB) is a separate compendium and provides much guidance and minutiae regarding this subject.

1. The MPRB states that any rule or regulation that governs the use of Monty Python references is heretofore usurped by the MPRB and is henceforth the sole governing authority, not Priums Inter Pares, (First Among Equals).

2. The MPRB states that any reference to a Monty Python quote must be typed so that the reader innately understands it is to be shouted so others may join in.

3. The MPRB states that the following authors, directors, actors, and writers, due to their unique standing in the entertainment community, are authorized to be in the same publication as a Monty Python reference, however there is no exclusivity contract implied; other references among these them is neither required nor forbidden:

Mel Brooks
John Gielgud
Marvin Hamlisch
Helen Hayes
Audrey Hepburn
Rita Moreno
Mike Nichols
Richard Rogers
Jonathan Tunick
Barbra Streisand
Liza Minnelli
Whoopi Goldberg

4. The MPRB states that it is permissible to use the “Naughty naughty Zoot! You must spank her!” reference in the presence of other women and leer at their backsides.

5. The MPRB states that the “Bring out yer dead!” reference can only be used if the publication provides a gong or gong-like apparatus, either attached or incorporated into the publication, for the reader to physically strike.

6. The MPRB states that any woman who confidently recites a Monty Python reference from memory has her Hotness Quotient increased by 10%, (please refer to the “Hotness Quotient Algorithms” for more information).

7. The MPRB states that any man who does not immediately shout “Get the comfy chair!” after being called “Cardinal Fang” loses any and all rights to alcohol until 11:59pm of that day, children’s cough syrup included.

8. The MPRB states that the John Cleese/Jamie Lee Curtis scene in “A Fish Called Wanda” where she orgasms to his recitation of Russian while undressing is as funny as anything the Monty Python players ever concocted, except the Fish Slapping Dance, (please see The Funniest Monty Python Skit, in chapter 3, for more information).

9. The MPRB states that when introducing your Roman-Catholic wife or girlfriend to Monty Python, it is required to participate in the singing of “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” at the end of “Life of Brian”, even if it gives her cause to enforce the “He’s Too Geeky” rule of the seven-part treatise, “Why-I’m-Not-Sleeping-With-Him-Tonight: A Guide For Women of Discretion”.

And here’s what we are looking for to settle our argument:

10. The MPRB states that Spaceballs is worst of Mel Brooks’ movies, and including a reference to it in the same publication as a Monty Python reference is to be avoided. Any movie with Michael Cain is a better selection, except Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and the “Ruprecht” references; those are awesome.

Best of, Blog, Non-WoW | February 20, 2007

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3 Responses to “And Now For Something Completely Different”

  1. Dan B (no, not Bennett, think harder) on February 20th, 2007 8:23 pm

    Speaking of Liza Minnelli, There is a popular new group on Yahoo called THE JUDY GARLAND EXPERIENCE. They have amazing rare audio files that are changed twice weekly, great photo’s, lively discussions, and a membership that not only includes Judy’s fan’s, but her family members, friends, people who worked with her, author’s of Garland biographies, Garland Historians, people who have created and/or directed film and theater projects about her, and many more. The only thing missing is you!
    Please check it out.

    http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/thejudygarlandexperience/

  2. Damh on February 20th, 2007 11:02 pm

    I don’t usually moderate comments, but the next one that starts with, “Speaking of Liza Minnelli” is going down like the Titanic in a gravity well.

    I am officially Agog.

  3. Anonymous on February 20th, 2007 11:44 pm

    Speaking of Liza Minelli, Mrs Damh says (from memory, of course):

    “NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise…surprise and fear…fear and surprise…. Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency…. Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency…and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope…. Our *four*…no… *Amongst* our weapons…. Amongst our weaponry…are such elements as fear, surprise…. I’ll come in again.”

    It’s gonna be a cold night for Mrs. Damh.

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