Favorite Python

[BurtWorm]

Poll question: Favorite Python

Inspired by unidentifiedbassplayer's John Cleese anecdote.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=20556&mesg_id=20556&page=

(But don't let that influence you

[peekaloo]

1. all of the above!

[BurtWorm]

2. I added that option

[peekaloo]

3. thank you

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[BurtWorm]

4. I can see why you'd want to pick all of the above

Cleese gets an extra dose of affection from me for his work as Basil Fawlty.

On edit: That sounds dirty. Let me change that to "dose of appreciation."

[I AM SPARTACUS]

5. Monty...

[Aristus]

6. Eric Idle

He's the best song-writer.

[MaineDem]

12. My reasoning, too.

Idle for the songs.

[BurtWorm]

7. A plug for Terry Jones

I voted for Cleese, but I hope someone rewards Jones for his masterful drag ("I've just put some lard on the cat's boil"), his film directing (which I believe he shared with Terry Gilliam on the earliest Pythons) and his latest political satires for the

[BurtWorm]

13. Aren't there any Terry Jones fans in the house?

He deserves at least one vote. The naked organist? The prince who just want to sing ("Wo', the cur'ains?")? The sweetmeats manufacturer "Crunchy frrrrrrrogs")?

[BurtWorm]

14. Who voted for Terry Jones?

Was it someone who took pity, or someone who genuinely jas a Jones for Jones?

[peekaloo]

15. Jones has written some scathing commentary recently

spot on assessments of Bu$hit and Poodle-kins.

[BurtWorm]

16. Exactly

In fact if I had asked the question who is the world's most influential Python, I might have voted for Terry Jones.

[MiddleRiverRefugee]

8. Graham Chapman, for his role

in the Python Reunion. :evilgrin:

[BurtWorm]

9. It was an incendiary performance, wasn't it?

No doubt about it: Grahma Chapman filled a vacuum.

[MaineDem]

11. I actually had tears in my eyes

That was one of the funniest things I had ever seen!

[classics]

10. Hello!

I would like to buy a fish license please.