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http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37451043tonyt53
(5,737 posts)wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)He was an accomplished medievalist as well.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)My early notions of humor were strongly influenced by those guys in the early 70s.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)I thank him for the decades of laughs he's given me. He and his pals certainly made my life more fun.
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)Recounting of The Crusades in which he documented that any event in history has several points of view, ALL of which could be accurate...
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)soon
my local library gets just about anything via inter library loan. will be checking there if it's not online anywhere
that was a great show!
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)BootinUp
(46,928 posts)MFM008
(19,782 posts)......
Hugin
(32,778 posts)msongs
(67,199 posts)Aphasia involves loss of spoken and written language. It generally means inability to produce or comprehend meaningful language. My dad had aphasia before he died and it was heartbreaking.
tymorial
(3,433 posts)My father introduced me to Monty Python when I was a kid.
Here is Terry Jones at his best
"I DON'T LIKE SPAM!"
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Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)finished them all. now I have something to watch Monday night that might approach the surrealism that will dominate
here's my favorite:
tblue37
(64,982 posts)lithiumbomb
(250 posts)I saw him after a showing of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' last summer. He was in good spirits but was obviously having some difficulty with the Q&A and some sketches with the audience. I had hoped he was just fatigued.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)all the more reason to push back against stupid and harmful cannabis prohibition, of course.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/25/health/alzheimers-medical-marijuana/
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)REP
(21,691 posts)I wonder if he saw the bitter irony in a Welshman being deprived of language in such a brutal way (the Welsh, especially Northerners, love language).