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...Seeing the early Python work back in the 70s was a liberating experience for American comedy connoisseurs. Part of the kick was that Flying Circus wasn't made for us. Unlike the Beatles' music, it wasn't meant to sound like our stuff. Either the Pythons never thought to appeal abroad or they just didn't care; they were writing and performing for themselves. The show, with its sly mix of highbrow and no-brow humor, of university wit and pratfalling physicality, must have seemed strange enough to U.K. viewers. But for Americans there were extra layers of mystification...
...Another thing about the Beatles and the Pythons: both could be called musical comedy acts. Just as the Fab Four made humor a crucial part of their appeal, so the Pythons frequently used songs in Flying Circus ("Eric the Half-a-Bee," "The Lumberjack Song," "Dennis Moore") and their films. Idle's blithely idiotic ditty, "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," helped make Life of Brian that rare Crucifixion movie you could hum your way out of. And the Jones-Palin anthem from The Meaning of Life ("Every sperm is sacred / Every sperm is great / If a sperm...
...Gets Nervous in Tennessee In the race for the Senate, Harold Ford wasn't supposed to have much appeal outside his home base of Memphis. But now that he is in a virtual dead heat with his Republican opponent, the race is getting down and dirty
...cost of prescription drugs. Brown has long been a critic of these trade deals, which more moderate Democrats such as President Clinton have in the past supported, and if his populist rhetoric works, expect to see other candidates adopt such anti-trade rhetoric in the Midwest in 2008 to appeal to voters worried about the continuing decline of manufacturing jobs. DeWine has a history of winning close races, and for all the attention focused on it as a swing state, Ohio has long had two Republican senators and a Republican governor. But nearly all the polls over the last...
...rise of the conservative, evangelical wing of the Ohio Republican Party and won a difficult primary over a more moderate opponent. And he's one of the few African-American Republicans running statewide in the country. Democrats are often unfairly described as a party that doesn't appeal to religious voters, as African Americans attend church in high numbers and tend to vote Democratic, but Ted Strickland is an unusual candidate as well: the congressman has a master's degree in divinity, has worked as an administrator at a Methodist children's home and talks openly about his faith...