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...Among the 1,103 Monty Python items up for bid last week on eBay were these ephemera inspired by the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail: talking action figures of King Arthur, sirs Bedevere and Robin and girlie-man Prince Herbert; Grim Reaper and killer Rabbit plush toys; "Holy Hand Grenade" and "French fart" T shirts; Black Knight "It's just a flesh wound" boxer shorts; and tickets to Spamalot, the hit musical that Eric Idle (and co-composer John Du Prez) confected from MP&HG nearly 30 years later...
...This choleric temperament would define Cleese's post-Flying Circus personality: as Basil Fawlty in his Fawlty Towers sitcom; as the martinet sergeant in the film of Peter Nichols' Privates on Parade; and, right now, in Spamalot, as the Voice of God. When Arthur cravenly compliments Him on the notion of a quest for the Grail, Cleese the Almighty bellows in that distinct and cutting tenor: "Of course it's a good idea. I'm God, you stupid...
...learn a hell of a lot. Plus, if you’re a humanities major, you have a couple of advantages: first, pre-meds can’t write for shit. Second, your philosophy lectures and History & Literature tutorials prep you just fine for the theory that Professor Arthur Kleinman throws down. Lit-critters, this is a fine complement to those depressing “Writing About Illness” seminars.For those who prefer Adam Duritz to Adam Smith, there’s Professor Stephen Marglin’s Social Analysis 72, which offers a “critical approach?...
...Rome's notoriously relaxed lunch hour. Reviews of his new book have been good, and just 24 hours after its release last week, a second printing was ordered. Veltroni cites Philip Roth and Ian McEwan as his favorite contemporary authors. But he also cites a more risqué name, Arthur Schnitzler, the Austrian writer who explored the limits of sexuality and the subconscious, and inspired Stanley Kubrick's film Eyes Wide Shut. Asked if he had any of his own recurring dreams, Veltroni chuckled. "I dream with my eyes open, like any elected official should do," he said...
Reversals like these often mark the true end of a contentious business cycle, as the legal system shakes out how old laws will apply to new crimes. The Supreme Court's decision last year to overturn the conviction of accounting firm Arthur Andersen wasn't without precedent. (Nor was it helpful: after the initial trial, Andersen had collapsed and some 28,000 U.S. employees lost their jobs.) Similarly, Charles Keating, one of the biggest nabs in the 1980s savings and loan scandal, saw his conviction reversed nearly five years after going to prison. And after the late-'80s insider-trading...