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Brattle Theatre, 2009 A.D. Saturday, about tea time. The occasion was a celebration of the 40th anniversary of that witty British comedy troupe, Monty Python. The “Python-A-Thon,” which took place last weekend, was little more than an excuse to watch every Python movie back-to-back, not that there is anything wrong with that. The films were interspersed with episodes of “The Flying Circus.” The event even featured a special “Quote-A-Long” presentation of “The Holy Grail...
...Yeah, I think people get a kick out of coming, especially for the big three Python movies: “Life of Brian,” “Meaning of Life,” and “The Holy Grail...
...Though it wasn't called spam until the 1980s - the term comes from a Monty Python sketch set in a cafeteria, where a crowd of Vikings drowns out the rest of conversation by repeatedly singing the name of the unpopular processed meat - the first unsolicited messages came over the wires as early as 1864, when telegraph lines were used to send dubious investment offers to wealthy Americans. The first modern spam was sent on ARPANET, the military computer network that preceded the Internet. In 1978, a man named Gary Turk sent an e-mail solicitation to 400 people, advertising...
MIDNIGHT MADNESS Under an austere light, dark suede and shiny snakeskin reveal their true colors. This page: GUCCI python bag, $4,700 (Gucci boutiques, 800-456-7663) Opposite page: HERMES Tentation boots, $2,050 (Herms boutiques, 800-441-4488) Styled by Sharon Ryan for Halley Resources Market editor: Mengly Taing...
...posse euthanizes the morning's catch by swiftly severing its brain stem, the men examine its entrails. "She was eating well out there," says Graziani, noting the large fatty deposits and the animal fur in its stool. But with everyone from politicians to glades crackers pledging to stop the python invasion, the snakes are now the prey...