A view from Sarah Palin's porch? No, it's a satellite image of Big Diomede and Little Diomede islands in the Bering Strait between the easternmost tip of Asia (Siberian Russia) and the westernmost tip of North America (Alaska). "I know I'm here for only a very short time, but I hope I'll learn something." -- Michael Palin, to Sokun, the abbot of the Zen Buddhist temple of Buttsuji in southern...
Moviemaker TERRY GILLIAM has laughed off reports his former MONTY PYTHON pal MICHAEL PALIN has died, suggesting the news was a shock to the comedian/adventurer himself.
*One person who won't be cracking open the bubbly at the thought of the Republican Chris Christie taking office as Governor of New Jersey is Michael Palin, the English documentary maker and former Python (not to be confused with Sarah, beehived US vice-presidential candidate, of whom the former insists he is no relation).
Moviemaker TERRY GILLIAM has laughed off reports his former MONTY PYTHON pal MICHAEL PALIN has died, suggesting the news was a shock to the comedian/adventurer...
Two British comedians are threatening to sue a US election candidate, Chris Christie. The pair say he used part of an old TV show in his campaign without asking their permission. Words in the News. 4 October 2009
And now for something completely different. John Corzine, the former Bush-appointed US attorney challenging New Jersey Democratic Governor John Corzine in today's election, doesn't seem to know much about copyright law, say members of the British comedy troupe Monty Python. Two former Pythons say Corzine blatantly violated copyright law when he used clips from a Monty Python [...]
“Mini mid-term” elections get under way in America, with Democrats braced for bad news VOTERS were at the polls to elect governors in New Jersey and Virginia on Tuesday November 3rd and others were voting in a special election to fill a vacant congressional district in upstate New York. Together, these three races (numerous mayoral contests and state referendums are also taking place)...
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One day before the election that will decide the fate of humanity (right'), Chris Christie is busy with pesky copyright issues. It started last night when HuffPo called him out for an ad that swiped footage from Monty Python's Flying Circus . Then they called Michael Palin, who was not pleased: "He's clearly made a terrible mistake. It was the endorsement of Sarah Palin he was after — not...
Monty Python is upset that Republican Chris Christie appears to have used one of their skits in one of his advertisements. They are contemplating suing.The offending advertisement featured Palin in a vintage Monty Python's Flying Circus piece as a television presenter asking viewers if they had ever suffered from déjà vu and then repeating the question several times. Mr Christie's commercial,...
The publicly fat Chris Christie, a licensed lawyer, saw zero problem with taking a Monty Python sketch essentially in its entirety, editing in some choice Jon Corzine-is-awful-themed WordArt on the bottom of the screen, and airing it on national television without clearing it by the Monty Python people. Now Terry Jones and Michael Palin are [...] Monty Python - Terry Jones - Michael Palin - Television...
Chris Christie, 47, the GOP candidate for Governor of New Jersey in Tuesday's gubernatorial election, has used some Monty Python material without permission. The comedy troupe is none-to-happy. Christie is a lawyer, and a former U.S. attorney. He was appointed by George W. Bush as a U.S. Attorney in 2001 on Karl Rove's recommendation. The campaign advertisement, titled "Deja Vu," attacked...
"The unusual suspects, 1969: top row from left, Graham Chapman, Eric Idle and Terry Gilliam; bottom row from left, Terry Jones, John Cleese and Michael Palin." Source of caption and photo: online version of the NYT article quoted and...
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