MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008
Episode 3, RT 23:09. Famous for lampooning the medieval world in Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Terry Jones has a real passion for and detailed knowledge of the Middle Ages. In Terry Jones' Medieval Lives, his mission is to rescue the Middle Ages from moth-eaten cliches and well-worn platitudes. Behind the stereotypes of "damsels in distress" and "knights in shining armor," there are wonderfully...
SitcomsOnline.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 31/08/2008
Since it is Labor Day weekend, our ratings report is off this week. Stay tuned next week for the return of that...as today we will give you a TV Rebels column! It's time for another edition of TV Rebels. We originally had special permission to publish the first 6 essays on TV shows and actors that will be featured in the upcoming book TV Rebels: 100 People and Programs That Shaped the Medium
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub (Free subscription) | 30/08/2008
We old-line campaigners and politicos watched with great interest the news of Sen. John McCain’s choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice president ticket-mate. McCain’s choice offers glimpses of what is going on inside McCain’s campaign, and McCain’s head. Here are the top 10 reasons McCain chose Sarah Palin, in count-down order: 10. Michael [...]
Townhall.com (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
As the election season intensifies, the ongoing debate about global warming is heating up, too. The National Center for Policy Analysis addressed global warming in a recent post on Daily Policy Digest, noting how many i
Wednesday-Night (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008
We are delighted that Anne Lagacé Dowson, the NDP candidate in our by-election will be joining us this Wednesday. As all of you who have not been hibernating (what would be the summer verson of hibernating?) in the woods, absent all forms of print and telecommunications news, the race in Westmount-Ville-Marie is [...]
Celebrifi (Free subscription) | 13/08/2008
[celeb id=69942]Clay Aiken[/celeb] Returns For Encore Engagement inMonty Python's SPAMALOT, Th...
Thomas Crampton (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
The Globe and Mail ran the above amusing cartoon while, elsewhere in Canada, the Edmonton Sun’s Terry Jones could not praise the opening ceremony highly enough. Wonder if even the China Daily had a lead this strong. Olympic opening ceremonies the best ever By Terry Jones, Edmonton Sun BEIJING – If any future Olympic Games is ever credited [...]
The Stage | TV Today (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
The Tudors (Friday 9pm, BBC1) There’s something utterly joyous about The Tudors, isn’t there? It’s trashy and historically inaccurate, of course, but that’s hardly an original criticism of this show, so it’s best to just look the other way. Tonight there’s a Christmas present for...
MilkandCookies.com (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
A sketch from Monty Python from their movie, Meaning of Life. Perkins (Eric Idle) lost his leg and Ainsworth (John Cleese) and Pakenham-Wales (Michael Palin) along with a doctor (Graham Chapman), a Sergeant (Terry Jones) and a very strange man (Terry Gilliam) go out for a party.... I'm sorry a SEARCH party!
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 27/07/2008
Toronto Sun reports that Nashville race will be dropped from docket As I watch Goodyear and the NASCAR ‘Car of Tomorrow’ send the Brickyard 400 from already mediocre to epic fail, I also see Terry Jones of the Toronto Sun reporting that the Grand Prix of Toronto has made the 2009 IndyCar Series schedule. One of the [...]
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub (Free subscription) | 26/07/2008
Here’s a typewriter you can buy. NV Books in Great Wolford, Warwickshire, offers a first edition copy of Douglas Adams’ masterpiece, The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, together with the autographed typewriter upon which he wrote it: It’s yours, for just $25,112.92 (Today. Exchange rates may make the price wobble a bit). [...]
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 24/07/2008
TELL some people you’re off to Amsterdam and they immediately revive the memory of that brilliant Monty Python sketch featuring Eric Idle and Terry Jones.
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
from Terry Jones of the Edmonton Sun, If you haven’t seen Kevin Lowe’s Edmonton Oiler big picture strategy developing along the way you can certainly see it now with the signing of Shawn Horcoff to a six-year contract extension through 2014-15 worth $33 million US. “This team has a lot of upside right now and I see the fruits of that sooner than later,” said Horcoff. “I’m thrilled with the direction...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Terry Jones, associate editor at Investor's Business Daily, said that a flat month for the IBD/TIPP Index of Investor Optimism actually was good news, as the personal finance component of the index squeaked into positive territory again. While the index remained flat -- and at its lowest level ever -- on the whole for July, Jones said that a positive month or two ahead could be the sign that pessimism...
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
There are six names guaranteed to make you laugh in Monty Python and the Holy Grail : Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Arthurian legends have never been treated with such impudent silliness as in Monty Python's 1975 geek comedy classic...
