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As it is for many people, humor is one of my main passions in life and I have always been a big fan of the comedy of the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields, Woody Allen, and Monty Python. I own videos of some of my favorite movies, classic comedies like It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Groundhog Day with Bill Murray, The President's Analyst, and What's New Pussycat . I can watch these great comedies over and over and they crack me up every time. In the 70s I was a big fan of British comedy like Monty Python, Fawlty Towers, and The Goodies, that were shown on American television. This is still some of my favorite humor. I miss those days, but thanks to DVD (previously VCR) videos and YouTube I can still enjoy them.

Humorous videos

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Granny goes digital	Medieval helpdesk (for "the book")	Redneck 911	Hasty snow removal	Two angry Women	A Big Deck

Rob Paravonian's Pachelbel Rant	John Belushi does Joe Cocker (see the original)	Steve Martin Holiday Wishes	Power windows	Suspected terrorists	Granny air bag

	(Scroll to see all in Firefox)	OctoMom birth video	Smartest kid in class	Don DeLuise egg trick	Who's On First? Abbott and Costello

Woody Allen

		Tries to subtly buy a nudie magazine in Bananas
		Subway scene in Bananas (that's Silvester Stallone as hoodlum)
		Gives parking assistance in Bananas
		Plays cello in Take the Money and Run
		Tries to rob a bank in Take the Money and Run
		Another bank holdup in Take the Money and Run
		An interview in the intro for What's Up, Tiger Lily? "Death is my bread, and danger my butter..."

Film clips...

		Christina Applegate and Cameron Diaz in The Sweetest Thing
		Sean Penn played surfer Jeff Spicoli in Fast Times at Ridgemont High
		Peter Sellers in the opening scene of one of my favorite movies, What's New Pussycat?
		Peter Sellers and Keenan Wynn in Dr. Strangelove "You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company."
		Peter Sellers and Orson Welles in the 1967 spy spoof Casino Royale "Don't think that went unnoticed ... I see everything that goes on at this table."
		Jack Nicholson orders toast in the diner scene from Five Easy Pieces "I want you to hold it between your knees."

TV show clips...

Taxi – Reverend Jim's driving test (I shortened this from a longer scene because all I wanted here was the one joke)
"What does a yellow light mean?"

Blackadder

– this hilarious British TV series featured Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) and Hugh Laurie (House)

	Court Martial	How did the war start?	Explaining evolution to a creationist	Edmund hires a ship	Royal Wedding	Prince George is all man	Will Shakespeare
	General Melchett visits the troops	Time travel

Funny ads (some fake, some foreign, see more on YouTube

)...

Trunk monkey	Stuck on the escalator	Airtran shareholder meeting (see more)	Nice 'n easy door	Improve your English	Indecent Proposal (MasterCard)	Tidy Up (IKEA)
SFR phone network (French)	CANAL+ cable channel (French)

David Letterman

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Working the
drive-through window
at McDonalds

Cheney vs. Pelosi:
The blink count

Sonny and Cher singing
"I Got You Babe"

Tribute to Bill Gates

Letterman flips off viewer

McCain bails out

Cheech and Chong

	Coke scene	Mexican Americans	Chong rocks out	Stoned in car

Louis C.K.

– his language can be a little racy but he is hilarious

Tom Mabe

– got his start spoofing telemarketers

Eavesdropping

Toxic Lake

Ambulance Prank 1

Video sites

TV shows and movies

Hulu – owned by NBC

TV.com – owned by CBS

Veoh

Joost
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Monty Python

"And now for something completely different!"

Monty Python (Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam) produced some of what I consider the most hilarious comedy of all time. Back in the early 70s they had a weekly TV show that I never missed. I purchased the The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus Megaset when it came out on DVD and now I can watch this great comedy whenever I feel like it.

Flying Circus videos

Here are some of my favorite Python sketches. I acquired these videos on the Internet, but since I own the DVD set of all the episodes I may see if I can rip them from the DVDs to get the best quality videos. These play in popup windows (which you can safely enable on my website). For you programmers, my Perl section describes how I am playing these.

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Spam	Nudge, Nudge	The Ministry of Silly Walks	Italian Class	Dead Parrot	Argument Clinic	Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook
The Man With Three Buttocks	Mr. Hilter	Agatha Christie (railway timetables)	Self-defense Against Fruit	Lifeboat (cannibalism)	The International Philosophy Match	"I want to get married."
Buying a Bed	Hide and Seek Olympics Final	Agatha Christie (Inspector Tiger)	Architect Sketch	Secret Service Dentists	Bored Airline Pilots	Exploding Penguin
Spanish Inquisition	The Butcher	Restaurant Sketch	Archaeology Today	The Cheese Shop	The Smuggler	The French Sketch
Kilimanjaro Expedition	The Visitors Sketch	Lumberjack Song	The Office Sketch	Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson	The Hospital Sketch	Fish-Slapping Dance
The Silly Job Interview	Travel Agency	Deja Vu	Bicycle Repairman	Sam Peckinpah's "Salad Days"	Vocational Guidance Counsellor	Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life

Movie sketches

The Holy Grail
The Black Knight

The Holy Grail
French Taunting

The Holy Grail
Bloody Peasants

The Life of Brian
The Stoning Scene

The Life of Brian
Biggus Dickus

The Life of Brian
Bright Side of Life

The Meaning of Life
Every Sperm
Is Sacred

Live at the Hollywood Bowl

The Last Supper

Whizzo
(Crunchy Frog)

The Travel Agency

The Argument Clinic

The Ministry of
Silly Walks

"Never Be Rude
To An Arab"

Philosophers’
Song

Python member highlights

Graham Chapman

Eric Idle

Michael Palin

John Cleese

Terry Jones

Terry Gilliam

Graham Chapman Eulogy
by John Cleese

Video links

Monty Python videos at YouTube.com

Peekvid: COMEDY - Monty Python! – more videos

Look At This...: – Monty Python videos and stuff

Audios

Nudge, Nudge – (read the words)

The Spam Sketch – (read the words)

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life – (read the words)

Every Sperm Is Sacred – (read the words)

Python links

Monty Python

List of Monty Python's Flying Circus episodes

Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl

PythOnline – the OFFICIAL Monty Python site

The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus – all 45 episodes on 14 DVDs

Monty Python's Completely Useless Web Site

The Unofficial Monty Python Home Page

HumorLinks – Python sketches, scripts, songs, etc.

BBC News: Three decades of Python

CNN.com - How Monty Python changed the world - Dec. 11, 2003

Monty Python's Flying Circus - Just the Words

Monty Python's Personal Best and Flying Circus | PBS

A Compendium of 150 Monty Python Sketches – many videos

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Political satire

	I have had so much fun with political humor during the Bush presidency, but now that he has left office I will have to look for some new stuff. Until I find it I am keeping these here because they are such gems.
Videos of Bush and friends
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Dubya – "Sunday Bloody Sunday"	George Bush & Tony Blair – "Endless Love"
Dubya clips – our articulate leader at his best	Dubya appears on The Tonight Show after the 2004 election
Top 10 Favorite George W. Bush Moments	Top 10 Bush thoughts with a hammer
How does Bush win an election?	What's behind Dubya's stupid speeches?
The Bush pilot (a subtitled German video)	Controlling the borders
Dubya & Little Richard	Tightening the Mexican border
Tony Blair – "Should I Stay or Should I Go"	Googler-in-Chief on the Internets
Republican: New Wonder Drug Hits Market	Great Moments in Presidential Speeches
Fey / Palin Couric interview

More Bush videos on YouTube

More Saturday Night Live videos on YouTube

Links

Bush Has Tea With the Queen – "It's Tony Blair"

Hu's On First?

Bill Maher - Hits the Nail On Its Head!

President Bush explains the Medicare drug bill – well, heck, now it is all real clear

Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare of Peace and Prosperity is Finally Over'

Get Your War On – poignant and hilarious

Welcome to the White House (www.whitehouse.org)

Alfred W. - What, me president?

The Drudge Retort – putting the yellow back in journalism (that's Retort, not Report)

The Complete Bushisms – the president's accidental wit and wisdom

BotoxKerry.com

Colonize.com – distort the faces of Bush & Kerry

Bush falling – use the mouse to control him

"Dishonest Dubya" Lying Action Figure Doll - George W. Bush

Presidential Drag Queens – the title says it all

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Audio humor

Telemarketer's nightmare call – a hilarious Tom Mabe recording from a radio show

911 call – why marrying a good speller is important

"If you ever come home drunk again..."

"Dave's Not Here." – Cheech and Chong

Who's on First – the classic Abbott and Costello skit

Spoofs – find more of these parodies at The Bob Rivers Show under Twisted Tunes (there is an alphabet for searching titles)

Walkin' Round In Women's Underwear – Bob Rivers

The 12 Pains Of Christmas – Bob Rivers

The Girl With Emphysema – Bob Rivers

I Love Your Breasts The Way They Are – Bob Rivers

Hello, I Love You, Let's Get Tested For AIDS – Bob Rivers

Blue Christmas – Porky Pig *

* This song was actually recorded by North Carolina disc jockey Denny Brownlee. When threatened by Warner Brothers with a lawsuit, the song was re-released and attributed to "Seymour Swine and the Squealers."

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Email jokes

When I get something in email that is incredibly funny, or simply incredible, I usually forward it to friends, but I don't want it to die after that so I often preserve it here. I have "webified" all these, retaining the format of the original emails as much as possible. This is one of the most frequently updated sections on my website so if you enjoy it I encourage you to come her a lot. New jokes are added at the end.

Some rules for singin' the blues

20 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity

40 Things Never Said by Rednecks

The Shotgun Rules

16 Things It Took Me Over 50 Years To Learn – by Dave Barry

So you think you feel old now?

Marketing explained

Best Out Of Office Replies

Songs from the 60s re-released

Want to feel smarter?

Top 10 Most Polite Ways To Say Your Zipper Is Down – by David Letterman

Dress Code for Seniors