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Posted: September 18th, 2008 under film-video.
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Comment from Robert
Time: September 29, 2008, 9:46 am

I find it … gratifyingly bizarre. Like contemporary poets, the Pythons were experimenting, frequently failing, sometimes coming out with moments of genius. This clip seems to show that aspect of their work in an unvarnished way, somehow.

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