• Pythons reunite for BAFTA award
    October 7, 2009

    Pythons reunite for BAFTA award

    As we continue to pay tribute to the true beginning of television comedy as we know it (or think we know it), the Pythons will reunite in New York on October 15 to receive a BAFTA award. Let’s hope that Graham Chapman gets a little bit better treatment this time than he did during the […]

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  • Basil Fawlty earns an "A" in the Science of Great Comedy
    October 6, 2009

    Basil Fawlty earns an "A" in the Science of Great Comedy

    Fawlty Towers has to be the greatest 12 episodes of comedy ever. The UK version of The Office is a close second (much better, I think, than the American version, but that’s a debate for another day). This is a re-write of an article I did several years ago, but bears repeating as we begin […]

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