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...photographs that remind you what a uniquely funny (and extremely silly) team they were. Terry Gilliam's graphics and stills of his sets and costumes remind you that Monty Python's Holy Grail and Life of Brian were two of the funniest films of modern times. But did their humor really have any lasting effect on us? Come on now, admit it: this is an ex-show! This Python is no more! It has ceased...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ministry of Silly Books | 9/21/2003 | See Source »

...denied it nobody would believe me. But I if you go back and examine how I handled Ebony, I was aware that I was dealing with something that was volatile and had I a responsibility. The only excuse I have for [that portrayal] is that at the time humor consisted in our society of bad English and physical difference in identity. Later I attempted to depart from it by having a black character, a detective, who spoke proper English and I had an airplane pilot that was black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Never Too Late | 9/19/2003 | See Source »

Furlaud, who has been a radio reporter for decades, began her “Unreliable Narrator” feature while working for the BBC in Paris. The directors in London didn’t always get her humor, she said, but the reception has been much better...

Author: By Alex L. Pasternack, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard to Go Virtual, So They Say | 9/17/2003 | See Source »

...makes people laugh because he's good at it. But that shrugging sense of humor can't give his life purpose or propulsion. His first night in town, as he sits on the edge of his bed in a hotel bathrobe and floppy slippers, he looks like a sad samurai in forced retirement. The next morning, he is startled out of sleep by the bedroom drapes briskly, noisily, automatically opening to reveal slashes of sunlight--that's his wake-up call. Tokyo has another alarm clock in store for Bob. He needs the jolt of friendship, and he finds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Victory for Lonely Hearts | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

Ford was known for his meticulously organized lectures, delivered with his signature dry humor...

Author: By Rebecca D. O’brien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Former Dean of the Faculty Ford Saw Turbulent Time at Helm | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

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