The Ministry of Silly Walks

by John (obviousman) on Nov 20, 2009 5:52 AM PST 0 comments "Last year the government spent less on the Ministry of Silly Walks than it did on National Defense!" (AP Photo/Chris Park) Here was how I started the preview for the last...

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In the spirit of Monty Python, comedian Jon Lovitz, choreographers Rich & Tone and Internet broadcasters MashCast will hold "Silly Walks for Hunger" in Los Angeles on Thursday. Participants must develop their own silly walks. Michael...

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...and made it impossible to get out of a bay-parked example. In addition, the massive sills used to strengthen the body meant you had to do the Ministry of Silly Walks to get in. Understeer predominated, with snap oversteer when the rear swing...

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...when he appears at the Moore Theatre on Tuesday night. Cleese, whose many Monty Python highlights include his hilarious shtick as the Minister of Silly Walks and as Mr. Praline (a man trying to return a dead parrot to a pet shop), is...

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...front-and-center: He's the customer in the Dead Parrot and Cheese Shop sketches, and played both Dennis Moore and the Minister for Silly Walks. Had he been in the Spanish Inquisition sketches, he'd have the set. And he played many roles,...

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...greatest hits from the sketch comedy series "Monty Python's Flying Circus," including the Parrot sketch, the Spanish Inquisition, the Ministry of Silly Walks, and the Lumberjack Song. Battlestar Galactica (Universal, $26.98 DVD, $39.98...

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...this is more than going for a slow walk; you adopt a stride which involves bringing one leg to your chest, before putting it down slowly, Ministry of Silly Walks-style. As a scuttler, I found it hard to develop the dopey gait of a...

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Those who can hum "The Lumberjack Song," recite every syllable of the "Dead Parrot" sketch and qualify as honorary members of the Ministry of Silly Walks will need little arm-twisting when it comes to investing time in "Monty Python: Almost...

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...legendary sketches, including The Parrot Sketch, The Cheese Shop, Spanish Inquisition, The Fish Slapping Dance, The Lumberjack Song and the Ministry of Silly Walks. What made them classics? "The dead parrot became a classic because of the...

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...it's the Spanish Inquisition, the disappointing inventory at the cheese shop or "Spam." Personally, I've always been partial to the Ministry of Silly Walks. Of course, watching some sketches now proves that they were even more dopey than we...

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