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020 $a9781250004703 (hardback)
020 $z9781466842168 (e-book)
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050 00 $aPN2599.5.T54$bC64 2014
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084 $aPER004030$aPER010030$aPER015000$aHUM003000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aCogan, Brian,$d1967-
245 10 $aEverything I ever needed to know about, I learned from Monty Python :$bhistory, art, poetry, communism, philosophy, the media, birth, death, religion, literature, lation, transvestites, botany, the French, class systems, mythology, fish slapping, and many more! /$cBrian Cogan, Ph.D., and Jeff Massey, Ph.D.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bThomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,$c2014.
300 $axii, 320 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Throughout their five seasons on British television (and well into the troop's movie sequels and assorted solo projects), Monty Python became a worldwide symbol not only for taking serious subjects and making them silly, but also for treating silly subjects seriously. Monty Python provided a treasure trove of erudite "in" jokes, offering sly allusions to subjects as diverse as T.S. Elliot's "Murder in the Cathedral" (as part of a commercial for a weight loss product) and how to conjugate Latin properly (as explained by a Roman centurion to a Jewish zealot painting anti-Roman graffiti on a wall). It was this combination of the uniquely highbrow but silly humor that inspired countless followers (Saturday Night Live, to name one). This hilarious and helpful guide puts Python's myriad references into context for the legion of fans, scholars, and pop culture aficionados that still strive to "get" Monty Python"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 299-308) and index.
610 20 $aMonty Python (Comedy troupe)
650 7 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPERFORMING ARTS / Comedy.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aHUMOR / Form / Essays.$2bisacsh
700 1 $aMassey, Jeff.