and that's, you know, watching python at ages five and six. in fact, you know, i thought that the way-- they talked that way because it was funny, not because there is an actual place that they came from. and i finally realized that there was this country that--you know, they talk like that. i figured it out about two years ago. now, larry, i have to ask you. are these guys a blessing or a curse? they're both, and it's a great-- it's not a-- they're not a curse at all. i mean, when i first was exposed to south park, which was the spirit of christmas, a six-minute tape, i was tearing i was laughing so hard. i thought it was the funniest thing i've ever seen and turned to doug herzog, who was the president at the time, i said, "you can't air this," and he says, "you never know." (paulson) for those who haven't seen it, describe the spirit of christmas. you guys could describe it better. the spirit of christmas is, like, santa and jesus basically duking it out. and it's a lot deeper than that, but it was the most irreverent, the funniest groundbr

. >>> a young daly city girl's special connection to a 14 foot long python. >> and day two of the royal couple's first trip to canada, unforgettable moment they shared with more than two dozen people today.  >>> britain's royal couple is making a splash in day two of their first overseas trip to canada. they greeted hundreds of spectators in ottawa. the duke and duchess watched 25 people become canadian citizens today. they handed out flags to the new citizens and joined them with their families making an already special day even more unforgettable for the new citizens. catherine was wearing a cream dress and red hat and queen's maple leaf roots. >> and prince albert got married in a civil ceremony to charlene woodstock a former olympic swimmer. the couple dismissed rumors and she tried to run away after rumors that he had a third legitimate child. >> the flags that catherine gave outer today, we better not see any on ebay. >> it was the weather to match the hats. i thought you would have noticed that. >> we'll be seeing a lot of grays and reds. >> show you wha

. >>> a young daly city girl's special connection to a 14 foot long python. >> and day two of the royalouple's first trip to canada, unforgettable moment they shared with more than two dozen people today. >>> britain's royal couple is making a splash in day two of their first overseas trip to canada. they greeted hundreds of spectators in ottawa. the duke and duchess watched 25 people become canadian citizens today. they handed out flags to the new citizens and joined them with their families making an already special day even more unforgettable for the new citizens. catherine was wearing a cream dress and red hat and queen's maple leaf roots. >> and prince albert got married in a civil ceremony to charlene woodstock a former olympic swimmer. the couple dismissed rumors and she tried to run away after rumors that he had a third legitimate child. >> the flags that catherine gave outer today, we better not see any on ebay. >> it was the weather to match the hats. i thought you would have noticed that. >> we'll be seeing a lot of grays and reds. >> show you what is going on right now. voll

she wants to study exotic reptiles like the python.

>> here we go with the monty python references. >> it did remind us of that iconic scene from monty pythonly grail." i'm not dead yet, sir! >> that's what 83-year-old helen had to tell the federal government over and over again. they stopped sending her social security checks. the federal government said they thought she was dead. >> as you can plainly see, she's not dead. >> that's right. >> after showing her birth certificate and driver's license, helen was declared born again, miraculously. at least in the eyes of the deral government. she is from washington state. >> my home state. when she looked into this, she had to call and say, what's going on? the checks aren't coming. i'm still around. >> they said, prove it. >> they said, here's the thing. we have you marked as dead. since 1997. >> yeah, this has been going on for a while. can you believe it? 1 in every 200 entries in the social security database is false because of errors by federal workers. not always because somebody's presumed to be dead. you know, all the problems with social security, you'd think this is one they could ma

the truth is the point of reference is the dick van dyke show, monty python. >> jon is not read a singlee books. he doesn't read my books. he doesn't even read the real books. the information is passed to him by all the smart women who work backstage. (cheers and applause) >> tell me, tell me. >> what! what do you want? >> jon: how are things in the world of fake fire fighting? (laughter) >> --. >> jon: i heard are you going to the smithsonian s that true, your character going to the smithsonian, is that true. >> my character is being inducted into the smithsonian institute on thursday. >> jon: why? why is that happening? >> jon, this is the same question i am going to ask the smithsonian people on thursday. >> jon: how do they let you know, you just get a letter, this is a fund-raising scam, how much money does it cost you. >> you get -- listen if i could have paid my way into the smithsonian i would have done it years ago. you can't. they just put you in. i don't know how it happened. i done even know -- i think they actually think it is dafoe. they think dafoe plays the guy so when i

a python that was born with one body but two heads and brains has become something of a local celebrity there. the snake has become so popular the pet shop owner doesn't think he can part with the slithery creature. it's believed to be one of only two two-headed snakes in the world today. >>> archaeologists have uncovered sculptures in mexico that are helping them peek into the past. the 1,300-year-old limestone sculptures were modelled after mayan warriors who were taken as prisoners. there are detailed alliances between early cultures at the time. experts believe other relics recently found served as scoreboards during ancient sporting events. >>> and they might be little, but they have made a big debut. lynx triplets born at one zoo in poland made their first public appearance this week. on their first outing the shy ones didn't venture far from their mom, but their caretakers think they will become the zoo's next big attraction. the cubs are part of a special breeding program of wild animals native to poland. to say they're cute would be an understatement. i mean, they are adorable,

lost snake, ball python, 4 feet long. this photo was taken june 28 so this could still be on the loose. look around your hot water heater the sign says. apparently the snake is looking for heat sources. >> coming up, foam is for lattes, not cups. the push to ban styrofoam as marla said. plus parking in the bay area's city about to get pricey in time for the holiday weekend. for all of your news and weather and traffic you can check us out on facebook. search nbc bay area morning news. today in the bay starts in two minutes. >> are you heading in to work in one of these today? not today. i'm damian trujillo. i'll explain. >> i wasn't a threat to the officers. i was in handcuffs. >> put down hard by police, a mother is fighting back pointing the finger at the cops who arrested her. she says they went too far. >> reporter: good morning. i'm christie smith live in oakland. it's almost the fourth of july, do you know where you can and can't use safe and sane fireworks in the bay area? co're going to talk about that

ball python, four-feet long. we're told the photo was taken on june 28. so the snake could still be on the loose. you found anything lately? look around your water heater. apparently the snake is looking for heat sources. >> yikes. >>> up next, why some of your favorite barbecue staples will cost you more this weekend. >>> and from the 4th of july to canada day. william and kate spending the day celebrating canadian style and now they're headed this way. what we've learned about their california tour. >>> we're seeing right now in the weather, just enough of a sea breeze to keep san francisco pretty comfortable right now. 74 degrees, not so much in san jose, close to 90 this afternoon. and even hotter temperatures are on the way for 4th of july. >>> we want to show you now, these are live pictures from our helicopter over san francisco. right now they just pulled a man out of the water. it was a water rescue. we don't know the circumstances of how he ended up in the water. but we're efforting tora y ou attion. >>> our breaking news, nbc helicopter above t

. >>> new york, a florida mother and her boyfriend are onrial after hi pet python killed the woman'sear-old daughter. the snake escaped and prosecutors say it had not been fed for a month and it was not kept in a secure enclosure. >> horrible story. >>> a texas rangers fan who fell to his death from the stands last week has been laid to rest. funeral services were held tore 39-year-old shannon stone. more than a thousand people attended including many of his fellow firefighters and several members of the rangers. stone's 6-year-old was with him when he plugged 20 feet while catching a ball tossed to him by one of the players. >>> well, staying with sports but shifting gears, here's don bell at espn news with a look at last night's home run derby. >>> good morning, i'm don bell with your espn news update. balls flying out of the yard in arizona. major league baseball's home run derby. in phoenix, robinson cano, well, the yankees had his dad pitching to him jose pitch with the astros. big fly. he finished the first round with eight. after tying with five home runs, matt holliday, princ

it's like a monty python sketch. >> you know, hamburglar shows up, that

the represent times included pythons and snakes. their street value is estimated at $16,000. wildlife officials say they will return the reptiles to their natural habitats or send them to a zoo. >>> the sri lankan government says many of its citizens who were displaced during the tamil insurgency have restarted their livelihoods in the northern parts of the country. about 265,000 tamils were displaced during the 25-year civil war that ended in 2009. the resettled people have been growing rice and various kinds of vegetables, including onions, cabbage, and chili peppers. on monday, the authorities also handed over about 600 former fighters of the liberation tigers to their relatives. >>> in southeast china, a chopstick museum was opened recently by an enterprising villager in fujian province. he has been obsessed with chopsticks since he was a child, and has collected over 2,000 pairs of them. his collection includes silver chopsticks made a thousand years ago, and another pair made of animal bone that are about 800 years old. >> and welcome back to your weather update now for

hundred miles of you to see about twenty seven days in you going to publicize the people invited monty python lead species people started the bait of a dialogue sleep just. chanting the soldiers way to sleep in some states. twenty years ago in the largest country in. the certificates of books. see me must have been more extremist each began a journey. where did it take them. on. the move. the first spoke to. an. a. welcome back to crosstalk i'm peter lavelle two minds who were talking about the u.n. investigation of the killing of a former lebanese prime minister. ok. ok mona i'd like to go to you again another issue that's being brought up in this program is that who benefits the most from this crime ok and there's so many different variations here some people say it's the israelis and the americans others say it's syria certain factions within lebanon of course has blah you know logically in your mind who benefited from this why it was done. those who benefit it is those who don't want to see a stable levanon and this has been going on for twenty five years and we don't know who it is but w

california academy of sciences winning the online name the snake contest to name that, an 18-foot long pythons in southeast asia, helping her come wupt winning name. >> i looked it up and i found out. >> kirana is the name. she'll get the opportunity to take a tour at the akad noi see how the staff takes care of the exotic creatures from around the world. pretty cool this, is a rare tismt a whale shark off the coast of florida spot bid a group of divers who can be seen here swimming alongside the animal this, is the largest fish in the ocean. it's harmless to humans but we're not sure about other way around. this wung hung out 20 brins sh sh -- minutes before swam away. >> here, this driver in china, frustrated with traffic abandoned the roadway. and witnesses say he showed little regard for people using the foot bridge. he can be seen here. he looked and went what? and went another way. i mean, really. >> yes. >> and. >> we're in store for a very warm holiday weekend. >> right. would you call it hot? >> it's getting hot. >> that is what we want 4th of july. this is a live view hooking at gol

a six foot long python slithering across the sidewalk. was a huge snake in the grass. >> the nake is likely a pet. >> they can be dangerous. a snake can grow up to 30 feet. >> they are aggressive and the michigan humane society taking the snake to a sanctuary. >> blagojevich is out on bond and in need of cash. the jury conflicted him of attempted extortion for trying to sell or trade former senator obama's seat. if he wants to be friend he could put it up for collateral. >> they like to buy homes with a story behind them. >>> and also in the windy city, one of history's biggest celebrities becoming more massive . chicago unveiling a 26 foot tall statue of actress mar lenn monroe from the film seven year itch. >> she is an icon and it is neat. >> the statue is one of the city's most photographed attraction. that is a fox watch. >> made in the usa and forsale in chin a. see what product that has america written all over it. >>> and a welcome source of industry for people in the south. learn about it . plus, last time, watching harry potter

it's a burmese python and at the moment, could not look more peaceful.skin so it has this glorious luster to it. almost looks like it's been polished, doesn't it? >> is that one of the snakes that can eat a person whole or eat an animal whole? >> all snakes have to eat their prey whole because they can't take bites out of it. they physically have to eat them whole. there's no way even the largest burmese pythons could eat that one. >> can you let that child have that snake? >> you want that snake? >> you sure? >> oh, i don't think so. >> where did you find it? >> this one here has been in captivity but found through southeast asia. >> why are you convinced it won't attack you? >> it grew up in captivity. he's tasting you on the air at the moment. >> one more quick animal in the hands of the other handler is some sort of a killer -- >> dragon, yes, this is a savannah monniker lizard. >> that tongue is longer than the python. >> that's like the monkimono dragon, right? >> it's in the same family. the primary sensory mechanism has come out in the open and i

it's like a "upmonty python" sketch.ow, if you are throwing a pie, are you saying, i disapprove of your actions, or, your face is about to get something delicious in it? yesterday, borders announced they are closing all their stores nationwide. i don't think is what the republicans meant by closing or borders, but what are you going to do? [ applause ] but i'll tell you something, and if i can be serious for a moment, this is what happens when oprah retires. we all stop reading. [ laughter ] borders has been around for a long time. there's one right down the block from us and it's weird to see them going away. i guess people realize that if you order from amazon, there's much slimmer chance of getting a book with a booger w wed inside of it. borders employed more than 10,000 people who will lose their jobs, which is a shame. but i think i figured out a way to save borders. a couple of very small changes. border borders could reinvent itself into hooters. just switch a few letters around. [ applause ] you know, my book cl

the latest one a ball python, the fifth snake that's been captured or turned in since last month. keeping snakes as pets in hawaii is illegal. snake owners can be fined $200,000 and face three years in jail. snakes have no natural predators in hawaii and pose a threat to the environment. >>> time is 8:24. it was still foggy out by the golden gate bridge, how are things looking now, rosemary? >> we're still gray, especially the gold on gate bridge area, where it could actually remain gray for most of the day. most of us will see mostly sunny skies for the afternoon, beginning to burn off mid- morning. let's look at what you can expect outside at this hour. at&t park little breezy up above but mainly calm there at the ground level. and our temperatures will be cool today for the afternoon game starting at 6:05. partly cloudy skies, sea breeze, from 10 to 20 miles per hour. so bring along the wind breaker and something warm for the kids. 59 degrees expected at game time. your climate, upper 50s expected on the coastline today. low 60s in the city. upper 60s for the east bay. widespre

to name an 18 foot long python.h east asia and that helped him come up with a winning name. >> p.m. also get the opportunity to take behind the scenes tour at the academy to see how the staff takes care of exotic reptile fish and other creature from all over the world. way to go. >> hotel difficult weekend is upon us. let's go back and update the heat with spencer. >> lacking for shade this wean along with many of us. satellite image high pressure will be the dominant feature. mainly dominant faech for several days bringing us hot holiday wean and heat will extend well beyond the weaned into next week. high pressure tomorrow state wide 90, 98 at sacramento. 104 fresno and up to 117 degrees at palm springs. sizzling there. 86 at los angeles. 75 at big sur. and hear in the bay area we see our temperatures beginning to climb a bit more as well. inland high mainly mid 90's. 95 knicks degrees many east bay north bay and south bay inland location. bay hay in the 80's and 76 in san francisco. and how about a little fourth

the new system they brought in, python is the language. i do java on my own. >> reporter: what do you hope to do when you get out? >> pursue... right now i'm building programs. i would like to build massive programs that can be available to a lot of people at one time. >> reporter: this person is serving 20 to 40 years for robbery and assault. he got his bachelor's in comp lit in 2009. a master's last year. he reads the german philosopher walter benjamin. >> i used him for essays that i wrote. >> reporter: an essay on a french poet adapted shakespeare the tempest. >> far from a degenerative process the adap tiff process allows the original to be experienced in different historical and cultural times without affecting a change in the original for an adaptation exists apart from the original. (laughing) this sounds like you're becoming one of those impenetrable academics. are you shooting to become a member of a social criticism department? >> not so much a criticism department. however, i would like to have a body of work out there one day

. >> there are elements that you could insert into a monty python film.hat we just saw on tv, moments ago, saying, you know, go home and tell their constituents as to what is in this proposal made by the gang of six. they are not going to do this. these are the same people who passed a billion dollar bail out plan based on three pages given to them. now, they are saying we are not going to tell people we have no idea. >> they had no idea on that. then none of them had no idea on what they voted for in the $700 billion stimulus plan or $800 billion. none of them read it. i'm telling you, you are not going reform social security, medicare, the tax system in two weeks. it's chaos. >> it's not possible. you have to get the cbo to score it. it's going to take -- it doesn't happen in two days. it's a complex model. it's going to be days just to get the score. >> a point made earlier in the week, americans at home who don't get the minutae, the folks in congress and the president should be responding to market crises. it feels like they are the ones creating it.

authorities recently seized a boa constrictor and python that were being kept as pets. snakes because they have no natural enemies there would threaten hawaii's birds and plants and would cause a hazard of people walking on trails covered by lush foal in. >> that's a big snake. >> yes. >>> a disturbing case in southern california started as an argument over a house guest but it ended with a man in the hospital and his wife facing life in prison. >>> it's a wine tragedy in australia. the million-dollar shipment that won't make it to the u.s. >>> good morning. traffic in san jose is moving along very nicely gets up into the valley. we'll tell you more about the morning commute and the bay weather coming up. >>> 7:22. a southern california woman accused of mutilating her husband will be in court today. 48-year-old katherine becker will be arraigned in orange county. police say becker drugged her husband and severerred his -- severed his genitals last week. the man underwent emergency surgery. prosecutors won't comment on his condition out of respect for his privacy. becker