>> huge monty python fan.et thing job was kind after dream come true. >> those who have not seen or heard anything about this how does it stand up to his other funny stuff? >> oh, mine, very much. it is very true to the monty python style and eric, one of the original pythons, wrote the musical. so it is very much a -- if you are a python fan you would not be disappoint. >> who did you bring with you? >> we have our little friend. most terrifying part of the show. our killer rabbit. >> i see those teeth. >> yes. he -- yes. one of the most hilarious moments. >> one of the characters in the show? >> he. >> what does he do? >> it is when we are looking for clues to find the grail. he guards this cave to get the clue in. so we have to use the holy hand grenade to attack him. >> are you his alter ego? >> no, i'm not. he doesn't attack me. i cowher behind. >> we are so glad you came to tell us about it. i know everybody will line up to see it. we all could use some laughs these days. thank you so much for coming. >>

>> huge monty python fan.o getting this job was a dream come true. >> coconut shells are making the hoof sounds. >> right. he has an attack rabbit with him when he came to the show. anyone who sees it says it's absolutely hysterical. have you to like that monty python humor. >> they still have fans out there. >> they sure do. >>> the early spring weather here brings the early storms that go along with it. >>> new cases of sudden acceleration, this time an american carmaker is under american carmaker is under investigation. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal. (woman) the goal is to bring an end to breast cancer. (woman) there's no doubt in my mind that komen's funding helped saved my life

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and now for something completely different, as monty python would say, right? >> parliament, straight out of monty python, is it not? >> how are the systems different? >> they are very different, they have some truths, but some negatives. parties control the party. you cannot have an independent, as i and our election. well, you can, but you will not get anywhere. your political career is substantially within the party. you're voting record is controlled by the party. you're very constituency is issued by the party, if you will. -- your voting record is controlled by the party. your very constituency is issued by the party, if you will. the thing that everyone sees is question time, because c-span, in their genius -- where was pbs? c-span, in a genius, started running this highly entertaining weekly -- used to be twice a week, now weekly, and it is a riot of entertainment. people say very witty things. they also say some quite awful things. "sit down, you fat faced twit." id is not always polite. >> very impolite, i would say. >> but if a prime minister cannot

he used to produce monty python specials. oh, and he hates mimes. lorne hates mimes. the bulls up a chair and give him this poem with 1100 jokes in it. he opens it. he reads the first joke. egos, u -- he goes, uh-huh, good. then he closes the book. i wrote 1100 jobs over two days, and he reads one joke. i wrote a jokes and the post office was about to issue a stamp commemorating prostitution in the united states. 10 cents, but if you want to lick it, it is a quarter. [laughter] he said, good. good. he said, tell me, how much money do you need to live on? i said, well, i am making $2.75 an hour at the deli. match it. [laughter] he said, well, tell me a little bit more about yourself. acted it to mean before he committed this kind of cash, he wanted to see what he was buying. i said, with the allen is my idol. i love monty python. but if there is one mime on the show, i am out of here, and he gave me a job. [laughter] that was my great. ultimately, hear i am, having written a novel with my childhood hero dave barry. [applause] >> dave barry and alan zweibel, they' not h

now for something completely different, as monty python would say -- parliament. >> straight out of monty python, isn't it? >> how is it different than ours? >> the system is very different. it has some virtues and some negatives. i will run through the negative s. parties control. you cannot have an independent in our election. you can, but you will not get anywhere. you need to be selected by the party and your political career is substantially in the party and your voting record is controlled by the party and your very constituency is issued by the party, if you will. >> a little bit predestined. >> you have to take over the party before you take over the government, which is what tony blair did. but the thing everybody sees is question time, because cease- fire -- c-span, and their ingenious -- where was pbs? c-span ended genius has started running this highly entertaining weekly -- used to be twice a week, but now it is weekly -- and it is a riot in entertainment. people say some very witty things. they also say some quite awful things. verbatim quote -- "sit down, you fat faced twit

but this begs the question which monty python character is mitt romney most like?id about trees in michigan? this made me think about a certain band of knights and their fixation with trees. but that wasn't quite right. then it hit me. here is a guy who at first glance is perhaps the least intimidating opponent imaginable, but with his arsenal of negative ads has proven to be a blood thirsty attack dog or attack rabbit. >> that's the most foul-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on. >> so mitt, if rick santorum is the black knight that makes you the killer rabbit. granted the opponents you have gone up against are less knights of the round

there are so many monty python fans. >> your character patsy, the movie, you didn't have as much to do in the movie but on stage patsy is a very important character. you have a big number. >> i do i always look on the bright side of life. i follow king arthur around the entire show. >> you have a friend with you. we want you to tell us about that. you didn't bring your coconuts. >> unfortunately. if anyone knows the film, when we're looking for our clue in the cave, it's guarded by the evil rabbit. i don't know. he's the scariest part of the show but the most hilarious. >> it's only in town for one week. you don't want to miss it if you can get there and look for michael berry playing patsy. where do you go after d.c.? >> we go to so many different cities. we're heading up to ontario actually. north of the border. >> so get to see it now. congratulations on another great show here. nice to meet you. >> thank you. >>> we'll be right back. back. >>> welcome back. our chef here will are playing one of the starring roles in the cherry blossom festival. tell us about the dish you're serving

guys who seem to come from monty python. >> always a pleasure. that's the "the ed show." "the rachel maddow show" starts now. i know you have a super exclusive interview coming up. >> we do. this is a scoop we have been looking forward to breaking for a long time. a special report. thank a lot. >> i'm glued. >>> thank yous for joining us this hour for "the rachel maddow show" special report. i have taken three days off in the last three months. i got the stomach flu on super bowl sunday. i spent last wednesday at a thing at the state department. there was one other day i have taken off. >> thank you for sticking around at home. rachel is on assignment. >> question mark. right. tonight, i finally get to tell you where i was on that assignment. this is an exclusive report, which means we get to put up the thing that says exclusive. do we have that? thank you. this is an exclusive report. we are breaking news that nobody has and it's good news. it starts here. president eisenhower. every liberal's favorite moment is the farewell address where he coins the phase military comp

newt gingrich, chuck norris and monty python, something completely different, coming up. >>> the main stream media which partly means me has missed the biggest story of the election cycle. yesterday whether rick santorum won alabama and mississippi, he not only beat mitt romney and newt gingrich, and ron paul, but he also beat the unbeatable man. ♪ in the eyes of a ranger, the unsuspecting stranger had better know the truth from wrong from right." >> he bested chuck norris, the man who can slam a revolving door, can divide a number by zero. who doesn't sleep, just waits. chuck norris endorsed newt gingrich. he recorded robo calls for him. the gingrich campaign put it on youtube saying chuck norris does not endorse, he makes reality. >> hello, this is chuck norris. as my wife gena and i watched the gop debate and went to their website, we were trying to decide which of the candidates would be best to do head-to-combat with president obama. i didn't say hand-to-hand combat even help to i think they would win there, too. gena and i decided newt gingrich would be the best man to beat pres

if you like monty python you will love it.his morning we are on stage behind the scenes we have an all access pass we will talk about what it takes to put on this show all the different roles how they make the audience laugh each and every night and we have sir lance lot coming out played by two local guys and it is the loan musical around that guarantees at least one knight loses its head every night. >> we will check with you later on. >> time to say good morning to our facebook fan of the day. she noticed tucker was off yesterday and wished he would be here today to wish her happy birthday. it canner you have -- tucker you have anything to say to her? >> happy birthday they won't put me on camera but i am here happy birthday. >> all right happy birthday to you if you want to be tomorrow's fan of the day head to facebook to post a comment under her photo. >> cool she got her happy birthday now over to allison and tony. >> good morning. well, good morning sarah. a shake up in the gop race for the white house. >> we

pretty much monty python was kind of a bible for me, woody allen movies i adored.ill murray. >> oh, bill murray. have you ever met any of these people and been star strucked? >> totally. i went to john's birthday because my friend had put him in a movie. and i just kind of sat in the corner blubbering most of the time. and then i did a movie with steve martin last summer that came and went. but it was like i had won a prize where i got to be with steve martin. >> was he as you had imagined? >> he was that and more so. he's the renaissance man. >> sure. he's so smart. >> and he's so smart but he actually listens to what you're saying which is rare when you meet really sometimes really big famous people. sometimes not. but just listened and really was very thoughtful and then, of course, was incredibly funny. >> are your kids funny? >> yes, i think. the 7-year-old, whenever i tell a joke to him he will kind of stop and goes, okay, daddy. no jokes for a week. and then he'll go back to what he's doing. >> that is very good. >> so he tells me, no jokes for an entire yea

>> this reminds me from the famous scene in the monty python movie. arm, he hacks off the other article. the black knights call it a scratch. this is where newt gingrich is on stumps basically. he has nowhere else to go. his car is broken up at the side of the road. it's over. when sheldon cuts off the tap, you're pretty much out of business and i think he will have to reconcile that. to the meeting with romney, romney probably wants to bury the hatchet in some form or fashion, possibly in newt's skull. but certainly i take jonathan's point that peace ahead of the convention is probably the best move that romney can make. even though gingrich does divvy up the conservative vote. if you look at the stats, all the voting totals have gone down in subsequent primaries and newt gingrich, the last one was, what was it? 2008. the south carolina primary. and it was so long ago. and the turnout is getting lower and lower. people want it over, end this thing. let's get out of convention will. >> don't forget that. >> give him credit. john, gingrich may be reduc

. >>> coming up -- not coming up right now monty python's spamalot is at the warner theatre through sundayhat is where we find holly morris with the cast i saw in the tease the rabbit please be aware of that rabbit. >> i know you know the rabbit showed his teeth right after we left you guys so you are right you got to be aware of that killer rabbit when it comes to spamalot this is a show you can't help but have fun at when you are here if you haven't seen it this is a must see this week here at the warner because, king arthur, played by appropriately arthur row want and adam who plays sir lancealot welcome back welcome home great to have you, this has to be exciting you from here but came back and lived in reston for awhile what is a must thing you have to do back here in dc. >> well, i took my fiance came to visit me for the past couple days i took her around to see the smithsonian museums that was always every summer growing up i would hit every museum at least once it was great to come back and do that one more time. >> you are born and raised in columbia. >> indeed. >> what about you?

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anti-contraception forum and rick santorum is barely competing between two guys that seem to come from monty python. >> good to have you with us. rachel maddow show starts right now. i know you have a super exclusive, beyond exclusive interview coming up. >> we do. we have been looking forward to breaking for a long time. a special report tonight, ed. thanks, man. >> i'm glued. >> thank you to you at home for joining us this hour for what is a rachel maddow special report. i have taken three days off in the last three months. i got the stomach flu on super bowl sound i missed the day after that i spent last wednesday at the state department and doing reporting on what is going on in afghanistan right now. if and how plans for the war might be in flux. there was one other day i have taken off. >> thank you so you for sticking around with us tonight. rachel is on assignment. >> question mark, right. tonight i get to tell you where i was on that assignment. this is an exclusive report, which means we get to put up the little thing that says exclusive. do we have that? thank you. this is an exclusive r

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the romney aides are likening santorum continuing to fight as basically like the black knight in monty python and the holy grail, loses his arms and legs in battle but insists it's only just a flesh wound. the romney campaign said tuesday's performance would extend romney's advantage even if he loses the popular vote. they are fighting money python. >> it's a hilarious analogy. i will take another -- they are irritated that santorum is in the race. calling romney out on his support on planned parenthood. they've gotten the memo they need to take romney down. the longer he's in there the longer he's launching attacks the worse it is for romney. >> april is the cruellest month. and it's going to be a remarkly cruel month for all republicans, worse for strum in my opinion because he is not going to get off this social agenda stuff. he's going to keep hammering it and pushing it. second, the primary set up for april is very good for romney it, definitely moderate states, more country club republicans. romney has a bigger problem. which is he's supposed to be the nominee. romney -- i was explainin

five lucky viewers will win two tickets valid for the or rethumb -- orthion theater to see monty pythonto ktvu.com before midnight and put in the secret word "knight." knight with a k. >>> let's go to tara. >>> we can take a look at the oakland coliseum. traffic just inching along. once you get through oakland, it does get better toward the macarthur maze but definitely give yourself extra time. in san francisco we have a string of accidents, this one, right here, a four-car crash on 101 at third street luckily no injuries but you can see it is sluggish on 101ened spw -- 101 southbound. here's rosemary. >>> mostly cloudy skies. perhaps a little damp out there. but it shouldn't lieuen -- ruin your plans. the sprinkles will pass through, especially over the north bay. wednesday is dry and warmer and then some rain on thursday and more for the wockd. >> that will -- for the weekend. >> that will do it for us. thank you for trutting ktvu. >> bye. thank you for trusting ktvu. >> bye. ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ and don't you come back no more ♪ ♪ no more, no more, no more ♪ hit the road, jack ♪ a

i think as a young comedian, they're monty python and saturday night live for a kid.u're young, he's tom hanks, he's jimmy stewart. he's the every man. it's who i wanted to be as an actor. it seemed to me unjust that the kids of this generation didn't have the muppets that we grew up with. i set out to bring them back. >> as a mother of two little boys, i thank you. >>> thanks. >> i have fond memories of the muppets. you're also, of course, known for your work, your lovely relationship with jed app to you. >> yes. he was my first real mentor. he said something profound to me. and not necessarily so nice. but he said listen, you're kind of a weird dude. so the only way you're going to make it is if you start writing your own material. it was the best advice i could have gotten. >> did you think you were a weird dude? what did he mean by that? i i'm sure it was affectionately. >> i've been 6'4" since i was 12. there was a period where i'm like 22 years old and i'm way too tall to play a kid anymore. i'm too young to play a lawyer or a doctor. i was sort of stuck in this

it was so small that it was -- >> yes, it was the skit from monty python.y with hal sparks. >> like frisbee golf, i'm glad i tried it once. >> it's the "stephanie miller show"! no other television show does that. we're keeping it real. the newest voice in cable news is on the new news network. >>jennifer granholm joins current tv. this former two term governor is politically direct. ♪ [ music from wonder woman ] >> stephanie miller. ♪ all the world is waiting for you ♪ ♪ you ♪ >> i didn't realize sammy davis, jr., sang this. >> a super power! ♪ >> it is the "stephanie miller show." hal sparks did point out my new current tv sign does look like the wonder woman background. >> linda from beach park illinois, says that she also had a golden lasso. >> so if the current team could get on that. the sweatshirt is nice, but i could use a golden lasso, and the bulletproof bracelets. >> my guitar player is a stand-up. he has a bit about how the male super heroes beat you up and force you to tell the truth. wonder woman has a rope to make you tell the truth. how vagin