and for all you monty python fans, the times has gone through michael palin‘s archive at the british script ideas, including two sketches written for "monty python and the holy grail". a wide variety of topics to discuss. food funds demand practise on it. the backdrop to this is the scare stories we have been hearing about food stockpiling in the wake of a no—deal brexit? food stockpiling in the wake of a no-deal brexit? food stockpiling, the armoury being called in, and other scare tactics that have been used to describe no—deal brexit. let's be accurate about what a no—deal brexit is, it's just a deal on wto terms, which is what we deal with for the rest of the world, not eu countries. what i can't understand from some of this coverage is why do we think there will not be any food coming through? if we buy more french brittany somerset brie, to the french one is to buy more somerset brie? are we suddenly saying that if there was a no deal, the french will not sell us things on wto terms? i don't understand why. .. things on wto terms? i don't understand why... it's about food actua

that all kind of changed with monty python's flying circus. >> they would do a sketch as long as it was. the minute they were done it would take a sharp right or sharp left. >> i don't know. he just told me to come in here and say top of the mill. that's all. i didn't expect a kind of spanish inquisition. ♪ >> nobody expects the spanish inquisition. >> we were just stunned by that. it's as if they had come from the future. >> we just discovered it was quite adequate to cut away from someone saying that's enough of that, and then another sketch would start. >> you two, stop that sketch, it's silly. it's silly. >> it's on film. >> that doesn't make any difference to the viewer at home, does it? come on, get up. >> the thing with monty python, they're the beatles of sketch comedy, like the comedic periodic table of elements, almost everything i've done contains pythonium in some form. >> it had a huge influence on the new generation of comedy coming up in america who saw that, and we're like, holy [ bleep ], we're behind. >> live from new york, it's saturday night. >> there is a game of do

ethos of the cool rebellion whether it is true or not, and lorne michaels based the conset on the monty python in u.k. they are doing it correctly, and we want that sty style. so if that had not been the sketch comedy, there would have been no omonty python or snl, and like the carol burnett and the red skelton show. >> thank you so much, kliph nesteroff and tune in for "history of comedy" airing only on cnn tonight at 10:00 p.m. we will be back. how do you win at business? stay at laquinta. where we're changing with contemporary make-overs. then, use the ultimate power handshake, the upper hander with a double palm grab. who has the upper hand now? start winning today. book now at lq.com. my mom washes the dishes... ...before she puts them in the dishwasher. so what does the dishwasher do? new cascade platinum does the work for you, prewashing and removing stuck-on foods, the first time. wow, that's clean! new cascade platinum. douglas! we're running dangerously low on beans. people love your beans, doug. they love 'em. doooooooooug! you want to go sell some tacos? progressive knows small bus

. >> "monty python" turned out to break so many rules. i mean, it changes everything.an say, "oh, they came after the beatles." look at "saturday night live," you look at sctv. oh, after. after "monty python." >> beginning october 11th, saturday night will open up a whole new live venture from new york city. we just happen to have the producer of the program and members of his company. what should we look for on the program? >> anxiety. >> loren michaels, this canadian comedy producer, was given free rein. >> hi. i'm loren michaels. >> he hires improv comics. >> rehearsal and warmup, let's do 28 face slaps. come on. slap. come on. pick a hand. >> george carlin was the first host. wanted to be permanent host. >> nice to see you. welcome and thanks for joining us live. >> there were a lot of names bandied about in terms of permanent hosts. >> that's one of those tv rules you mustn't break, until you do. then you realize, why don't you have a different host every week? but it was the cast that finally won people's hearts. >> come on, who is this? >> andy-gram. >> you cut

your the first audience who laughed at monty python on that. everyone else looked at me and says why is that funny? i almost took it out but i thought, it wasn't monty python, it was major general, and hundred 50 sailors in 1814, by this time the war of 1812 was over but they went into the white house and ate the dinner that dolly madison prepared for her guests and commented favorably on this. they piled all the furniture and drapes in the middle of the room stepped outside and threw in torches and burned the white house. that is a scary and great painting by tom freeman. the fire burned hot for a time then it rained. what you had afterward was the shell, the cracked stone. it was in bad shape. the stone was unusable, the brick within was unusable because this was a delegate to that in a second but jumped forward to the british again, a different one. joe marshall montgomery came to see my grandfather after the war and you can see that they are getting along fine in this picture but montgomery asked my grandfather, when was it built? " once in

and thank you all for that, you are the first audience that has laughed at monty python on that. everybody else looks at it and goes why is that fun? and i almost too it out. i thought it wasn't monty python, it was major general robert ross, rear admiral george cochran and 150 sailors in 1814, apparently by this time the war of 1812 is actually over. went into the white house, they ate the dinner that dolly madison had prepared for her guests, they apparently commented favorably on the madeira. and then they piled all the furp tur and the drapes in the middle of all the rooms and they stepped outside and threw in torches and burned the white house. that's a, a scary and great painting by tom freeman. the fire burned really, really hot. for a time. and then it rained. so what you had afterwards was a shell with cracked stone, it was in bad shape. a lot of the stone was unusable. the brick inside was unusable. but because this was, i'll get to that if a second. i'll jump forward to the british again. a different one. field marshall mr. monty, field marshall montgomery came to see

the box is a bun published material includes a script ideas for monty python and the holy grail.ver. let us start with the times. made's brexit plea to macron and the times says theresa may is cutting short. what you make it all? this holiday location has been criticised by the voters because there was a swimming pool installed and isn't carry much about the pool. whether she has cut short a holiday, we don't know. she is on the continent anyway because she is on holiday with her husband in switzerland and italy but this is the idea that she needs to get macron on side, having ameliorated angela merkel to her checkers plan. i think now the tactics turn to dealing directly with barnier dig get the leaders onside and the main axis of power as germany and france. she is coming under extreme pressure. it's also for macron two exercise his own influence on the eu and get barnier and others to sign up. is that realistic? all along, the 27 eu member states have stayed together and said this is not priced together and said this is not priced to negotiate. also, macron is a high person to

it is still monty python. yvonne: do you think this is something that is actionable?y brinks the white -- brings the white paper and comes with the softer stance, she will get hit by the brexiteers. are there any options on the table? >> not really. someone is going to lose. we are looking for a happy medium where everyone is a winner, and there is not one. we are going to end up with a the hardit which brexiteers don't want, or vice versa. and someone is going to have to accept the loss. the eu on the other side of the fence will remain on moving, or will they move to try to support may or topple her? ramy: michael, talking about how soft the brexit could be, do you think, what are your thoughts were this could find some sort of it'll ground -- middle ground? >> i do not think there is one. look at the details we just saw. deal on does not get a services, the one thing they are good at. they do get a deal on goods, which we are terrible at. so how does that if it the u.k.? it is far better to do a norway style deal, which is brexit in name only. it is the same thing

ladies and gentlemen, i'm so happy for you because my next guest is a comedy icon and cofounder of monty pythononight. please welcome, john cleese! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> stephen: thank you for being here again. >> well, thank you for allowing me to meet eric holder. >> stephen: oh, you got to meet him? >> just now. he wanted a photograph with me. cheesy old comic like me. a great man. if he runs, i think i might come and help him. i think he's fantastic. i really do. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: yeah, he seems like he's going to do it. >> yeah. >> stephen: when you say, yes, i'm thinking about it, that's means you've already done it. that's washington for raising money right now. well, thank you for being part of tonight's furry hat. no one else has shared furry hat but you. you're it. >> very special. ( cheers and applause ) i want to thank you, i feel very proud of that. >> stephen: nothing makes me happier than to see john cleese in a truly stupid hat. ( laughter ) >> i was watching you tonight. you're sillier even than i thought. >> stephen: oh, good! what an ho

. >> gilda radner, john bellucci and -- >> lorne michaels pitched it as a cross between "monty pythond "60 minutes." he said, it's going to work. >> as outstanding variety or musical series, nbc's "saturday night." >> i'd like to thank the city of new york for the correct combination of rejection and alienation which keeps the comedy spirit alive. >> when something really revolutionary happens, when you first see it, it should look wrong. "saturday night live" when you first saw it, what is this? >> rule number one, if you do parody, you better have somebody who can deliver it, both in the writers' room and on stage. >> hey, norton? >> hey. >> what made "saturday night live" different is this phenomenon that happened in the '60s was this youth culture and the youth market. our show was the first one to really have a voice for a younger generation. >> land shark. still the cleverest species of them all. >> it was the first time our generation was allowed to do tv and be on tv and write tv. so, we were parodying things that carol burnett show didn't parody. >> your momma eats kitty litt

was a lot of breaking out of the three camera sitcom that you could do in animation, to quote monty pythonng. >> is there any frontal nudity? >> no, homer. >> the lines on the simpsons are so sharp and i'm so impressed the volume of good jokes and the quality of the jokes. it was a legendary writer's room, long before i got there. >> this subverted the family sitcom. in fact, it was the most realistic portrayal of the family, which is crazy because it was a cartoon. >> the simpsons is the hottest new series on television. if you haven't seen the animated series, it's about a family just like yours. >> we had kids back talking to their parents. maybe it was because in animated format you didn't expect to see that. >> here's bart simpson the most popular character on television right no and ewe talked to the school principal who is banning bart simpson t-shirts. >> there's always somebody lying in bed awake at night seething because kids find something really fun. it's a controversy of the week. >> all she needed was for that big slob to she her some respect. at least that's what i thought.

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this just in, senator orin hatch to borrow from monty python is not dead yet. >> the reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated. >> our thanks to senator hatch for that and a little more fun with that later. but we begin with the president. he speaks to veterans later this hour in kansas city, a most patriotic of settings at a moment of a debate that rings anything but patriotic. maybe it's a serious proposal. maybe it's a trumpian shiny object meant to steer the conversation away from the president's helsinki disaster or something else. whatever the motivation, this is an eye-popping threat. >> not only is the president looking to take away brennan's security clearance, he's also looking into the clearances of comey, clapper, hayden, rice, and mccabe. the president is exploring the mechanisms to remove security clearance because they've politicized and in some cases monetized their public service and security clearances. >> a bit earlier this morning, the house speaker paul ryan says it's all a stunt, don't listen to the white house. >> i think he's trolling people, honestly. thi