This podcast of John Cleese breaking down a few pages of a comedic screenplay with some students from UCSB makes me think we should start cloning him. We have the technology, and it would only require a swab from the inside of his cheek. Trust me, any petty moral concerns would fall by the wayside once we saw how much funnier the movies were...

I'll start a petition.

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Dear wife just turned me on to this bootleg video: it's a preview of Season 3 of The Venture Bros. TiVo being set NOW...

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Spare a thought today, from the heart, for Martin Luther King, probably the greatest citizen this country has ever produced. Assassinated forty years ago today.

Also consider using the phrase "by gum" in a sentence.

Those interested in how the world really works should consider listening to these two podcasts, courtesy of radio station KPFA's "Guns and Butter" program. In them, lawyer and writer William Pepper outlines what took place on April 4, 1968. (Hint: it wasn't one crazy guy going crazy.)

http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=24212
http://www.kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=24329

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