I'm not Jewish, though for about sixteen reasons I might as well be. Even so, I do appreciate a good Tom Lehrer song, especially when it applies to my life.

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...and there's a new documentary about him. It's premiering in London of course--one of the many nice things about the UK is how much they dug Bill Hicks.

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Unfortunately, I can't find "The Running, Jumping, Standing Still Film" anymore, but here are a couple of videos that fans of classic British Comedy might enjoy.

Peter Sellers...it gets interesting about halfway through.


Jonatham Miller talking about Peter Sellers and Peter Cook (nirvana, indeed)


Stephen Fry's postmortem defense of Peter Cook

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I can't seem to embed this West Side Story parody, but do yourself a favor and watch it.

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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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