![]() ![]() And, it appears that much of this geekiness (and geek-friendliness) can be blamed upon Terry Jones. ![]() Monty Python was profoundly geek-friendly. This is why, of course, Monty Python retains such enduring popularity among geeks. There was a feeling with Monty Python that the cleverer you were, the funnier the sketches must be – imagine, they made an entire feature-length film based on satirizing the mythology of the dark ages, and then another one which tackled the new testament, and then a final one which skipped through the history of western metaphysics. In short, they were fearlessly intelligent, even when they were making fart jokes. They trusted their audience to know lots of stuff, and they managed to become hugely famous by making clever jokes about rather lofty subjects. ![]() What was always so appealing about Monty Python was that they were unafraid of making obscure references to ancient history, to biblical verse, or even to enlightenment philosophers on their way to getting a laugh. ![]()
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