On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:23:21 -0700, Chambers wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> Indeed, one of the reasons I posted the quote I did.  It's interesting
>> to me how many people who are fans of the Pythons are unaware of what
>> their influences were.
> 
> Like me... I'm unaware!
> 
> Of course, it may have something to do with the fact that I first became
> interested in Monty Python's stuff some 10 years after their last movie.

Certainly it happens.  :-)  Some of Cleese's earlier work is in "I'm 
Sorry, I'll Read That Again" (a radio series), and as an influence they 
list The Goon Show (Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers (yes, *that* Peter 
Sellers), Harry Seacombe, and a few others).

Jim

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