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   Derek Broughton to All   
   Re: Tolkien spoofs, satires and parodies   
   07 Jul 09 16:19:00   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.fan.tolkien   
   From: derek@pointerstop.ca   
      
   Öjevind Lång wrote:   
      
   > "Derek Broughton"  skrev i meddelandet   
   > news:11q7i6-pck.ln1@morgen.pointerstop.ca...   
   >   
   > [snip]   
   >   
   >> I completely agree.  One of the marks of most great comedy is that it   
   >> stops   
   >> before you tire of it.  Monty Python, whatever one thinks of them, were   
   >> successful because their sketches were often finished before you quite   
   >> got the point.   
   >   
   > "Whatever one thinks of them"? Suh, are you disrespecting Monty Python?   
      
   _I_ am certainly not dissing Monty Python, but I know there are quite a   
   large number of humour-impaired induhviduals who don't find them funny.   
      
   > Well, anyay, I think you should heed this recommendation from them:   
   >   
   > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlBiLNN1NhQ   
   >   
      
   I'm going to be whistling the rest of the day...   
   --   
   derek   
      
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