Tag Archives: John Cleese

Malaysia Flight 370. The CNN Experts Slumber Party.

Posted on April 22, 2014 by tucsonmike

There’s nothing funny about what happened to those poor people.  John Cleese was asked in an interview, if there was something he could not be funny about.  His response?  Cancer.  He thought he couldn’t make cancer funny.  Maybe Gilda Radner … Continue reading →

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Irish with Sticks.

Posted on April 21, 2013 by tucsonmike

Irish with sticks?  What kind of talk is that?  (I got the second sentence from the Monty Python skit, where John Cleese plays the dead parrot owner and Michael Palin, the pet store owner.  “He’s pining for the fjords.”  “Pining … Continue reading →

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The Bible on History Channel Part 3, Babylon to Jesus.

Posted on March 26, 2013 by tucsonmike

Of course, this is done with my silly and offbeat take. Babylon to Jesus is a long haul in the Bible.  After Nebuchadnezzar went mad and lost Babylon to the Persians, the Persian Emperor Cyrus on false information threw Daniel … Continue reading →

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We Are All The Baggage We Carry.

Posted on December 16, 2012 by tucsonmike

We are all the baggage we carry.  I called my mother tonight, depressed and angry, about the shootings in Connecticut.  (I didn’t realize until tonight, my mother has an old friend in Newtown, Connecticut.  I knew she lived in Connecticut, … Continue reading →

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The Naughty Philosopher Weighing in on Gay and Interracial Romance.

Posted on August 26, 2012 by tucsonmike

I will start with gay romance.  This was the hardest for me to get my mind around.  You could have called me a homophobe when I was younger.  I feared being associated with gays.  If you socialized with them, did … Continue reading →

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