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Where Credit Is Due

A Square With A Horn

27 Dec 202010 Jul 2021 / Farced Perspective / Leave a comment

The background music that allowed Ben to reference the racist lyrics in "Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat" without repeating them, came from a Aristocats karaoke track on YouTube, and was excerpted for the purposes of comment and review. Sources consulted but not referred to include the "Disney Odyssey" blog entry on the Aristocats and … Continue reading A Square With A Horn

A Breath of Fresh Air

15 Oct 2019 / Benjamin Russell / Leave a comment

I was well into my high school stint of delving into all things Python in 1993 when my NPR-listening stepfather helpfully taped this interview off the air for me. I had formed the practice of using a dual-tape deck to take the best clips from interviews and pull them out as sound bites. On every … Continue reading A Breath of Fresh Air

For Whom the Liberty Bell March Tolls…

20 Aug 20197 Oct 2021 / Benjamin Russell / Leave a comment

Nathan and I spent some time talking about the theme for the show. He was largely content with it being a copyright-free version of Sousa's "Liberty Bell March", because he, quite rightly, felt that the music most associated with Python and, specifically, the Flying Circus should bring people into the show. We also knew, like … Continue reading For Whom the Liberty Bell March Tolls…

Legalese to provide Legal Ease

16 Aug 201930 Aug 2019 / Farced Perspective / Leave a comment

An article about accusations of plagiarism in the podcast community crossed my desk this morning (thanks, unsurprisingly, to the pod-watchers extraordinaire over at Night-Time Foam Corner), that raised the basic question about attribution in an oral format. This is something that Nathan and I have been trying to keep in the forefront of our minds … Continue reading Legalese to provide Legal Ease

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Anniversaries (And Future Episodes?)

  • 50th - The Thief Who Came to Dinner 1 Mar 2023
  • 50th - The Long Goodbye 7 Mar 2023
  • 50th - Slither 7 Mar 2023

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Whither Canada?

The 50th Anniversary of Python's First Broadcast5 Oct 2019
It's... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Good evening, and welcome to the show.

It’s the Muppet Show!

The 45th Anniversary of the premiere of The Muppet Show.5 Sep 2021
Welcome! And what a show we have for you tonight. How would you like to see 4,000 woodpeckers performing an aerial ballet while 87 gorillas and two dozen elephants do the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy? Well, forget it...
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