Hillary Is John Cleese

Watching Hillary's inspirational victory speech last night I immediately thought of Monty Python. And not because her campaign resembles a dead parrot. The happy talk performance reminded me of the Black Knight scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail:

If you remember, King Arthur (Graham Chapman) is passing through a forest when he is confronted by the Black Knight (John Cleese). After observing The Black Knight destroy one of his own knights, Arthur tells him, "You fight with the strength of many men, Sir Knight... You have proved yourself worthy. Will you join me?" The Black Knight refuses to join him, and refuses to let the King pass. "I move for no man," he intones. The two then go at it mano a mano, as our current president would say. King Arthur first cuts one of the Black Knight's arms off with his sword, then another. He then cuts off his leg. Bleeding from three stumps, hopping around on one foot, the Black Knight magnanimously announces, "All right, we'll call it a draw."

I can't think of a more resonant metaphor for the Democratic primary today.

Comments

[GiggidyGeshmoygen]

gives new meaning to the term "stump speech" ....

[MrKnuckles]

Yep, Hillary is John Cleese, except that she's not remotely funny. Its true, she may have a leg up on him but he's got a much better stump speech.

[Anastasia]

Groaning out loud.

[FarOutFish]

Don"t forget "Nobody knows when the expect the "SPANISH INQUISITTION"

[CocteausTwin]

Perfect reference Seth.

[prcleburne]

Hillarious

[Blefuscu]

wha? I always thought "All right, we'll call it a draw." is Arthur's line.... Watching the clip again, now i'm not sure.

[lisakaz2]

Nah, it's not Arthur's line. He's leaving by then and he's being yelled at for "running away." My favorite Arthur line: "Or what? You'll bleed on me?"

[Sioen]

Yeah, uh, Chip Collis wrote this right here on HuffPost two weeks ago (do a search).

So while it's true (I thought of it, too, weeks ago), it's weirdly redundant.

It reminds me a little of a scene from "Holy Grail," where the person isn't supposed to say "it" but keeps saying "it."

"Oh, I said it! Oh, I just said it again! I keep saying it!"

[gevan]

I thought that she was using the Energizer Bunny as her role model. Incessantly bang her own drum she "just keeps going...and going...and going." It seems as if "girls' rules" apply to her. Any male candidate in her situation would have realized the "logic" of the situation and dropped out.

[timinhi]

You don't even describe the scene correctly. It isn't until after all 4 limbs have been hacked off that the Black Knight utters the "draw" line.

[lisakaz2]

It is all 4.

[SolarPowerGuy]

"Bring out your dead!" :^)

[RealityBaseCamp]

This campaign wouldn't voom if you put 4 million volts... uhhh, dollars into it!

[Rutabaga]

This is simply brilliant. Bloody brilliant!!!

[sammie72]

While thinking back to "Holy Grail" while pondering the state of the Clinton campaign, somehow
"Bring out your dead! Bring out your dead!"
seems like a good analogy.

On further thinking though, the same line could apply literally to the McCain campaign.

[Ndw]

I feel happy! I FEEL HAPPY!

[WRPrintz]

You're not foolin' anyone, ya know.

[pencilpusher]

Except you would have to be pondering "Life of Brian" not Holy Grail for that line.

[crunchyfrog]

No, that line is from Holy Grail.

[chromodynamics]

Ironically, you are aware, Seth, that John Cleese publicly announced he will join the Obama campaign in the fall as a speech writer should Barack win the Democratic nomination.

[koromuso]

No, you've got it all wrong. Hillary is The Bride of Chuckie.