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Here's one of my favorite Monty Python bits. I seem to be the only person on this planet who remembers that once — a long time ago, before most of America knew of Python — this video was used on The Dean Martin Show. As I recall it — and it's been a long time — Dean introduced it on-camera and then the video played with his voice replacing John Cleese's.

Martin's producer Greg Garrison worked a number of deals with British television, some of them involving Marty Feldman and using BBC video of him on American television programs. This bit was funnier with Cleese than it was with Dino…