Lots of birthdays this month. Monty Python turns 40 today. It aired for the first time in the United Kingdom on October 5, 1969. With a mere 46 episodes of the original series, it soon became an icon to the European and American cultures. It spawned 3 motion pictures and a Broadway Musical, for which it won 3 Tony Awards. It even managed to impact the computer world with its spam skit. Long before the first junk email was sent, Monty Python was using the word. When the technology cam along and the bad online behavior began to happen, "spam" was the obvious choice. For a link to more Monty Python sites and the origin of spam for junk email, read: Forty Years of Monty Python.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Happy Birthday, Monty Python
Lots of birthdays this month. Monty Python turns 40 today. It aired for the first time in the United Kingdom on October 5, 1969. With a mere 46 episodes of the original series, it soon became an icon to the European and American cultures. It spawned 3 motion pictures and a Broadway Musical, for which it won 3 Tony Awards. It even managed to impact the computer world with its spam skit. Long before the first junk email was sent, Monty Python was using the word. When the technology cam along and the bad online behavior began to happen, "spam" was the obvious choice. For a link to more Monty Python sites and the origin of spam for junk email, read: Forty Years of Monty Python.
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