John Cleese on Joe the Plumber, John the Candidate & Bill the Berk

Last night on The Countdown with Keith Olbermann, John Cleese pretty much lost his shit to one of the only comedy groups funnier than Monty Python… the McCain campaign.

And he introduced me to my new favorite word…

John Cleese on Sarah Palin

Monty Python's John Cleese gives his thoughts on the new "funniest Palin"…

"It's like a nice looking parrot. Because the parrot speaks beautifully and kinda says, "Aw shucks!" every now and again, but doesn't really have any understanding of the words it's producing, even though it's producing them very accurately…

"I'm sorry, Michael Palin, to say you're not the funniest Palin anymore. But you're not."

See also, John Cleese's "Ode to Sean Hannity."

(via Andrew Sullivan)

John Cleese's "Ode to Sean Hannity"

Last night, on The Countdown, Keith Olbermann recited a special poem for Sean Hannity that was written by none other than Monthy Python's John Cleese…

Ode to Sean Hannity
by John Cleese

Aping urbanity
Oozing with vanity
Plump as a manatee
Faking humanity
Journalistic calamity
Intellectual inanity
Fox Noise insanity
You're a profanity
Hannity

You can see Olbermann's reading here on MSNBC's site (at about the 2:40 mark).

You know, it's kinda funny. Just the other day, I wrote a poem for Sean Hannity, too. It just came to me while I was watching Fox News after the last debate…

Poem for Sean Hannity
by Dennis DiClaudio

Hey, Sean Hannity
Fuck you

Mine's got more of a beatnik feel to it.

Cleese's is better.

Update: Your poems are already waaaay better than mine, so I'm gonna open this up. Drop your own Hannity-inspired poems in the comments, and I'll pick out a few of my favorites to post. Thanks.