[pchelpers] Re: I just found this on Friends reunited
- From: kathleen lacey <jklace5ster@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:19:24 -0700
Hi pchelpers, i wondered about this little ditty, too. I really like Monty
Python & did not remember this so looked it up. Here is what Wikipedia
says. Kathleen
The song followed the routine called "Fish
Licence<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_Licence>"
in which Mr Eric Praline <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Praline>, played
by John Cleese <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cleese>, tried to obtain a
pet license for a halibut <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halibut> and
numerous other pets, all called Eric. One such pet is half a
bee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee>.
The song relates a tragic yet heartwarming tale, stemming from an accident
on one summer's afternoon.
The lyrics raise philosophical
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical>questions as to the
existence or not of half a bee: "Half a bee,
philosophically, must *ipso facto* half *not* be. But half the bee has got
to be, *vis-à-vis* its entity - d'you see? But can a bee be said to be or
not to be an entire bee when half the bee is not a bee, due to some ancient
injury?". The piece ends with a reference to the distinguished English
philosopher Cyril Connolly <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyril_Connolly>.
It is one of John Cleese's personal favorites of the sketches that he has
done.
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