Monty Python - How To Do It

feraldarryl · 772.2K views · 2007-02-16 · 1:19

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Overview

A one-minute Monty Python sketch, 'How to Do It', which tells viewers how to rid the world of all known diseases in a deliberately glib way.

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Stand-up & sketch comedy Satire & parody

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1123581321 · 2026-06 · Joke / meme
Just write a regulation that every game developer has to make a great game, not charge too much, support it for years, and give it away for free as soon as it's not popular. That way, we'll only have great games and archives of great free games. [VIDEO]
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harry8 · 2023-10 · Joke / meme
Monty Python's "Today on how to do it" sketch is the classic of the genre maybe? Definitely a worthwhile minute out of your day. [VIDEO]
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huxley · 2016-10 · Joke / meme
Monty Python's "How to Do It" skit: [VIDEO] "... this week on 'How to Do It' we're going to learn how to play the flute, how to split the atom, how to construct box girder bridges and how to irrigate the Sahara and make vast new areas cultivatable, but first, here's Jackie to tell you how to rid the world of all known diseases." How to play the flute: "Now, how to play the flute. (picking up a flute) Well you blow in one end and move your fingers up and down the outside."
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