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There was quite a good sketch by Not The Nine O'Clock News which reversed that debate, in which the film The Life of Christ is accused of parodying the revered Monty Python.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asUyK6JWt9U

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I had seen the debate but not that sketch. Utterly brilliant. For reference and completeness, here is the debate it parodies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku3GcPrW9xg&t=190

(Brace yourself for a classy joke at 4:50)

Thanks for the link! I'm just watching the debate, and it seems both sides kind of got a point for a while. There they are, the sceptics, clowns or rational thinkers on the other side, who I root for instinctively, and the pompous stiffs on the other. But I think the stiffs also had something going on for them with their idea of some awe and humility - and excellent pronounciation. Gotta love the civilized ways of a British debate!

Seems like it was only after John Cleese made a more seriours thrust that the stiffs got scared and went into a hedgehodge defense and it all turned boring and ridiculous.

Vintage!

Wow. NTNOCN could be quite hit and miss, but that sketch was absolutely spot on.

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