in a pure infinite monkey scenario, works of Shakespeare would be generated at some point
"to be or not to be" may be more likely for a monkey on a keyboard to generate than a random string, actually. The keys to generate it are highly repetitive and relatively close together. That's true for any NL string: the lower entropy of NL strings are reflected in the keyboard layout. If the monkeys switch to Dvorak, they could probably generate Shakespeare even faster.
Of course not. There are lots of ways you can bias random that remain random, but prevent every possible output from being generated. That's all GP was saying. You can't just say "infinite time", you need to rule out biases that would prevent the desired result.
What, you egg?
[He stabs him.]
Are you certain the real thing isn't "the blurst of times" already?
https://preview.redd.it/it-was-the-best-of-times-it-was-the-...
Worse, they can’t even tell their Shakespeare from their Dickens (It’s the opening line of A Tale of Two Cities).