Monty Python Reference and my Holy Grail (Wizard World Chicago variation)
Many of you may be familiar with the following bit from an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus:
Well, at the very least, I'M very familiar with it.
I seemed to recall that a reference to Throat Warbler Mangrove appeared in an old issue of IRON MAN from the classic run by David Michilinie and Bob Layton. I spent some time scouring the Internet for hints and clues to which issue it might have been and successfully narrowed it down to two. Unfortunately I no longer possess any of these comics BUT I was going to be in attendance at the Wizard World Chicago comic convention (last weekend) so I noted said issue numbers (#s 140 and 141 of Iron Man volume one).
I'm pleased to announce that I did find both issues and that, in fact, said reference to the Python bit above appears on page one of issue #140.
Here it is:
Let's ZERO in on that Bad Boy:
So, really, I did manage to locate my 'grail' as it were.
Heh.
T
Many of you may be familiar with the following bit from an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus:
Interviewer: Good evening. I have with me in the studio tonight one of the country's leading skin specialists, Raymond Luxury Yacht.
Raymond Luxury Yacht: That's not my name!
Interviewer: [tries literal pronunciation] I'm sorry; Raymond Luxury Yatscht.
Raymond Luxury Yacht: No no no, it's spelled, "Raymond Luxury Yacht," but it's pronounced, "Throat Warbler Mangrove".
Interviewer: You are a very silly man, and I'm not going to interview you.
Well, at the very least, I'M very familiar with it.
I seemed to recall that a reference to Throat Warbler Mangrove appeared in an old issue of IRON MAN from the classic run by David Michilinie and Bob Layton. I spent some time scouring the Internet for hints and clues to which issue it might have been and successfully narrowed it down to two. Unfortunately I no longer possess any of these comics BUT I was going to be in attendance at the Wizard World Chicago comic convention (last weekend) so I noted said issue numbers (#s 140 and 141 of Iron Man volume one).
I'm pleased to announce that I did find both issues and that, in fact, said reference to the Python bit above appears on page one of issue #140.
Here it is:
Let's ZERO in on that Bad Boy:
So, really, I did manage to locate my 'grail' as it were.
Heh.
T
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