Monday, June 30, 2008

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:

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:

Comics


Let's ZERO in on that Bad Boy:

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So, really, I did manage to locate my 'grail' as it were.

Heh.

T

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