Here's something to be thankful for--the great people at A&E Home Entertainment are giving one of my readers the Monty Python's Flying Circus megaset. That's right—29 hours, 45 episodes, 16 discs of some completely different silliness.
How can you be the lucky recipient? Flattery, you ask? Nope. Bribery, perhaps? No again. Job offer? Hmm . . . let's talk. But no. The one way for you to own this set is through the magic of your words. Because much of the brilliance of Python comes from poetic use of words, whether it be romantic:
Or whether it be self-defense:
Or even educational:
poetry is immensely important to the Monty Python canon; therefore, in order to win this fabulous prize, you must convince me through haiku, villanelle, ode, ballad, free-form a capella hip hop, sonnet, elegy, or whichever flavor of verse you choose that you deserve--nay, require--this megaset. The first runner-up will receive the 2 disc Monty Python documentary The Other British Invasion (also compliments of A&E Home Entertainment).
I will choose the top entries, which will appear in my Dec. 6 column. Readers will vote among those entries to determine the winner. I will expedite the process so that the lucky winners should receive their prizes during Hanukkah, and certainly before Christmas.
THE RULES
Email me at marzipanjoy@yahoo.com by WEDNESDAY, DEC 2. Make your subject line "Monty Python Contest" so that I can find your submission easily, even if it winds up in my spam folder.
The Fine Print
There is no fine print. Anyone may enter the contest; the best poem wins, plain and simple. Just please don't be a tool-- only enter the contest if you really want this set for yourself or a loved one, alright?
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