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vii Iam grateful to Roger Saunders of Monty Python Pictures lLtd. for graciously granting me permission to reproduce video images from Monty Python’s Flying Circus and to the Pythons for creating a thrilling moment in television history. I am also indebted to Kirsten Strayer, graduate student in Film Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and to Robert Mitchell of the University of Pittsburgh Center for Instructional Research and Development, who worked with me to prepare many of the images. My secretary, Carol Mysliwiec, was indefatigable in seeking sources for illustrations and in reproducing the many scripts for the shows. My graduate assistant, Ben Feldman, industriously located necessary articles and books on the Pythons, the British Broadcasting Corporation, and American and British reviews of the series, and Colin Brett provided me with helpful information on British television. I also wish to express my gratitude to the various readers of the manuscript and to the editors of the TV Milestones Series, Barry Keith Grant and Jeannette Sloniowski, for their patient and critical reading of the work. My special thanks to my friend and colleague Stanley Shostak for reading the manuscript countless times, for ACKNOWLEDGMENTS unweariedly discussing the form and content with me, and for encouraging me to clarify ideas. I hope that the final form this book has taken repays his, the editors’, and the outside readers’ bountiful expenditure of time and effort. viii Acknowledgments ...