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Since then the Loonies have continued to put up numerous candidates at every election, despite the suicide some years ago of the genuinely troubled Screaming Lord Sutch. The party is now run by complete nobodies with silly names and silly hats who just want to be looked at for a dew minutes every five years. Somewhere along the line, everybody has forgotten that, since this is a joke, it ought to be funny, possibly because nobody involved has any discernible comedic talent whatsoever. Though it should be remembered that the entire premise is based on a Monty Python sketch which the Pythons themselves considered funny enough to spin out for roughly five minutes, as opposed to 30 years.
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Since then the Loonies have continued to put up numerous candidates at every election, despite the suicide some years ago of the genuinely troubled Screaming Lord Sutch. The party is now run by complete nobodies with silly names and silly hats who just want to be looked at for a few minutes every five years. Somewhere along the line, everybody has forgotten that, since this is a joke, it ought to be funny, possibly because nobody involved has any discernible comedic talent whatsoever. Though it should be remembered that the entire premise is based on a Monty Python sketch which the Pythons themselves considered funny enough to spin out for roughly five minutes, as opposed to 30 years.
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It should also be noted that, just like the Silly Party in the original sketch, splinter groups have come into being. It is currently called the Official Monster Raving Loony Party to distinguish it from various unofficial Monster Raving Loonies who feel that the party should have an actual agenda of protesting against the \
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It should also be noted that, just like the Silly Party in the original sketch, splinter groups have come into being. It is currently called the Official Monster Raving Loony Party to distinguish it from various unofficial Monster Raving Loonies who feel that the party should have an actual agenda of protesting against the \\\"madness\\\" of various other forms of government by means of broad satire, and/or serious links with the Anarchist movement, as opposed to simply dressing up in wacky clothes and shouting: \\\"Look at me! Look at me!\\\"
By the way, the Loonies have several times fielded candidates who officially changed their names so that Silly Party candidates from the original Monty Python sketch would appear on real ballot papers, notably Jethro Q. Walrustitty.
By the way, the Loonies have several times fielded candidates who officially changed their names so that Silly Party candidates from the original Monty Python sketch would appear on real ballot papers, notably Jethro Q. Walrustitty.
