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The Man Who Speaks in Anagrams

Monty Python's Flying Circus 1972 Season 3 Episode 4

SKETCH-O-VISION

A VERY GOOD USE OF YOUR TIME.

The setup

A television interviewer untangles his guest's scrambled speech until a literary slip breaks the spell.

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The premise

Here’s the bit.

A studio interviewer meets a writer who rearranges the letters of nearly everything he says, including his name and home county. The guest explains his plans to adapt Shakespeare through a string of mangled titles and speeches. The interviewer patiently deciphers them, then notices that the next project uses a different kind of wordplay. His correction prompts the guest to drop the verbal game and walk out.

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