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A lot of comic books (though I'm not sure about superman) had anti-communist messaging back in the day, my guess is that's what they were aiming at.

I wasn't expecting the communist rant. Nice touch, and (i believe that was John Cleese?) he was brilliant. =]

yeah that was cleese. he's good at being crazy, in a good way!

It's the Knight-Who-Hits-People-With-A- Chicken!

look at the guys mouth at 1:17 LOL

gotta admit it's an interesting twist...love the homage to the comics!!

wow...even monty took a wack at the reds back then.....poor reds...

i took at as making fun of the anti communist people of the time & how hysterical they were

The knight with a rubber chicken was meant to symbolize when a joke had gone on for too long, like at the end with the narrator. The knight, played by Terry Gilliam, would come in, bash the offender over the head with the rubber chicken, then leave. In a twist version, after the anti-climactic punchline to the "dirty spoon" sketch, Graham Chapman's character beats the presenter with the rubber chicken, then gives it back to the knight.

I think it was a real chicken he hit people with.