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This Week in TGIF: ‘The Twits’

‘The Twits’ exhibits crazy behavior but also offers valuable lessons

The first Monty Python episode this writer ever saw featured the “Upper Class Twit of the Year,” who competed in such contests as “kicking the beggar,” “backing the car over the old woman” and “insulting the waiter.” Then, last year there was (sorry, Republicans) “Mitt the Twit,” the presidential candidate who couldn’t see the folly of insulting his British hosts, especially while having such a rhyme-alicious name.

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