Who cares?  (I always hated Star Trek, such dweebie
"let's all get in touch with our inner feelings" crap that I
hoped the Klingons/Borg/'WhoCares?' would wipe the lot
of them out - they did not deserve to infest the universe
with 'Federation Dweebies').

Beyond "Beam me up, Scotty", "Make it so", "Open hailing frequencies"
and "Fire photon torpedos"? :)

/L '*sing* We come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill! *sing*'

Monty Python is quite popular here actually.  Although it does kind of
have a niche following.  Some might even say that social misfits enjoy
MP more than the rest.  Personally, that either makes them wrong or me a
social misfit (or both, possibly).

  > feed bird
  It's not hungry (It's merely pinin' for the Fjords).  Besides You
  have no bird seed.
              -- Crowther and Woods: "Adventure", alias "Colossal Cave"

  > read label
       !!!!     FROBOZZ MAGIC BOAT COMPANY  !!!!

  Hello, Sailor!

  Instructions for use:

     To get into boat, say 'Board'
     To leave boat, say 'Disembark'

     To get into a body of water, say 'Launch'
     To get to shore, say 'Land'

  Warranty:

    This boat is guaranteed against all defects in parts and
  workmanship for a period of 76 milliseconds from date of purchase or
  until first used, whichever comes first.

  Warning:
     This boat is made of plastic.        Good Luck!
             -- MIT "Zork"

  > read book
  Oh ye who go about saying unto each:   "Hello sailor":
  dost thou know the magnitude of thy sin before the gods?
  Yea, verily, thou shalt be ground between two stones.
  Shall the angry gods cast thy body into the whirlpool?
  Surely, thy eye shall be put out with a sharp stick!
  Even unto the ends of the earth shalt thou wander and
  unto the land of the dead shalt thou be sent at last.
  Surely thou shalt repent of thy cunning.
             -- MIT "Zork"

I had never thought about how a Brit might think Americans take Monty
Python. It's not at all uncommon at a gathering/cocktail party for a
group of men (never women that I've seen) take some topic and twist it
into some MP skit or movie scene.

MP fans I know seem to cut their teeth on Holy Grail or Meaning of Life
before fully appreciating Life of Brian or episodes of MP's Flying
Circus. (Never saw Jabberwocky.)

-- TJ (Californian)

Back in the 70s, the PBS here in the US used to rebroadcast several hours
of BBC programming each week. Even living on a farm in the sticks, I still
got to see Monty Python, Doctor Who, The Prisoner, Hitch Hiker's Guide to
the Galaxy (TV & radio versions), and others.

sherm--

    Monty Python is in fact beyond the grasp of Americans.
But our fingernails scrape up a little of the varnish as
we grasp desperately for the prize just out of our reach,
and the gunk under our nails is so much more entertaining
than any local product that we think we've seen the joke.

    Spam (ha-ha!) Spam (hee-hee!) Spam (ho-ho-ho!) Spam
(Why do I feel hungry?)  Fish-slapping dance?  (Hunh?  Oh,
right: The fish is made of Spam!  Hahahahahaha!)