https://phys.org/news/2020-03-monty-python-silly-gait-analysis.html
"Fifty years ago, Monty Python's famous sketch, "The Ministry of Silly
Walks," first aired on BBC One. The sketch pokes fun at the inefficiency
of government bureaucracy. It opens with the Minister (John Cleese)
walking in a rather unusual manner to his work, the Ministry of Silly
Walks, where Mr. Pudey (Michael Palin) is waiting to meet with him to
apply for a government grant to develop his silly walk. In the spirit of
Monty Python's humor, based on an actual gait analysis, a Dartmouth
research team finds that the Minister's silly walk is 6.7 times more
variable than a normal walk. The findings are published in Gait & Posture.
Although Mr. Pudey's walk was found to be only 3.3 times more variable
than a normal walk, the research team agreed with the Minister's
decision that he had a promising silly walk that was deserving of a
Research Fellowship."
Via Esther Schindler.
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