"A clever concept...[and] an interesting take on the Pythons." --"Kirkus Reviews "on "Everything I Ever Needed to Know About _____* I Learned from Monty Python""Here devoted Python fans Cogan and Massey suggest that what made the show unique was its many in-jokes and references to history, philosophy, politics, pop culture, the arts, the sciences, and . . . well, pretty much everything[...]Their argument is undeniably persuasive: as anyone who's spent the best years of his or her life becoming a word-perfect reciter of Python sketches will tell you, there's a lot to be learned, if you just pay attention." --"Booklist "on "Everything I Ever Needed to Know About _____* I Learned from Monty Python""Monty Python fans will applaud the efforts of fellow fans Cogan and Massey who introduce the surreal comedy group to the uninitiated by exploring the historical, political, literary, artistic, and even religious contexts for many of the troupe's sketches." --"Publishers Weekly "on "Everything I Ever Needed to Know About _____* I Learned from Monty Python""Cogan nicely succeeds in producing a useful resource illustrating the urgency and importance of punk rock from its mid-1970s start to the movement's vitality in the present day." --"Publishers Weekly" on "The Encyclopedia of Punk""The book is unique. . .[and] will be appreciated by those who are curious about punk and its origins, and what punk's been up to lately." --"Booklist "on "The Encyclopedia of Punk"

DR. BRIAN COGAN is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Communication at Molloy College. The author of "The Encyclopedia of Punk," he has also written numerous articles on punk rock, comic books, and the intersection of politics and popular culture. DR. JEFF MASSEY is professor of English at Molloy College. He is the vice president of MEARCSTAPA, the coeditor of "Heads Will Roll!: Decapitation in the Medieval and Early Modern Imagination," and the author of sundry articles.