HUMOR: Monty Python on Argument

"The Argument Clinic" is a classic! Definitely NOT what philosophy should be, but unfortunately what is can devolve into.

Here's an excerpt:

Palin: "I came here for a good argument!"
Cleese: Ah, no you didn't. You came here for an argument.
Palin: An argument isn't just contradiction.
Cleese: Well! it can be!
Palin: No, it can't! An argument is a connected series of statements intended to establish a proposition.
Cleese: No, it isn't!
Palin: Yes, it is! 'tisn't just contradiction.
Cleese: Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position!
Palin: Yes but it isn't just saying "No, it isn't."
Cleese: Yes, it is!
Palin: No, it isn't!
Cleese: Yes, it is!
Palin: No, it isn't!
Cleese: Yes, it is!
Palin: No, it isn't! Argument is an intellectual process. Contra- diction is just the automatic gainsaying of anything the other person says.
Cleese: It is not!
Palin: It is!
Cleese: Not at all! (continued here).