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Christie is accused of copyright theft by Monty Python

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The TV ad, which also appeared on Christie's YouTube campaign site before being removed Sunday, featured attacks on Gov. Jon Corzine. It used scenes from "Monty Python's Flying Circus" TV show that features Michael Palin, the report stated. Full Article at NJ.com

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  1. Chris Christie, the Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey in Tuesday's knife-edge gubernatorial election, has been called out as a copyright thief. The 47-year-old lawyer, who was controversially appointed by George W. Bush as a U.S. Full Article at OH NO THEY DIDN'T

  2. Michael Palin, left, and Terry Jones have complained that Chris Christie, right, used clips from a Monty Python sketch in a campaign advertisement Mr Christie, who hopes to unseat his Democratic rival Jon Corzine as governor in an election on... Full Article at The Telegraph

  3. The legendary comedians of Monty Python are threatening to take Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie to court over footage of a pirated skit that appeared in a campaign ad. Full Article at The Morris County Daily Record

  4. The publicly fat Chris Christie, a licensed lawyer, saw zero problem with taking a Monty Python sketch essentially in its entirety, editing in some choice Jon Corzine-is-awful-themed WordArt on the bottom of the screen, and airing it on national... Full Article at Wonkette

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  1. Actor Steve Coogan arrives at the premiere of the documentary "Monty Python: Almost The Truth (Lawyer's Cut)," celebrating the troupe's 40th anniversary, in New York October 15, 2009.
  2. (L-R) The original cast members of the Monty Python troupe, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Eric Idle smile as they arrive at the premiere of the documentary "Monty Python: Almost The Truth (Lawyer's Cut)," celebrating the troupe's 40th anniversary, in New York in New York October 1...
  3. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - SEPTEMBER 17:  Michael Palin poses during a book signing at Hatchards in Piccadilly on September 17, 2009 in London, England. Michael Palin is launching his new book 'Halfway to Hollywood - Diaries 1980-1988'.
  4. LONDON - MAY 28:  Michael Palin holds The Odes of Horace manuscript, written by William Morris and illuminated by Morris, Edward Burne-Jones (Exeter College) and Charles Fairfax Murray at the Oxford University launch of a GBP 1.25 billion campaign at the British Academy on May 28, 2008 in London,...
  5. LONDON - MAY 28:  In the foreground the original artwork for the cover of the Hobbit by JRR Tolkein as Oxonians and press attend the Oxford University launch of a GBP 1.25 billion campaign at the British Academy on May 28, 2008 in London, England.

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