More than half a century after first airing on the BBC, Monty Python’s famous “silly walk” sketch has inspired a group of researchers at Arizona State University to see how effective it might be for folks keen to burn a few calories after the excesses of the holiday season.
For anyone unfamiliar with Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks sketch, it’s described by The Times as “a satire on bureaucratic inefficiency” and features John Cleese as civil servant Mr. Teabag. We see Teabag walking to work in an extremely absurd fashion before conducting a meeting with Mr. Putey , who is requesting a government grant to develop his own silly walk. Sadly for Putey, his walk is deemed far too sensible, and so his request is rejected.
The first walk was in their usual style, while the second was in the style of Putey, and the third copying the ridiculous Teabag. — Adults could achieve 75 minutes of vigorous intensity physical activity per week by walking in Teabag style, rather than their usual style, for about 11 minutes per day.
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