Tim, why do I feel that Dan Rather saw the new Broadway musical Spamalot, the stage version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and actually took it all seriously? Remember these classic lyrics, revealing the dementia on display inside the castle at Camelot?
“We’re knights of the round table,
Our shows are formid-able
Though many times
We’re given rhymes
That are quite un-sing-able
We’re opera-mad in Camelot, we sing from the diaphragm a lot!>br>
“Though we’re tough and able,
Quite in-de-fa-ti-gable,
Between our quests, we sequin vests
And imitate Clark Gable!
It’s a busy life in Camelot –
I like to push the pram a lot…”
Or maybe he’s channeling the lyrics to the theme song of the oldMary Poppins-inspired TV show Nanny and the Professor:
“Soft and sweet, wise and wonderful
Oooh, our mystical, magical Nanny…”
Either way, it’s now perfectly clear: Dan Rather is now, officially, bonkers.