When was one of the writers of Ripping Yarns born?
Ripping Yarns Ripping Yarns is a British television comedy series. It was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame. It was transmitted on BBC 2. Following an initial pilot episode in January 1976, it ran for two series — six episodes in October 1977 and three episodes in October 1979. Each episode had a different setting and characters, each looking at a different aspect of British culture and parodying pre-World War II literature aimed at schoolboys. In the title, "ripping" is a chiefly British slang meaning "excellent" or "fine", and "yarn" is a colloquialism for 'story'.
Aaron McGruder Aaron Vincent McGruder (born May 29, 1974) is an American writer, lecturer, producer, screenwriter and cartoonist best known for writing and drawing "The Boondocks", a Universal Press Syndicate comic strip and its animated TV series adaptation for which he was the creator, executive producer, and head writer.