In the Monty Python “Argument Clinic” sketch, Eric Idle walks into John Cleese's office and asks, “Is this the right room for an argument?” to which Cleese replies, “I've told you once.” Idle: “No you ...

In an iconic sketch by the British comedy troupe Monty Python, a man visits an Argument Clinic, prepared to pay for the pleasure of some brainy give-and-take. He gets instead an arguer who denies ...