In the meantime, my relatives are staying in their house even though it's too big for them now because they can't afford to sell it at a loss.

Minor botch, but still not clean.  A director would ask them to do another take, from the top.

That's four oaths taken involving the two, and both times the private oath went smoothly while the public oath was marred, if only slightly in this case.

The question for me is more whether Democratic legislators will focus more in the new progressive era.  If so, this speech (and the actions around it) will prove to be quite consequential in ushering this new era.

To begin, I would expect genuine immigration reform ( with Repubs moving more in Obama's direction because this last election really doesn't leave them any other realistic option.)  Some legislation regarding gun control, as in expanded registration & limited magazine, may well be headed for passage eventually (with the changing demographics in the broader polity.). And, here is a big guess:  If the economy continues on an improved trajectory over the next few quarters, the hyperbolic talk about we-must-do-something-about-the-debt (such as screw Social Security & Medicare) or face "dire" consequences, will lose it's oomph and impetus.  If that is so, this Administration will be credited with securing these fundamental benefits in our modern times.  (BTW, that "guess" is not at all far-fetched.)

Further, Chapman had been out of the closet since 1967, making him one of the first celebrities ever to publicly acknowledge his homosexual orientation. By most all accounts, his fellow Pythons were always very accepting and supportive, and were heartbroken when he died of throat cancer in October 1989 at age 48.

Speaking for myself only, I would no more label the Monty Python troupe's work as homophobic, than I would the films "La Cage Aux Folles" or "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" -- both of which, it could similarly be argued, also trafficked in gay stereotypes in order to mine situational humor.

I mean, if gay people can laugh at and lampoon themselves, and what's being presented is not reflective of a rancid and / or corrosive spirit, then who am I to otherwise frown upon it all as being somehow politically incorrect?

Anyway, while that's just my opinion, I can also fully understand and respect where you're coming from. And if one didn't know the backstory of "Military Fairy," then one cannot be faulted for finding the skit to be offensive.

But then, nobody can ever rightfully accuse Monty Python of good taste and propriety.