The problem with the nonsense

In an old xkcd comic, it was pointed out that Monty Python, famed for its liberal application of nonsensical sketches and the utterly hilarious madness, has been quoted word for word for years. Whilst this is a decent tribute to the original words, it doesn't keep with the spirit, as things stop becoming nonsense when it's something everyone knows.

Heck, even one of the cast members decided to change the parrot sketch during a live performance by responding to "well, it's dead" with "oh, yes it is. Let me get you a refund."

But I've noticed that it's not merely Monty Python. Every iteration of every form of nonsense comedy we have is always said and done almost exactly the same.

Asdfmovie? You know the animation, you remember the skits, you can probably say them line for line. Which is weird, because the sketches are designed to be as random as possible, while the quotes are always the exact same script.

Same with Alice in Wonderland. When you think of wonderland, you might thing of Alice falling down a rabbit hole and landing in a hallway; you might think of mushrooms and caterpillars; you might think of the queen of hearts decapitating at every opportunity; you might think of the hare and the hatter having tea; you might think of cabbages and kings. And this is because this is what you were told during the original book.

The sequel was only related to the first by the main character, the author, and the name of the place she was in. Why would he do this? Because wonderland is nonsense that happens in an order that can only really make sense to the person experiencing it, and they only buy it due to willing suspense of disbelief.

And every time anyone bases something in wonderland, it's the original with choice pieces of the sequel and everything is the same, which flies in the face of wonderland's concept. Not only should it be different for each person, given it's a dream world, but it's different every time they visit.

You may not want to have Alice in Wonderland without the hatter, because he's such a staple that you'd be mad not to have him, but I have to remind you "we're all a little mad here".

My wonderland will have several things unique to it. Firstly, there will be snow at some point, because snow's cool. Secondly, there will be a woman in a dark wooded area trying to play on a heavily broken guitar while keeping only the loosest grasp on what's going on around her. This is based on the film Pixel Perfect when one of the characters goes into the mind of another (as they're in a coma) and sees her with a broken guitar.

There will also be a space ship, because they rock.

Please, to my two remaining readers, make sure you honour the spirit of the nonsense by adding in something unexpected.

Eg: "It worked! My time machine worked!" "Ug but rock on stick! Checkmate!"

[Update] Basically, what happened with Eric Idle in the closing ceremony of the Olympics.