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Melanie McFarland

SHOCKING: Why yakety sax makes politics funny - What They Never Told You

Comedian Benny Hill performing with a tambourine on set, circa 1971. TV Times via Getty Images

We're frequently reminded of the "special relationship" America shares with Britain, a concept that takes on another meaning in a political context versus that of popular culture. But the two often synchronize beautifully, as we saw this month.

July is bookended by Boris Johnson's resignation from his position of Britain's prime minister at its start, with the Jan. 6 committee hearing in which footage of Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., cowardly fleeing insurrectionists he courted outside the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, made its debut serving as its closer.

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