I'm glad for your contributor's copy. Glad as well that Argo wasn't a complete failure, and has a Muppet Show reference.

...it is impossible not to think of the results as The Scarlet Pimpernel meets The Producers, they fight crime.

I love this. You win an Internet, at least to whatever degree I can award you such a thing.

I'd not heard of the benshi tradition, either. I'm glad it was such an amazing experience for you.