Filters like old skool Jive, Fudd, Valspeak... Text transformation in Python

[dananrg at yahoo.com]

I would like to learn how to roll my own filter ala early 90's filters
like Jive, Fudd, Kraut, Moron, etc, that take text as an input, and
re-writes the text adding general hilarity of various linguistic flavor
(depending on the filter).

I always loved running my philosophy papers, or anything that sounded
"too dang serious" through filters. Gave me a new perspective on my own
writing.

Running the screenplay of the Empire Strikes Back through the Kraut
filter, particularly the scene where Vader reveals Skywalker's true
lineage, is amusing. No offense to good Germans everywhere. I'm sure
someone could write a good "American" filter than would be a gag on
American obsession with success and work, being happy 100% of the time,
etc.

Anyway, I'd like to see an old skool filter written in Python so I can
write my own filters. There's an old prof of mine so, erm,
linguistically unique, that I absolutely must write a Prof X filter to
share with old college buds. I need to encapsulate / generate a model
of the Prof's speech patterns for posterity and "educational purposes
only" - ok, for entertainment.

A fun way to learn more about Python and text processing.

Any good "generators" written in Python? I'd like to roll me one of
these as well; e.g. execute the program and it will create a few
paragraphs of text in the jargon of a discipline, subdiscipline,
subculture, etc. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

Thanks.