Deletion of The Colonel (Monty Python)

Comment: It's easy to find |significant coverage which confirms the character's importance in the structure of the show.  For example  "The Colonel is again acting as the arbiter of good taste, and also -- as a replacement for a punchline or a traditional link -- he is a transitionary tool.  His outbursts remind the viewer of the constructedness of the performance, of its artificiality, and of the fact that it can be directed and re-directed by the characters and elements within the diegetic world.  This narrative chicanery is the Pythons' tilting at Auntie BBC -- the ancien régime of Light Entertainment to be rebelled against -- and will come to characterize the narrative structure of ''Flying Circus
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:SIGCOV)

Comment: subject to probable '''merge'''.  The Colonel is a iconic Python character, and certainly sources exist that discuss the character in those terms. I've added a few.http://books.google.com/books?id=eQ23S8m0-p0C&lpg=PA151&dq=colonel%20%22monty%20python%22%20stop&pg=PA151#v=onepage&q=colonel&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=gSFYYKbtDCsC&lpg=PA120&dq=colonel%20%22monty%20python%22%20stops%20the%20sketch&pg=PA120#v=onepage&q=colonel%20&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=RS0FAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA88&dq=colonel%20%22monty%20python%22%20%22saturday%20night%20live%22&pg=PA88#v=onepage&q=colonel%20%22monty%20python%22%20%22saturday%20night%20live%22&f=false  Having said that, I think merge/redirect is fine, unless and until there's too much material to fit in the list.  I can't agree that the redirect should to be deleted: this item is already listed on The Colonel|the appropriate disambiguation page, and per  I don't think there's any need to get rid of it
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Redirects are cheap (WP:CHEAP)