This is the start of my first real Python program "Pingalyzer.py"

pingalyzer.py

import sys, os, re
#in Python3.3 there's a sick module called "ipaddress", Nix hasn't pulled 3.3 into the reps and I don't feel like forcing that on people. 
#import ipaddress

logo = '''
 ____ ____  ____    ____   ____  _      __ __  _____    ___  ____  
|    \    ||    \  /    | /    || |    |  |  ||     |  /  _]|    \ 
|  o  )  | |  _  ||   __||  o  || |    |  |  ||__/  | /  [_ |  D  )
|   _/|  | |  |  ||  |  ||     || |___ |  ~  ||   __||    _]|    / 
|  |  |  | |  |  ||  |_ ||  _  ||     ||___, ||  /  ||   [_ |    \ 
|  |  |  | |  |  ||     ||  |  ||     ||     ||     ||     ||  .  \\
|__| |____||__|__||___,_||__|__||_____||____/ |_____||_____||__|\_|
                                                                   


'''

print(logo)

#Formatting in M$ an Nix Ping replies varies, for now sticking with Nix. 
print('''\n\n***********************************************************************************
****  Important!!!! At this time, PINGALYZER only works on Nix w/Python 3 ****
***********************************************************************************\n\n''')

while True: 
  i1 = input('Please enter the Host IP Address: ')
	try:
		#below line only works in ipaddress module in python3.3
		#host = ipaddr.ip_address(i1)
		reggie = re.compile("^\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}$")
		host = reggie.match(i1)
		if host:
			break
		else:
			print('Fail Whale! You did not enter a valid IP address YO!')
			continue
	except:
		print('Fail Whale! You did not enter a valid IP address YO!')
		continue

while True:
	try:
		pgx = input('How many times would you like to ping this host? \nEnter [c] for continuous: ')
		if pgx[0] == 'c':
			print('\nWe will now ping {0} continuously...'.format(i1))
			os.system('/bin/ping {0}'.format(i1))
			break
		else:
			pgx = int(pgx)
			print('\nWe will now ping {0} {1} times...'.format(i1,pgx))
			os.system('ping {0} -c {1}'.format(i1, pgx))
			break
	except:
    		print('\nPlease enter either a valid number or "c".\n')
    		continue


exit()