Calling base class method in Python

Using super:

>>> class A(object):
...     def print_it(self):
...             print 'A'
... 
>>> class B(A):
...     def print_it(self):
...             print 'B'
... 
>>> x = B()
>>> x.print_it()                # calls derived class method as expected
B
>>> super(B, x).print_it()      # calls base class method
A