test.py

import urwid

def show_or_exit(key):
    if key in ('q', 'Q'):
        raise urwid.ExitMainLoop()
    txt.set_text(repr(key))

banner = u"""
   ____        __  __                    __  
  / __ \__  __/ /_/ /_  ________  ____ _/ /__
 / / / / / / / __/ __ \/ ___/ _ \/ __ `/ //_/
/ /_/ / /_/ / /_/ /_/ / /  /  __/ /_/ / ,<   
\____/\__,_/\__/_.___/_/   \___/\__,_/_/|_| 
==========================================="""

description = u"Press any key to continue"
copyright   = u"Copyright 2013 David Heaney"

banner = urwid.Text(('banner', banner), 'center')
description = urwid.Text(('description', description), 'center')
copyright =   urwid.Text(('copyright',   copyright), 'center')
blank = urwid.Text("")

pile = urwid.Pile([banner, copyright, blank, blank, blank, blank, description])
top = urwid.Filler(pile)

try:
    urwid.MainLoop(top, unhandled_input=show_or_exit).run()
except:
    os.system('cls' if os.name=='nt' else 'clear')

    while True:
        print "hello"
        for (i, t) in enumerate(("one", "two", "three")):
            print i + 1, t

        choice = int(raw_input("Choose one: "))