| Monty Python's Flying Circus: Season 1 | |||||
| British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1969) | |||||
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| Barcode | 191329153178 |
| Release Date | 11/24/2020 |
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| John Cleese | Voice Over #1 | |
| Eric Idle | Assistant | |
| Michael Palin | It's Man | |
| Terry Gilliam | Animated Chippendale Writing Desk | |
| Terry Jones | Frank's Wife | |
| Graham Chapman | David Unction | |
| Carol Cleveland | Bride | |
| Ian Davidson | Herman Rodriguez | |
| Maureen Flanagan | Coatcheck Girl | |
| Donna Reading | Girl in Bikini with Its Man | |
| Connie Booth | Best Girl | |
| Katya Wyeth | Elsie | |
| Sheila Sands | Topless Newsagent | |
| Arthur Sandifer | Diner | |
| Rita Davies | Distraught Wife |
| Director |
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| Producer |
Ian MacNaughton
John Howard Davies |
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| Writer |
Eric Idle
Graham Chapman Terry Jones John Cleese |
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| Cinematography |
James Balfour
Alan Featherstone |
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And now for something completely different: Monty Python's Flying Circus was simply the most influential comedy program television has ever seen. Five Englishmen, all working under the constraints of conventional TV shows such as The Frost Report (for which the five Englishmen wrote), gathered together with an expatriate American in the spring of 1969 to break the rules. The result, first airing on BBC-1 on October 5, 1969, has influenced countless future men and women in the media and comedy since. |
| 32 mins 10/5/1969 1. Whither Canada? | |
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'It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart', Famous Deaths, Italian Lesson, Whizzo Butter, 'It's the Arts', Arthur "Two-Sheds" Jackson, Cycling Race, and The Funniest Joke in the World.
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| 34 mins 10/12/1969 2. Sex and Violence | |
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Flying Sheep, French Lecture on Sheep-Aircraft, A Man With Three Buttocks, A Man With Two Noses, Musical Mice, Marriage Guidance Counselor, The Wacky Queen, Working-Class Playwright, A Scotsman on a Horse, The Wrestling Epilogue, and The Mouse Problem.
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| 32 mins 10/19/1969 3. How to Recognise Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away | |
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Court Scene, The Larch, Bicycle Repair Man, Children's Stories, Restaurant Sketch, Seduced Milkmen, Stolen News Reader, Children's Interview, and Nudge Nudge.
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| 30 mins 10/26/1969 4. Owl Stretching Time | |
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A change from street clothes to swim trunks turns into a burlesque act; a karate class exercises defense tactics against fresh fruit; a man tries to buy a book about false teeth.
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| 30 mins 11/16/1969 5. Man's Crisis of Identity in the Latter Half of the 20th Century | |
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Confuse-a-Cat, The Smuggler, A Duck, a Cat and a Lizard (Discussion), Vox Pops on Smuggling, Police Raid, Letters on Vox Pops, Newsreader Arrested, Erotic Film, Cartoon - Charles Fatless, Silly Job Interview, Careers Advisory Board, Burglar/Encyclopaedia Salesman
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| 30 mins 11/23/1969 6. The BBC Entry for the Zinc Stoat of Budapest (or, It's the Arts) | |
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Sketches include: a German composer with an extraordinarily long name; crooks plan an elaborate scheme to buy a watch; a chocolate-company owner markets "Crunchy Frog."
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| 30 mins 11/30/1969 7. You're No Fun Any More | |
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Invaders from another galaxy turn Englishmen into Scotsmen. Also: a comedy about camels; a corporate board meeting.
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| 29 mins 12/7/1969 8. Full Frontal Nudity | |
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A pet-shop customer returns his dead parrot; a gang of female senior citizens attacks a town's young men; a young army officer who joined the service to water-ski tries to resign.
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| 29 mins 12/14/1969 9. The Ant: An Introduction | |
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A man with double vision organizes a mountain-climbing expedition; llamas are celebrated in a rousing Spanish song; a barber is afraid to cut hair; a couple's romantic evening is ruined by uncouth visitors.
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| 31 mins 12/21/1969 10. Untitled | |
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Sketches include: Bank Robber in Lingerie Shop, It's a Tree, Ron Obvious, Pet Conversations, Gorilla Librarian, Strangers in the Night
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| 32 mins 12/28/1969 11. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Goes to the Bathroom | |
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A half-inch-tall man appears on a talk show; a town's women's guild reenacts Pearl Harbor; the entire Royal Philharmonic Orchestra retires to the restroom.
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| 32 mins 1/4/1970 12. The Naked Ant | |
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The 127th annual Twit of the Year Show. Also: Hitler and Himmler are guests for tea in a boarding house; a BBC broadcast is interrupted when a British minister falls into a fissure.
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| 30 mins 1/11/1970 13. Intermission | |
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Among "historical" impersonations are Cardinal Richelieu as Petula Clark and Julius Caesar as Eddie Waring. Also: a police fairy tale; a vegetarian restaurant's menu, featuring a naked man with an apple in his mouth.
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