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"Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969): :  -- The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.
"Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969): :  -- Trailerfan.com - Trailer (Flash)

Overview

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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | unknown full episode list

Release Date:

5 October 1969 (UK) more

Genre:

Comedy | Music more

Plot:

The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe. full summary

Awards:

3 wins & 7 nominations more

User Comments:

Pure brilliance !!!!!!! more (66 total)


Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 7 of 23)
Graham Chapman ... Various / ... (46 episodes, 1969-1974)

Eric Idle ... Various / ... (46 episodes, 1969-1974)
Terry Jones ... Various / ... (46 episodes, 1969-1974)
Michael Palin ... It's Man / ... (46 episodes, 1969-1974)

Terry Gilliam ... Various / ... (46 episodes, 1969-1974)

John Cleese ... Announcer / ... (40 episodes, 1969-1973)
Carol Cleveland ... Various / ... (34 episodes, 1969-1974)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Gwen Dibley's Flying Circus (UK) (working title)
Monty Python (UK) (new title)
Owl-Stretching Time (UK) (working title)
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Runtime:

30 min (45 episodes)

Country:

UK

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono | Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M (DVD rating) (disc 8) | Australia:PG | USA:TV-14 | Japan:R | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Singapore:M18 | UK:12 (some epiosodes) | UK:15 (1985-1994) | UK:PG | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (DVD) (2007) | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG


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Trivia:

Frequent targets for Python sketches were pillars of society such as doctors, lawyers, politicians, academics, and policemen. Graham Chapman was a qualified (but never licensed) physician, John Cleese attended law school, Terry Gilliam majored in political science, Terry Jones and Eric Idle majored in English, and Chapman's father was a constable. more

Quotes:

Chief Superintendent Lookout: [Inspector Tiger has been murdered] This house is surrounded. I must ask that no-one leave the room. I'm Chief Superintendent Lookout.
Lady Velloper: Lookout?
Chief Superintendent Lookout: [jumps] What, where? Oh, me, Lookout. Lookout of the Yard.
Lady Velloper: Why, what would we see?
Chief Superintendent Lookout: I'm sorry?
Lady Velloper: What would we see if we look out of the yard?
Chief Superintendent Lookout: ...I'm afraid I don't follow that at all. Aha. The body. So the murderer must be somebody in this room. Unless he had very long arms. Say thirty or forty feet. I think we can discount that one.
[starts laughing]
Chief Superintendent Lookout: Lookout of the Yard! Very good. Right, now we'll reconstruct the crime. I'll sit down here. Constable, you turn off the lights.
[lights out]
[...]
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hoodwinked! (2005) more

Soundtrack:

The Liberty Bell more


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17 out of 18 people found the following comment useful.
Pure brilliance !!!!!!!, 15 September 1999
Author: Adam Morrison (dvd53@hotmail.com) from Bathurst, New Brunswick

I first started Watching this television show about a month ago and I completely love this show.The entire is cast is wonderful especially Eric Idle.The movies are also hilarious.Every week I look forward to this show.The funniest joke I seen yet is the man with a tape recorder up his nose.

A true gem.

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