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Monty Python's Flying Circus

  • TV Series
  • 1969–19741969–1974
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 30m
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
75K
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Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)
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Comedy
The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.
IMDb RATING
8.8/10
75K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,583
6
  • Creators
    • Graham Chapman
    • Eric Idle
    • Terry Jones
  • Stars
    • Graham Chapman
    • John Cleese
    • Terry Gilliam
  • Creators
    • Graham Chapman
    • Eric Idle
    • Terry Jones
  • Stars
    • Graham Chapman
    • John Cleese
    • Terry Gilliam
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 89User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
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  • Top rated TV #53
    • Won 3 BAFTA Awards

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    Graham Chapman
    Graham Chapman
    • Various…
    John Cleese
    John Cleese
    • Announcer…
    Terry Gilliam
    Terry Gilliam
    • Various…
    Eric Idle
    Eric Idle
    • Various…
    Terry Jones
    Terry Jones
    • Various…
    Michael Palin
    Michael Palin
    • It's Man…
    Carol Cleveland
    Carol Cleveland
    • Various…
    John Hughman
    • Alfred Lord Tennyson…
    Monty Python
    • Themselves
    Ian Davidson
    • Brain Surgeon…
    The Fred Tomlinson Singers
    • Amantillado Chorus…
    Frank Lester
    • Corpse…
    Bob Raymond
    • 'Dad'…
    Connie Booth
    Connie Booth
    • Animated Mother…
    Lyn Ashley
    Lyn Ashley
    • Algon Girl…
    Rita Davies
    Rita Davies
    • Argument Secretary…
    Maureen Flanagan
    • Anona Winn…
    Peter Brett
    • Door-to-Door Martial Arts Salesman…
    • Creators
      • Graham Chapman
      • Eric Idle
      • Terry Jones
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    • Trivia
      The usual casting process for a sketch was that the lead role would be given to the member who came up with the idea. Sir Michael Palin has said that if he'd known the abuse he would have to tolerate as the "It's..." man, he never would have suggested the idea.
    • Goofs
      The Air Tube that operates Mr. Tree's mouth can be seen in the profile shot, when light starts glinting off it.
    • Quotes

      BBC Announcer: We interrupt this program to annoy you and make things generally irritating.

    • Crazy credits
      Episode 41 Michael Ellis (1974) begins with the opening theme song, followed by a screen that says "THE END," followed by the end credits, and then the show begins. This was to allow the unusual ending of that particular episode which would have been ruined by the closing credits.
    • Alternate versions
      The VHS and DVD releases by A&E contain the full-length versions of the shows. Several episodes run over 30 minutes, and were previously edited by PBS to fit into a 30 minute time slot.
    • Connections
      Alternate-language version of Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)
    • Soundtracks
      The Liberty Bell
      (1893) (uncredited)

      Music by John Philip Sousa

      Performed by The Band of the Grenadier Guards

      (opening theme music)

    User reviews89

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    Monty Python's and their unique brand of humor
    A gentleman (John Cleese) enters a pet shop and wants to register a complaint that the parrot that he had bought from that very boutique just half an hour ago was in fact a 'dead parrot'. The owner (Michael Palin) tries to convince him that the Parrot, a Norwegian Blue, was not really dead and was just resting. The argument continues and gets sillier and sillier until an army colonel (Graham Chapman) pops out of nowhere and stops the sketch abruptly because it was getting very silly. If this kind of humor doesn't interest you, read no further and plan on watching something else. But if it does and if you have not seen Monty Pythons Flying Circus you haven't seen nothing yet.

    Monty pythons pretty much invented and perfected their unique brand of humor which can be categorized as 'surreal'. One can argue that 'the Goon Show' was the archetype for Monty pythons, which is true, but then Monty Pythons took it to territories that had never been explored before. They created a world where you can get a government grant for silly walks or buy an argument in an argument clinic. A world in which a father and son could have the age old "romantic vs. a simple coal miner" argument, just that in this world the son is a regular coal miner whereas it's the father whose head is full of useless novels and poems. Just like the Beatles they took something and created something completely new out of it. The comparison is valid because Monty Pythons at their peak enjoyed the status of any of the rock stars in those days (including groupies) and the Beatles, George Harrison in particular, were their biggest promoters.

    Terri Gillian's stream of consciousness art work is pretty bizarre and holds all the sketches together. John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Eric Idle and Terry Jones play all the characters (including women's) themselves with dead seriousness. This is insane humor at it's brilliant best.
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    • agrawalmannu
    • Sep 7, 2005

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    • Release date
      • October 2, 2018 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
      • Arabic
      • French
      • German
      • Italian
      • Mandarin
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • BBC Television Centre, Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • Python (Monty) Pictures
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