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Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus
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The Cycling Tour

  • Episode aired Dec 7, 1972
  • TV-14
  • 32m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
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Eric Idle, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus (1969)
Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Cycling Tour
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Mr Pither; Clodagh Rogers; Trotsky; Smolensk; Bingo-crazed Chinese (British Ambassador); 'Jack in a Box'.Mr Pither; Clodagh Rogers; Trotsky; Smolensk; Bingo-crazed Chinese (British Ambassador); 'Jack in a Box'.Mr Pither; Clodagh Rogers; Trotsky; Smolensk; Bingo-crazed Chinese (British Ambassador); 'Jack in a Box'.

  • Director
    • Ian MacNaughton
  • Writers
    • Graham Chapman
    • John Cleese
    • Eric Idle
  • Stars
    • Graham Chapman
    • John Cleese
    • Eric Idle
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    869
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ian MacNaughton
    • Writers
      • Graham Chapman
      • John Cleese
      • Eric Idle
    • Stars
      • Graham Chapman
      • John Cleese
      • Eric Idle
    • 3User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Videos1

    Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Cycling Tour
    Trailer 1:06
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    Carol Cleveland in Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus (1969)
    John Cleese, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus (1969)
    Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, and Monty Python in Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus (1969)
    Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus (1969)
    Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus (1969)
    Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus (1969)
    John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, and Monty Python in Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus (1969)
    John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus (1969)
    John Cleese, Eric Idle, and Monty Python in Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus (1969)
    John Cleese, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus (1969)
    Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Monty Python in Monty Pythonin lentävä sirkus (1969)

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    Graham Chapman
    Graham Chapman
    • Nurse…
    John Cleese
    John Cleese
    • Driver…
    Eric Idle
    Eric Idle
    • Proprietor…
    Terry Jones
    Terry Jones
    • Mr. Gulliver
    Michael Palin
    Michael Palin
    • Mr. Pither
    Terry Gilliam
    Terry Gilliam
    • Desk Clerk
    Carol Cleveland
    Carol Cleveland
    • Girl…
    Peter Brett
    • Patient
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Aldwyn Francis
    • Patient
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Richard Gregory
    • Marshall Buganin
    • (uncredited)
    Ron Gregory
    • Patient
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Beulah Hughes
    • Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    Arnold Lee
    • Chinese Man
    • (uncredited)
    Ken Nazarin
    • Chinese Man
    • (uncredited)
    Patricia Prior
    • Patient
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Charles Saynor
    Charles Saynor
    • Patient
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    John Tomiczek
    • Paul
    • (uncredited)
    Desmond Verini
    • Patient
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • Ian MacNaughton
    • Writers
      • Graham Chapman
      • John Cleese
      • Eric Idle
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    • Trivia
      This is the only Monty Python work, either on television or film, where any of the troop members plays a single character throughout. Michael Palin only appears as Mr. Pither, and Terry Jones plays Mr. Gulliver. Terry Gilliam also appeared onscreen in several episodes as only one character, but also provided voices for his animations in those episodes.
    • Goofs
      (at around 40 mins) When the Russian soldiers throw Pither into his cell, the back wall is bare. But when the shot changes to a close-up of Pither, a poster is hanging on the wall.
    • Quotes

      James: [growing angry] Would you like me to show you door?

      Mr. Pither: Oh that's really kind of you, but I saw it on the way in...

    • Crazy credits
      The standard opening credits sequence is omitted in favour of a simple
      caption - "The Cycling Tour".
    • Connections
      Spoofs Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1955)
    • Soundtracks
      Faust: Overture
      (uncredited)

      Written by Charles Gounod

    User reviews3

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    10/10
    The best whole episode they ever made!
    Although much more coherent than their usual shows which are composed of very tenuously linked, often surreal sketches, the Pythons lose none of their hilarious, silly juxtaposition of disparate ideas. The result is an absolute comedic masterpiece in which the hallmark Python humour is augmented by some clever characterization (Mr Pither is both delightfully eccentric and extremely irritating) and a story-line that somehow manages to travel well beyond the Devon countryside in just half an hour.
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    • Oct 3, 2017

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    • Release date
      • December 7, 1972 (United Kingdom)
    • Filming locations
      • Jersey, Channel Islands
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      32 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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