
Monty Python's Flying Circus
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.
The Montgolfier brothers prepare for the first balloon flight.
In this episode, Chris Quinn enters a department store and demands to buy an ant named Marcus.
A parody of war includes the invasion of Norway by tutu-clad commandos and a plea to the public to treat the war seriously.
Hamlet undergoes psychoanalysis; eight Queen Victorias compete in the Queen Victoria handicap race; a boxing contender gets his head knocked off.
The search for Mr. Neutron, who plans to dominate the world, stretches from a London suburb to the Yukon, and results in the destruction of earthly civilization.
A spoof of British political-party broadcasts includes the finals of "the worst family in Britain" contest, a violent cricket match and a housewife who revolutionized beekeeping.
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Eric Idle | Dr. Natal |
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Michael Palin | Third Psychiatrist |
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Terry Gilliam | Fourth Psychiatrist |
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Terry Jones | Hamlet |
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Carol Cleveland | Nurse |
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Graham Chapman | First Psychiatrist |
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Monty Python | Themselves |
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Bob Raymond | First Assistant |
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John Hughman | Court Martial Member |
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Neil Innes | Singing Airman |
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Peter Brett | Door-to-Door Martial Arts Salesman |
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Douglas Adams | Dr. Emile Koning - Surgeon |
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Connie Booth | Ophelia |
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Marc Boyle | Victoria |
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Reg Thomason | Hospital Patient Listening to Boxing Match |
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Frank Lester | Second Duke |
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Tim Condren | Victoria |
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Suzy Mandel | German Girl |
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Billy Horrigan | Victoria |
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Willie Shearer | Dwarf |
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Stuart Myers | Tour de France Man in Bed |
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Jimmy Hill | Self |
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Tony Smart | Victoria |
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Ann Payot | |
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Peter Woods | BBC Presenter |
Director | Ian MacNaughton |
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Writer | Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, Neil Innes, Douglas Adams | |
Producer | Ian MacNaughton | |
Musician | Neil Innes | |
Photography | Stanley Speel |
Nr Discs | 1 |
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Layers | Single side, Single layer |
Watched | |
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Quantity | 1 |
Index | 2564 |
Added Date | Aug 11, 2019 18:15:15 |
Modified Date | Jul 16, 2024 09:17:50 |