Monty Python's Flying Circus, Set 4, Eps. 20-26

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More "humorous vignettes and spoofs" from the second groundbreaking season of Monty Python's Flying Circus. This set contains episodes 20 through 26, available for the first time on DVD in chronological order. Included are signature sketches that were adapted for the Pythons' first film, And Now for Something Completely Different, such as How Not to Be Seen, Conrad Poohs and His Dancing Teeth, the camped-up military drill, and the alleged English-Hungarian phrasebook (the Hungarian phrase meaning "Can you direct me to the station?" is translated by the English phrase "Please fondle my bum"). Also on the menu are such tasty classics as Spam; the Lifeboat and Undertaker cannibalism sketches and spam; spam, spam, the Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way and spam; Spam, spam, the Hospital for Over-Acting and spam; spam, The Exploding Version of the Blue Danube and spam; The Death of Mary Queen of Scots and spam. "And, of course, there's sport." Not content with forgoing traditional punch lines, Monty Python further subverted television convention with these episodes. In Episode 23, for example, the credits don't appear until midway through. They further demonstrate why Entertainment Weekly ranked Monty Python No. 77 (only 77th?) among the top 100 entertainers of the last half of the 20th century. --Donald Liebenson

Customer Reviews:

Monty Python at it's best! But..Screw A&E.......2007-02-04

This is perhaps one of the best sets in the entire collection. Contains such classics as "How Not To Be Seen", "Dirty Hungarian Phrasebook", "Spam", "Scott of the Antarctic" and quirky one's like "French Subtitled Film", and a personal favorite "It All Happened on the 11:20 From Hainault" and an apperance from Mr. Luxary Yacht..(Throat wobbler mangrove!) If you don't have this set, you are missing a ton of the greatest sketches in MP History!

****Unfortunately, A &E thinks it has the right to censor things on this set, and other sets...they totally cut the sketch with Eric Idle and Michael Palin as judges in lingerie. If you've never seen the sketch, you can tell because it just fades out in the middle of the sketch.
The original full sketch can be seen on the Live at the Hollywood Bowl version. This is insanely irritating and makes me angry that A&E would make us pay full price for so called "originals" that aren't the full versions. however..these are the only one's available, but do what I did, and write A&E a complaint letter online..it might help..who knows..peace

A sometimes Funny, sometimes Annoying Collection!.......2004-01-07

Monty Python's Flying Circus has two sides: one being outrageously funny, and two being some of the most un-funny Skits I've ever seen! On this collection my ABSOLUETE favorites are(in order of Funny): The Killer Cars, The Death of Mary Queen of Scots, An Exploding Penquin on the Telly, and Spam. Don't even look at the others! There so rediculously stupid it almost make me cry! Buy it for the great ones, hate for EVERYTHIN ELSE!!

Monty Python is simply the best!!!.......2002-02-14

You can't get much better than Monty Python the kings of sketch comedy. Yes some British humor is hard to get as an American but for the most part it is histerical. This set is just as good as the others and I recomend purchasing them all. I love Monty Python so much I named all my pets Eric.

The best comedy show ever made!.......2001-05-24

This 2-disc DVD contains some of the best moments in Monty Python (Spam, How Not To Be Seen, Atilla the Hun Show, Hungarian Phrase Book) as well as some that are lesser known (Communist Quiz, Poofy Judges, Crackprot Religions, The Idiot). The menus are very clever. They are a little tough to navigate through, but it's a change from other DVD menus. The extras are enormous! You get Lumberjack Kareoke, BBC sketches, quizes with video rewards, two Hollywood Bowl sketches, image gallery and tons more. However the only part that seems to suffer on this disc is the picture quality. There are tons of noticable fragements and rainbows. The VHS tapes might be a smarter buy in terms of quality, but for everlastingness (is that even a word?) choose the DVDs. So grab this DVD and order in some Egg and Spam, Egg Bacon and Spam, Egg Bacon Sausage and Spam, Spam Eggs Spam Spam and Spam, Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Baked Beans Spam Spam Spam and Spam.

DO NOT READ THIS REVIEW. . ........2000-12-29

BUY IT! BUY IT NOW! DON'T THINK! BUY! THIS IS **MONTHY PYTHON** DO YOU REQUIRE MEDICATION TO MAKE DECISIONS?!? YOU'RE STILL READING! WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?!? STOP READING NOW! TAKE YOUR MEDICATION, HIT "ONE-CLICK" AND GO TO BED!

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