Monty Python's Flying Circus, Disc 1
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Actor: Eric Idle, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Terry JonesBrand: A&E
Writer: Graham Chapman
Writer: John Cleese
Writer: Terry Gilliam
Writer: Eric Idle
Writer: Terry Jones
Writer: Michael Palin
Cinematographer: Terry Hunt
Cinematographer: Max Samett
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 102 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-09-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: A&E Home Video
Product features:
- Includes tasty bits of Famous Dead People, Italian for Italians, Whizzo Butter, a Hedgehog Called Frank, Picasso On A Bicycle, the funniest joke in the world, flying sheep, A Scotsman on a Horse, Musical Mice, A Man With Three Buttocks, the testimony of the late Arthur Aldridge, a Bicycle Repair Man, a dirty fork, Multiple Seduced Milkmen, and Nudge Nudge. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVI
Movie Reviews of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Disc 1
Movie Review: Long Live A&E and DVD (especially the naughty bits!)
Summary: 5 Stars
I've become addicted to Monty Python thanks to A&E's release of Monty Python's Flying Circus on DVD. The packaging, the design of the menu screen, and the extras are all wonderful. A&E has filled these sets full of Spam, Spam, Spam, and Spam. A person could spend a week watching all the episodes and the great bonuses such as live performances of the sketches at the Hollywood Bowl. These sets are a revelation to anyone who grew up watching the series and especially to those who have never seen it before. Monty Python's Flying Circus will certainly stand the test of time and A&E deserves a lot of credit for producing these DVDs. Anything from Monty Python or Terry Gilliam on DVD is highly recommended viewing.
Summary of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Disc 1
Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 09/28/1999 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: NrIn 1969, five overeducated British comics and an American illustrator ambushed the BBC with the strangest show in British history. How they got on the air is anyone's guess (rumors of blackmail were quickly hushed, though the Python's penchant for sheep gags... but enough of speculation), but their irreverent writing and ludicrous gags transformed the sketch comedy show into a stream-of-consciousness loony bin of absurdity, connected by the outrageous animations of Terry Gilliam. In these first episodes, you can see the sextet working out their technique, mixing music-hall slapstick with their zany brand of ridiculousness. Episode 1, "Whither Canada," features the Funniest Joke in the World (a.k.a. the Killer Joke, which is really nothing other than German gibberish, but don't tell anyone), as well as Famous Deaths Through History hosted by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (John Cleese in a silly wig), interviews with Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson and celebrated film director Sir Edward "Don't call me Eddie Baby" Ross, and a strange fascination with pigs. Episode 2, the teasingly titled "Sex and Violence," features John Cleese and Michael Palin as a pair of French inventors trading mustaches while explaining the finer points of sheep aviation, a man with three buttocks, an investigative report into the mouse crisis, and a wrestling match (two of three falls) to determine the existence of God. Episode 3, "How to Recognize Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away" never did get past the Larch, but does feature the ever-popular Nudge Nudge, the not-quite-so-popular Restaurant Sketch, the rather baffling Dim of Scotland Yard (with a tuneful John Cleese dancing and singing about being a railroad engineer under a barrister's wig), and the altogether absurd Bicycle Repairman, making the world safe for bicyclists. --Sean Axmaker
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