Monty Python's Flying Circus, Disc 8

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Movie Reviews of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Disc 8

Movie Review: Perhaps the best single Flying Circus DVD!
Summary: 5 Stars

First of all, from a purely economic standpoint, it's great to get an extra episode. :-) Only three of the Flying Circus DVDs have 4 episodes instead of 3 (Volumes 4, 8, and 12).

More importantly the content of this set is fantastic. From the offensively hysterical Undertaker Sketch to the immortal Spam, this DVD has some of the Pythons' best work. It also contains one of my all-time favorites, the faulty Hungarian-English phrasebook, with such laugh-out-loud lines as "Would you like to come back to my place, bouncy bouncy?" and "My nipples explode with delight!"

This DVD catches the Pythons after their initial rougher (but still funny) beginnings and before the strife within the troupe started weakening their work. Grab it today!

Summary of Monty Python's Flying Circus, Disc 8

The final episodes of the second season, however, were fit for the Queen. These three episodes "give new meaning to the word 'vomit.'" No, wait: That's the ill-advised ad campaign devised by Eric Idle's S.?Frog for Conquistador Coffee, a very silly sketch that begins this volume with a jolt of comedic caffeine. Among the "humorous vignettes and spoofs" that appear here include classic and cherished bits from the Python pantheon, including an ad for American Defense; the training film How Not to Be Seen; the alleged Hungarian-English phrasebook; Crackpot Religions, Ltd; World Forum, in which questions about Cup finals stump Marx, Lenin, Chairman Mao, and Che; the Hospital for Over-Acting; the exploding Blue Danube; and the immortal ode to Spam.

The season-ending royal episode, which concludes this DVD, is a particular favorite. John Cleese soberly informs viewers that Her Royal Majesty will tune in during the course of the show (she is presently watching The Virginian). One wonders how she would stomach the Lifeboat and Undertaker cannibalism sketches that inspire the outraged studio audience to rush the stage in mock revolt. --Donald Liebenson

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