Monty Python's Flying Circus - Set 7 (Epi. 40-45)
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Canada DVD Cover InformationActor: 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 DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Unknown; English (Subtitled) Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 180 minutes DVD Release Date: 2000-08-29 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: A&E Home Video Product features:
Movie Reviews of Monty Python's Flying Circus - Set 7 (Epi. 40-45)Movie Review: The most surreal of Monty Python's output, the most rarely seen, and just as funny as anything they produced...
I remember these 6 episodes, which are famously known as "the ones without John Cleese". This is probably the main reason they've never been widely televised in the US. I remember only seeing them once in a great while, and while watching them, I didn't realise that Cleese wasn't in them, because they are absolutely hilarious, and they are just as good as anything Python ever produced. With Cleese gone, Palin and Jones took over the writing, and deliberately made long form sketches, i.e. with a story thread running throughout the whole programme. This works brilliantly in Michael Ellis, The Light Entertainment War, and Mr. Neutron. The sketch with the "anything goes" song in Light Entertainment War is side splittingly funny. The Mr. Neutron show gets in hilarious digs at the US (something the Pythons weren't really known for doing), and Michael Ellis is a brilliant one about buying an ant. I get somewhat annoyed at people who dismiss these episodes as an afterthought, because they are stand on their own with any other Python episode. After the show ended, Jones and Palin went onto do Ripping Yarns, which has many similarities with these 6 episodes. I remember taping these 6 episodes while they were on Comedy Central, because I was afraid I would never see them again. But I have the DVD now, so I'm OK.
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