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Monty Python's Flying Circus: Set 1, Episodes 1-6

starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones

: Monty Python's Flying Circus: Set 1, Episodes 1-6
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780767018814
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0767018818
Label: A&E Home Video
Manufacturer: A&E Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: A&E Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 28, 1999
Running Time: 204 minutes
Sales Rank: 9328
Studio: A&E Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1969



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In 1969, five overeducated British comics and an American illustrator invaded the homes of unsuspecting BBC viewers with a brand of comedy that was, at the very least, odd. 'Absurd,' 'bizarre,' and 'incomprehensible' are other descriptions that jump to mind. Nonetheless, this wacky sextet inaugurated an absurd tradition that continued through three and a half seasons of half-hour TV episodes, a series of live performances, a handful of movies, and a legacy of dead parrots and upper-class twits. Monty Python's Flying Circus, Set 1 features the first episodes foisted on a still-reeling public, introducing running gags ('And now for something completely different') and recurring characters (an armor-clad Terry Gilliam wielding a rubber chicken, Graham Chapman's pompous Colonel intruding on sketches he deems simply too silly, and of course Michael Palin's 'It's a Man' wandered through the entire season). Among the sketch highlights in the first three shows are Nudge Nudge, the Funniest Joke in the World, How to Defend Yourself from a Man Attacking You with Fresh Fruit, Confuse a Cat, and The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker, all interspersed with various and sundry cut-out animation sequences by Terry Gilliam. These early episodes may lack the consistency and stream-of-consciousness flow of their later, more assured work, but they're packed with some of the most memorable moments of the group's brief but brilliant history. --Sean Axmaker



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Daft, Daffy, but Deft
This is a collection of the very first season of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Included in this boxed ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Upperclass Twit of the year
To the person who asked about this skit. It's on this DVD set. It's the funniest I've seen.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - information please!
can anyone advise me as to which dvd set has the 'upper class twit of the year contest' on it? thank you ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - But It's My Only Line!
OK, now that the DVD versions are out, and the Personal Bests, and the Entire Series', it's unlikely you ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Not as concise as the movies, but still just plain awesome
I have seen a lot of the Monty Python movies, and until now, I didn't really put two and two together that ... Read More

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