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The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus Collector's Edition Megaset

Eric Idle , John Cleese , Terry Hughes , Ian MacNaughton  |  NR |  DVD
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (422 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Eric Idle, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Carol Cleveland, Terry Jones
  • Directors: Terry Hughes, Ian MacNaughton
  • Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 21
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: A&E HOME VIDEO
  • DVD Release Date: November 18, 2008
  • Run Time: 1869 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (422 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001E77XNA
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,781 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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While more cautious fans may want to pick and choose among the previously released individual volumes of Monty Python for their collection, true Pythonites will want to own this definitive, 14-volume DVD-only boxed set that contains all 45 episodes (in chronological order) of Monty Python's Flying Circus. This "persistently silly" collection encompasses three-and-a-half seasons of dead parrots, cross-dressing lumberjacks, loonies, upper class twits, and spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, baked beans, spam, spam, and spam. Click past the occasional clunker and go directly to such signature sketches as the Ministry of Silly Walks, the Spanish Inquisition, the Fish-Slapping Dance, the Dead Parrot Sketch, the Lumberjack Song, the Cheese Shop, the Argument Clinic, and Nudge, Nudge. Taken as a whole, one marvels at how Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Terry Gilliam thoroughly subverted television convention with "something completely different," like sketches with no punch lines ("Your average TV viewer isn't going to understand this").

A warning to the uninitiated: there is much "material that some may find offensive, but which is really smashing." Violations of something called the "Strange Sketch Act" are the least of the troupe's offenses, as witness the Oscar Wilde Sketch, the Dirty Vicar Sketch, and the Most Awful Family in Britain Sketch, all of which achieve "the really gross awfulness" all Python fans are looking for. Say no more. --Donald Liebenson

Product Description

Very possibly the most tragic waste of Oxbridge educations ever broadcast. The programme that made all of America sit up and say: what? That put Spam back in the national pantry, launched crossdressing as a national craze, and made Rene Descartes a household name. That dramatically streamlined the high-school geek identification process.

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You will sleep better at night knowing you can watch an episode of Monty Python whenever you want. Nathan Redmond  |  84 reviewers made a similar statement
What can I say, it's Monty Python. Virginia Henson  |  60 reviewers made a similar statement
Love their comedy style..highly recommend it.. Donald R. Morin  |  60 reviewers made a similar statement
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502 of 511 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars The Nearly Complete MPFC..... June 30, 2002
Format:DVD
I just couldn't bring myself to give this set 5 stars. I wish it were possible to give it 4 1/2 stars.
First of all, it's true, the episodes are not 100% complete, however, many people, in my opinion, have been over-reacting about the cuts. Actually, the A&E DVD #1 has a sketch in the 2nd episode called 'The Wacky Queen', which was edited out of the show after the first broadcast & was never shown again on TV in the UK or abroad, as far as I know. Seasons 1 & 2 have no cuts, at least none that I spotted when comparing the DVDs to the synopsis in the Monty Python books by Jim Yoakum & Kim "Howard" Johnson. There is a slight edit of one word in the 5th episode of the 3rd season during the 'Summarize Proust Competition' which the BBC made to the episode before broadcast. Broadcasts outside of the UK had the uncensored version of the sketch. Unfortunately, A&E got a censored master. In the 7th episode of the same season during the 'Biggles Dictates a Letter' sketch, there is a slight glitch which can be blamed on slopply mastering on A&E's part. It doesn't detract from the enjoyment of the sketch very much. The episode that appears to be worst hit is the 12th episode of season 3. A&E goofed when they included 'Party Political Broadcast' on the box to this episode. The sketch was edited from the master tape and hasn't been seen since the original broadcast in 1973. This material is very probably lost forever. The very end of this episode, which has a trailer for Dad's Doctors & Dad's Pooves, is also missing from the episode. This was probably sloppy editing on the part of A&E video as the episode does a fade to black with the BBC TV logo then fades up again with the BBC TV logo again and the 'Dad's...' trailer.
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375 of 387 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Wiped clean by A&E May 28, 2006
By vlad48
Format:DVD
As some of the other reviews have pointed out, some bits from the original series are missing or dubbed over. Those writers noted changes in the Summarizing Proust and Australian Philosopher sketches. Add to that list the removal of most of Terry Gilliam's religious animations from the "Not Being Seen" episode. (The show ends with a fast-forward summation of the episode and you can see a glimpse of what was expunged.)

I saw all of these episodes uncensored in Canada when they were originally broadcast -- now 35 years later A&E decides what we can and cannot see, even as we pay to own the set. It's disturbing for many reasons that BBC comedy that pushes the boundaries with religion and philosophy is wiped clean by the hand of A&E.
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211 of 217 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Its...every single episode! - "Can't be bad." July 27, 2002
By B-MAN
Format:DVD
This is a set of 14 DVDs which contain all 45 episodes, every sketch you know and love (all 4 seasons, 1969-1974) of the ground-breaking Monty Python's Flying Circus starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. It comes in a neat and pretty orange and pink box that's roughly 5.5 x 8.5 inches. In terms of digital format there are some minor blemishes but this show dates back to 1969! Get a grip! Its almost as if the presenters new that people would be complaining about this and wrote on the DVD cases - "...enjoy the original scratches, pops and hisses with crystal clarity." The bigger complaint you will hear or read about is the fact that somethings (mostly a word or two) have been censored from the original episodes. I admit there is nothing sillier than censoring a completely normal word and yet leaving the topless woman in, but this is a minor detail to having the entire series at the push of a button. I'm not about to hunt down all the VHS tapes just so I can have a few (and I do mean a few) words. I also don't plan on aging a decade to see if they will bring out another set. If you love this show, I don't recommend you do that either. This will be the definitive set for quite some time, if not until the next new format arrives, so why wait? Start the lunacy right now! Here are the episode titles and corresponding DVDs. Why? Because I care, silly....
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100 of 104 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A&E released this series a long time ago, back before sets like The Simpsons came out and set new standards for TV DVD collections. It was passable, at the time, for them to include only 3-4 shows per disc and lukewarm Extras, but these days... not so much.

Thus, I was a little disappointed when they re-released the Season set a few months ago, and it turned out to be the same thing, only in thinpacks. Don't get me wrong, the slim cases are nice, but I really wish they had gone the distance and repressed the DVDs, and put 6-7 episodes per disc, cobbled together some commentary tracks from archived recordings, and at the very least fixed the mistake where they deleted a skit from the end of one of the episodes.

Instead, we still have DVDs that are looking rather outdated, complete with a really long, unskippable intro that's the same on every disc, and "Special Features" that are mostly redundant. Why include clips from the episodes when we could just watch the episodes? Not to mention that we know A&E can do better now, as seen by their work on the Kids in the Hall DVDs and other sets.

As you can see, this is just a review of the DVD set. As for Python itself, there not much I can say that hasn't been said already. I give the material SIX stars, and the DVD set three stars, which averages out to four. I am a little disappointed, but this remains a must-buy for fans of Python.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Still, like the Goons, Unique
Redolent of the craziness of the Goons and Marx Brothers before them, but, unlike the Marx Brothers, the humour has not dated.
Published 4 days ago by Albert James Watts
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
As a long time Monty Python fan (since the 1970's) I must say that I love this set. I don't care about all the extra features, I bought the set for the the episodes. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Richard A. Ward
4.0 out of 5 stars Busted my ribs laughing in the aisles LOL funny
Rolling on the floor funny. I tried to watch all of the discs in a one week period but I gave up because I was slowly going insane; which in hindsight isn't a bad thing. Read more
Published 7 days ago by john s romig
5.0 out of 5 stars It was a gift
bought this as a going away present for one of our directors at work. For Python lovers it's one of the best gifts out there.
Published 16 days ago by Richard Lamberti
5.0 out of 5 stars An absolute must for the Monty Python Fan
I received this set of DVD's as a Christmas present several years ago and have enjoyed countless hours of watching every episode several times. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Douglas K. Erlandson
5.0 out of 5 stars Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition!
There's too much fun and quite a bit of valid social criticism in these performances, and they are never boring. Read more
Published 1 month ago by TomCZorn
5.0 out of 5 stars Love it.
I have been a fan of Monty Python ever since I was a kid. My wife doesn't see the humor most of the time but my son does.
Published 1 month ago by alienshape
5.0 out of 5 stars ....and now for something completely different
I LOVE Monty Python! Both their movies and the show! I have been watching them for years and it never gets old; their dirty humor is so awesome!
Published 2 months ago by Reece
5.0 out of 5 stars CLASSIC BRITISH COMEDY AT ITS BEST!!
Excellent and it brings back all my best memories of the era. At the time I was living in Australia and had access to many British based comedy TV shows that were not available in... Read more
Published 3 months ago by KAIMU
5.0 out of 5 stars honestly who needs to read a review??
Let me be honest I am too young to have watched MP when it aired originally, and I am not British.

I see the evolution of modern comedy, dry, smart, fast, and low... Read more
Published 3 months ago by selective reader
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"All-England Summerize Proust Competition" Sketch Comment/Question...
No, it's censored, just like the A&E 16 Ton set. I received this set in the mail today and watched it just now to answer your question. In fact, I just also confirmed that Netflix has the uncut version so I could compare it against this episode.

I have to say that I'm supremely disappointed... Read more
Oct 28, 2009 by edamame |  See all 3 posts
Is the new Python megaset uncut and uncensored?
The missing bits from the previous sets are still missing, but an extra bit can be seen on one of the two new discs. See my review for more details.
Dec 27, 2008 by Michael R. Powell |  See all 3 posts
Benny Hill considered funnier and better than Monty Python by two TV...
Benny Hill was asinine. Not even in the same league as Python. Not even close.
Oct 15, 2009 by Tim Grady |  See all 5 posts
Benny Hill was considered funnier than Monty Python by a UHF station...
Only Americans and the French think that Benny Hill was funny.
Nov 4, 2008 by Elliot Cross |  See all 3 posts
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