Product Details

• Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
• Writers: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 16, 1999
• Run Time: 237 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0767018907
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #68,268 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Monty Python's Flying Circus, Set 4, Eps. 20-26" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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More "humorous vignettes and spoofs" from the second groundbreaking season of Monty Python's Flying Circus. This set contains episodes 20 through 26, available for the first time on DVD in chronological order. Included are signature sketches that were adapted for the Pythons' first film, And Now for Something Completely Different, such as How Not to Be Seen, Conrad Poohs and His Dancing Teeth, the camped-up military drill, and the alleged English-Hungarian phrasebook (the Hungarian phrase meaning "Can you direct me to the station?" is translated by the English phrase "Please fondle my bum"). Also on the menu are such tasty classics as Spam; the Lifeboat and Undertaker cannibalism sketches and spam; spam, spam, the Man Who Says Things in a Very Roundabout Way and spam; Spam, spam, the Hospital for Over-Acting and spam; spam, The Exploding Version of the Blue Danube and spam; The Death of Mary Queen of Scots and spam. "And, of course, there's sport." Not content with forgoing traditional punch lines, Monty Python further subverted television convention with these episodes. In Episode 23, for example, the credits don't appear until midway through. They further demonstrate why Entertainment Weekly ranked Monty Python No. 77 (only 77th?) among the top 100 entertainers of the last half of the 20th century. --Donald Liebenson

Product Description

Contains: spam the idiot in society the bruces killer sheep an exploding penguine on the telly scott of the antarctic and the conquistador coffee campaign. Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2000 Run time: 237 minutes Rating: Nr

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27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Object in the Strongest Possible Terms, February 14, 2000

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Arthur C. Adams (Laurel, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monty Python's Flying Circus, Set 4, Eps. 20-26 (DVD)

Dear Sir,

I wish to protest in thr strongest possible terms your inclusion of this DVD by this Monty Python chap. It is well known that he is considered quite silly and is rumored to have attempted to offend every one on the planet!

And another thing -- why can't you cover the good things on the Internet, like many of the wonderful sites containing the poems of Carlton Vladivostok?

Yours, etc. Brigadier General Sir Charles Uppington Smythe (Mrs.)

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best comedy show ever made!, May 23, 2001

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"madnessmark" (Maple Grove, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monty Python's Flying Circus, Set 4, Eps. 20-26 (DVD)

This 2-disc DVD contains some of the best moments in Monty Python (Spam, How Not To Be Seen, Atilla the Hun Show, Hungarian Phrase Book) as well as some that are lesser known (Communist Quiz, Poofy Judges, Crackprot Religions, The Idiot). The menus are very clever. They are a little tough to navigate through, but it's a change from other DVD menus. The extras are enormous! You get Lumberjack Kareoke, BBC sketches, quizes with video rewards, two Hollywood Bowl sketches, image gallery and tons more. However the only part that seems to suffer on this disc is the picture quality. There are tons of noticable fragements and rainbows. The VHS tapes might be a smarter buy in terms of quality, but for everlastingness (is that even a word?) choose the DVDs. So grab this DVD and order in some Egg and Spam, Egg Bacon and Spam, Egg Bacon Sausage and Spam, Spam Eggs Spam Spam and Spam, Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Baked Beans Spam Spam Spam and Spam.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great DVD, May 12, 2000

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Jacob Green (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monty Python's Flying Circus, Set 4, Eps. 20-26 (DVD)

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Oh never mind, just see the bloody DVD