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: 2
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 16, 1999
• Run Time: 204 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0767018877
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,756 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Monty Python's Flying Circus: Set 3, Episodes 14-19" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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What do you do for an encore after confounding the general public with something completely different? Simple: give them something more completely different, from a semaphore version of Wuthering Heights to the last meeting of the Society for Putting Things on Top of Other Things (you were expecting the Spanish Inquisition?). This two-volume set contains for the first time on DVD in chronological order the first six episodes from Monty Python's second season. No sophomore slump here. Episodes 14-19, which originally aired in 1970, contain the signature Python sketches The Ministry of Silly Walks and The Spanish Inquisition. Also in the Python pantheon are the documentary about The Piranha Brothers and their reign of violence and sarcasm, The Architect Sketch, and the scandalous game show Blackmail. While the sketches, filmed bits, and Terry Gilliam animations are enduringly silly, Monty Python's Flying Circus remains a loony marvel in the way it shattered television convention. In Episode 15, a clueless Graham Chapman character is recruited to be the straight man in a sketch, but is not given the punch line. In the same show, the dreaded, but tardy, Spanish Inquisition races to make its entrance before the closing credits run their course. All three volumes are indispensable for Python completists. --Donald Liebenson

Product Description

Contains: the ministry of silly walks the spanish inquisition the bishop and the semaphore version of wuthering heights. Studio: A&e Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2000 Run time: 204 minutes Rating: Nr

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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "I'm afraid my walk has become rather sillier recently...", January 24, 2002

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B-MAN "B" (Earth, occasionally. Until I get bored.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Monty Python's Flying Circus: Set 3, Episodes 14-19 (DVD)

And now...another tediously detailed summary of a Monty Python DVD Set from an individual who has too much time on his hands but is by no means as dull as a chartered accountant. Here are the breakdowns (including episode #s () and individual sketch names). Why? Well, because I'm a nerd.

DVD 5 - (14) Face the press/new cooker sketch/prostitute advert/the ministry of SILLY WALKS/The piranha brothers - (15) Man powered flight/the SPANISH INQUISITION/jokes & novelties salesman/tax on thingy/photos of uncle ted/the semaphore version of wuthering heights/julius caesar on an aldis lamp/court charades - (16) A bishop rehearsing/flying lessons/hijacked plane/the poet McTeagle/psychiatrist milkman/complaints/DEJA VU

Loony Bin extras: Meet the chaps, Pythonisms, Gillianimations, Silly Walk (Live!), Naughty bits, pythonshop.com ad

DVD 6 - (17) Architect sketch/how to give up being a mason/insurance sketch/"The BISHOP"/living room on pavement/poets/a choice of viewing/chemist sketch/police constable pan-am - (18) Live from the grill-o-mat/"BLACKMAIL"/society for putting things on top of other things/escape from film/current affairs/accidents/seven brides for seven brothers/the man who is alternately rude and polite/ken clean-air system - (19) It's a living/the time on BBC1/school prize giving/films by Mr. Dibley/the news/free prizes/Timmy williams interview/Raymond LUXURY YACHT/getting married/ELECTION night special

Loony bin: same as DVD 5 except for - A trivial quest, Gilliam's attic, Monty queries, and Tutor manners

That about sums it up. I know there are no episode titles and probably some other little things included but...well, too bad. If you like extremely geeky summaries like this or you are in fact a large geek, check out my "reviews" for DVD set 1 & 2!

25 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't believe you're even reading this. . ., December 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Monty Python's Flying Circus: Set 3, Episodes 14-19 (DVD)

BUY IT! BUY IT NOW! DON'T THINK! BUY! THIS IS *MONTHY PYTHON*- YOU'RE STILL READING! STOP READING NOW! HIT "ONE-CLICK" AND GO TO BED! BUY! BUY! BYE!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Michael Palin as the Grand Inquisitor?, May 3, 2000

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R. Moore "Indy bookie" (Indianapolis, where we used to have a big important auto race) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monty Python's Flying Circus: Set 3, Episodes 14-19 (DVD)

I am sure the Spanish Inquisition sketch was inspiration for Mel Brooks' "History of the World, Part I." The Ministry of Silly Walks sketch, while very silly, is also screamingly funny. The giant hegdehog haunts my dreams. The gas cooker sketch is every single delivery from Sears and Roebuck. The whole video is delightfully ridiculous. I only wish they were still on the air!