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Monty Python's Flying Circus, Set 1, Eps. 1-6 [VHS]

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Instead of giving the conventional review of how hilarious Monty Python's Flying Circus is - We all bloody know that by now! - I'm going to list all of the skits that you will receive when you finally decide to get off your bum and buy this bleeding, essential first volume in A&E's wonderful collection of the entire series of Monty Python!

This site lists the 6 episode titles, but here are the 44 skit names. Why? Because I'm pretentious and a massive geek!

Disc one: Its Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(Famous Deaths)/Italian Lesson/Whizzo Butter/Its the arts/Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson/Picasso-Cycling Race/Funniest Joke in the world/French lecture on sheep aircraft/A man with 3 buttocks/Musical mice/Marriage guidance counselor/Wacky Queen/Working class playwright/Wrestling epilogue/Mouse problem/Court scene with Richelieu/Bicycle repairman/Children's stories/Restaurant sketch/Seduced milkman/Stolen newsreader/Nudge Nudge

Disc two: And did those feet/Art gallery/Art critic/Its a man's life in the modern army/Undressing in public/Self defence/Secret service dentists/Confuse-a-cat/Smuggler/Police raid/Newsreader arrested/Erotic film/Silly job interview/Careers advisory board/Burglar-Encyclopedia salesman/Johana Gombolputty/Non Illegal robbery/Crunchy frog/Dull life of a city stock broker/Red Indian theatre/A Scotsman on a horse/Twentieth century vole

You also get extras like: Meet the chaps (a scene and bio of each member of MP), Pythonisms (a glossary), Gillian's Attic (fun with the art), Nudge Nudge & Crunchy Frog (Live from the Hollywood Bowl!), Silly Occupations, and Hysterical figures (scenes from other volumes)

Congrats to A&E for the fab job they did on these and to Amazon for selling it to me inexpensively!

After MPFC stopped airing on PBS, I thought I would never see the original shows in all their glory ever again; Crummy VHS dubs of 36 episodes lurked in my collection for over 15 years... AM I EVER GLAD I WAS WRONG! The timing of the release of these DVD's could not have been more perfect! The video quality is excellent, even by 1969 standards. I never knew until I purchased this set that there were scenes cut from some episodes, likely to keep airtimes close as possible to 30 minutes; They are restored here! Diehard Pythonites would be loonies if they passed on this golden opportunity to obtain pristine reproductions of perhaps the funniest import this country has ever seen and heard (of course I plan to purchase all volumes of the set). Now, if only the BBC could keep those damned undertakers away from my programme...

Yours faithfully, Prof. R. J. Canning (Mrs.)

Instead of giving the conventional review of how hilarious Monty Python's Flying Circus is - We all bloody know that by now! - I'm going to list all of the skits that you will receive when you finally decide to get off your bum and buy this bleeding, essential first volume in A&E's wonderful collection of the entire series of Monty Python!

This site lists the 6 episode titles, but here are the 44 skit names. Why? Because I'm pretentious and a massive geek!

Disc one: Its Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart(Famous Deaths)/Italian Lesson/Whizzo Butter/Its the arts/Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson/Picasso-Cycling Race/Funniest Joke in the world/French lecture on sheep aircraft/A man with 3 buttocks/Musical mice/Marriage guidance counselor/Wacky Queen/Working class playwright/Wrestling epilogue/Mouse problem/Court scene with Richelieu/Bicycle repairman/Children's stories/Restaurant sketch/Seduced milkman/Stolen newsreader/Nudge Nudge

Disc two: And did those feet/Art gallery/Art critic/Its a man's life in the modern army/Undressing in public/Self defence/Secret service dentists/Confuse-a-cat/Smuggler/Police raid/Newsreader arrested/Erotic film/Silly job interview/Careers advisory board/Burglar-Encyclopedia salesman/Johana Gombolputty/Non Illegal robbery/Crunchy frog/Dull life of a city stock broker/Red Indian theatre/A Scotsman on a horse/Twentieth century vole

You also get extras like: Meet the chaps (a scene and bio of each member of MP), Pythonisms (a glossary), Gillian's Attic (fun with the art), Nudge Nudge & Crunchy Frog (Live from the Hollywood Bowl!), Silly Occupations, and Hysterical figures (scenes from other volumes)

Congrats to A&E for the fab job they did on these and to Amazon for selling it to me cheap!

Oh God! When I heard A&E was putting out Flying Circus on DVD I just about lost my cool. Actually, I did -- I ran around to my fellow co-workers who also like Python, giggling like a schoolgirl. Anyhow, when I finally got the sets I wasn't let down. I bought all sets to date and have watched each disc at least twice. You cannot go wrong with these if you like Flying Circus. If your only exposure to Monty Python is the movie Holy Grail then you may want to ease into the series as it has distinctly British content and is sometimes topical to Brittain of the late 60's and early 70's. But if you like Brittish humor this is definitely for you. Enjoy!

Thanks to A&E, hard-core fans can now collect the whole four series of Monty Python's Flying Circus. No more worrying about wearing out the tape or frantically searching for the few episodes that are missing in your collection (like mine). The shows on the disc are chrisp and clear like they were just recorded. The menus are nicely animated (Python-style, of course) and the shows are split up into the famous sketches you know and memorized. A&E should be commaned for bringing the shows onto DVD with great care.

Well, they've gone and done it. They put Monty Python's Flying Circus on DVD! Well, what can I say? I am an afficianado of this silly group of English tricksters, and have been since I first saw them on PBS way back in the early 1970s.

This product is a 2 DVD complete set of the entire first year of Monty Python's Flying Circus. For yourinvestment, you get such sketches as: "Sex and Violence", complete with "You Can't tell the difference between Whizzo butter and this dead Crab" sketch; "The Larch"; "The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker"; "Nudge Nudge" sketch; and many more very silly sketches. I am also fond of the "It's the Arts" program, wherein interviewers are alternately rude and kind to the guests, particularly Arthur "Two Sheds" Jackson. Also included on the DVD are the weblinks to Pythonshop online, a "meet the chaps" biography section, a Pythonisms Glossary, and Art Gallery of Terry Gilliam, and a preview of upcoming episodes section. Episodes 1-6 are contained on this 2 set of DVDs. I like this format because its less bulky than the VHS set, and is a better value, with 3 episodes per DVD, as opposed to 2 for each VHS tape.

While the first season of Python isn't my favorite, it still is worth the money for the serious Python fan.

Imagine what the English viewer must have thought when the Python group was first presented to them. It had to be something completely different than the regular programming on the BBC. Although many of their jokes and stylings have since been copied by comedians and comedy shows everywhere, the DVD is still alot of fun and the sketches seem fresh. Even though I know just about every line by heart, there are many quick jokes that I get now that I'm older that may have gone over my head back then. The sound was always awful when I watched the PBS broadcasts, but the sound as well as picture on the DVDs is great. I have gladly started to record over my long treasured VHS tapes since now I can replace them all with these nicely packaged sets.

Thank you A&E for the crystal clear picture and crisp sound remastering of these Flying Circus episodes. The lads have never looked or sounded so clear. Nicely animated menus with some clever trivia and great Hollywood Bowl clips. I have to say, however, the supplements tend to repeat over the discs, and the grouping of skits around themes is a bit weak. But, thats just the icing on the cake were talking about. The episodes themselves are more than worth the value! Cant wait for the "Fish Slapping Dance" and "Salad Days"

This is a collection of the very first season of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Included in this boxed set are: Famous Deaths, Man with Three Buttocks, Flying Sheep, Nudge Nudge Wink Wink, Undressing in Public, Confuse-A-Cat, and Silly Job Interview and that's just the highlights!

These comedy shows aired in Great Britain in 1969 and the humor holds up astonishingly well. These guys are just as odd now as they were when they first started and these comic riffs rely on universally funny things such as nudity, death, humiliation, insanity, TV programming, government and history. It's a bit like a medieval morality play gone wrong with young men dressing as old women. Really cheesy sets and totally un-special effects combine with inspired writing and timing to produce something that became a cult classic.

i'm not much of a fan of television shows released on DvD and video cause they normally put about 2 episodes on a tape that can hold 5 or 3 episodes on a disc that can hold 14(this is true too)and this is the case here, 3 episodes a disc. now just release them seperately at jacked up prices and you have a hit!

but despite that you can't go wrong with this. python rocks. the first 6 shows is very early python, not as wierd and violent as it is in later shows but still great. get this and the rest fast, as normal they are gonna be gone by the time you have enough money.